Duke in the News: Oct. 22, 2007
Green MBAs Seek to Balance Profit and Planet | Pelosi Scores on Leadership - Mostly | Divide and Conquer: Meet the Lottery Titans, and more...
Monday, October 22, 2007
GREEN MBAS SEEK TO BALANCE PROFIT AND PLANET
Seattle Times, Oct. 21 -- Duke’s Fuqua School of Business has plans to
launch an initiative with Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment and
Earth Sciences to study the emerging field of doing business in a
sustainable context. ... Full story
PELOSI SCORES ON LEADERSHIP -- MOSTLY
Miami Herald, Oct. 21 -- Rep. David Price, D-N.C., a former political
science professor at Duke, said Nancy Pelosi has good discipline and
decision-making skills, and that nobody should mistake her charm for a lack
of toughness. ... Full story
DIVIDE AND CONQUER: MEET THE LOTTERY TITANS
New York Times, Oct. 21 -- With the domestic market plateauing, Duke
economics professor Charles Clotfelter comments on two U.S. lottery giants
focused on securing new footholds overseas. (see last page) ... Full story
PANEL MAKES RECOMMENDATION ON COLD MEDICINES
NPR, Oct. 21 -- Dr. Danny Benjamin, a pediatrician and research professor
at Duke who has worked in the past as an advisor to the FDA, speaks about
last week’s ban on cold medicine for children under the age of six. ... Full story
IN THE PICK OF TIME
(Durham)Herald-Sun, Oct. 20 -- Professor of engineering and history, Henry
Petroski compiled two years of research into his latest book, "The
Toothpick, Technology and Culture." ... Full story
CELL PHONES SURPASS LAND LINES ON CAMPUS
(Kankakee) Daily Journal, Oct. 22 -- Duke students can have food delivered
to their room by shopping online at a campus shop, and then paying with
credit cards over a hand-held cell-like device that beams the transaction
wirelessly back to the store. ... Full story
PATIENTS' HAPPY CHALLENGE: A RISING SURVIVAL RATE
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Oct. 22 -- A Duke Medical Center clinic
dedicated to meeting brain cancer survivors' needs will help patients
living with the deadliest brain tumors live longer and better. ... Full story
ON THE AIR
CBC Radio: Quirks and Quarks, Oct. 20 -- Dr. William Parker, a Duke
professor of surgery, and his colleagues think they've discovered why we
have an appendix. ... Full story
