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November 10, 2006 - Colloquium
Philosophy, for faculty, 2006/10/30 20:21:09
Dr. Michael Silberstein (Elizabethtown College) will give a talk on November 10th as part of the Fall 2006 Colloquium Series.
October 27, 2006 - Philosophy Colloquium
Philosophy, 2006/10/07 09:53:33
Dr. Evan Thompson (University of Toronto) is our next colloquium speaker, on October 27th. Click here for details.
September 22, 2006 - John M. Fischer
Philosophy, 2006/09/20 23:44:57
John M. Fischer will give a talk titled "Epicureanism about Death and Immortality" on September 22nd. Click here for details.
News Tip: Foreign Policy Expert Examines Reaction to North Korea's Nuclear Test
Sanford School of Public Policy, 2006/10/13 12:47:41
Oct. 9, 2006
North Korea’s actions warrant a swift, firm response from the U.N. Security Council.
Durham, NC -- North Korea’s first nuclear weapon test, conducted earlier today, was motivated by a “sense of extreme insecurity,” says a Duke University political scientist.
“A similar pattern of behavior was found in China in the early 1960s, when China was an isolated revolutionary state,” said Tianjian Shi, an associate professor of political science whose areas of expertise include Asian security issues. “Mao did exactly the same thing.”
Shi said the nuclear test places China in a difficult position. “In responding to the crisis, it needs to balance strategic interests and potential consequences associated with adopting more severe sanctions against North Korea.”
Political scientist Margaret McKean said Japan ’s response may also be critical in how this situation is resolved.
“Japan is fully capable of going nuclear in fairly short order, without any of the technical obstacles that North Korea has been dealing with, and with high-grade stocks of plutonium already available,” said McKean, an associate professor of political science who specializes in Japanese politics.
McKean noted that Japan’s new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is known as a “hawk,” and some Japanese leaders have been saying recently that a strike on North Korea could “conceivably be consistent with the ‘self-defense’ that they claim Japan's peace constitution would permit.”
“Much to the horror of South Korea and China (and a chunk of the Japanese population), North Korea’s moves may be eliminating 60 years of nuclear allergy and pacificism in Japan,” McKean said. “Considering their nations to be victims of Japan’s wartime aggression, South Korea and China find the prospect of a nuclear Japan utterly horrifying. Indeed, China may well fear a nuclear Japan more than any disturbance in the Korean peninsula.”
Public policy professor Bruce Jentleson said North Korea’s actions warrant a swift, firm response from the U.N. Security Council.
“This is a moment when the major powers have to show both unity and decisiveness,” said Jentleson, a former State Department official in the Clinton administration and foreign policy advisor to Vice President Al Gore. “The Security Council should consider all possible measures, including sanctions and potential military action, while also pursuing diplomacy. This requires balanced leadership from the Bush administration in partnership with China as well as other key countries.”
Jentleson is an expert on non-proliferation who last week briefed a group of United Nations ambassadors on the Iran case.
For more information, contact: Keith Lawrence | (919) 681-8059 | keith.lawrence@duke.edu
Center for Child and Family Policy Helps Local Public Housing Neighborhood
Sanford School of Public Policy, 2006/10/13 12:47:50
The Terry Sanford Institute's Center for Child and Family Policy is working with community facilitator Annie Jones to build a strong sense of community in Durham's crime-scarred McDougald Terrace public housing neighborhood.
Newsletter
Philosophy, 2006/09/20 23:46:19
The Fall 2006 Philosophy Department Newsletter is coming soon!
New Faculty Members
Philosophy, 2006/09/20 23:45:31
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Karen Neander (UC-Davis) has joined the Department in Fall 2006.
Also joining the Department in Fall 2006 is Dr. Kevin Hoover (UC-Davis), who will have a joint appointment in Philosophy and Economics.
December 21, 2006 - Trinity 2 Upgrade to C4
Trinity Office of Technology Services, 2006/12/19 13:15:18
December 21, 2006 8 P.M.-Midnight
| Date | Computer/Service | Work | Duration | Summary | Detail | Contact |
| 21 Dec 2006 | Trinity2/email server | Upgrade | 1 hour | Upgrade to C4 | details | admin@aas.duke.edu |
December 21, 2006 - Trinity 4 Upgrade to C4
Trinity Office of Technology Services, 2006/12/19 13:14:31
December 21, 2006 8 P.M.-Midnight
| Date | Computer/Service | Work | Duration | Summary | Detail | Contact |
| 21 Dec 2006 | Trinity4/fileserver | Upgrade | 1 hour | Upgrade to C4 | details | admin@aas.duke.edu |
December 07, 2006 - Preparation for upgrade
Trinity Office of Technology Services, 2006/12/15 13:35:34
December 7, 2006 8 P.M.-Midnight
| Date | Computer/Service | Work | Duration | Summary | Detail | Contact |
| 7 Dec 2006 | Trinity4 | Virtualization | 1 hour | Preparation for upgrade | details | admin@aas.duke.edu |
October 19, 2006 - Monthly Maintenance Service
Trinity Office of Technology Services, 2006/10/13 16:28:12
October 19, 8 P.M.-Midnight
Computer/Service: AAS4/Webserver
Work: Upgrade
Duration: 5 minutes
Summary: Simple reboot
Contact: admin@aas.duke.edu
Details: The server AAS4 is one of two web servers, which share the web load
because they have identical setups and files. These webservers, or
mirrors, are both in need of an upgrade from CentOS 3 to CentOS 4. It
is easiest to do this by the following process - have all web pages
served from one mirror for a short while. Upgrade and test one mirror,
then make it live and clone the other mirror from it.
The step that will affect end-users during this maintenance period is
the ‘live’ step. That will take approximately 5 minutes, being just a
reboot, with minimal down time anticipated for any of the webpages
hosted by Arts & Sciences.
As always, please contact admin@aas.duke.edu if you have any questions.
August 30, 2006 - Upcoming Maintenance Window (Test article)
Trinity Office of Technology Services, 2006/09/08 11:24:31
There is a maintenance window on August 30 from 8-11pm. Please do not plan to do any work then.
Teacher Preparation Program
Education, 2008/08/21 11:23:20
June 29, 2006 - Don Taylor - SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORT ON SECONDHAND SMOKE
Center for Health Policy, 2009/06/30 14:53:25
In light of the surgeon general's recent report on secondhand smoke, it's clear that the smokers aren't the only ones who bear the cost of their habit, says a Duke University health policy researcher. The true cost of each pack of cigarettes sold in the United States is $40, and smoker’s families bear more than 13 percent of that cost, says Donald Taylor, Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies and Community and Family Medicine at Duke and co-author of the book, “The Price of Smoking.” “Children of smokers are the most vulnerable to the harms of secondhand smoke, and are likely to be consistently exposed to this harm,” Taylor says. The cost calculation takes into account the costs to society, broadly defined. The true cost of a pack of cigarettes was estimated by Taylor and his colleagues by identifying how smokers and their families compared to non-smokers and their families in areas such as illness, mortality, wages, and payments such as Social Security and life insurance. Although the majority of the cost -- $32.78 -- is borne by the smoker in shortened lifespan, lower wages, and increased health care costs, Taylor found that families or households of the smoker pay $5.44. Society pays $1.44 of the cost, he said. Donald Taylor can be reached for additional comment at (919) 613-9357 or dtaylor@hpolicy.duke.edu
Duke Students to Testify Before Senate Committee on Ryan White CARE Act
Center for Health Policy, 2009/06/30 14:53:46
On Monday, March 6, a group of Duke University students took center stage in the national debate to reauthorize funding for the Ryan White CARE Act targeted to people with HIV. Testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), the 16 Duke health policy certificate students will provide senators and staff an overview of the act and make recommendations on how future funding should be allocated.
The students will make a 15-minute presentation to the committee and participate in a 45-minute discussion period. The student delegation to Washington will be led by Kathryn Whetten, an associate professor in Duke’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and director of Duke's Center for Health Policy.
The health policy certificate students are: Smita Aggarwal, Vishal Amin, Anne Berry, Larissa Goodwin, Elizabeth Groeger, Kimberly Hayez, Nazaneen Homaifar, Courtney Katz, Jeffrey Leibach, Dinushika Mohottige, Yuval Patel, Kevin Peng, Marcus Peterson, Alissa Redmond, Michael Rosenberg and Benjamin Rowland.
The federal Ryan White CARE Act provides health care for people with HIV. Enacted in 1990, it fills gaps in care faced by those with low incomes and little or no insurance. Senators are to make recommendations to the White House later in March.
Led by Chairman Sen. Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.) and ranking member Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has broad jurisdiction over the operation of our country’s health care, schools, employment and retirement programs.
The Duke Health Policy Certificate Program is offered to students interested in careers in global health, health care policy, management and associated professions. The Center for Health Policy at Duke explores the differences in health status and outcomes and the allocation of health resources in order to inform policy decisions.
Media Contact:
Geelea Seaford
Communications Director
919-613-7318
gseaford@duke.edu
Brodhead reacts to dismissal of rape charges
Arts & Sciences, 2007/01/03 16:16:00
Following District Attorney Mike Nifong's decision to drop rape charges against three lacrosse players, President Brodhead expressed relief for the students and their families and called for an independent investigation of the case.[more] A Duke spokesman reacted to an ethics complained filed by the state bar association against Nifong. [more]
Risk Management Guidance Provides Advice on Developing Antifraud Strategies
Office of Internal Audits, 2006/12/15 10:24:12
In a recently released white paper, KPMG highlights practices that organizations are finding effective when developing a company-specific antifraud program.
To stress the importance of how fraud and misconduct risks can undermine business objectives, Big Four accounting firm KPMG has issued a new white paper, Fraud Risk Management: Developing a Strategy for Prevention, Detection, and Response. Focusing on management's understanding and involvement in fraud prevention efforts, the paper gives organizations insight on ways to design and evaluate controls better to prevent, detect, and respond appropriately to fraud and misconduct.
Throughout the paper, the authors reiterate the three key objectives - prevention, detection, and response - and acknowledge that putting together and maintaining a fraud prevention program can be challenging. To develop a comprehensive antifraud program, the guidance suggests that management needs to have an understanding of the various control frameworks and to integrate risk assessment processes, codes of conduct, and whistleblower programs into their corporate objectives. The program should include procedures to help management:
The paper, which re-emphasizes that management has direct responsibility for antifraud efforts, also provides guidance on board and audit committee oversight roles and implementation of controls to mitigate the risk of fraud and misconduct. "The modern organization's internal audit function is a key participant in antifraud activities, " the report states, "supporting management’s approach to preventing, detecting, and responding to fraud and misconduct." According to a 2003 fraud survey performed by KPMG, 65 percent of respondents indicated that frauds were uncovered through the work of internal auditors.
An effective fraud risk management program, the guidance adds, should stress the importance of an organizational code of conduct, employee and third-party due diligence, fraud awareness communication and training, and a mechanism for seeking advice and reporting misconduct such as a well-designed hotline. The authors recommend incorporating proactive transaction and data analysis into the process, which can help unearth potential fraud and misconduct that could remain unnoticed by management. The guidance also indicates that response controls are an important part of an effective fraud risk management process, and should be designed to take corrective action and remedy the harm caused by fraud or misconduct. A consistent and credible disciplinary system, which is a requirement under various regulatory frameworks, is a key control that can be effective in deterring fraud and can send a signal to both internal and external parties that the organization considers managing fraud a top priority.
-- Published By The Institute Of Internal AuditorsCongratulations to all fellowship award winners
Political Science, for faculty, 2007/01/08 15:53:40
BASS ADVANCED INSTRUCTORSHIPS PROGRAM IN ARTS AND SCIENCES: Daniel Kselman STERN DISSERATATION FELLOWSHIP: T. Camber Warren SUMMER RESEARCH (contingent upon passing prelims by end of Spring 2007 semester): Nazli Avdan, Mark Axelrod, Lorena Becerra Mizuno, Bruno Borges, Cristina Corduneanu-Huci, Matthew Fehrs, Marco Fernandez, Laura Grattan, Daniel Kselman, Brendan Nyhan, Damon Palmer, Anoop Sadanandan, Erika Seeler, Lenka Siroky, Christopher Whytock Congratulations to all our winners!
Congratulations to Chris Gelpi and Peter Feaver
Political Science, for faculty, 2006/12/21 10:13:18
Our very own Chris and Peter are in the Monday December 18, 2006 issue of the Washington Post. Congratulations to Chris and Peter!
December 19, 2006 - 2007-2008 Fellowship Awards
History, for grad, 2007/02/07 15:03:44
CONGRATULATIONS AWARD WINNERS!!!
Bass Advanced Instructorship Program in A&S - Gordon Mantler
International Fellowship for Advanced Students - Reena Goldthree
Library Internship - Reference Intern - Gordon Mantler
Summer Research - Paula Hastings and Felicity Turner
Congratulations to Dennis Rasmussen
Political Science, for faculty, 2006/12/17 15:43:54
Dennis will take a one year postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University and then begin a tenure track position at University of Houston. Congratulations Dennis!
Early decision acceptances notified
Arts & Sciences, 2007/01/10 11:12:15
Out of 1,198 high school seniors who applied for early decision, Duke accepted 469 students who will make up 28 percent of the Class of 2011. [more]
Information Technology
Office of Internal Audits, 2006/12/15 10:36:26
As the need for information technology (IT) expands, so does the risk for businesses that are not prepared to manage their most trusted data and proprietary information. Recent targeted technology attacks and widely publicized security breaches all point to technology vulnerabilities, as a great, but missunderstood, risk.
The same networking technologies that expand new avenues of communication and commerce to clients and co-workers are leaving businesses more vulnerable than ever before. As customers demand more timely access to information in areas such as online banking, and as wireless technology proliferates, these and other information gateways are creating vulnerabilities at an exponential rate.
To fulfill their governance responsibilities, top executives and their board and audit committee members need to understand more about risk as it relates to IT vulnerability. Certainly, the effective management of IT risk is essential to modern-day internal control.
More Than an IT Issue
The scope of IT vulnerabilities throughout an organization is quite broad, and inadequacies and gaps in the management process can lead to revenue and productivity losses. Although identifying, tracking, and fixing management vulnerabilities is difficult, organizations should take a realistic approach to mitigating the probability and degree of loss caused by IT vulnerabilities. The process of vulnerability management should be fully integrated with the organization's change management practices, and themeasurement component is absolutely critical.
The vulnerability management lifecycle begins by identifying IT assets and then scanning (using network devices that actively probe other IT applications for weaknesses) or monitoring (with software agents installed on IT assets that report host configuration information) them for weaknesses. The data is then validated to confirm vulnerabilities do exist, and priorities are determined based on the risk to the organization. Although the sophistication of monitoring devices is generally of a high quality, there are limitations, and companies should always validate the findings from these processes. Throughout this process, the internal auditors should direct the effectiveness of preventive, detective, and mitigation measures against past and future attacks. In particular, they should identify where the IT security department can implement a more effective vulnerability
January 19, 2007 - Spring 2007 Triangle Research Seminar in History of the Military, War, and Society
History, for faculty, 2006/12/13 15:18:45
January 19
Dr. Adriane Lentz-Smith (UNC Chapel Hill), Saving Sergeant Caldwell: Caldwell v. Parker, WWI, and the African-American Freedom Struggle
February 9
Prof. John Thornton (Boston University), African Military Experience and Identity of Africans in the Diaspora, 1600-1800
March 2
Michael Allsep (UNC Chapel Hill), Bridge to Reform: Elihu Root, New York Elites and Army Reform, 1898-1904
All Seminars are 4-6 PM at the National Humanities Center, 7 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.
For more information please contact Professor Dirk Bonker at db48@duke.edu
January 19, 2007 - Triangle Seminar in the History of the Military, War, and Society Program for Spring 2007
History, for faculty, 2006/12/13 15:10:45
January 19
Dr. Adriane Lentz-Smith (UNC Chapel Hill), Saving Sergeant Caldwell: Caldwell v. Parker, WWI, and the African-American Freedom Struggle
February 9
Prof. John Thornton (Boston University), African Military Experience and Identity of Africans in the Diaspora, 1600-1800
March 2 Michael Allsep (UNC Chapel Hill), Bridge to Reform: Elihu Root, New York Elites and Army Reform, 1898-1904
4-6 PM at the National Humanities Center, 7 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
For further information please contact Dirk Bonker at db48@duke.edu
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Congratulations to Bill Curtis
Political Science, for faculty, 2006/12/13 12:39:12
Bill has accepted a tenure track position at the University of Portland. Congratulations Bill!
February 16, 2007 - February 16-17, 2007 - Still Fighting the Civil War? - Griffith Hall
History, for faculty, 2007/01/10 11:10:05
Program Overview
The Civil War, arguably the most important event in U.S. history, continues to influence modern American politics, culture, and literature. This conference offers new perspectives on the war and its persistent impact on our culture. It should be of interest to historians of the period, Civil War buffs, re-enactors, and anyone who wants to understand the varied backgrounds of our lives. There's entertainment and a chance for everyone to engage with the speakers.
SPEAKERS
Joseph Glatthaar, Stephenson Distinguished Professor of History at UNC-Chapel Hill, teaches courses in the American Civil War and American military history at the undergraduate and graduate level. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his current major project is a study of Robert E. Lee's army of Northern Virginia. He has written and edited numerous publications, among them, Forged in Battle: The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White Officers (1990) and The March to the Sea and Beyond: Sherman's Troops in the Savannah and Carolinas Campaigns (1996).
David Goldfield, Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at UNC-Charlotte, earned his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland. He is the author or editor of 11 books on various aspects of southern and urban history. Two of his works, Cotton Fields and Skyscrapers: Southern City and Region, 1607-1980 (1982) and Black, White, and Southern: Race Relations and Southern Culture, 1940 to the Present (1990), received the Mayflower Award for nonfiction. Both books were also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in history.
Thavolia Glymph, assistant professor of African and African American Studies and history at Duke, earned her Ph.D. at Purdue University. She has written several essays on slavery, emancipation, and the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction; economic history; and southern women. She is co-editor of Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, ser. 1, vol. 3. Her current work focuses on southern women in transition from slavery to freedom and the formation of an Afro-American women's radical culture in the postbellum South.
Allan Gurganus is the author of works of fiction, including Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, White People, and The Practical Heart. His obsession with the Civil War sprang from two great-grandfathers who fought on opposing sides at Shiloh. Gurganus's work has won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the National Magazine Award, and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Lambda Literary Award. He was recently the Lehman Brady Lecturer in American Studies at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill and is a 2006 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. He lives in North Carolina.
Margaret Humphreys, conference convener, is professor of history and associate clinical professor at Duke University and received an MD from Harvard Medical School and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Her major research interest is the history of disease in America, especially in the South. In 2002 she was named Josiah Charles Trent Associate Professor of Medical Humanities and Johns Hopkins University Press will publish her Intensely Human: The Health of Black Soldiers in the American Civil War in the fall of 2007.
Jack Temple Kirby, W.E. Smith Professor Emeritus of History at Miami University in Ohio, is a national recognized scholar on the study of the South and environmental history. He is the author of numerous publications, including Darkness at the Dawning: Racial Reform in the Progressive South (1972) and The Countercultural South (1995). He is editor of Studies in Rural History for the University of North Carolina Press.
Friday, February 16
4:00 p.m.
Registration
5:30
What Was Lost
Jack Temple Kirby, W.E. Smith Emeritus Professor of History, Miami University of Ohio
6:45
Evening reception
Saturday, February 17
Registration continues
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
9:00 - 10:15
Slave to Soldier to Citizen: The Black Body in the Civil War (and After) Margaret Humphreys, Professor of History and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Duke University
10: 15 - 10:45
Break
10:45 - noon
A War to Set Us Free: Black Women in the Civil War Thavolia Glymph, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and History, Duke University
Noon-1:00 p.m.
