Duke in the News: Jan. 5, 2007
Bush to Shake Up His War Advisers | Column: Open Doors Wider for Skilled Immigrants | Lawsuit Is Latest Lacrosse Twist, and more…
Friday, January 5, 2007
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BUSH TO SHAKE UP HIS WAR ADVISERS
USA Today, Jan. 5 -- Ole Holsti, a Duke political scientist who studies presidents and national security, discusses President Bush's shake-up of his top military, diplomatic, intelligence and legal advisers. ... Full story
COLUMN: OPEN DOORS WIDER FOR SKILLED IMMIGRANTS
BusinessWeek, Jan. 3 -- Vivek Wadhwa, executive-in-residence at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering and lead author of a nationwide study on immigrant entrepreneurs, argues the U.S. must get better at attracting skilled professionals. ... Full story
--Also, San Francisco Chronicle: Immigrants Loom Large at Startups ... Full story
Salon.com: Too Much Globalization, Or Not Enough? ... Full story
Investor's Business Daily: Immigrants Create Jobs, Study Says ... Full story
LAWSUIT IS LATEST LACROSSE TWIST
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 5 -- A former Duke lacrosse player claims he and another player had been passing a course last spring but received a failing grade after the sexual assault case broke. ... Full story
--Also, News & Observer: Op-Ed -- In the Aftermath of a Social Disaster (by Duke professor Cathy N. Davidson) ... Full story
Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story
KATRINA'S LAST VICTIMS?
The Nation, Jan. 1 -- Writing with colleague Lisa Delpit, Duke history professor Charles Payne cautions that the use of charter schools in New Orleans to rebuild the city's school system could leave no one responsible for the neediest students. ... Full story
TRIAL BY JURY
North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things," Jan. 4 -- Neil Vidmar, professor of law and psychology at Duke, talks about jury behavior. ... Full story
MOST BACK GOVERNMENT POLICIES TO FIGHT FAT
Scientific American, Reuters, Jan. 4 -- Policies aimed at fighting obesity in the U.S. would find a high level of public acceptance, a new Duke survey shows. ... Full story
GOOGLE BUYS STAKE IN CHINESE WEB SITE FOR DOWNLOADS
International Herald Tribune, Jan. 5 -- The Internet search giant Google said Friday that it had acquired a small stake in a fast-growing Chinese peer-to-peer file sharing network operator launched in 2003 by Duke grads Zou Shenglong and Cheng Hao. ... Full story
--Also, China Daily: Google to Buy Stake in Xunlei ... Full story
MUSIC AND MEMORIES
WUNC News, Dec. 29 -- For older people with Alzheimer's disease, music becomes a bridge to lost memories. Jeffrey Browndyke with Duke's Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center talks about how music and memory interact. ... Listen
STUDY: GENE TESTS NO USE FOR DEPRESSION
UPI, Jan. 4 -- Using gene-based tests designed to personalize the dose of anti-depressants has not been shown to improve patient outcomes, a new Duke study says. ... Full story
ON THE AIR
This week’s edition of "The People’s Pharmacy," airing on public radio stations nationwide beginning Saturday, will feature an interview with Dr. Cathleen Colon-Emeric of Duke about drugs that combat osteoporosis. ... Details
