Duke in the News: Feb. 14, 2007

Republican Romney Makes White House Bid Official | Wife Studies Why Husband Ignores Nagging | Jewelry Companies Look for Values in Valuables, and more…

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

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REPUBLICAN ROMNEY MAKES WHITE HOUSE BID OFFICIAL
Bloomberg News, Feb. 13 -- Given the competition, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney must make his appeal to Republican social, religious and economic conservatives to win his party's nomination, says David Rohde, a Duke political science professor. ... Full story

WIFE STUDIES WHY HUSBAND IGNORES NAGGING
UPI, Feb. 13 -- Duke researchers say some people just can't help ignoring their nagging spouses. ... Full story
--Also, Duke News: Nagging Spouse? You May Have an Excuse for Not Responding ... Full story

JEWELRY COMPANIES LOOK FOR VALUES IN VALUABLES
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 14 -- Duke law professors Joost Pauwelyn and Barak Richman comment on an international process intended to keep conflict diamonds out of mainstream markets. ... Full story

SPEAKER: WORSHIP IS WAR ALTERNATIVE
Billings Gazette, Feb. 13 -- Christian ethicist and pacifist Stanley Hauerwas, a professor at Duke Divinity School, proposes a Christian alternative to war. ... Full story

A CONVERSATION WITH BLAIR SHEPPARD
China. com, Feb. 13 -- Blair Sheppard, an expert on global and corporate education who will become the new dean of the Fuqua School of Business in July, talks with Zong Xing of the Duke University Chinese Student and Scholar Association. ... Full story
--Also, China.com: Interview With Fuqua Professor Jon Fjeld (executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation) ... Full story

LOVE: HEART OR HEAD?
(Durham) Herald-Sun, Feb. 14 -- What is love, really? Specifically? Tangibly? Is there a scientific answer? Duke neuroscientist Kevin LaBar breaks love down in the simplest terms. ... Full story

COMMENTARY: HEARTBREAK, RECOVERY AND GENDER
NPR's All Things Considered, Feb. 12 -- Duke grad student Jennifer Deer explores the constant heartbreak that love can bring. ... Full story

ON THE AIR
Duke lecturer Laura Florand shares her story of how she met her husband Sebastian in Paris on today’s edition of "The State of Things" from North Carolina Public Radio. Her comic memoir of their calamity-filled romance, "Blame It on Paris," was recently published.
http://wunc.org/tsot