Box Lunch
1:00 - 2:15
Walt Whitman, Genetic Memory, and Historical Research: The Making of a Modern Civil War Tale Allan Gurganus
2:15 - 3:30
Profile in Leadership: R.E. Lee's First Month in Command of the Army of Northern Virginia Joseph Glatthaar, Stephenson Distinguished Professor of History, UNC-Chapel Hill
3:30 - 4:00
Break
4:00 - 4:45
Still Fighting the Civil WarDavid Goldfield, Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History, UNC-Charlotte
5:00
Close
EVENT LOCATIONS
All events during the weekend will be held on the Duke University campus. The conference has been structured to include time to enjoy the campus and the Triangle area. Visit the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke Gardens, Duke University Stores and the Gothic Bookshop, and the renovated Durham downtown, or stroll along Ninth Street off East Campus.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
(Registration begins in January. Check the website after January 5 for the online form.) http://www.dukealumni.com/__page/10042179.100.13.aspx
The registration fee for the weekend is $50. This includes all the educational sessions, Friday night reception, continental breakfast on Saturday morning, and box lunch on Saturday. Space is limited and full payment is required upon registration. Registrations will be accepted in the order in which they are received. A $25 administrative fee will be charged for cancellations before February 7, 2007; after that date, no refunds will be given.
Students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at local universities may participate at no charge. Meals will not be included. Students are asked to register in advance.
ACCOMMODATIONS
A small block of rooms has been reserved at the MILLENIUM HOTEL, 2800 Campus Walk Avenue, Durham, NC 27705. The special rates available for this program are $129 single/double and are subject to 6% NC sales tax and 5% occupancy tax.
The cutoff date for booking within this block is January 23, 2007.
Please contact MILLENIUM HOTEL directly at (919) 383-8575 or (800) 633-5379 to reserve a room within the "Civil War Conference at Duke" block.
Millennium Hotel is ideally located just one mile from Duke. Check-in is at 3:00 p.m. and checkout is by noon.
Should you wish to inquire about other accommodations in Durham, please consult with your local travel agent or go to www.durham-nc.com.
Faculty approve dance major
Arts & Sciences, 2007/01/11 11:55:35
Dance, offered as a certificate since 1992 and a minor since 1997, was unanimously approved as a major by the Arts & Sciences Council. [more]
French 76 Student Film Festival
Romance Studies, 2006/12/08 14:27:08
Duke Students Win French Film Contest with "Horrible Life"
You can access the story at http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2006/12/clotaire.html
Six Chemistry majors
Chemistry, 2006/12/08 10:49:13
have been recently initiated into Phi Beta Kappa. The department congratulates them all on their accomplishments. The inductees are: Drew Schwartz, Evan Sherman, Feng Su, Vaibhav Upadhyay, Felicia Walton, and Devina Luhur.
The Collapse of Traditional Knowledge
Literature, 2006/12/07 14:22:26
Economy, Technology, and Geopolitics
In recent years, a seismic shift in the organization of the world’s economies, cultures, political and social formations, and processes of knowledge production seems to have taken place. Although we are interested in the latter and in the transformation of the ways in which the world’s knowledges are organized, categorized, materially produced, institutionalized, circulated, and consumed, we also seek to inquire into the relationship of those practices to larger social, cultural, economic and political trends. Thus, rather than focusing solely on the subject, say, of the corporate university, or the decline of book culture, or even on the transformation of knowledge production by new technologies, we would like to think structurally about the relationships among the various factors creating this overwhelming sense of seismic shift -- a shift that suggests to some that all forms of traditional knowledge (including what might be called “literary” knowledge) are outmoded and therefore open to renovation – and to others that such forms must be protected and conserved at all costs.
Our goal is not to offer a simple political complaint about the corporate university, or even a theoretically informed account of the transformation of knowledge production in its more general aspects. Rather, we are hoping that we might push the analysis of the relationship between what we have tentatively labeled “the collapse of traditional knowledge,” and the emergency posed by certain concrete and specific social, economic, and cultural conditions that both demand and enable alternative practices that might be characterized as thinking “otherwise.” Our hope is to find a way to join the various conversations that have preoccupied us, sometimes individually, sometimes collectively in such a way that we might reflect critically on the conditions of possibility for our own thinking while exploring how those conditions both function as constraints -- as new forms of discipline, if you will -- and as tendencies toward a potentially new course for the generation of thought about the world.
Lecture by Margaret Rosenthal (USC)
Romance Studies, 2007/03/01 14:01:34
On February 26, 2007 at 4:30 pm, Margaret Rosenthal (USC) will give a lecture in the Old Trinity Room, West Union Building. The lecture is entitled "A Merchant Fashion: Venetian Clothing Customs and Commercial Markets in Cesare Vecellio's Habiti antichi et diversi (1590)"
You may contact Professor Valeria Finucci (vfinucci@duke.edu) for more details.
April 16, 2006 - Lecture by Robert Bonfil
Romance Studies, 2007/02/14 09:40:15
This will take place at 4:30 pm at 0012 Westbrook.
More information to come, or contact Professor Valeria Finucci (vfinucci@duke.edu).
Workshop by Robert Bonfil for faculty and graduate students
Romance Studies, 2007/02/14 09:40:07
This workshop will take place on April 17, 2007 at 5:00 pm in the Breedlove Room of Perkins Library.
More details will follow, or you may contact Professor Valeria Finucci (vfinucci@duke.edu)
Congratulations to Donald Horowitz
Political Science, for faculty, 2006/12/06 14:39:14
Congratulations to Donald Horowitz for his op-ed in the 12/4/06 issue of the Wall St. Journal.
The Chemistry Department Holiday Party
Chemistry, 2006/12/05 13:01:54
will take place on December 9, from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. in the P. M. Gross lobby. All are welcome to come early at noon to watch the Duke-George Mason basketball game on the big screen in Room 107!
The Department congratulates
Chemistry, 2006/12/05 12:59:47
the graduate student winners of competitive departmental fellowships for the 2006-2007 academic year. This year's winners and the sources of their support include:
Charles Bradsher Endowment
Marc Adler
Parag Mukhopadhyah
Joe Taylor Adams Fellowship
Yu Du
Paul Mangus Gross Fellowship
Yu Du
Yongcheng Ying
Jeff Rubino
William Krigbaum Fellowship
Chad Ray
Burroughs Welcome Fellowship
Katie Ciesienski
Zhibin Zhang
Yuan Dai
Erin Wilfong
Guoqiang Zhou
Mariam Sharaf
Yu Du
CR Hauser Fellowship
Julianne Yost
David Loveless
Katherine Weaver
Petra Roulhac
Marc Adler
Kathleen Zielek Fellowship
Senli Guo
Charlotta Wennefors
Laura Moussa
Chad Ray
Hobbs Chemistry Endowment Award
Liangjie Tang
John Herbert Pearson Award
Marc Adler
Kassy Mies
Lou Charkoudian
Katheryn Haas
Jared Heymann
Congratulations to Alex Downes
Political Science, for faculty, 2006/12/05 11:55:36
Congratulations to Alex for his interview in the 12/3/06 Atlanta Journal-Constitution in the At Issue section (front page and interview).
Robertson scholars get new director
Arts & Sciences, 2007/05/11 15:22:01
Tony Brown, professor of the practice of public policy and sociology, will take over the interuniversity scholarship program in July 2007. [more]
Featured Member: Anthony S. Brown of Sanford School of Public Policy
Board endorses new department, academic programs
Arts & Sciences, 2007/01/12 09:09:11
The Board of Trustees voted to designate the African and African American Studies Program an official department, and approved three new international graduate degrees in law, medicine, and business. [more]
FAI raises $190 million in pledges
Arts & Sciences, 2007/01/03 13:10:10
One year after its launch, the Financial Aid Initiative has reached almost two-thirds of its $300 million goal and has created 147 new endowed scholarships. [more]
Campus Culture Initiative update
Arts & Sciences, 2007/01/03 13:07:42
Co-chairs Robert Thompson and Larry Moneta said in a statement that the steering committee has largely completed gathering data and is "entering the phrase of our work of interpreting what we have heard and learned and formulating a number of recommendations." [more]
Student Stories Web site launched
Arts & Sciences, 2006/12/12 09:57:47
Duke's Office of News and Communications prepared this site to highlight undergraduates whose interests extend across the classroom and the community to make a real difference in the world. [more]
President's office has a new Web site
Arts & Sciences, 2006/12/15 11:23:34
The new web site features biographical information on President Richard H. Brodhead, video and text of his speeches and writings, and news and upcoming events. [more]
Felicia Walton,
Chemistry, 2006/11/30 12:37:30
who majors in both Biology and Chemistry at Duke, has won a prestigious Marshall Scholarship, through which she plans to study cell division in mammalian cells at the University of Cambridge. Congratulations to Felicia!
Graduate applications to the Ph.D. program
Chemistry, 2006/11/29 11:03:26
are now being accepted. Visit our website to learn more about the department , the Ph.D. program, or to get answers to frequently asked questions.
Nicholas School dean to lead ecology organization
Arts & Sciences, 2007/05/11 15:25:14
William H. Schlesinger, James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry, will become president and director of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in June 2007. [more]
Featured Member: William H. Schlesinger of Earth and Ocean Sciences Major
Prehealth adviser retiring
Arts & Sciences, 2006/12/01 14:47:54
Kay H. Singer G'77, associate dean of Trinity College and director of the Health Professions Advising Center, will retire at the end of January 2007. [more]
Postdoctoral position in Functional Genomics
Biology, for jobs, 2006/11/28 15:22:22
Postdoc in Functional Genomics and Natural Variation A two year postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Biology at Duke University to study molecular genetics of plant defense. The applicant must have a PhD degree in molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, or a related field. Prior experience with plant biochemistry, Arabidopsis genetics, transformation, and other genomics methods is desirable.
The research project involves functional characterization of loci controlling the biochemistry of plant defense. Our laboratory is located in the French Family Science Center, a very new facility housing a number of lab groups with closely related interests. Recent work in our laboratory is summarized at: http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Biology/faculty/tmo/publications.
Funding is available for two years beginning immediately, with the possibility of further extension. Interested applicants should email a cover letter, a brief statement of research experience, CV and names and contact information of three references to: Dr. Thomas Mitchell-Olds, tmo1@duke.edu.
Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Congratulations to Chris Gelpi
Political Science, for faculty, 2006/11/28 14:56:12
Chris was quoted in a article at Baltimoresun.com. Congratulations Chris!
Congratulations to Don Horowitz
Political Science, for faculty, 2006/11/28 10:25:57
Congratulations to Don Horowitz on his appointment the the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion!
Faculty, science writer honored by science association
Arts & Sciences, 2006/12/04 10:40:41
Professor of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy Elwyn Simons and Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Dennis Thiele were elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, along with retired Director of Research Communications Dennis Meredith. [more]
March 23, 2007 - HPSTM-Hosted Conference
History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine, 2006/11/27 18:19:13
Duke University is the host site for HPSTM conference titled "Do Historians and Philosophers of Science have Anything to Say to Each Other?", to be held on March 23-24, 2007.
Featured speakers include: Peter Dear, Hasok Chang, Jan Golinski, Mimi Kim, and Andrew Janiak.December 01, 2006 - December 1, 2006 - Triangle Legal History Seminar - National Humanities Center - 4-6pm
History, for faculty, 2006/11/27 12:23:28
Triangle Legal History Seminar will host Professor Eric Muller of the UNC-Law School. Muller will be presenting draft selections from his upcoming book, "Yellow Peril, Red Tape," which considers the legal bureaucracy associated with World War II Japanese internment in the United States.
His research focuses on decision-making processes through which the government distinguished loyal from disloyal Japanese-Americans, and especially a series of sharp conflicts between civilian law enforcement agencies and military intelligence.
Anyone interested in receiving the pdf file with the selections from the manuscript should contact Sandi Payne Greene at payne@email.unc.edu
Congratulations to Professor David Rohde
Political Science, for faculty, 2006/11/27 11:06:07
Congratulations to David Rohde for his interesting op-ed in the NY Times on November 18, 2006. Congratulations to David!
Audit Committee Risk Reports Take Center Stage in Risk Management Oversight
Office of Internal Audits, 2006/11/20 11:26:44
November 8, 2006
By Gary Larkin, Managing Editor, Audit Committee Insights
Risk management tools such as "heat maps" and dashboards as well as risk reports and matrices can give the audit committee a clear picture of the company's risks -- which, in turn, can help audit committees members in their oversight over risk management.
(...) said Kenneth Daly, executive director of KPMG's Audit Committee Institute (ACI), at the recent Corporate Board Member magazine's Boardroom Summit in New York City. "There's a lot [of tools] that can be [used] to make those reports robust."
Heat maps and dashboards are computer desktop applications (or printed reports) that give directors a quick view of financial and competitive information. Management and audit committees use this information in developing risk reports and risk matrices.
Daly says what's important is how audit committees use such information, especially when considering the adequacy of the company's internal controls, and the audit plans of both the internal and external auditors. The risk matrix is an essential part of that process.
Mary K. Bush, audit committee chair at MGIC Investment Corp., said at the Boardroom Summit, that the risk matrix has become an important tool for the audit committee. At one of the companies where she is an audit committee member, the chief of internal audit has taken charge of the process.
"He's putting together a risk matrix of who is responsible for what," she said, "and we [on] the audit committee use [it] as a tool."
A matrix is a grid that identifies a company's significant risks and the status of management's mitigation efforts. It allows audit committees, management and the external and internal auditors to view risk across an entire organization. Companies often come up with their own approaches, sometimes using outside consultants to help facilitate and vet the process.
Several people at the Boardroom Summit pointed out that the risk matrix can be a starting point for management and audit committees to ensure risk management efforts are properly coordinated.
Microsoft Corp.'s audit committee Chair Charles H. Noski, who was also at the Boardroom Summit, said that risk matrices give shape to the risk assessment process.
"You need to listen to the outside auditor's risk assessment and listen to what the risk scope is," Noski said. "You should ask your companies to map their [anticipated] risks vs. what they actually are.
"You should see if the internal auditor and the external auditor are looking at the same thing. I [personally] have seen a disconnect here."
Noski added that to ensure the risk management report results in effective oversight, there needs to be a means for the audit committee to evaluate management's progress in risk management, and communicate that progress to the board.
At Microsoft, every audit committee meeting reviews risks such as operational and strategic; members consider what has changed since their last meeting, and how those risks have been mitigated, Noski said.
According to the ACI's Daly, an important part of the vetting process is that the audit committee help ensure that internal and external audit plans properly focus on internal controls associated with the potentially significant financial reporting risks and those business risks that could become financial reporting risks.
"The audit committee should review the audit plan and see what risk areas are addressed," he said. "They [audit committee members] should compare the plan with the significant risks identified by management."
Daly suggests the overall audit plan (developed by both internal and external auditors), which spells out the nature, timing and extent of a company's audit, map out how audit responsibilities are divided between the external and internal auditors. Daly also says the audit committee should ensure proper coordination of the audit plans of the external and internal auditors.
He recommends a list of questions for audit committees that can be used for assessment. They include:
Have management and internal and external auditors communicated their process for identifying and ranking the financial and non-financial reporting risks they believe may have a financial impact?
Have they identified the same risks that management identified, and explained differences?
Have they focused their audit plans on key risks, and shown the audit procedures are appropriate to address these risks?
Have they communicated the design and performance of audit procedures (including their nature, timing and extent)?
[more]December 04, 2006 - December 4, 2006 - Seema Alavi - 229 Carr - Noon
History, for faculty, 2007/02/22 12:39:06
author of, “The Sepoy and the Company,” and a second book forthcoming from New Delhi’s Permanent Black Press and Britain’s Palgrave, Macmillan, "The Loss and Recovery of Indo-Muslim Medicine: A History and its Legacy, 1650-1900," Alavi demonstrates her unusual scholarly breadth. She also co-authored with Muzzaffar Alam, "A European experience of the Mughal Orient: The Ijaz-I-Arsalani (Persian letters, 1773-1779) of A.H. Polier.
Her talk will be on, "From Mughal gentleman physician to native doctor: Imperial medicine in India, 1600-1900."
December 01, 2006 - December 1, 2006 - Sumathi Ramaswamy - 229 Carr - Noon
History, for faculty, 2007/02/22 12:38:44
author of Passions of the Tongue and The Lost Land of Lemuria and a projected work on Body Politics: Maps and Modernity in India, Ramaswamy has already published an article on this topic, “Maps and Mother Goddesses in Modern India,” in the journal Imago Mundi. Her talk will be, “The promise of pictorial history: Maps, mother goddesses and martyrdom in modern India.”
December 08, 2006 - December 8, 2006 - Jean Allman - 229 Carr - Noon
History, for faculty, 2006/11/21 09:42:01
Director, Center for African Studies, University of Illinois, Allman will be speaking on, “Ritual Commerce and Modern Traditions: Lessons in the Vernacular from West Africa.”
November 28, 2006 - November 28, 2006 - Adeeb Khalid - 229 Carr - 11:30
History, for faculty, 2006/11/21 09:40:22
Islamic Studies Candidate, author of two remarkable books, (1) The Politics of Muslim Cultural Reform: Jadidism in Central Asia (Berkeley, 1998), and (2) Islam after Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia (Berkeley, in press) and a projected work on Islam under the Soviets, Khalid has opened up a "virtually unknown" field--i.e., the study of Islam in relation to modernization in Central Asia. Muslim reform in this area is distinctive in a number of respects, notably, in being secular in outlook, according to Khalid. He examines the reform movement in the context of the impact of Russian imperialism, the spread of print culture and emergence of a public sphere, and the social implications of splits between reformers and conservatives. His talk will address Islam in the Soviet Union, and its aftermath.
New Leadership Workshops
Chemistry, 2007/02/01 16:18:26
will be offered as a three-part series for all interested graduate students. The workshops will take place this spring, and they are designed to help participants develop collaborative relationships, contribute to an innovative research environment, and broaden scientific influence. Click here for schedules and more information.
Campus leader, athlete named Rhodes scholar
Arts & Sciences, 2006/12/04 10:44:10
Charles "Chas" Salmen T'07, an English major who organized the Arab-Jewish Student Coalition and is captain of the track and cross-country teams, was chosen from among 896 applicants to study at Oxford University. [more]
COSO Issues Internal Control over Financial Reporting Guidance for Smaller Public Companies
Office of Internal Audits, 2006/11/20 11:57:27
During its free interactive Web cast on July 11, 2006 (which gathered an audience of approximately 1,750 participants), the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) released its long anticipated guidance for small business, Internal Control over Financial Reporting - Guidance for Smaller Public Companies (the COSO Guidance).
This document neither replaces nor modifies COSO's Internal Control - Integrated Framework (the Framework), but rather provides guidance on how to apply the Framework in designing and implementing cost-effective internal control over financial reporting, particularly for smaller public companies. COSO's objectives in developing this guidance included basing the guidance on the Framework, better articulating fundamental principles of internal control, and illustrating with practical examples. The COSO Guidance is divided into three volumes: (1) Executive Summary; (2) Overview of internal control over financial reporting in smaller businesses (including descriptions of company characteristics and how they affect internal control, challenges smaller businesses face, and how management can use the Framework); and (3) Illustrative tools to assist management in evaluating internal control. More information regarding the COSO Guidance and COSO can be accessed on the COSO Web site, and the AICPA Web site.
Professor emeritus wins top honor
Arts & Sciences, 2006/12/01 10:15:23
John Hope Franklin will share the $1 million John W. Kluge Prize for the Study of Humanity, an award created to honor achievement in fields not covered by the Nobel Prizes. [more]
November 20, 2006 - November 20, 2006 - 2006-07 History Colloquium - 229 Carr Bldg - Noon
History, for faculty, 2006/11/21 09:38:43
Sucheta Mazumdar
will be speaking on her current research project: “From the Slave Trade to the Opium Rush: America-China Trade in the Making of the Modern World”
Introducing Professor Mazumdar will be two of her former graduate students: Derek Chang, Assistant Professor of History, Cornell University and Seonmin Kim, Assistant Professor of History, UNC-G
November 17, 2006 - November 17, 2006 - Snapshots from a New Brazil: Popular Education for Democracy - Duke Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies 12:15-2:00
History, for faculty, 2006/11/15 15:42:39
Two visiting Brazilian historians will discuss old and new initiatives linked to the Workers’ Party (PT) and President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, reelected in October 2006 with 61% of the national vote.
Dr. Alexandre Fortes (Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro):
Participatory Budgeting in Brazil: The Roots and Global Impact of Democratic Innovation in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Dr. Paulo Fontes (Visiting Fellow, Princeton University; CPDOC-FGV-Rio):
Labor’s Memory: A Nation-Wide Government-Academic Program Bringing Labor History to the Brazilian Public
During 2005-2006, our guests co-directed the “Programa Memória de Trabalho,” an educational and research effort supported by Brazil's Labor Ministry that provided support for historical preservation, publication and scholarly debates, as well as sponsoring a traveling photo exhibit that served as the basis for their photographic history of workers in Brazil (the event will serve as an unofficial celebration of the coffee table book of photographs they edited). A short video with sound track on the photo exhibit will also be shown.
Snacks and refreshments provided.
Welcome Barbara Puccio
Web Solutions Team - Blackwell, 2006/11/15 10:55:31
WeST is happy to welcome our newest designer/developer, Barbara Puccio.
Congratulations to Ole Holsti
Political Science, for faculty, 2006/11/14 16:05:03
Congratulations to Ole Holsti on his interesting op ed in the Sunday News and Observer.
Prof. Pei receives USDA funding
Biology, for grants, 2006/11/13 12:59:23
Zhen-Ming Pei of Biology has received an award from the Department of Agriculture for a project entitled "Molecular Genetic Analysis of Ca2+Channel-Mediated Cold Sensing." Total funding will be $398,682 over 36 months.
Prof. Jackson receives DOE funding
Biology, for grants, 2006/11/13 12:54:37
Robert B. Jackson of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Department of Energy for a project entitled "Southeastern Regional Center of the National Institute for Climate Change Research (Supplement)." Total funding will be $598,161 over 51 months.
Prof. Bernhardt receives funding from NC State Government
Biology, for grants, 2006/11/13 12:53:46
Emily S. Bernhardt of Biology has received an award from the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources for a project entitled "Restoring Biogeochemical Functions in Degraded Urban Stream Ecosystems." Total funding will be $21,473 over 12 months.
Prof. Sherwood receives ACS funding
Biology, for grants, 2006/11/13 12:52:19
David R. Sherwood of Biology has received an award from the American Cancer Society for a project entitled "Genetic Analysis of Cell-Invasive Behavior." Total funding will be $720,000 over 48 months.
Prof. Benfey receives NSF funding.
Biology, for grants, 2006/11/13 12:52:06
Philip N. Benfey of Biology has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Arabidopsis 2010: Identifying Transcriptional Networks at Cellular Resolution." Total funding will be $4,000,000 over 48 months
Prof. Magwene receives NSF funding
Biology, for grants, 2006/11/13 12:40:17
Paul Magwene of Biology has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Research Initiation Grant: The Effects of Genetic Variation on Gene Networks in Yeast." Total funding will be $174,858 over 24 months.
Provost to brief staff on strategic plan
Arts & Sciences, 2006/11/16 10:35:58
Peter Lange will provide an inside look of the plan on Thursday at noon in the Bryan Center's Griffith Theater. [more]
February 02, 2007 - Lecture by Anjali Prabhu
Romance Studies, 2007/02/12 11:10:09
A lecture by Professor Anjali Prabhu will take place Friday, February 2, 2007 in the Breedlove Room of Perkins Library. The lecture, entitled "Hybridity: Limits, Transformations, Prospects" will begin at 5:00 pm and a reception will follow.
This event is sponsored by: The Department of Romance Studies Lectures Committee and Duke in France. For more information, please contact cknoop@duke.edu
Anjali Prabhu specializes in Francophone studies and theoretical issues in literature, culture, and postcolonial studies. Her first book, entitled, Hybridity: Limits, Transformations, Prospects, is forthcoming in the SUNY series in Postcolonial Thought (March 2007). The book includes account of the creole islands of Mauritius and La Réunion (Indian Ocean). It also includes discussion of postcolonial theory and thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and Edouard Glissant. Her published work includes articles and essays on theory and on the literature and culture of North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean. Recently accepted peer-reviewed articles on Frantz Fanon and Edouard Glissant are to appear in Research in African Literatures and Diacritics, respectively. Anjali Prabhu is currently working on a book project on African cinema and will be on leave in Spring 2007. In the French Department, Professor Prabhu teaches different courses in Francophone and postcolonial studies that draw upon the work described above. Other courses she offers are French Literature and Culture from the Eighteenth-Century to the Present, Advanced Studies in Language, and Intermediate French.
Congratulations to Mike Munger
Political Science, for faculty, 2006/11/28 15:04:53
Mike Munger had an interesting op-ed in the November 7th News & Observer Congratulations to Mike!
Romancing the Humanities Part I: New Theories for Romance Studies
Romance Studies, 2006/11/20 10:39:16
November 10 and 11, 2006, LGBT Center and 305 Languages. Workshops by Ileana Rodriguez (Ohio State University), Javier Sanjines (University of Michigan), and Beatriz Jaguaribe (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro).
The first workshop of this series will focus on current issues in three different regions of South America: the Andes, Central America and Brazil. Issues to be addressed will include research and debates on global issues from the perspective of the receiving end (e.g., South America and the Caribbean), alternative modernities, and the force and visibility of Indian nations in the Andes, particularly in Bolivia and Ecuador.
Please contact Cathy Knoop at 660-3102 or cknoop@duke.edu for itineraries and details.
Lecture by Ann Jefferson
Romance Studies, 2006/11/20 10:39:05
Ann Jefferson, Fellow of New College (Oxford) and Visiting Professor (Columbia University) will be giving a lecture entitled "Baudelaire as Biographer: from Edgar Allan Poe to Les Fleurs du mal" on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 4:30 pm in the Breedlove Room of Perkins Library.
This event is sponsored by Duke in France, The Department of Romance Studies Lectures Committee, the Department of English, and the Program in Literature.
Congratulations to Ole Holsti
Political Science, for faculty, 2006/11/28 15:10:11
Ole's letter was published in November 8th New York Times. Congratulations to Ole!
Duke rated 3rd for black enrollment
Arts & Sciences, 2006/11/27 15:20:29
In The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education's annual survey, Duke had the 3rd highest percentage of enrolled black freshman among top universities. UNC-CH and Stanford were ranked first and second, respectively. [more]
Duke at a Glance available online
Arts & Sciences, 2006/11/16 10:35:41
The Office of News & Communications published a compilation of facts and figures about Duke University. [more]
Speaker Series
Education, 2006/11/30 09:17:11
Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball
Knowing Your Subject Well Enough to Teach It:
What More Does It Take?
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
4:30-6:00pm
107 White Lecture Hall, East Duke Building
Free and Open to the Public
Grad student honored by black engineers
Arts & Sciences, 2006/11/28 13:36:57
Audrey Ellerbee G'09, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Council and a student member of the Campus Culture Initiative, was named the "Graduate Student of the Year" by the National Society of Black Engineers. [more]
A&S Development staff changes
Trinity College Development, 2007/09/25 10:38:11
Erica Hill T’98 has joined Arts & Sciences Development. She was previously director of leadership giving and an assistant director of reunion giving in the Duke Annual Fund. Ms. Hill earned a BA in public policy studies. Laura Treat Harvey, director of development for the Division of Student Affairs since June 2003, is leaving Duke to become director of development for the International Youth Foundation in Baltimore.
"A Duke Conversation" goes on the road
Trinity College Development, 2007/09/25 10:36:56
Public events featuring President Brodhead and Duke students and faculty are scheduled for major cities around the U.S. For a listing of upcoming dates, cities, and speakers, please visit our Web site at www.adukeconversation.com.
[more]November 15, 2006 - 2006-2007 Provost's Lecture Series - Admiral John Poindexter
Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, 2007/03/08 10:12:30
Wednesday, November 15 at 5:00 p.m.
Love Auditorium of the Levine Science Research Center on the Duke Campus
A Vision for Countering Terrorism Through Information and Privacy
Protection Technologies for the 21st Century
[more]
[Please click here to view Admiral Poindexter's Presentation]
Congratulations to Professor Kerry Haynie
Political Science, for faculty, 2006/11/03 16:07:05
The American Political Science Association has announced that Kerry Haynie has been elected to the APSA Council. Congratulations Kerry!
Congratulations to Evan Charney
Political Science, 2006/11/03 10:17:21
Check out Evan's quote in a MSNBC article at http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15534009/
Fulbright, Marshall, Mitchell Scholarships awarded
Arts & Sciences, 2006/12/04 10:43:22
Fifteen Duke Fulbright scholars will spend a year abroad studying, researching, or teaching. [more] Felicia Walton T'07 will use a Marshall Scholarship to earn her master's degree at the University of Cambridge. [more] Jimmy Soni T'07 won a Mitchell Scholarship for a year of graduate study in Ireland. [more]
Former president receives award
Arts & Sciences, 2006/11/20 10:48:43
Nannerl Keohane was honored by the Academic Senate of UC-Berkeley for her exceptional contribution to the advancement of higher education. [more]
November 02, 2006 - Congratulations to Professor Chris Gelp
Political Science, 2006/11/02 10:07:10
Please take a look at the NPR news article quoting Professor Gelpi. http://tinyurl.com/yce768
The 2006 Latin American Film and Video Festival
Spanish Language Program, 2006/11/02 09:36:19
The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University is proud to present: The 20th Annual Latin American Film & Video Festival: A Celebration * Una Celebración * Uma Celebracão
November 3 - 19, 2006
on the campuses of: *University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * Duke University *North Carolina State University * North Carolina Central University *Durham Technical Community College * Guilford College*
For the complete festival schedule, please visit the Consortium's Festival site.
For more information, contact Sharon Mujica at smujica@email.unc.edu
The Spanish Table
Spanish Language Program, 2006/11/02 09:31:19
Interested in practicing your Spanish speaking skills? Come to the Spanish Table! Duke students and faculty meet every Thursday from September 28 to November 30 to informally discuss different topics of interest to the group.
Meet us at 1:00pm on November 2 (Faculty Commons) and November 16 (Von der Heyden Pavilion)
Meet us at 6:00pm on November 9 (Soc Psych 128) and November 30 (Soc Psych 128)
Some sessions provide lunch or dinner. Contact Fernán (cerron@duke.edu) for more details.
West Campus quads to get new faculty residents
Arts & Sciences, 2006/11/27 15:19:21
Starting next fall, four new faculty-in-residence apartments will be added in an effort to encourage faculty-student interaction. [more]
October 30, 2006 - PPARC Recognized as a Duke Interdisciplinary Center
Population, Policy and Aging Research Center, 2006/10/30 11:47:05
PPARC recently went through the procedures to gain full recognition as one of the Interdisciplinary Centers of Duke University. For information about Duke's Interdisciplinary Studies program, see: www.interdisciplinary.duke.edu/overview/. DuPRI is also now recognized as a part of Interdisciplinary Studies. [more]
Plensa on the plaza
Arts & Sciences, 2006/11/09 08:34:42
On loan from Duke trustee Paula Crown and family, a 9-foot tall glowing sculpture, "Tattoo," by Jaume Plensa, will be on display until May 2007. [more]
Mellon Foundation supports Visual Studies Initiative
Arts & Sciences, 2006/11/11 08:16:29
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation gave $2.5 million to support Duke's Visual Studies Initiative, an effort to improve how visual images are understood and to foster research and teaching. [more]
November 09, 2006 - November 9, 2006 - Professor Char Miller - White Lecture Hall 4:30
History, for faculty, 2006/10/24 11:47:31
Will the U.S. Forest Service Celebrate a Bicentennial?: The Remarkable History of and Future Challenges Facing a Resource Agency
The 2006 Lynn W. Day Distinguished Lectureship in Forest and Conservation History welcomes Dr. Char Miller, Professor of History, Trinity University, to examine the central administrative, legal, and political tensions the U.S. Forest Service has long confronted and evaluate the key environmental challenges the agency and the nation will face over the next century. During the 2005 Forest Service centennial, Dr. Miller traveled the nation speaking about Forest Service history. The talk will explore links between the agency's past, present, and future and suggest what this remarkable organization must do to adapt to the immense difficulties that lie ahead.
This lecture is FREE to the public. Parking will be available around the East Campus Quad. A reception will follow at 5:30 p.m. in the East Duke Parlors.
The Lectureship is sponsored by the Forest History Society, the Duke University Department of History, and the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. For more information, please contact Dr. Steven Anderson, President, Forest History Society, 919/682-9319. http://www.foresthistory.org/
Chemistry Colleague and Nobel Laureate Peter Agre
Chemistry, 2006/10/24 10:50:59
offered to trade his Chemistry Nobel Prize for two week's control of the "Colbert Report" on the October 19 edition of the show that airs on Comedy Central. Colbert declined Agre's offer. See clips at: http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/videos/celebrity_interviews/index.jhtml.
October 27, 2006 - October 27, 2006 Triangle Legal History Seminar at the National Humanities Center 4:00 - 6:00
History, for faculty, 2006/10/24 10:39:43
Jonathan Ocko and David Gilmartin, both history professors at N. C. State, present their pre-circulated paper, "State, Sovereignty, and the People: A Comparison of 'Rule of Law' in Imperial China and India." Contact: Edward Balleisen at eballeis@duke.edu.
Town meetings on campus culture for faculty and staff
Arts & Sciences, 2006/10/24 09:27:00
The Campus Culture Initiative scheduled town hall meetings for faculty (4 p.m. Tuesday, Faculty Commons, West Union) and staff (11 a.m. Thursday, Von Canon A, Bryan Center) [more]
Brodhead addresses university faculty
Arts & Sciences, 2006/11/07 09:38:05
The president spoke to the Academic Council about supporting faculty activities through technology upgrades, improved facilities, recognition programs, and increased hiring of minorities. [more]
Duke receives community service honor
Arts & Sciences, 2006/11/02 12:33:23
Duke was named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, a program to increase public awareness of the contributions that college students make through volunteer service. [more]
November 17, 2006 - November 17, 2006 - Southern Historical Association - Medical Forum C - 5:00 - 7:00
History, for faculty, 2006/10/16 12:16:48
The Southern Historical Association meeting will be held at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel. Alumni and friends are invited to a History Department reception on Friday, November 17th from 5:00 – 7:00 in Medical Forum C.
Madagascar's Biodiversity Outlook
Duke Lemur Center, 2006/10/16 12:10:36
In June of 2006, DLC Director Anne Yoder, along with the Center's Madagascar specialists, Andrea Katz and Charlie Welch, spent three days discussing the evolutionary history and the fate of Madagascar's rich and endangered biota. This conference was hosted and funded by NSF's National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (http://www.nescent.org/main/index.php), and was attended by scholars from around the world, including two DLC summer residents from Madagascar. Read about the proceedings. [more]
October 26, 2006 - October 26, 2006 - Elizabeth Povinelli - East Duke Parlors 5:00 pm
History, for faculty, 2006/10/16 11:53:12
Elizabeth Povinelli, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, will be giving a lecture on "Disturbing Sexuality: Queer Studies After Identity"
Reception at 5:00
Lecture at 5:30
Romancing the Humanities: New Theories for Romance Studies
Romance Studies, 2007/02/22 09:24:38
The main goal of this series is to imagine ourselves and our work, how we both encompass but also move beyond the national languages, literatures, and cultures that have been the foundations of Departments like ours. We seek to think about our contributions to the Humanities at large, as well as the role and function of the Humanities in U.S. Universities today.
The first workshop, entitled Our North is the South took place on November 10 and 11, 2006, and included Beatriz Jaguaribe (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Ileana Rodriguez, (Ohio State University), and Javier Sanjines (University of Michigan). This workshop focused on current issues in three different regions of South America: the Andes, Central America and Brazil. Issues addressed included research and debates on global issues from the perspective of the receiving end (e.g., South America and the Caribbean), alternative modernities, and the force and visibility of Indian nations in the Andes, particularly in Bolivia and Ecuador.
The second workshop, entitled Latin/a/a/ America Inside/out, took place on January 19-20, 2007, and included Jose Buscaglia (University of Buffalo), Claire F. Fox (University of Iowa), and Richard Rosa (University of California at Berkeley). In this workshop we explored the radical changes that Latino/a in the US and Indigenous people and Afro-Latins in South America are introducing in the production and circulation of knowledge. “Latin/o/a America Inside/Out” a possible metaphor to express what we have in mind, explores the signifying labor performed by categories like sex-gender, class, sexuality and race in the Americas as heard in the ubiquitous claims made nowadays regarding the inevitable cultural, social, economic, and temporal transformations we are calling the “Latinization of the United States.”
The third workshop, entitled Caribbean Movements/Latin American Spaces, will take place on February 16-17, 2007, and will bring together Licia Fiol-Matta (Lehman College, CUNY), Agnes Lugo-Ortiz (University of Chicago), and Jose Quiroga (Emory University), all of whom are doing innovative theoretical work on culture and politics by rethinking the framework and operation of race, gender, and sexuality, and who do this work by focusing on the Caribbean. Again, the conceptual map of the Caribbean is changing as it expands to include a "Caribbean" found not only in Cuba and Puerto Rico, but also in New York, Brazil, Colombia, and beyond. Work on the movement of people, musics, visual cultures, and vernacular poetics of all kinds is revealing the contours of this Caribbean space.
For more information, please contact cknoop@duke.edu
March 30, 2007 - March 30 - April 1, 2007 FPR-UCLA Third Interdisciplinary Conference - University of California, Los Angeles
History, for faculty, 2006/10/13 16:31:02
http://www.thefpr.org/conference2007/
This conference highlights the latest developments in emotion research and scholarship across the fields of neurobiology, psychology, history, philosophy, and anthropology. The program will focus on seven emotions -fear, disgust, love, grief, anger, empathy, and hope - that are deeply embedded in human biology, social life, and cultural environments. In keeping with the FPR's mission, we will highlight in particular the areas of tension and points of interface between neurobiological and anthropological perspectives, or more simply, emotion from the perspective of the brain versus the perspective of culture. This conference should be of interest to both neuroscientists interested in what anthropology says about the influence and importance of culture to emotion theory, and to anthropologists interested in the neurobiological foundations of emotions and emotional processes. In addition, clinicians interested in multidisciplinary explorations of emotion and psychopathology will gain much from this conference.
OBJECTIVES
*Present current research on emotions across academic disciplines
*Engage a uniquely diverse group of leading neuroscientists, clinicians, and social science researchers to discuss and debate implications of recent advances
*Address cross-cutting questions
*Identify fertile areas for future collaborative research opportunities
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
*How do some of the well-investigated neurophysiological processes underlying such emotions as fear, anger, and love interact with cultural context and meaning?
*How do the neural mechanisms underlying imitation and empathy interact with cultural interpretations and conventions, and what are the implications for clinicians treating patients with disorders of emotion and personality?
*How might behaviors involving extreme anger be differentially categorized as pathological versus normative across cultural contexts?
*How do local culture, historical events, and politics complicate neurobiologically grounded emotions such as hope and despair?
Congratulations to Jorge Bravo
Political Science, 2006/10/13 14:53:22
Jorge Bravo has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Political Science at UCLA, starting on Fall 2008. Congratulations Jorge!
Duke 13th in world rankings
Arts & Sciences, 2006/10/24 13:51:12
The Times Higher Education Supplement rated Duke 13th overall, down from 11th last year, and first overall in faculty-to-student ratio. [more]
Panels to discuss lacrosse and 9/11 media coverage
Arts & Sciences, for faculty, 2006/10/16 10:33:17
National and local journalists and Duke faculty will hold two public panel discussions on Friday, October 20 at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. [more]
New novel by Romance Studies French Instructor
Romance Studies, 2006/12/06 12:32:51
Please join me and her colleagues in the French Language Program in congratulating Laura Florand on the publication of her novel Blame it on Paris, which is to appear officially Tuesday, October 3, 2006.
Laura will be reading and signing books at the Regulator Bookshop on Oct. 16 at 7 PM, and at Barnes & Nobles (New Hope Commons) on October 26 and 7 PM.
The French Language Program is proud to announce the release of Laura Florand's first book, Blame It on Paris, a comic account of the meeting of two cultures. Publishers' Weekly describes Blame It on Paris as "a frothy French confection," and Booklist calls it "hilarious...a fun, frothy tale for anyone who has ever conjured up a dashing handsome foreigner to sweep her off her feet."
"A Duke Conversation" goes on the road
Arts & Sciences, 2006/11/02 12:32:09
Public events featuring President Brodhead and Duke students and faculty are scheduled for major cities around the U.S. [more]
Focus Announces Mentoring Awards
Focus Program, 2007/03/23 16:27:55
The Focus Program is offering Mentor Awards to current students and alumni. The Mentor Award is designed to encourage faculty and students to engage in research, design and creative arts projects that follow-up on Focus Program experiences.
More information is available by reading the Mentor Award Call for Proposals.
Trustees approve new strategic plan
Arts & Sciences, 2006/11/02 12:30:34
The $1.3 billion plan, "Making a Difference," will support the development of Central Campus, create a Faculty Enhancement Initiative, and improve academic programs and facilities. [more] -- http://dukenews.duke.edu/2006/09/strat_plan.html
KPMG's Audit Committee Institute Focus
Office of Internal Audits, 2006/11/20 11:55:28
Why Audit Committees Must Coordinate With Others
KPMG's Audit Committee InstituteThe publicity surrounding such issues as stock option backdating highlights the need for audit committees and compensation committees, as well as other board committees, to better coordinate their activities.
Sarbanes-Oxley and the exchanges prescribe specific responsibilities for the board's audit, compensation and nominating/governance committees. However, given the increasing complexity of business, boards are delegating more oversight responsibilities to board committees that can undertake a more intensive review of the activity or issue.
For example, a number of boards have delegated responsibility for M&A, risk management, technology, privacy, compliance, public policy and various finance functions.
Despite the clear benefits of these arrangements, there is a risk that they may cause the board to become balkanized. This is more likely to occur if committee members lack sensitivity to important issues -- such as failing to recognize that certain features of an incentive compensation plan may create undue pressure on internal control systems, or that marketing initiatives may affect revenue recognition.
From the audit committee's perspective, given the financial implications of virtually every business activity, the coordination issue is particularly acute. So audit committees need to recognize the types of input that other committees require, and these other committees must appreciate the information needs of the audit committee.
For example, an audit committee would be aware that the company did not make certain proposed year-end post-audit adjustments that were determined to be "not material."
However, the audit committee needs to be sensitive to the fact that this information may be important to the compensation committee, which may determine that the adjustments were important for compensation purposes. If the adjustments had been made, bonuses might not have been paid.
Similarly, other board committees that have responsibility for components of risk oversight must communicate so that the audit committee understands the company's non-financial reporting risks that may have financial reporting implications.
Compounding the challenge is that committee meetings are often held simultaneously, with little opportunity for members of one committee to "sit in on" and learn about the activities of other committees.
In light of these challenges, at a number of boards, committee chairs are attempting to identify areas where their oversight responsibilities may overlap, and develop a regular, frequent communications process to share and discuss their oversight activities. In addition to executive compensation, some of those areas where the audit committee and other board committees may have overlapping responsibilities include M&A activity and the impact of proposed M&A activity on the company's Section 302 and 404 processes.
Other issues that overlap committee responsibilities are issues affecting the company's compliance with debt covenants; legal and regulatory compliance; risks associated with new marketing and sales plans and other business practices, which may have implications for internal controls and audits of internal controls and management of the company's most significant business risks, many of which may be overseen by multiple board committees.
Many committee chairs are focusing on the adequacy of their reports to the full board. In addition to ensuring that their reports are comprehensive and understandable, committee chairs are focusing on their timing. At a minimum, committee chairs provide copies of the minutes of their meetings at each board meeting.
However, on issues where oversight responsibilities may overlap, committee chairs increasingly recognize that communications -- both formal and informal -- need to be more frequent and more timely.
Kenneth Daly is Executive Director of KPMG's Audit Committee Institute. Robert P. Garrett is KPMG's Partner-in-Charge, N.Y. Financial Services, Audit.
This article originally appeared in Directorship magazine.
Durham native supports community programs
Arts & Sciences, 2006/10/23 09:44:54
Part of a gift from Robert Steel T'73, chair of Duke's Board of Trustees and recent Bush administration appointee, will create an endowment for the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. [more]
Faculty, staff, alums honored at Founder's Day
Arts & Sciences, 2006/10/23 09:42:58
Philanthropists Russell Robinson II T'54 L'56 and his wife, Sally Dalton Robinson WC'55; Ruby Leila Wilson, dean emerita of the School of Nursing; and longtime university photographer William "Jimmy" Wallace Jr. received awards at the annual celebration. [more]
Postdoctoral Position in Yeast Population Genetics and Genomics
Biology, 2006/09/29 16:37:22
A two year postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Biology at Duke University to study the effects of genetic variation on regulatory networks in yeast.
We seek a highly-motivated postdoctoral research associate who has the ability to utilize a combination of genetic and functional genomic experimental approaches to further our understanding of how variation in gene networks contributes to variation in cellular phenotypes. Prior experience in the application of techniques such as gene knockouts, allelic replacement and qPCR methods in budding yeast or related fungi is required.
To apply for this position please send a cover letter, CV and the names and contact information for three references to: Dr. Paul Magwene, Department of Biology, Duke University, P.O. Box 91000, Durham, NC 27708. You may also email this information to paul.magwene@duke.edu.
October 26, 2006 - October 26, 2006 - Digital Durham Launch - Von Canon B, Bryan Center 5:30
History, for faculty, 2006/09/28 11:18:05
Peter Lange, Robert Thompson, and Robert Byrd will speak at the event. The new Digital Durham website will have over 1000+ new digital objects of maps, letters, printed works, 130 transcriptions, audio postcards and a robust search engine. OPEN TO PUBLIC.
Biology Approved for Two Open Ranked Faculty Searches
Biology, for jobs, 2006/11/10 10:29:42
The Department of Biology at Duke University is seeking outstanding candidates for two open rank tenure track positions to begin September 2007. Deadline for applicants is November 1 2006.
See the Faculty Job Listing Here [more]
Postdoctoral position in Systems Biology
Biology, for jobs, 2006/09/29 10:48:15
A two year postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Biology at Duke University and the newly formed Duke Center for Systems Biology.
We seek a highly motivated postdoctoral research associate who has a strong background in statistical and computational methods. The successful candidate will help to develop quantitative models of the regulatory networks underlying complex traits in yeast. The person who fills this position will also participate in a Howard Hughes Medical Institute funded initiative to develop quantitative laboratory materials for an undergraduate biology course.
To apply for this position please send a cover letter, CV and the names and contact information for three references to: Dr. Paul Magwene, Department of Biology, Duke University, P.O. Box 91000, Durham, NC 27708. You may also email this information to paul.magwene@duke.edu.
In a collaborative project
Chemistry, 2006/09/27 11:59:25
with researchers at the National Research Council in Italy, the Duke Free Electron Laser Laboratory and NCSU, the Simon group has reported on the structural morphology of human neuromelanin in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A press release describing the work is available online.
Thom LaBean
Chemistry, 2006/09/26 10:01:06
has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant of $149,999 over 3 years for a project entitled "IRES: U.S.-Danish Cooperative Research and Education in DNA Nanotechnology". The program is designed to provide International Research Experiences for US Students at all levels (high school through post-doc). The project will further a collaboration with Kurt Gothelf's group in the iNANO Center at Aarhus University.
Duke to retain early decision program
Trinity College Development, 2007/09/25 10:37:34
President Brodhead said Duke has no plans to change its early decision policy in the aftermath of announcements by Harvard, then Princeton, to eliminate similar practices.
Efforts to keep focus on women's issues
Trinity College Development, 2007/09/25 10:37:25
A panel of faculty, staff, students, and alumnae will succeed the commission that implemented recommendations of the Women's Initiative. [more] Medical School Professor Nancy Allen was named vice provost for
faculty diversity and faculty development and chair of a group that tracks recruitment and retention of women and minority faculty.
Trustee chair named to treasury post
Trinity College Development, 2007/09/25 10:37:18
Robert Steel T'73 is President Bush's nominee for undersecretary of the
treasury for domestic finance. If confirmed, Steel will remain chair of
the Duke University Board of Trustees. [more]
Campus Culture Initiative update
Trinity College Development, 2007/09/25 10:37:07
Co-chair Robert Thompson said in an update that the steering committee plans to issue its final report earlier than scheduled "to allow time for communication and discussion with the larger community before the end of the semester."
[more]Brodhead discusses admissions policies
Arts & Sciences, 2006/10/11 14:41:46
Duke will maintain its early decision program, despite the elimination of early admissions by Harvard and Princeton. [more]
New web site links students, alums
Arts & Sciences, 2006/10/03 13:45:32
Dukeconnect.com, developed by the Career Center and Alumni Affairs, consolidates networking tools and career information for undergrads and alumni. [more]
Salah Hassan
Art, Art History & Visual Studies, 2006/09/25 10:29:00
"Conceptualism in Contemporary African Art", 4:00 p.m., Thu., Sept. 28, 108 East Duke Building (calendar)
Students seek international experience
Arts & Sciences, 2006/10/11 14:42:33
Duke has one of the highest percentages of students participating in study abroad programs, with 475 undergrads taking part this semester. View a video on the Study Abroad Fair. [more]
Law professor receives top teaching honor
Arts & Sciences, 2006/10/11 14:38:22
Erwin Chemerinsky, a noted trial and appellate lawyer, was presented the University Scholar/Teacher of the Year award. [more]
Don't Miss the Business Schools!!
, 2006/09/21 15:09:10
October 19, 2006, 10:00am - 4:00pm, Recruiting Sessions, Upper Level, Bryan Center.
Duke alum named MacArthur fellow
Arts & Sciences, 2006/10/02 10:07:53
Luis von Ahn T'00, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was one of 25 to receive the $500,000 fellowship. [more]
Brodhead leads discussion on creativity
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/25 11:10:50
In a discussion sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa, President Brodhead and seven other panelists urged students to take advantage of resources, venture beyond the classroom, and to be "diligent do-ers." [more]
March 01, 2007 - OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program
History, for faculty, 2007/03/07 10:53:43
Lecturers from the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program from Duke University History Department this year are:
William Chafe
Sarah Deutsch
Laura Edwards
Gunther Peck
Anne Firor Scott
This program was created in 1981 by OAH President Gerda Lerner and now features 300 speakers who have made major contributions to the many fields of U.S. History. Each speaker has agreed to give one lecture on behalf of OAH during the 2006-2007 academic year.
Cheating declines, but some ethical problems persist
Arts & Sciences, 2006/10/02 10:15:24
Duke undergraduates report less cheating than five years ago, but many still don't understand what constitutes unauthorized collaboration and falsification of data. [more]
October 20, 2006 - October 20, 2006 - Martha Few Talk - 229 Carr - Noon
History, for faculty, 2006/09/19 13:02:05
Martha Few, Associate Professor of History at the University of Arizona, and author of "Women Who Live Evil Lives: Gender, Religion, and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala" will give a paper to the Department of History. The title of the talk will be: "Cesarean Operations and the Politics of Pregnancy in Colonial Guatemala, 1780-1804"
Third International Evolutionary Demography of Aging Workshop Held 2006, 23-25 October
Population, Policy and Aging Research Center, 2007/08/09 15:01:40
Researchers gathered at Duke University to discuss, "What determines quantitative differences in age trajectories?" and look at: Optimization vs. non-adaptive explanations, Environmental variability, Transfers, and Statistical Demographic Advances. Hosts were James W. Vaupel (PPARC) and Cliff Cunningham (CREDA), both Duke Population Research Institute Board members. [more]
A Lecture by Maite Zubiaurre
Romance Studies, 2006/11/09 11:58:38
Maite Zubiaurre, Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of California in Los Angeles, will be lecturing on Wednesday, October 25, at 5:15 pm in the Breedlove Room of Perkins Library.
Professor Zubiaurre's lecture is entitled: Sicalipsis: Visual Erotica and Sexual Theory in Early Twentieth Century Spain.
This lecture is from her current book project, _Cultures of the Erotic in Spain, 1898-1939_. In it, she explores the explosion of popular literature and cultural products having to do with sexuality in the early decades of the twentieth century, an explosion repressed by Franco, and largely unexplored until today. Her lecture will give us an overview of the erotic novelettes, postcards, popular magazines on sexology, etc., and will address questions such as: why was the intellectual elite united in their condemnation of this literature on sexuality? Why was sex seen as something foreign and imported in Spain? How did the writings of Spain's own foremost sexologist, Gregorio Marañón, compare to those of his foreign counterparts? How was Freud received in Spain? and more... Professor Zubiaurre is also the author of a fascinating poetics of space in the realist novel, _El espacio en la novela realista_ (México: UNAM, 2000), which treats novels from Europe, Spain, and Latin America.
Any questions? Write me at sieburth@duke.edu
A lecture by Mark Poster
Romance Studies, 2006/10/03 10:12:31
Professor Mark Poster, Professor of Film & Media Studies, Comparative Literature, and History and Member of the Critical Theory Institute at The University of California, Irvine, will give a lecture on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 5:00pm in 153 Rubenstein Hall, Sanford Institute. Refreshments will precede lecture at 4:30 pm.
The title of the lecture is "Care of the Self in the Hyperreal" and will focus on TV reality shows and cosmetic surgery as informed by the work of Foucault and Baudrillard.
During the last fifteen years he has become known as a national and international pioneer and specialist in the study of new media. Among his twelve books are Existential Marxism in Postwar France, Critical Theory and Poststructuralism, The Second Media Age, What’s the Matter with the Internet, and his new book “Information, Please”: Culture and Politics in the Age of Digital Machines (Duke University Press).
Please contact cknoop@duke.edu with any questions.
Duke to offer two new certificate programs
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/18 15:33:42
Children in Contemporary Society and Arts Management and Cultural Policy are interdisciplinary programs that will be open for enrollment in Spring 2007. [more]
September 29, 2006 - September 29, 2006 - COLONIALITY AT LARGE: FROM THE PERIPHERIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (ROMANIA, HUNGARY AND IRELAND) - Conference Room, Multicultural Center at the Bryan Center - Noon - 5:30
History, for faculty, 2006/09/18 13:57:59
12:30 pm to 2:15 pm The Imperial/Colonial Border: Chances and Pitfalls for Knowledge Production Manuela Boatc, Sociology, University of Eischtatt, Germany
From the second half of the 19th century until World War II, the Romanian response to Western Europe's neocolonial projects targeting the Eastern European periphery was an array of political epistemologies that can be interpreted as border thinking with a significant de-colonial potential. During the period of Communist rule in the region, the logic of coloniality established in the relationship with Western Europe was overridden by the imperial reason imposed by Russia/the Soviet Union and enforcing a state-controlled collective amnesia with respect to local knowledge production that included heterodox Marxism. The cognitive blur caused by consecutive de-legitimations of intellectual insurgency against the Marxist-liberal hegemonic consensus is increased in the post-Communist, neo-liberal era, in which it effectively acts toward the epistemic silencing of sociopolitical alternatives.
Through the examination of the chances and pitfalls these historical junctures entailed for the production of knowledge, the paper aims to demonstrate that a de-colonial shift in the region involves transforming both the imperial and the colonial logic still incumbent in it and is thus contingent upon the restoration of collective cultural memory.
Related article: "Knocking on Europe's Door: Romanian Academia between Communist Censorship and Western Neglect" (http://saq.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/105/3/551;)
Manuela Boatc is assistant professor in the Department of Sociological Theory at the University of Eischstatt-Ingolstadt in Germany. Her research interests include political sociology, world-system analysis, gender and violence, and postcolonial studies. Among her recent publications are From Neo-evolutionism to World System Analysis: the Romanian Theory of Forms without Substance in Light of Modern Debates on Social Change, 2003; Peripheral Solutions to Peripheral Development, Journal of World-System Analysis, II.1, 2005, 3-26; The Eastern margins of Empire: coloniality in Nineteenth-Century Romania, Cultural Studies, forthcoming; and Knocking on Europe's Door: Romanian Academia between Communist Censorship and Western Neglect, South Atlantic Quarterly, 105/3, 2006, 551-580 (http://saq.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/105/3/551);
15 minutes break
2:30 pm to 4:15pm 'Thinking the Irish Republic' Nicholas Allen, English and Comparative Literature, UNC
In this paper I want to think about the formation of the term 'republic' in Irish culture and politics. My aim is to explore how the idea of a 'republic' has operated historically as a space of refuge from forms of dispossession, political, economic and cultural, relevant to Ireland's still contested experience as a colony within the British Empire. Reading from the contemporary work of Phillip Pettit, I will argue that thinking about the republic's construction, in aspiration and reality, allows us see the operations of a situational, adaptive, utopian politics (whose other name might be postcolonial). In this, a classical system of government is transformed into a contemporary, dissident practice, such as can be read in the work of writers like James Joyce and Flann O'Brien. It is even possible that the first step to this practice was participation with empire, and I will discuss the work of Roger Casement, knighted for his reports on commercial slavery in the Putumayo and the Congo, then executed for his role in the Easter Rising, the beginning of Ireland's war for independence. I hope the questions I will raise, of imagination, participation and solidarity, will speak to your own concerns for a Latin American rethinking of the relations between modernity and colonialism, two conditions that twentieth century Ireland experienced with an intensity all the more ferocious for its peripheral status.
Related article: The Republic of Modernism: Irish Post-Revolutionary Culture, 1922-39 (available at the web page of the Center for Global Studies and the Humanities, http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/globalstudies/news.html:)
Nicholas Allen is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Educated at Trinity College Dublin and Queen's University Belfast, he is author of George Russell (AE) and the New Ireland (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003) and editor, with Aaron Kelly, of The Cities of Belfast (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003). Allen's edition of the Irish poet Gerald Dawe's collected prose, The Proper Word, will be published by Creighton UP next year, and he has recently completed The Republic of Modernism: Irish Post-Revolutionary Culture, 1922-39.
15 minutes break
4:30 pm to 6:15 pm 'Eastern' Europe on the Map of De-Colonial Studies" Jozsef Borocz, Sociology, Rutgers University, USA
If we define the socio-historical subject of coloniality as /1/ 'white west European', this definition creates three Other-locations: /2/ white non-west European, /3/ non-white west European, and /4/ non-white non-west European. De-/post-/colonial Studies articulates the basic axis of coloniality as the historicity of (i.e., what refuses to go away from) the oppression of /4/ by /1/. This talk aims to initiate a conversation about the other Europe, a diverse region grappling with coloniality in a somewhat different constellation. I hope to analyze some visual and scriptural illustrations.
Related article: Goodness is elsewhere: the rules of the European difference(http://www.ru.nl/socgeo/colloquium/Borocz.pdf#search=%22goodness%20is%20elsewhere%220);
Jozsef Borocz has an MA in Literature, Linguistics and Culture Theory, Hungary; and a PhD in Sociology from Johns Hopkins. He is currently Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. His recent work applies critical readings of world-systems analysis and de-colonial studies to the European Union as a global geopolitical project. In this presentation, he will suggest some ways in which "the Other (i.e., 'eastern') Europe" can be placed in the de-colonial world. Among his recent publications, Goodness is elsewhere: the rules of the European difference (http://www.ru.nl/socgeo/colloquium/Borocz.pdf#search=%22goodness%20is%20elsewhere%220);
Empire's New Clothes: Unveiling EU-Enlargement, E-Book, Central Europe Review imprint (http://www.cereview.org/http://www.mirhouse.com/ce_review/Empire.pdf);
Introduction: Empire and Coloniality in the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union, 4-50 In József Böröcz and Melinda Kovács (eds.), 2001, pp. 4-57.
The workshop will be followed by an informal conversation on Saturday, September 30th from 10 am to 1 pm (Conference Room, International Studies, UNC across the street from the Planetarium)
September 29, 2006 - Triangle Seminar in the History of the Military, War, and Society Program for Fall 2006
History, for faculty, 2006/09/18 12:38:00
Friday, September 29, 2006, 4-6pm Prof. J. E. Lendon (University of Virginia) WHY WAS THE ROMAN IMPERIAL ARMY SO GOOD? Evidence from Soldiers’ Tombstones
Friday, October 20, 2006, 4-6pm Prof. Anna Krylova (Duke University) BEYOND GENDER: Women in Combat at the Soviet Front, 1930s-1940s
Friday, November 17, 2006, 4-6pm Prof. Thomas Kühne (Clark University) MALE BONDING AND GENOCIDAL WAR: Germany, 1918-1945
All seminars take place in the National Humanities Center, 7 Alexander Drive,Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709. Refreshments will be served. Pre-circulated papers are available a week in advance from dirk.bonker@duke.edu.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Prof. Dirk Bönker; Department of History, Duke University; Box 90719 (East Campus); Durham, NC 27708; dirk.bonker@duke.edu; 919-684-3930
September 29, 2006 - EXPANDING FRONTIERS IN SOUTH ASIAN AND WORLD HISTORY - September 29-30, 2006
History, for faculty, 2006/09/18 12:16:19
Session I (Friday, Sept. 29): 8:15-10:45 am: "State-Building and Frontiers of Power (Monetary, Military, Administrative)" Chair: Tom Metcalf Presentations: Munis Faruqui, "At Empire’s End: The Nizam, Hyderabad and 18th Century India” Sunil Kumar, “ Frontier Feudatories and the Ignored Elites: Turks, Mongols and a Persian Secretarial Class in the Early Delhi Sultanate” Bin Wong ““Fiscal and Administrative Frontiers in Chinese State Making”
Commentator: Gordon Johnson
Session II (Friday): 11:00 am-1:30 pm: "Frontiers, Trade, and Drugs" Chair: Philip Brown Presenters: Stephen Dale, “Silk Road or Cotton Road, Or …. : Indo-Chinese Trade in Pre-European Times” Claude Markovits, “Sindh in the early 19th century: drug frontier of British India?” George Souza, “Opium and the Company: Maritime Trade and Imperial Finances on Java, 1684-1796” Commentator: Peer Vries Lunch: 1:30-2:45 pm
Session III (Friday): 2:45-5:15 pm: "Cultural Frontiers" Chair: Stewart Gordon Presenters: Muzaffar Alam, “The Mughals and the Sufis Reconsidered” Sanjay Subrahmanyam, ”How to be an Alien: Niccolo Manucci in Mughal India and Beyond” Cynthia Talbot, “A Frontier of Cultural Fusion: The Kyamkhani Rajput-Muslims of Rajasthan” Commentator: Joanne Waghorne Friday Conference Reception (hosted by the Department of History): 5:30-7:00
Session IV (Saturday, Sept. 30): 9:00-11:30 am: "Frontiers of Settlement and Environmental Change" Chair: Janet Ewald Presentations: Peter Perdue, “Ethnicity on Chinese Frontiers: An Unending Question” Sumit Guha, “Frontiers of historical memory: what the Marathas remembered of Vijayanagara” John McNeill, "African Diseases and European Settlements in American Environments: A Tale of Two Catatrophes (Darien 1698-1700 and Kourou 1763-65)" Commentator: Ron Herring Lunch: 11:30 am-1:30 pm
Session V (Saturday): 1:30-4:00 pm: "Frontiers and World History" Chair: Barbara Metcalf Presenters: Richard Eaton, “Some reflections on empires and frontiers – a typology” Pat Manning, "Migration and Family Structure: Modeling Family History of the Early Modern World" Carl Trocki, “Chinese Business and Southeast Asia Frontiers” Commentator: David Gilmartin
September 28, 2006 - September 28, 2006 - Mark Poster Lecture - Rubenstein Hall - 5:00
History, for faculty, 2006/09/18 12:12:09
We are excited to announce the participation of Dr. Mark Poster, Professor of History at the University of California at Irvine, as an official respondent to a panel entitled "Technospace." This panel will feature papers on new media and virtual spaces.
His lecture is entitled "Care of the Self in the Hyperreal"
Over the last two decades, Dr. Poster has been a leader in promoting critical engagements with digital cultures and the networked society. For more information on Dr. Poster, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/luye4
October 24, 2006 - October 24, 2006 - Roberta Gilchrist Seminar - 204A East Duke Building - 1:00
History, for faculty, 2006/09/18 11:35:32
Norwich Cathedral Close-Reading Sacred and Social Space in the Medieval Cathedral
October 23, 2006 - October 23, 2006 - Roberta Gilchrist Lecture- New Divinity 0014 Westbrook - 4:30
History, for faculty, 2006/09/18 11:33:17
Magic for the Dead-The Archaeology of Magic in Later Medieval Burials.
Focus Faculty Win Teaching Awards
Focus Program, 2007/02/23 13:37:25
Please join the Focus Program in congratulating two of our faculty on excellence in teaching.
Teaching awards this year were presented to Dr. Michele Strano, a Mellon lecturer in the University Writing Program; and Professor Jehanne Gheith, Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, who received the Richard K. Lublin Teaching Award.
[more] -- Duke NewsThree alums win teaching awards
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/25 11:14:34
Professors Stephen Craig T'91 (Chemistry) and Thomas Robisheaux T'74 (History) won undergraduate teaching awards, and Linda Orr WC'65 (French) won a graduate mentoring award. [more]
Graduate student Julianne Yost
Chemistry, 2006/09/12 16:23:23
of the Coltart Group has received an American Foundation for Aging Research-GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Award to support her continued work on the development of small molecule inhibitors of Cdc25 phosphatase. Congratulations Julianne!
September 14, 2006 - DuPRI Colloquium to focus on Cumulative Index of Health Disorders
Population, Policy and Aging Research Center, 2006/09/12 12:22:16
At the first DuPRI Colloquium of this 2006/07 academic year, three Duke University researchers, Kenneth C. Land, PhD; Alexander Kulminski, PhD; and Anatoli Yashin, PhD, will discuss "Studies of a Cumulative Index of Health Disorders as an indicator of Aging-associated Processes in the Elderly: Results from Analyses of the National Long Term Care Survey. The Colloquium will take place in the Sociology-Psychology Building, Room 329 on Thursday, September 14th from 2:30-4:00 pm. Light refreshments will be available.
NY Times covers Longevity Research
Population, Policy and Aging Research Center, 2006/09/12 12:11:53
On August 31, 2006, two PPARC researchers were quoted in the front page NY Times article entitled, "Live Long? Die Young? Answer isn't Just in Genes" by science writer Gina Kolata. One quote from James W. Vaupel, Faculty Director of PPARC was this, "You really learn very little about your own life span from your parents' life spans..." and then he discusses life span. PPARC's Deputy Director, Kaare Christensen, was interviewed extensively in the article about twin study research and what has been learned.
Culture initiative creates interactive Web site
Arts & Sciences, 2006/10/02 12:34:31
The Campus Culture Initiative, created to address issues raised by the lacrosse incident, set up a Web site to solicit comments, suggestions, and responses to questions. [more]
Advisory group to keep focus on women's issues
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/21 09:21:37
A panel of faculty, staff, students, and alumnae will succeed the commission that implemented recommendations of the Women's Initiative. [more]
Trustee chair named to treasury post
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/21 09:21:13
Robert Steel T'73 is President Bush's nominee for undersecretary of the treasury for domestic finance. If confirmed, Steel will remain chair of the Duke University Board of Trustees. [more]
Brodhead op-ed on Asian education systems
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/15 12:07:52
President Brodhead's summer trip to Asia exposed him to educational systems that are "the objects of intense and complex anxieties," he wrote in the Washington Post. [more]
The Chemistry Majors' Union
Chemistry, 2006/09/06 10:50:58
will be hosting the second annual Evening of Chemistry Halloween night for teachers, students, and their parents residing in the greater Triangle community. This chemistry demonstration event will take place on Oct. 31, from 7:30-9:00 p.m. in P. M. Gross Chemical Laboratories Room 107. The event is free but will be ticketed due to limited seating. Please send your request for tickets to Dr. Ken Lyle.
New Leadership Workshops
Chemistry, 2006/09/06 10:44:28
will be offered as a three-part series for all interested graduate students. The workshops will take place this spring, and they are designed to help participants develop collaborative relationships, contribute to an innovative research environment, and broaden scientific influence. Click here for schedules and more information.
"Writing in Chemistry",
Chemistry, 2006/09/06 10:36:12
a four-part workshop series designed for second-year graduate students, will be offered again this fall. The workshop will help students prepare for their research progress reports as part of their spring preliminary exams. Click here for more information.
Prof. Ross Widenhoefer
Chemistry, 2006/09/06 10:20:14
has been awarded a three-year, $210,000 Focused Giving Grant by Johnson & Johnson to support his work on the development of new transition metal-catalyzed routes to medicinally important heterocyclic compounds. The Johnson & Johnson Focused Giving Program, established in 1980, has provided more than $50,000,000 to stimulate fundamental research in the biomedical sciences.
Congratulations to David Rohde and Chris Gelpi
Political Science, 2006/09/05 15:40:48
Congratulations to David Rohde whose analysis of the coming election was quoted on the front page of USA Today. Congratulations to Chris Gelpi who was interviewed by ABC news on Bush's rhetoric on foreigh affairs. Congratulations to both David an Chris!
Congratulations to Herbert Kitschelt
Political Science, 2006/09/05 15:39:00
Congratulations to Herbert Kitschelt who received a lifetime achievement award from the Organization and Parties Section of the APSA. Congratulations Herbert!
The Franz lab
Chemistry, 2006/09/05 11:25:30
reports the development of a new pro-chelating agent that is activated by hydrogen peroxide to inhibit iron-promoted oxidative stress. The strategy shows promise for targeting metal ions that are causing damage without disturbing healthy metal ion distribution. The work was conducted by graduate student Lou Charkoudian, post-doc David Pham, and Prof. Kathy Franz.
Duke ranked among top 50 schools for blacks
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/21 09:21:53
Black Enterprise magazine dropped Duke from 10th to 14th in its ranking of 1,400 institutions. [more]
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Neuroscience Program, 2006/08/30 12:17:42
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Kai-Jung Chi appointed Assistant Professor
Biology, 2006/08/29 10:16:34
Kai-Jung Chi, a student of Prof. V. Louise Roth, has received an appointment as Assistant Professor in the Physics Department of National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan. Dr. Chi received her degree in December 2005 with a thesis entitled "Functional Morphology and Biomechanics of Mammalian Footpads."
Congratulations Professor Mignolo!!
Romance Studies, 2006/11/20 10:41:00
Professor Walter Mignolo's book The Idea of Latin America has been named the winner of the 2006 Frantz Fanon Prize for Outstanding Work in or on the Caribbean Thought in the English Language, awarded by the Caribbean Philosophical Association.
For more information about this award and Professor Mignolo's book, please click here
A Lecture by Elizabeth Wright
Romance Studies, 2006/11/09 11:58:49
Elizabeth Wright, Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Georgia, a specialist in Early Modern Spanish epic and drama (including early translations to Nahuatl) will lecture on "Erudition as Manumission: Juan Latino's Epic of Freedom" on November 6, 2006 at 1:00 PM. The lecture will take place in 305 Languages Building.
A box lunch will be served. Contact Cathy Knoop for more details at 660-3102 or cknoop@duke.edu
Romance Studies Graduate Student Conference 2006-2007
Romance Studies, 2006/10/03 10:12:39
Our annual Romance Studies graduate student conference will be held this year on September 29th and 30th. It will be held at Rubenstein Hall 151 and 153 (Rubenstein Hall is part of the Terry Stanford School of Public Policy).
This year's conference is entitled "Other Spaces." Participants include not only Duke students from Romance Studies, Art History, English, Political Science and Literature, but graduate students from six other universities across the country.
If you would like more information, please contact a member of the organizing committee:
Anne O'Neil-Henry (ato2@duke.edu), Zach Erwin (zte2@duke.edu), Kartina Amin (kja2@duke.edu) and Beatriz Rodriguez-Balanta (br9@duke.edu).
LGBT gets new director
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/12 12:47:19
Janie Long D'81 returns to Duke, just named one of the 20 most LGBT-friendly campuses, to run the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life. [more]
Phase I of library renovation complete
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/06 16:02:04
The first floor of Perkins Library has been redesigned with multiple workstations and study rooms, and will serve as an "information commons" for students and faculty. [more]
Program pairs students with local charities, churches
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/06 14:53:30
The Pathways internship offers students a chance to work with local organizations and churches to learn about careers in nonprofits and the ministry. [more]
Class of 2010 welcomed to Duke
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/11 12:14:59
President Brodhead, in his convocation address, urged each first-year student to become "an active seeker of understanding rather than the duteous performer of appointed chores." [more]
September 20, 2006 - Senior Prebusiness Meeting
, 2006/08/23 12:33:31
Information meeting for seniors interested in applying to business school. Wednesday, September 20, 5:30pm, 139 Social Sciences Building, West Campus.
October 19, 2006 - Graduate and Professional School Day 2006
, 2006/08/23 12:29:50
This one-day event, to be held on Thursday, October 19, Bryan Center upper level will bring representatives from over 75 graduate, business, health professions, and law schools around the country to the Duke campus to talk with undergraduates and local alumni interested in pursuing graduate or professional study. Graduate and Professional School Day is held in alternate years; thus, the next event will be in fall 2008.
The Akhremitchev lab
Chemistry, 2006/08/23 11:00:38
has reported the first direct measurement of hydrophobic interactions between single molecules. The research was performed by graduate student Chad Ray, Duke undergraduate Jason Brown, and Prof. Akhremitchev. A paper describing their findings is available online in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B.
September 28, 2006 - September 28, 2006 - Martha Hodes - Perkins Library Rare Book Room 4:30
History, for faculty, 2006/08/24 09:20:40
Author Martha Hodes will read from her recently published book The Sea Captain's Wife, a true story of love, race, and war in the 19th century. Much of the book is based on research Hodes did in the Lois Wright Richardson Davis Papers, 1851-1881, which are held in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. The event is co-sponsored by the library's Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture with the Department of History, the African & African American Studies Program, the Program in Women's Studies and the Institute for Critical US Studies. Light refreshments will be served.
Presenters Needed
History, for grad, 2006/08/22 14:48:31
The Cary Senior Center is looking for people to present historical and/or education related programs to adults aged 55 and older. They are open to any interested faculty, graduate students, and/or staff. They are very flexible and open to most any type of presentation. Typical presentations are one hour in length. Most of the programs occur between 9 am and 5 pm. Presentations will be in front of approximately 30-35 Seniors and is free of charge. Some of the current or previous topics pertain to Japan, the Civil War in NC, and other history books. Many of the patrons have expressed interests in FDR, more world history, US history, science, etc. This is also a great opportunity for graduate students to practice oral presentations. If you are interested in speaking at the Cary Senior Center, please Sam Trogdon, Recreation Program Specialist via email (sam.trogdon@townofcary.org)or at 919-462-3985. He is recruiting speakers for the months of January 2007 to May 2007.
Duke 8th in national rankings
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/21 09:24:55
The U.S. News annual report rated Princeton, Harvard, and Yale as the top three schools. MIT, Cal Tech, and Stanford tied for 4th place. Penn was seventh. [more]
October 02, 2006 - Eric Schuettpelz gets "triple crown" at Botany 2006
Biology, for awards, 2006/08/28 14:45:01
Graduate student Eric Schuettpelz (Pryer Lab) walked away with three awards from the Botanical Society of America’s banquet in Chico, CA on 2 August 2006: The Lawrence Memorial Award ($2,000) is given to an outstanding doctoral candidate for travel in support of dissertation research. The award is from the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University, and will provide support for Eric’s upcoming field work in Malaysia. The Edgar T. Wherry Award ($200) is given for the best paper presented during the contributed papers session of the Pteridological Section. This award is in honor of Dr. Wherry’s many contributions to the floristics and patterns of evolution in ferns. The BSA Pteridological Section Student Travel Award ($400) supports travel to the annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America.
Performers to visit classrooms, community
Arts & Sciences, 2006/08/31 09:54:55
The 2006-2007 season of Duke Performances, which features about 40 events ranging from jazz and blues to theater and dance, focuses on integrating visiting artists into academic programs and the local community. [more]
Name Change
Duke Lemur Center, 2006/08/15 09:12:16
We have a new name! We are now known as the Duke Lemur Center (DLC). Although the name Duke University Primate Center (DUPC) served us long and well, it seemed like now was the time to recognize with a symbolic change the exciting new activities at the Center, the University’s renewed commitment, and the bright future that we all envision. Some of you are no doubt thinking “But what about the lorises and bushbabies?!” We want to assure you that they have not been forgotten or abandoned; we will as always continue to breed and study these fascinating animals. But, lemurs have been and will continue to be our primary focus, and our new name appropriately reflects this. So, to celebrate our new beginnings, and also to recognize a very exciting project that has come to the Lemur Center, we threw a party --- and what a party it was! In collaboration with Dr. Huntington Willard, Director of Duke’s Institute for Genome Science and Policy (IGSP), we hosted a gala event to announce the Center’s new name and bright new future, and to publicize our collaboration with the IGSP. If attendees are any measure of a party’s success, ours was a smash hit. Virtually all of our staff attended, as well as many friends from BAA, one of the colony’s founders, Dr. Peter Klopfer of Duke’s Biology Department, and all but one of the Center’s former directors. The IGSP was well represented, with most of its Center Directors in attendance. Notable representatives from the Durham City government were also present, as well as several representatives of Duke’s administration, including our Provost, Dr. Peter Lange. Visiting scientists from all over the country (and indeed, the world) were present to lend their support, and best of all, many of our Lemur Center friends and supporters came out to enjoy the festivities. I believe that all would agree, however, that our most exciting guest was the Malagasy Ambassador, His Excellency Rajaonarivony Narisoa. Ambassador Narisoa presented an absolutely mesmerizing speech that was the highlight of the evening. In short, the whole event was magic, start to finish. So that you can get a little taste of the magic, please visit the links : there is a link to a short slide show of photographs taken during the party (by our own David Haring), as well as a link to the Ambassador’s speech. And, be sure to visit the site over the coming months. By late August or early September we will have a new logo! [Ambassador's speech]
New Research Center Site
Web Solutions Team - Blackwell, 2007/04/16 16:23:29
This summer, WeST completed a redesign of the website for the Population Policy and Aging Research Center (PPARC). The Faculty Database System (FDS) was used to generate pages for their primary investigators, researchers, colleagues, and staff. Additionally, a new feature in FDS was developed that allows all of the grant information in PPARC to be controlled and displayed centrally.
September 08, 2006 - Triangle Legal History Seminar - September 8, 2006
History, for faculty, 2006/08/09 09:41:23
Adrienne Davis, Professor at the UNC-Law School, and Edward Balleisen, Associate Professor of History, are convening a new Triangle Legal History Seminar (TLHS) this upcoming year. We will begin Sept. 8 with an afternoon presentation by a visiting scholar of law in the early modern Atlantic world, Richard Ross, Professor of Law and History at the University of Illinois. From 4-6 that afternoon at the Carr Building's Boyd Seminar Room, TLHS will discuss Ross's pre-circulated paper, "Puritan Jurisprudence in Comparative Perspective: The Sources of Intensity," at a joint meeting with the Triangle Early American History Seminar. This paper considers whether there was anything especially distinctive about ostensibly "Puritan" law, in both the New England colonies and early modern Europe. If anyone not already on the TLHS email list would like to receive the draft via email, please contact Ed Balleisen at eballeis@duke.edu.
Prevention Magazine covers PPARC findings!
Population, Policy and Aging Research Center, 2006/08/01 14:22:33
See Prevention, June 2006, page 48. Much to our surprise, findings from a PPARC twin study project are presented by Prevention in a very interesting chart (but presented without giving any credit whatsoever to PPARC, to the key researchers involved, or to the NIA). The chart shows there are factors in life which can account for "twins" appearing to be different ages. Just over 1,800 "senior citizen" twins were photographed and a team of gerontology nurses then individually looked at the photographs to record the ages of the subjects. From that study, it can be said that certain factors may lead to a person looking younger - such as wealth, marriage, and children; and certain factors may lead to a person looking older - such as smoking, excessive sun exposure and disease, such as depression. Go to Age and Ageing for the research article giving a full account of the study. Click "more" to see the article summary as well as the full article. [more]
Six international research centers get federal grants
Arts & Sciences, 2006/08/21 08:26:51
U.S. Department of Education grants were awarded to the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute and the Centers for International Studies; Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, South Asian Studies, and Fuqua's Center for International Business Education and Research. [more]
Genetics and Longevity
Population, Policy and Aging Research Center, 2006/08/01 15:18:42
PPARC researchers were invited by Nature Reviews Genetics to write a review of the genetic determinants of longevity. The review, published this summer, is now available. [more]
Congratulations to Ashwini Chhatre
Political Science, 2006/08/01 14:39:51
Ashwini has accepted a tenure-track position in the Geography Department at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ashwini will begin his position in the Fall of 2007. For the 2006-07 academic year, he will be a post-docoral fellow at the Center for International Development at Harvard University. Congratulations Ashwini!
Yale AIDS expert to head new health institute
Arts & Sciences, 2006/08/28 10:40:24
Dr. Michael Merson was named director of Duke's Global Health Institute, which will focus on gaps in healthcare resources and delivery. [more]
Three Duke faculty win prestigious national award
Arts & Sciences, 2006/08/28 10:38:26
Silvia Ferrari (Pratt), Jonathan Mattingly (Arts & Sciences mathematics), and Tannishtha Reya (Medical Center) received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, which recognizes our nation’s most promising researchers. [more]
Marine lab gets new director
Arts & Sciences, 2006/08/14 14:56:36
Cindy Van Dover, an associate professor at William & Mary who has made over 100 deep-sea dives, takes over the helm of the Duke University Marine Laboratory. [more]
Hofstra coach to lead men's lacrosse team
Arts & Sciences, 2006/08/01 13:18:42
John Danowski was named head coach of the men’s lacrosse team following a national search. [more]
Brodhead calls for collaboration among international scholars
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/28 09:58:20
President Brodhead told Chinese university students and faculty that the flow of people and ideas across national borders is necessary to dealing "with the challenges of our shared world." [more]
Judge asks for lawyers' silence
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/25 11:03:13
During Monday's Duke men's lacrosse case proceedings, the judge reminded defense lawyers to keep public statements to a minimum. [more]
June 05, 2006 - Adaptive biochemical evolution in plant metabolism
Biology, for articles, 2006/07/18 16:20:40
Prof. Thomas Mitchell-Olds and colleagues report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Adaptive biochemical evolution in plant metabolism:
Multiple cycles of adaptive biochemical evolution have shaped enzymatic activity encoded by a plant defense gene in Arabidopsis and its relatives. Following a tandem duplication of MAM genes in Arabidopsis thaliana, the 5’ region of one copy experienced adaptive evolution altering catalytic function. Historical analysis of the gene family in related species shows repeated episodes of gene duplication, neofunctionalization, and positive selection, indicating the central importance of these processes in the evolution of plant metabolic diversity within and among species.
BENDEROTH, M., S. TEXTOR, A. J. WINDSOR, T. MITCHELL-OLDS, J. GERSHENZON, AND J. KROYMANN. 2006. Positive selection driving diversification in plant secondary metabolism. PNAS 103: 9118-9123 [more] -- PNAS 103: 9118-9123June 22, 2006 - Evolution of natural variation in Arabidopsis
Biology, for articles, 2006/07/18 16:18:09
Professor Thomas Mitchell-Olds has recently published on the evolution of natural variation in the prestigious journal Nature:
MITCHELL-OLDS, T., AND J. SCHMITT. 2006. Genetic mechanisms and evolutionary significance of natural variation in Arabidopsis. Nature 441: 947-952.
2006 Chemistry Department Summer Fellowships
Chemistry, 2006/07/18 11:48:09
for excellence in research have been awarded to Chad Ray (Joe Taylor Adams Fellowship), Julianne Yost (Paul M. Gross Fellowship), and Senli Guo (Paul M. Gross Fellowship). The Pelham Wilder Teaching Awards were presented to Lou Charkoudian, Raj Juwarker, and James Parise. Congratulations to these student recipients of the 2006 Chemistry Department Graduate Student Fellowships for their outstanding performance in research and teaching.
Philanthropic giving in 2005-06 sets record
Arts & Sciences, 2006/09/06 15:03:02
Duke University received $341,894,326 in charitable gifts, the highest annual philanthropic total in school history. [more]
The Duke Endowment supports Duke-community programs
Arts & Sciences, 2006/08/23 14:45:07
The Duke Endowment awarded $527,500 to support programs of the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. [more]
Congratulations to Guillermo Trejo
Political Science, 2006/07/14 09:12:38
Professor Trejo will be this years recipient of the Mancur Olson Award for the best Dissertation in Political Economy. Congratulations Guillermo!
WeST Completes New Internal Audit Site
Web Solutions Team - Blackwell, 2006/07/13 10:11:10
The Office of Internal Audits launched their new site on Thursday, July 14 at internalaudits.duke.edu. The new site was designed and developed by WeST and features FDS News. The previous site was only a handful of pages; one of the big challenges was designing new architecture to accomodate their greatly expanded online content. The expansion is ongoing.
Four new trustees named to board
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/28 09:16:54
Four new members of Duke’s Board of Trustees were announced by chair Robert Steel. [more]
Duke Names New Director of the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/25 08:32:14
Janie Long, the director of
the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Antioch New England Graduate
School, has been named director of the Center for Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender Life at Duke University. [more]
First-Year Students to Get $50 to Spend at Ninth Street Restaurants
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/17 16:50:14
“Duke Dining/Durham Dollars,” is designed to introduce the 1,600-plus members of the freshmen class to Durham and to give a boost to businesses near East Campus. This pilot program is part of the new dining program at Duke. [more]
Duke Chemistry will host
Chemistry, 2007/02/01 16:17:50
the 2007 National Organic Chemistry Symposium from June 3-7, 2007. The National Organic Chemistry Symposium is the premier event sponsored by the Division of Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, and it highlights recent advances in organic chemistry. The 40th Symposium consists of 13 invited speakers, plus the 2007 Roger Adams Awardee. The lectures will be presented during morning and evening sessions at the elegant Page Auditorium on the Duke University campus. The goal of the symposium is to present a distinguished roster of speakers that represents the current status of the field of organic chemistry, in terms of breadth and creative advances.
July 05, 2006 - WeST Opening - Web Developer
Web Solutions Team - Blackwell, 2006/11/14 09:34:00
Looking for detail-oriented person to fill a web development position on the Web Solutions Team. Come work in an atmosphere that fosters creative solutions and innovative ideas. Fun, challenging and active environment for someone who is a strong team player, good communicator, and enjoys exploring and implementing new technology.
Full job description
Qualified applicants please submit materials to Blyth Morrell, Director, Web Solutions Team.
John F. Oates, Prefessor Emeritus dies at 71
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/11 09:42:16
John F. Oates, Professor Emeritus of Ancient History and Classics, Dies at 71. [more]
Lee Willard Named Associate Vice Provost
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/11 09:41:56
Lee W. Willard, associate dean for academic planning and special projects, has been appointed associate vice provost for undergraduate education, effective July 1. [more]
Fireworks
Test Site, 2006/06/30 12:18:22
at a location near you [more] -- http://www.google.com
The McCafferty group
Chemistry, 2006/06/26 16:27:01
has reported findings that may illuminate a new pathway toward the treatment of depression. Their recent paper is this month's Feature Article in Chemistry and Biology, and it represents a collaboration with the Shiekhattar group at Penn.
Congratulations to Matt Falvey
Political Science, 2006/06/26 10:04:01
Matt has been awarded a FLAS Fellowship for 2006-07 from the Duke Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies. Congratulations Matt!
Drew Schwartz,
Chemistry, 2006/06/21 13:51:30
a rising senior chemistry major, has been recognized by the 2006 NC-ACS/Triangle Chromatography Discussion Group for his work with Don Coltart on the development of small molecule inhibitors of Cdc25 phosphatase. Drew was the 2nd Runner-Up winner for the group's Undergraduate Scholarship, and received $900 to continue his excellent work. Congratulations to Drew!
2006 Perry Prize Awarded to Andrea Sweigart
Biology, 2006/06/20 16:21:03
The Perry Prize for the best dissertation thesis in Plant Science has been awarded to Dr. Andrea Sweigart for her dissertation "Patterns of Evolutionary Divergence and the Genetics of Hybrid Sterility between Two Species of Mimulus." Dr. Sweigart was advised by Prof. John Willis. She writes, "My dissertation research investigated the genetics of reproductive isolation, with the ultimate goal being to understand the process by which new species form." She shows great promise in the area of plant genetics, and already has published several papers based on her dissertation work in top-flight journals. The Biology Department is proud to award her the Perry Prize at the start of her professional career.
Congratulations to Professor Alex Downes
Political Science, 2006/06/26 10:04:16
Professor Downes' dissertation, "Targeting Civilians in Wartime," has won the Helen Dwight Reid award for best doctoral dissertation in the field of international relations, law, and politics. The award will be presented at the APSA meetings this year. Congratulations to Professor Downes!
Congratulations to Seth Jolly
Political Science, 2006/06/26 10:04:09
Seth has accepted a two year Postdoctoral Fellowship and an Instructor's position in the Committee on International Relations at the Unversity of Chicago. Congratultions Seth!
New Certificate Program
Philosophy, 2006/09/20 07:13:51
The interdisciplinary graduate certificate program in History and Philosophy of Science, Technology & Medicine (HPSTM) is now offered.
Men's lacrosse program will resume under new standards
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/25 11:00:12
Duke's men’s lacrosse program will resume this fall under a strict new standard of behavior that the players drafted and with stronger administrative oversight of the program. [more]
Record donations to Duke-Durham Campaign
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/05 15:12:35
A record $412,000 was donated to the Duke-Durham Campaign by local companies and individuals to benefit neighborhoods and public schools closest to Duke’s campus. [more]
Grant will expand summer research opportunities
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/05 11:16:04
A four-year $1.9 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will enable juniors and seniors to join professors, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students on summer research projects. [more]
Kenan director to head Agnes Scott College
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/11 09:42:29
Elizabeth Kiss, founding director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics and an associate professor of the practice of political science and philosophy, was named president of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. [more]
Wireless computing network gets overhaul
Arts & Sciences, 2006/06/09 08:41:49
New wireless technology is being installed and existing systems are being retrofitted in about 50 buildings on West and East Campuses. [more]
The paper "Designing Molecules by Optimizing Potentials"
Chemistry, 2006/05/31 15:37:11
by Duke chemists Mingliang Wang, Xiangqian Hu, David Beratan, and Weitao Yang is among the ten most accessed articles published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society during the period of January through March 2006. Congratulations to the authors!
Focus Alumnus Joins Engineers Without Borders
Focus Program, 2007/09/27 10:17:03
Lee Pearson, and other students, are in Uganda this summer with Engineers Without Borders.
Duke Engineers Without Borders is beginning a water resource development project in Uganda. Support for the project is provided by the Engineering Alumni Council, Engineering Student Government, Research Service Learning (Kenan Institute for Ethics), and Reiser Fellowship (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).
Lee Pearson and Benjamin Abram arrived early in Uganda to work with representatives from the Rural Agency for Sustainable Development (RASD), a small NGO located east of Kampala in the Nkokonjeru district. They met with RASD leaders, the mayor of Nkokonjeru district, and 12 village leaders representing the 12 villages in the district.
The EWB team's experiences will be turned into a formal report and developed into smaller projects that students in the group will begin working on during Fall 2006. The projects will, primarily, give the first-year students experience in helping to compile information and write grant applications. An additional benefit is that RASD presents an outstanding opportunity to bring Trinity students into Engineers Without Borders as many of their concerns are well suited towards environmental/biology and economic majors.
The remaining team members, along with Dr. Henri Gavin and Dr. Andrew Schuler arrived in Uganda on May 16th and the team began their primary project at Central Buganda University and the villages of Kanoni and Kasaka. This project involves a health assessment through interviews and surveys, a GPS and watershed map of the surrounding area, rainwater collection feasibility study, and water sample analysis of current water resources.
This work will be continued over the course of the year by students at Central Buganda University and further data analysis will be carried out by members of Duke Engineers Without Borders.
Listen to the Duke EWB Uganda Report. [more]
New Internal Audits Site Launches
Office of Internal Audits, 2006/07/13 10:06:25
The Office of Internal Audits is pleased to unveil their new web site, launched on Thursday, July 14. The new site features several enhancements over the previous site, including a new RSS news feed and expanded information about the services of the Office of Internal Audits. While the site has been launched, the site is still undergoing expansion and more information is being added.
Suraj Dhungana,
Chemistry, 2006/05/26 08:51:52
Duke Chemistry Ph.D. from the Crumbliss laboratory, is one of four recipients of the American Chemical Society Inorganic Young Investigator Award. He will give a special symposium lecture at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Francisco this September, 2006, where he will receive an honorarium and plaque. Suraj's Ph.D. dissertation won Honorable Mention in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Prize for Young Chemists competition. Suraj is currently a Director's Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM.
Primate Center gets new name, more funds
Trinity College Development, 2006/09/25 13:32:12
Duke's 40-year-old Primate Center
has been renamed the Lemur Center, and will receive some $8 million to improve and expand facilities. [more]
Alumni Association gets new Web site
Trinity College Development, 2006/09/25 11:23:06
The Alumni Association
site is part of a broader strategic plan to enhance alumni connections through technology. [more]
University campaigns top $3 billion
Trinity College Development, 2006/09/25 11:21:45
New York University is in the middle of a $2.5 billion fundraising campaign, the University of Virginia will launch a $3 billion campaign in the fall, and Columbia University is planning a $4-billion, seven-year campaign — the biggest for a U.S. university. [more]
Class of 2010 the most diverse in Duke's history
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/18 08:49:17
Forty percent of the more than 1,600 new students are ethnic or racial minorities. International students make up 7 percent of the first-year class. [more]
$1.5 million gift for scholar of ancient American art
Trinity College Development, 2007/09/25 10:38:24
Michael and Kathleen France P'03 '06 created a curator/professorship in the Nasher Museum of Art and the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies. [more]
Board of Trustees approve $1.7 billion budget
Trinity College Development, 2007/09/25 10:37:42
The trustees approved an operating budget of $1.7 billion for the 2006-07 fiscal year. [more] They also approved new construction and renovation for the Fuqua School of Business, the old Museum of Art, and Perkins Library. [more]
Psychology departments to merge
Trinity College Development, 2006/09/28 10:52:51
After 16 years as separate units, the social psychology and psychology and brain science departments will merge into the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. [more]
$1.5 million gift for scholar of ancient American art
Arts & Sciences, 2006/06/05 10:43:21
Michael and Kathleen France P'03'06 created a curator/professorship in the Nasher Museum of Art and the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies. [more]
Congratulations to Amy McKay
Political Science, 2006/05/24 14:27:37
Amy has accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa. Congratulations Amy!
Congratulations Class of 2006!!!
Romance Studies, 2006/11/20 10:40:43
We are very proud of our 2006 Romance Studies graduates! Click the link to view Romance Studies graduation pictures
Professor Paol Keineg with Dr. Stephanie Lin, Dr. Mariana Past, and Dr. Julie Singer
For more graduation pictures click here
New plan to target real-world issues
Arts & Sciences, 2006/07/17 16:49:55
Duke's new $1.2 billion strategic plan will stress initiatives focused on global health, climate change, and other policy issues. [more]
The Handler Professor of Chemistry, Weitao Yang,
Chemistry, 2006/05/23 09:22:55
has been elected a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. The Academy was created in Menton, France, in 1967 and is currently limited to 35 regular members under the age of 65. The members, chosen from scientists among all countries, have distinguished themselves by the value of their scientific work and their role as a pioneer or leader of a school in the broad field of the application of quantum mechanics to the study of molecules and macromolecules. The Academy has as its main goal to provide a forum for international contact and collaboration and a periodic evaluation of the main developments, advances and promising directions of research in the broad field of its interest.
Psychology departments to merge
Arts & Sciences, 2006/05/25 10:26:32
The Board of Trustees approved the formation of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. The board also approved additions and renovations to the Fuqua School of Business, the old Museum of Art, and Perkins Library. [more]
Third lacrosse player indicted
Arts & Sciences, 2006/05/23 08:45:18
Graduating senior David Evans was charged in connection with an alleged sexual assault at an off-campus party. [more]
Congratulations to Paul Neuman
Political Science, 2006/05/16 14:08:06
Paul is receiving a 2006-07 Turkish FLAS Award and a Tinker Fellowship for summer fieldwork from the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Congratulations Paul!
Power Outage on Friday, May 19
Trinity Office of Technology Services, 2006/05/16 12:27:11
There is a power outage scheduled for this Friday night. This affects Old Chem, Lang, Soc. Sci, West Union, and many other buildings.
Please follow this link http://www.fmd.duke.edu/Alerts.asp for more information.
Graduates urged to improve schools, fight racism
Arts & Sciences, 2006/06/02 13:49:26
Historian John Hope Franklin urged Duke graduates to take time to improve society and, in particular, to assist the nation’s schools and fight against racism. [more]
Congratulations to Tom Merrill
Political Science, 2006/05/12 10:38:40
Tom has accepted a tenure-track job at St. John's College. Congratulations Tom!
Congratulations to PJ Brendese
Political Science, 2006/05/12 10:37:33
PJ has accepted a visiting postition at William and Mary. Congratulations PJ!
Communications failures hampered lacrosse response
Arts & Sciences, 2006/06/01 13:17:23
Duke's administration “was much too slow in understanding and addressing the serious and highly sensitive issues raised by the rape allegations and associated events” involving the men’s lacrosse team, according to a report on the incident. [more]
Four A&S faculty named distinguished professors
Arts & Sciences, 2007/05/04 09:59:13
Paul Berliner (Music), Nan Lin (Sociology), Barbara R. Shaw (Chemistry), and Warren S. Warren (Chemistry) were among 22 faculty awarded distinguished professorships. [more]
Featured Members: Paul Berliner of Music; Nan Lin of Sociology; Barbara R. Shaw of Chemistry; Warren S. Warren of Chemistry
Student commencement speaker with a global perspective
Arts & Sciences, 2006/05/15 08:30:45
Yazan Kopty T'06 will deliver Duke's student commencement address from his unique perspective -- that of an American-Belgian citizen of Christian Palestinian heritage. [more]
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Center for Child and Family Policy, 2006/05/10 11:09:44
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Professor Katherine Franz
Chemistry, 2006/05/08 09:40:44
has been awarded a grant from the Parkinson's Disease Foundation to fund her research project "Design and Synthesis of ROS-Sensitive Iron Chelators". A leading cause of neuronal damage in Parkinson's Disease is an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS). In order to inhibit iron-catalyzed ROS production, the Franz lab is developing specialized chelators that are selectively activated to sequester this detrimental iron.
Professors Barbara Shaw and Warren Warren
Chemistry, 2006/05/08 09:34:53
were honored with named professorships at the May 4 Annual Dinner honoring Distinguished Professors of Duke University. Professor Shaw was named William T Miller Professor of Chemistry, and Professor Warren was named James B. Duke Professor of Chemistry. The Department congratulates both on their well-deserved recognition!
Congratulations to Monique Lyle
Political Science, 2006/05/04 15:46:49
Monique has been awarded a Predoctoral Fellowship from Elon University for 2006-2007. Congratulations Monique!
Congratulations to Harlan Koff
Political Science, 2006/05/04 12:13:44
Harlan (2002-2003) has accepted a tenure track position at the University of Luxembourg. Congratulations to Harlan!
Biology Dept. awards 8 Ph.D. degrees in May 2006
Biology, 2006/05/03 10:43:25
The Biology Department is proud to announce that the following students will be awarded the Ph.D. degree on Sunday, May 14:
We congratulate them and look forward to learning from their future research.
Faculty committes report on lacrosse team, alcohol policies
Arts & Sciences, 2006/05/16 10:27:42
A faculty committee found a pattern of irresponsible use of alcohol and "repetitive misconduct" among members of the men's lacrosse team. Another committee found that Duke's alcohol policy was inconsistently enforced. [more]
Congratulations Brandon Goodwin
Political Science, 2006/05/02 16:11:29
Brandon is a double major in Political Science (primary) and History (secondary) and will be graduating with Honors in History. Brandon also had an article published in the Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics, a journal published each semester by Purdue University, for his work with Professor Aldrich. His article focused on the parallels of neo-conservative movements in the UK and US. Entitled "Crossing the Pond: A Trans-Atlantic Journey Through Modern Conservatism in the United States ad England," he received wonderful advising from Professor Aldrich. Congratulations Brandon!
ACSAC Lacrosse Report
Academic Council, 2006/05/02 09:33:43
AN EXAMINATION OF STUDENT JUDICIAL PROCESS AND PRACTICES
Report from
Academic Council Student Affairs Committee (ACSAC)
to
President Richard Brodhead
and
Prof. Paul Haagen, Executive Committee of the Academic Council
May 1, 2006
1. INTRODUCTION
Charge to the Committee
On April 4, 2006, the Academic Council Student Affairs Committee (ACSAC) was charged by Executive Committee of the Academic Council of Duke University to examine the student judicial process and practices. As stated in President Richard Brodhead’s letter to the Duke community on April 5, 2006, the review was commissioned to address questions raised within the Duke and Durham communities about the way Duke deals with problems of student behavior and the applicability of the Duke Community Standard to social life. The charge specifically instructed ACSAC to answer the following questions:
Do the Community Standard and the policies which apply to student behavior adequately convey Duke's values and behavioral expectations?
Are there distinctions between on campus and off campus behaviors, and is Duke's approach to adjudication of those behaviors appropriate?
Are there limitations in the policies which prevent various behaviors from being addressed appropriately and effectively?
How has Duke responded when students face both criminal (or civil) charges as well as campus judicial charges? Has this created problems and should there be changes to our approach?
Given the requirements of FERPA, how can both the Duke and Durham communities be better informed about disciplinary actions that are taken?
The Review Process
This review focuses on the judicial process as applicable to undergraduate students. ACSAC began its process of review by obtaining relevant information on Duke’s official regulations and policies pertaining to the student judicial process from the Office of Student Affairs. The Committee also sought written input from various individuals on campus with some connection to the student judicial process. These include the heads/chairs of Office of Institutional Equity (OIE), Undergraduate Judicial Board (UJB), University Judicial Board, the Greek Judicial Board (GJB), Appellate Board, Academic Integrity Council (AIC), and Honor Council. Written input was also received from a subgroup of Trinity College Academic Deans, Stephen Bryan (Associate Dean of Students and Director of Judicial Affairs), and Brad Berndt (Assistant Athletic Director). Written input was also received from a number of Duke faculty members in response to a request directed to the members of the Academic Council through the Executive Committee of the Academic Council. In addition, phone interviews were conducted with Ms. Polly Weiss (Office of Institutional Equity), and Dr. Donna Lisker and Dr. Jean Leonard (Women’s Center). Input was also received from the Board of the Duke University Black Alumni Connection (DUBAC), by the Concerned Citizens at Duke, 2 Duke parents, and 1 Duke alumnus.
The Committee also considered the views expressed by the community outside Duke. Letters were sent to Mr. John Dagenhart (President, Trinity Park Neighborhood Association), Ms. Risa Foster (ex-President, Trinity Heights Neighborhood Association), and Dr. Nancy Hill ( President, Trinity Heights Neighborhood Association) requesting information specifically on unresolved issues relating to the process by which Duke deals with complaints about student misconduct from the residents of the respective neighborhoods. In response, the committee received letters from 2 residents of Trinity Heights and 7 residents of Trinity Park. Two of the Committee members also personally interviewed Ms. Risa Foster, who followed up by forwarding to the Committee several past email exchanges involving student misconduct in the Trinity Heights neighborhood.
Finally, the Committee received input from Durham city officials. The City Manager, Mr. Patrick Baker, and City Councilman Mr. Thomas Stith III and City Councilman Mr. Eugene Brown attended separate Committee meetings. In addition, the chair of the Committee participated in an interview with Captain Ed Sarvis of the Durham Police Department conducted by the committee exploring the lacrosse culture at Duke.
The information gathered during this process was examined and analyzed by the Committee. In particular, the following 8 committee members were involved substantially in the deliberations:
Aura Gimm, faculty, Biomedical Engineering
Prasad Kasibhatla (chair), faculty, Nicholas School of the Environment & Earth Sciences
Jacqueline Looney, Associate Dean for Graduate Student Affairs
Rachel Lovingood, graduate student, Department of Cell Biology
Marjorie McElroy, faculty, Economics
Caroline Haynes, faculty, Associate Dean for Medical Education, School of Medicine
Benjamin Ward, faculty, Philosophy
Gary Ybarra, faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering
We present below background information relevant to the charge to the Committee and a summary of the key themes that emerged during our deliberations. We follow with a presentation of key findings that are the considered judgment of the Committee, and conclude with a list of recommendations that flow from these findings.
2. BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
2.1 The Duke Community Standard (DCS)
The DCS is the University’s honor code, and articulates the core values and principles of the institution. The DCS was adopted in the fall of 2003, following a review of the existing Honor Code by the Academic Integrity Council (AIC). It is important to note that, while the DCS is a statement of broad principles, the AIC was formed with the narrower goal of improving the climate of academic integrity on campus. The DCS states:
Duke University is a community of scholars and learners, committed to the principles of honesty, trustworthiness, fairness, and respect for others. Students share with faculty and staff the responsibility for promoting a climate of integrity. As citizens of this community, students are expected to adhere to these fundamental values at all times, in both their academic and non-academic endeavors.
First-year students commit to the principles of the DCS at the start of their studies at Duke by participate in a ceremonial signing of a pledge immediately following convocation. The pledge states:
Students affirm their commitment to uphold the values of the Duke University community by signing a pledge that states:
1. I will not lie, cheat, or steal in my academic endeavors, nor will I accept the actions of those who do.
2. I will conduct myself responsibly and honorably in all my activities as a Duke student.
All students reaffirm their commitment to the principles of the DCS by signing a statement to that effect upon the completion of every academic assignment. The reaffirmation statement states:
“I have adhered to the Duke Community Standard in completing this assignment.” [Student Signature]
The Bulletin of Information and Regulations emphasizes academic integrity in the context of the DCS. Specifically, the bulletin affirms that the DCS not only requires students to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity in their own endeavors, but also obligates students to not accept violations of academic integrity by others.
It is the view of the Committee that the DCS, in and of itself, articulates the core values of the University. However, the focus on academic endeavors in the presentation and affirmation of the DCS during the course of student life, combined with its historical basis, has resulted in the standard being perceived as primarily applicable to integrity in academic endeavors only. To the extent that the DCS is viewed as expressing general standards of behavior, it is perceived as applying principally to interactions within the University community only. It is worth noting that there is widespread agreement with regards to this assessment among the various University constituencies that provided input to the Committee.
2.2 University Judicial Policies and Judicial Process
The specific rules and regulations pertaining to student conduct are codified in the University judicial policies which are published in the Bulletin of Information and Regulations. The policies cover a comprehensive range of academic and non-academic endeavors, including but not limited to: Academic Dishonesty, Alcohol, Disorderly Conduct, Noise, and Sexual Misconduct. The Bulletin of Information and Regulations also details the judicial process involved in adjudicating allegations of student misconduct.
In terms of the Duke judicial process, all cases involving violations of University policy are within the jurisdiction of the Office of Judicial Affairs, which falls within the Division of Student Affairs. The Director of the Office of Judicial Affairs reports to the Dean of Students, who in turn reports to the Vice President for Student Affairs. It is worth noting that a significant fraction of disciplinary cases are resolved informally by Residence Coordinators. During the 2003-2005 period, approximately 70% of disciplinary cases were adjudicated in this manner.
The formal disciplinary process is described in detail in the Bulletin of Information and Regulations and can involve an administrative hearing, an Undergraduate Judicial Board hearing, or a Greek Judicial Board hearing. In practice, most cases involve administrative hearings in which a hearing officer determines responsibility and imposes sanctions if appropriate. Faculty involvement in the judicial process is in the form of participation in Undergraduate Judicial Board hearing panels.
When students are charged criminally, the Office of Judicial Affairs launches an investigation, typically upon receipt of a police report describing the arrest or citation. As stipulated in the Bulletin of Information and Regulations, the judicial process may run concurrent with criminal action. However, if a student requests that the university process be placed on hold until the criminal case is resolved, this request is usually granted. If an allegation is serious and represents a threat to the university community, interim actions may be taken, such as an interim suspension. A challenge to waiting is that the criminal case is often postponed (continued) in the courts, creating an indefinite delay for the University’s disciplinary process. Request for postponement have been occasionally granted when the charges have been relatively minor and deferred prosecution has seemed likely.
The Committee’s assessment is that the judicial policies are quite comprehensive in scope, and clearly identify conduct that is not in keeping with the core values articulated in the DCS. Nevertheless, there is a disconnect in the sense that the judicial policies are not viewed as being grounded in the DCS. Rather, the judicial policies are perceived as a list of prohibited behaviors which can result in University disciplinary actions. In addition, the Bulletin of Information and Regulations does not highlight and prioritize judicial polices in terms of their importance in relation to the behavioral values expressed in the DCS.
The Committee also notes that there is little faculty engagement in the judicial process, and inadequate reporting of disciplinary actions to faculty governance bodies such as Academic Council and advisory bodies such as Athletic Council. These deficiencies are symbolic of the pervasive disconnect between student academic and non-academic life.
2.3 Alcohol and Student Misconduct
A major issue in the context of this review is Duke’s judicial philosophy related to the use and abuse of alcohol. Specifically, the Committee examined the role of alcohol in student misconduct as well as Duke’s policies and approach to adjudicating alcohol-related misconduct. We provide below our perspective of the role of alcohol in student misconduct, and follow with a discussion of the extent to which Duke’s judicial policies and practices are addressing these issues.
An initial perspective on the role of alcohol in student misconduct can be gained by examining the official disciplinary statistics published by the University. Comprehensive disciplinary statistics for 2003-2005 period are available on the Office of Judicial Affairs website. During this time period, of the 150-170 formal charges filed per year for non-academic judicial violations, 40-50% were specifically for violations of the alcohol policy. In addition, 350-400 student misconduct cases were handled by the Residence Coordinators each year, and a significant fraction of these involved alcohol use and abuse. Examination of the separate alcohol statistics summaries shows that roughly 300-350 violations of the alcohol policy come to the attention of the Office of Judicial Affairs every year. An examination of the judicial statistics related to off-campus misconduct during Fall 2005 is also revealing. Of the 126 violations, 107 were specifically for violation of the alcohol policy. It is worth noting that a majority of these violations arose from charges stemming from a special law enforcement campaign carried out by the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement agency during the first weekend of the Fall 2005 semester. This strongly suggests that the actual number of alcohol policy violations is significantly higher than what is reflected in the official statistics. Finally, there are roughly 30-50 alcohol-related medical calls to DUPD/EMS every year; in general these numbers are not reflected in the disciplinary statistics due the health and safety amnesty clause in the alcohol policy. Furthermore, a perusal of the narrative record related to these calls reveals the severity of alcohol abuse, with a large fraction of cases involving repeated episodes of vomiting and loss of consciousness.
It is also clear that alcohol use and abuse is the major underlying factor in both off-campus and on-campus student misconduct. Conversations with the staff of the Women’s Center reveal that alcohol is involved in 70-80% of the roughly 60 cases of sexual assault complaints that are received by the center per year. From an off-campus perspective, neighborhood residents and police are in broad agreement that alcohol abuse underlies most of the ‘public nuisance’ complaints against students. The same is true for misconduct in on-campus residences. Dean Bryan is categorical in his assessment that alcohol use and abuse is the major underlying factor in terms of student misconduct. This view is endorsed by the review Committee.
The review Committee also finds that there is inconsistent enforcement of the University alcohol policy. This inconsistency is most acutely manifested in the University’s tolerance of large-scale violations of its alcohol policy at events such as Tailgate and Last Day of Classes. It is our understanding that these events, which are essentially ‘sponsored’ by the University, involve egregious violations of the alcohol policy that exceed in severity the violations that are generally adjudicated by the Office of Judicial Affairs. In effect, the University is violating its own written alcohol policies regarding group-sponsored social functions, which state in part
‘A group is responsible for reasonable monitoring of underage drinking and may be sanctioned if the lack of monitoring leads, or could lead, to unsafe/irresponsible behavior and/or community expectations violations. Additionally, groups are expected to ensure that unsafe/irresponsible behavior and/or violations of community expectations do not occur’.
The Committee concludes that inconsistent enforcement of the University alcohol policy severely undermines its effectiveness.
2.4. Duke-Durham Issues Related to Student Misconduct
The Committee devoted a significant portion of its time to examining issues related to off-campus student misconduct, and Duke’s role in dealing with such misconduct. We provide below our assessment of the defining characteristics of these issues and the extent to which Duke is addressing the concerns of the Durham community, and identify issues that remain to be addressed.
We begin by noting that the problem of off-campus student misconduct can generally be viewed as one that is geographically restricted in the sense that most complaints seem to involve the Trinity Height and Trinity Park neighborhoods off East Campus. The complaints typically involve misconduct that can be classified as ‘nuisance’ associated with large parties involving up to 150-200 students at so-called ‘party-houses’ in the residential neighborhoods. The typical ‘nuisance’ behaviors include noise, public urination, and general disorderly conduct. In addition, it is important to note that residents and city officials are uniformly of the opinion that the problem is generally confined to only a small percentage of the off-campus student community. City Councilman Eugene Brown characterized this as the 90/10 problem – 90 % of the problems caused by 10% of the students. Furthermore, the City Manager and City Councilmen expressed the Durham community’s appreciation of the educational, economic, and cultural contributions of Duke to the city.
To place the problem of off-campus student misconduct in context, it is worth noting that Duke has a 3-year on-campus residency requirement for its undergraduate students, and has well developed policies related to on-campus residence life. Students who reside on campus must sign a Housing License prior to occupying an on-campus residence. The Bulletin of Information and Regulation states:
‘Any conduct that reflects a serious disregard for the rights, health, safety, and security of other occupants of university housing will be reason for revocation of this license and/or disciplinary action’
In contrast, the Bulletin of Information and Regulations does not explicitly discuss behavioral expectations in relation to off-campus student life. The philosophical approach that has been adopted is that students living off-campus have the same rights and responsibilities, and are subject to the same law enforcement sanctions, as other adults in the broader community. Duke’s current approach is to give students living off-campus greater freedom in terms of behavioral choices, and intervene judicially only in cases involving arrests/citations and repeated misconduct.
In light of the differences in off-campus and on-campus housing policies, there is a clear perception among the residents who contacted the Committee that Duke has not taken sufficient ownership the problem of off-campus student misconduct. Neighborhood residents complained about the lack of adequate response from the Duke administration to their complaints. One specific suggestion was that a hotline be established for residents to report student misconduct. City officials also indicated that the law enforcement actions that had been undertaken by the city had not acted as an adequate deterrent to such misconduct. The City Manager and City Councilmen we met with were unanimous in their view that it was time for Duke to take bold new steps to address neighborhood concerns about student behaviors. It was suggested that Duke consider the approach taken by Wake Forest University, where off-campus living privileges can be revoked as a disciplinary measure.
There is some, but not uniform, recognition by the community of the steps that Duke has already taken to address off-campus student misconduct. It is generally well known that Duke recently purchased a number of houses off East Campus, and it is believed that this will ameliorate the problem of ‘party houses’ to some extent. There seems little awareness of the fact that the Office of Student Affairs has recently hired a full-time staff person specifically devoted to off-campus student life. There is almost no recognition of Duke’s change in judicial policy whereby all students receiving citations by the Durham Police are subject to Duke’s formal disciplinary procedures.
It is the Committee’s view that the University has taken noteworthy steps to address neighborhood concerns regarding off-campus student behaviors. However, the full impacts of these measures remain to be determined. The Committee did not find a compelling argument in support of a hotline to report student misconduct. Nevertheless, the Committee notes that behavioral expectations related to off-campus living have not been effectively articulated in the context of Duke’s core values embodied in the DCS.
3. FINDINGS
3.1 Do the Community Standard and the policies which apply to student behavior adequately convey Duke's values and behavioral expectations?
3.1.1 The Duke Community Standard (DCS), and the policies that flow from it, articulate Duke’s values and behavioral expectations in a broad sense for academic as well as non-academic endeavors
3.1.2 The DCS is however perceived by students and faculty alike to apply primarily to academic endeavors
3.1.3 The DCS, and the policies that flow from it, are further interpreted as applying primarily to interactions within the Duke University community, rather than as a set of principles of good citizenship that are applicable in the broader communities of which the students are a part
3.1.4 There is a lack of on-going education, modeling, and reinforcement of the broad values and behavioral expectations articulated in the DCS and the associated judicial policies
3.2 Are there distinctions between on campus and off campus behaviors, and is Duke's approach to adjudication of those behaviors appropriate?
3.2.1 On-campus and off-campus living experiences are important parts of undergraduate life and education at Duke
3.2.2 Off-campus and on-campus behaviors differ both in terms of the characteristics of events that result in student misconduct and in terms of the community that is impacted by the misconduct; alcohol abuse is however the major underlying factor in both off-campus and on-campus student misconduct
3.2.3 Duke’s philosophical approach to adjudication also differs between off-campus and on-campus misconduct, with much less oversight of off-campus conduct; but attempts are underway to minimize these differences
3.2.4 Law enforcement efforts that have been undertaken by the city have not served as an adequate deterrent to off-campus student misconduct
3.2.5 The University has taken noteworthy steps, from both judicial and non-judicial perspectives, to address the problem of off-campus student misconduct; the full impact of these changes is yet to be determined
3.2.6 In sharp contrast to campus residence life, sufficient attention has not been paid to articulating and educating students about behavioral expectations related to off-campus living; this discrepancy is also manifested in the differences between on-campus and off-campus housing policies
3.3 Are there limitations in the policies which prevent various behaviors from being addressed appropriately and effectively?
3.3.1 While University judicial policies are quite comprehensive, they are not presented or perceived as being grounded in the Duke Community Standard other than for academic endeavors
3.3.2 Inconsistent enforcement of the University alcohol policy severely undermines its effectiveness
3.3.3 Furthermore, the judicial policies in general are skewed towards addressing issues involving interactions within the University community, and therefore do not appropriately and effectively address breaches of good citizenship standards involving the broader community
3.3.4 There is little and reluctant faculty engagement in the University judicial process, symbolizing the pervasive disconnect between the academic and non-academic spheres of University life
3.4 How has Duke responded when students face both criminal (or civil) charges as well as campus judicial charges? Has this created problems and should there be changes to our approach?
3.4.1 The current Duke judicial approach when students face both criminal (or civil) charges as well as campus judicial charges seems reasonable
3.5 Given the requirements of FERPA, how can both the Duke and Durham communities are better informed about disciplinary actions that are taken?
3.5.1 There is lack of adequate reporting to, and follow-up discussion with, faculty governance bodies such as Academic Council and advisory bodies such as Athletic Council about disciplinary policies and actions
3.5.2 There is little awareness in the broader community of judicial steps being taken by Duke to address off-campus student misconduct
3.5.3 There is a lack of lasting, non-crisis based engagement by Duke with the larger community concerning off-campus student behaviors
4. RECOMMENDATIONS
The Committee makes its recommendations regarding Duke University’s judicial code, policies, and process in the wake of an acute event of student misconduct in an off-campus setting. However, we considered the event in the context of broader educational issues in designing our recommendations, and addressed the adequacy of the statement of values and expectations, the consistency of application of policies in on- and off-campus situations, limitations in the effectiveness of policies and judicial process, and the relationship between the judicial process and that of the legal system and between the University community and the Durham community at large. We endorse the University’s efforts in recent years to articulate institutional values and expectations through the design of the Duke Community Standard, to build community relationships through the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership and Office of Community Affairs, to partner with the Durham Police by increasing the role of Duke Police in the communities that surround campus, to gain more oversight of off-campus housing by acquiring properties that house students, and to clarify and more effectively enforce the University alcohol policy. We applaud the more recent Campus Culture Initiative as a means to involve more of the Duke community in conversation and deliberation about values and expectations. Our recommendations are aimed at systemic issues that we believe would extend and lend context to the changes already taking place to ensure that students graduate from Duke University fully prepared to be citizens of an increasingly global community.
We regard the Duke Community Standard (DCS) as a cornerstone of the identity of the University community, and as a critical, overarching statement of institutional values and intentions and a basis for judicial policies. We believe that the central tenet of the DCS should be good citizenship, and that the concept of community should be expanded to include the broader communities in which students interact, reside, or represent the University. Statements of expectations in academic and non-academic matters should flow from this broad tenet, rather than be affirmed separately. We are concerned that the current separate affirmation within the pledge suggests that academic matters are the primary focus of the DCS. In keeping with this more integrated approach under the broad concept of citizenship, we recommend that the ways in which the tenets of the DCS are communicated also be integrated, and that a single Bulletin (perhaps a Bulletin of Undergraduate Education, or BLUE) should incorporate both information on instruction and information on the critical policies that flow from the DCS. The dichotomy between academic and non-academic endeavors is also reflected in the University administration, with distinct academic and student life administrative structures. We recommend examination of the extent and consequences of this divide and consideration of a revised structure and ways to better emphasize an integrated educational experience governed by principles of good citizenship.
While changes in the statement of values and policies are important, we also believe that simply stating or pledging a set of values is only an initial step in internalizing and living them. We also recognize that, given the wonderful and growing diversity of the University community, the words used to state institutional values may not have the same meaning for everyone. Therefore, we recommend that the DCS be a highlight of ongoing activities after orientation, including activities that challenge the students to grapple with the limits and tensions implied by the DCS and the differences in how others interpret the DCS. Faculty development around explicit modeling and reinforcement of the DCS will be important in this effort as will integration of these activities into academic and non-academic settings.
In order for students to remain aware of the DCS in all their activities, internalization of the standard must be deliberately and consistently promoted through the application and enforcement of policies that derive from the DCS. Inconsistency in the application of policies creates confusion, ambivalence, or cynicism about the validity of and commitment to the DCS. In this regard, we are especially concerned about the inconsistency of application of the alcohol policy. We recognize the complexity of developing and applying a policy that allows students to have ‘formative experiences’ in the responsible use of alcohol, encourages students to get help if they endanger themselves through using alcohol, and is consistent with the law. We also recognize that students who will go on to have serious problems with alcohol later in life are having ‘formative experiences’ on college campuses, and that most of the behaviors that cause students to come to the attention of the police, Durham community, and judicial process are alcohol-related. We therefore recommend a broad-based, Presidential-level initiative as part of the Campus Culture Initiative to explore ways to develop policies, educational programming, and a campus culture that consistently discourages the inappropriate use of alcohol.
With a DCS that broadens the definition of ‘community’, we believe that it would be appropriate to develop an explicit off-campus housing code that reflects the values stated in the DCS, to communicate that clearly at a mandatory meeting to students who register to live off-campus or to study away from Duke, and to implement systematic mechanisms for tracking and reporting disciplinary actions and legal actions against Duke students irrespective of their living circumstances. We recommend that information about such actions be communicated regularly with as much detail as FERPA allows to faculty governance bodies such as the Academic Council, advisory bodies such as the Athletic Council and ACSAC, and to appropriate bodies within the local community. Accurate information about trends in the frequency and magnitude of disciplinary issues and efficacy of current educational and enforcement efforts is key in designing strategies to improve and in engaging the local community in a reality-based partnership.
It is clear that the recent incident of off-campus misconduct by students, irrespective of the outcome of the sexual misconduct allegations, has damaged a still-fragile relationship between the University community and its neighbors, and has overshadowed the less often reported but no less dramatic positive activities of Duke students in Durham. While we recognize efforts by the Office of Judicial Affairs to be responsive to community concerns, we believe a more proactive initiative is needed to display the University’s commitment to engage the community in helping to educate students about citizenship. In order to forge a more resilient relationship between the University and local community, we recommend the development of activities intended to introduce Duke students to their neighbors, their neighbors’ concerns, and the expectations of the community regarding citizenship. The disciplinary process for students engaging in misconduct in the community could include options for direct contact and negotiation with neighbors or community service. Regular meetings of stakeholders in this relationship could be convened to discuss problems and design proactive approaches to helping students living off-campus continue to internalize and exemplify the values of the DCS in the greater community.
In summary, we believe that the University needs to refine the Duke Community Standard and pledge to reflect the core principles of good citizenship as guiding activities in all settings, and then follow that refinement with ongoing, intentional activities to promote internalization of the DCS and policies that are consistent with the DCS and consistently applied. The dichotomy between academic and non-academic activities that is currently reflected in the structure of the DCS, bulletins, and the administrative structure should be diminished through integration of those structures in order to reflect that a Duke education encompasses academic and non-academic endeavors that prepare students to be exemplary citizens of the global community. Education in citizenship should continue as students live off-campus or study elsewhere, and the University needs to proactively engage the community in partnering with us to provide and reinforce this education.
The specific recommendations of the Committee are:
Modify the DCS so that the central tenet is good citizenship in relation to the University community as well as in relation to the broader communities of which the students are a part
Develop a comprehensive set of programs to educate students about, explicitly model, repeatedly reinforce, and promote internalization of the institutional values articulated in the DCS
Create a Bulletin of Undergraduate Education (BLUE), that would be a synthesis of the current Bulletin of Undergraduate Instruction and essential topics from the Bulletin of Information and Regulations, to give prominence to the integral role of the DCS in fulfilling the mission of Duke
Develop and implement a Presidential-level initiative as part of the broader Campus Culture Initiative with the goal of tackling the major underlying problem of alcohol abuse
Develop an off-campus housing code of conduct and judicial policies pertaining to off-campus living that reflect the values of good citizenship articulated in the DCS
Minimize the disconnect between the academic and non-academic spheres of University life to emphasize that both spheres are integral parts of the general educational experience at Duke; as a first step, rethink the administrative structure to integrate student academic and non-academic life to better serve the broad educational mission of the University
Codify and implement systematic mechanisms for reporting on disciplinary actions, including Duke-Durham actions, to faculty governance bodies such as Academic Council and advisory bodies such as Athletic Council
Explore creative alternatives to inculcate values of good citizenship in the context of off-campus student life, recognizing that learning to live productively in the global community outside of University walls is an integral part of a Duke education
Convene a group of major stakeholders (university officials, off-campus student representatives, neighborhood residents, Duke and Durham police, and city officials) on a regular basis to discuss and develop pro-active approaches to issues related to off-campus student life, with the goal of partnering in educating students in how to live within the larger community
Coleman Lacrosse Report
Academic Council, 2006/05/02 09:21:02
REPORT OF THE LACROSSE AD HOC REVIEW COMMITTEE TO : Richard H. Brodhead, President of Duke University Paul H. Haagen, Professor of Law and Chair of the Duke University Academic Council INTRODUCTION 1. The Charge to the Committee On April 5, 2006, you jointly charged the Ad Hoc Committee as follows: . . . [T]o look into the behavior of members of the lacrosse team over the past five years, and specifically the record of both charges of inappropriate social conduct and criminal violations and of official Duke, community and team responses to that conduct and those violations. The Ad Hoc Committee should interview faculty members about classroom behaviors, and receive and take into consideration information from members of the Duke community or from any other knowledgeable source about the conduct of or respect for others shown by members of the team. The purpose of this review is not to establish the culpability of individual team members for particular instances of inappropriate behavior, but rather to determine whether there are patterns of behavior and inadequate responses to it, that should be addressed at the institutional level. Because there is an ongoing criminal investigation of allegations relating to events on the evening of March 13-14, and because the University must be careful not in any way to interfere or compromise that investigation, the Ad Hoc Committee will not consider any matters subsequent to and including March 13, 2006 that relate to the alleged criminal conduct. In conducting its review, the Ad Hoc Committee should consider the lacrosse team in comparison to other relevant groups at Duke. . . . The Committee conducted its review consistently with this charge. (complete report attached) [Coleman Report, PDF]
ECAC Statement
Academic Council, 2006/05/02 08:36:22
Statement on emerging events surrounding the Duke men’s lacrosse team and campus culture Executive Committee of the Academic Council April 5, 2006 On Thursday, March 30th, an extraordinary executive session of the Academic Council was called, with the fullest support and participation of President Brodhead, to enable communication and consultation between the faculty and the president about the events now rocking our community. Sitting faculty representatives on the current Council as well as all incoming representatives were convened, and all interested Duke faculty were invited to attend. The following statement is based on the Executive Committee of the Academic Council’s best overall sense of that meeting, and it is ECAC’s attempt to convey some of the intensity and cogency of faculty responses -- not only to events unfolding around the March 13/14th episode involving members of the lacrosse team, but also to the host of related concerns about the undergraduate experience at our school that this episode has made especially and painfully evident. There are two distinct but related aspects of the situation we now face: The first aspect narrowly concerns the conduct and resulting charges surrounding the lacrosse team incident of March 13/14th. We specifically expect members of the lacrosse team to cooperate fully with the investigation insofar as their Constitutional rights against self-incrimination allow. We specifically expect all Duke University officials, whether from the Athletics department, the senior Administration, or anywhere else, to exert themselves to facilitate this investigation. We recognize clearly that the legal process relating to this incident and any individuals who may be named in it must and should take its own due course; charges of this grave nature belong in the jurisdiction of governmental and not university educational authorities. That said, and aside from any charges ultimately emerging from the prosecutorial investigation, it is the sense of the faculty that we have reached the point where a critical mass of information and witness concerning lacrosse team behavior compels a comprehensive inquiry into the program, its culture, its staff, and its effects on the daily lives of our students and our neighbors. To that end, in constructive collaboration with President Brodhead, a committee chaired by Professor James Coleman of the Law School has been appointed. This committee will present its findings and recommendations to President Brodhead and the Academic Council on or before May 1, 2006. The second phenomenon before us is both more broad and more elusive, concerning everyday life on campus: Duke’s own share of a web of interconnected issues that we all recognize are at least national in scope. This web is easier to describe than its effects are to remedy. Across college campuses, already volatile issues of race, gender, and class privilege intersect negatively with the powerful social reaches of sports culture and alcohol use on campus. The events of the past weeks have occasioned collective reflection and collective anguish on the part of the Duke faculty. The anguish comes from faculty who already felt too familiar, by experience and by expertise, with the taxing terms and conditions of campus life for many segments of our student body. The anguish came also from faculty for whom this occasion brought forth formerly unknown details of student experience outside the classroom, creating a new sense of both urgency and uncertainty about how best to fulfill the educational mission of our institution in its broadest sense. The problem now in front of us, individually and as a collective body of teachers, presents vast challenges. Not the least of these challenges concerns the formulation of a response that will be both substantive and consequential when relevant structural realities and cultural practices far exceed the reach of any one university. What we need now is to determine which aspects of our local manifestation of the mix of race, gender, sexuality, sport, and alchohol in undergraduate culture can be addressed effectively by the means available to us as an academic community -- not in an attempt to curtail social life on campus, but in order to promote justice, a more respectful social and educational environment, and real conviviality. We will be working in collaboration with President Brodhead, Vice President Larry Moneta in Student Affairs, and others to develop an adequately specific approach to the issues that have been made so starkly apparent in this episode. At the same time, we urge our colleagues to channel the profound concern and knowledge that have been generated here to develop constructive ways, great and small, to engage and support our students beyond the classroom. Regardless of developments in the narrower legal situation, or in a review of the lacrosse program, we as faculty need to develop richer forms of attentiveness to the lives and hopes of our students. Paul Haagen (Law), Chair Julie Edell Britton (Fuqua) Linda Franzoni (Mechanical Engineering) Sally Kornbluth (Pharmacology & Cancer Biology) Elizabeth Livingston (Ob/Gyn) Marjorie McElroy (Economics) Laurie Shannon (English), Vice Chair John Staddon (Psychological & Brain Sciences), Faculty Secretary
Scholarship with a Civic Mission: Research Service-Learning Grants
Focus Program, 2006/05/19 14:44:26
The Focus Program congratulates the following Scholarship with a Civic Mission: Research Service-Learning grant recipients:
Nicole Arkin, Visions of Freedom
"Citizenship and the Right to Health Care: How Can Health Information be Distributed in an Effective Way to Latina Immigrant Women?"
Megan Moskop, Humanitarian Challenges
"Women on Black Wall Street"
Grant Smith, Humanitarian Challenges
"Growing Up with Sickle cell Disease: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Transition Program for Adolescent Sickle Cell Patients"
Caroline Whistler, Humanitarian Challenges
"Capacity Building in Rural Indigenous Schools of Argentina"
Benjamin Abram, Humanitarian Challenges
Lee Pearson, Genome Revolution
"Duke Engineers Without Borders: Sustainable Water Resource and Sanitation Program in Southern Uganda"
Deborah Gold, Exploring the Mind and Department of Sociology, was a recipient of the Faculty Mentoring Grant.
Scholarship with a Civic Mission is a collaboration between the Kenan Institute for Ethics and the Hart Leadership Program. The student Community-Based Research Grants can be used to complete a research service-learning project conducted over the summer or during the academic year. The faculty Mentorship Grants support faculty who supervise 1-3 students involved in community-based research through an independent study or internship.
For more information visit Scholarship With A Civic Mission.
Leaping Lemurs
Evolutionary Anthropology, 2006/05/15 10:22:04
As part of an $8 million makeover, the Duke University Primate Center has been renamed the Duke Lemur Center, a name reflecting the refocus of the center’s goals and mission. To enhance the natural living conditions and add more opportunities for scientific research, three new buildings and associated habitats will be added to the center’s facilities. Duke University Press Release.
Skeletal dimorphism in Fayum Pliohyracidae
Evolutionary Anthropology, 2006/05/15 10:21:52
Dr. Elwyn Simons and former BAA undergrad Michael Baumrind are among a
team of researchers announcing the exciting discovery of sexual
dimorphims in two species of the genus Thyrohyrax. They discovered that
the males have an enlarged, swollen bananna-like cavity in each half of
the lower jaw. This cavity is not present in females, nor in living
hyraxes or, in fact, any other kind of mammal. They suspect that it was
a sound augmenting device used to enhance either contact or mating
calls. The full results are published in the March (2006) issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Duke University Press Release
2006 Undergraduate Award Winners
Political Science, 2006/04/27 15:19:18
Alona E. Evans Prize in International Law:??
One or more awards to undergraduate and/or graduate students in arts and sciences whose paper(s) on international law reflect excellence in scholarship.
Gayle Joanna Argon
Sana Nourani
Seema Gail Parkash
The Robert S. Rankin Award in American Government and Constitutional Law:
An award to the outstanding student in the field of American government and constitutional law.
Thomas Michael Burnett
The Robert S. Rankin Award in American National, State, and Local Governments:
An award to the outstanding student in the field of American national, state and/or local governments.
Geoffrey Miles Lorenz
The Robert S. Rankin American Government Award for Leadership and Academic Achievement:
These awards are given to students chosen by the Department of Political Science who have demonstrated excellence in the study of American government and whose past achievements and future promise manifests not only high intellectual attainments, but also an exemplary leadership role in service to Duke University or to the community as broadly defined.
Frank David D’Angelo
Thomas Russell Ferguson
Adam Gabriel Yoffie
Elizabeth G. Verville Award:
An award to the undergraduate student who submits the best paper in the subject matter of political science.
Matthew Andrew Runnalls
Diana-Lynn Tracey
Ole Holsti Award in American Foreign Policy and International Relations:
An award to the best student written work in the area of American foreign policy and international relations.
Natasha Chantal Roetter
Military History Seminar THIS Sunday, April 30, 6-8pm, National Humanities Center, 7 Alexander Drive
History, for faculty, 2006/04/27 14:24:58
History of the Military, War, and Society Seminar presents:
MARK R. WILSON (UNC at Charlotte)
THE MAKING OF A LIBERAL WAR MACHINE:
A Reconsideration of the Truman Committee and the Politics of U.S. Industrial
Mobilization for the Second World War
PRE-CIRCULATED PAPER available at:
Primate Center gets new name, more funds
Arts & Sciences, 2006/05/08 08:45:03
Duke’s 40-year-old Primate Center has been renamed the Duke Lemur Center. The university is allocating some $8 million to improve and expand the center’s facilities. [more]
Three faculty honored for mentoring
Arts & Sciences, 2006/05/24 15:27:07
The Graduate School Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring went to business professor James Bettman, environment professor Lisa Campbell, and French professor Linda Orr. [more]
Congratulations to Kiril Kolev, Cristina Corduneanu-Huci, and David Siroky
Political Science, 2006/04/25 09:52:43
Kiril, Cristina, and David have received grants from Duke's Center for European Studies for summer fieldwork. Congratulations Kiril, Cristina, and David!
History Jobs & Internships
History, 2006/04/24 14:38:15
AfterCollege would like to direct you to your Job Resource Center and inform you that there are new entry-level, summer internships and part-time positions available specifically for your department with employers like Apple, Boeing, Eli Lilly, Merck, the National Security Agency, Sun Microsystems, and many more. Register Today http://aftercollege.com/groups/ccenter.asp?id=965651547&fct=2 In addition, the AfterCollege Job Resource Center for the Department of History also offers a career resource center complete with resume, interview and salary guides that include sample resumes, interview questions and salary worksheets. You can also find Department of History alumni here, many of who can help answer questions about what it's like to work at various companies. Please note: Some resources are password-protected and all information is strictly confidential.
8th Annual 5K for the Lemurs
Duke Lemur Center, 2006/04/24 14:06:56
We are excited to present to you the final order of finishers.
John Simon,
Chemistry, 2006/04/21 09:37:55
will receive the NC-ACS Distinguished Lecturer Award for 2006 on Saturday, April 22, at the NC ACS Meeting on the campus of North Carolina Central University. The Award presentation and lecture will begin at 11:50 in Room 124 of the Mary M. Townes Science Center.
Senli Guo and Boris Akhremitchev
Chemistry, 2006/04/19 13:28:36
have observed, using atomic force microscopy, structural heterogeneity in amyloid fibrils. Their work has direct implications for the structural study of fibril-forming proteins, implicated in a wide range of human neurological diseases.
Two lacrosse players arrested in rape investigation
Arts & Sciences, 2006/04/20 12:00:56
Two sophomore lacrosse players were arrested as the result of grand jury indictments in a case of alleged sexual assault at an off-campus party. [more]
Congratulations to Jehanne Gheith!
Focus Program, 2006/05/19 14:45:33
Please join the Focus Program in congratulating Professor Jehanne Gheith. Dr. Gheith has been awarded the Richard K. Lublin Teaching Award for 2005-06. This is one of our top teaching awards at Duke. Her achievement is yet one more testament of the strengths of the Focus Program and the calibre of faculty that it attracts.
Congratulations to Seymour Mauskopf!
Focus Program, 2006/05/19 14:45:23
Professor Seymour Mauskopf received the 2006 Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award. Prof. Mauskopf is the former director of the Focus Program and continues to teach in the Evolution & Humankind cluster. In nominating Prof. Mauskopf for the award, students lauded him for his enthusiastic advice, perceptive mentorship, and generous friendship.
Congratulations to Brendan Nyhan
Political Science, 2006/04/14 10:43:02
Brendan has been selected as a 2006-2007 PARISS fellow. Congratulations Brendan for this honor!
Study Indicates Numerical Processing Similar in Children & Adults
Arts & Sciences, 2006/04/20 08:18:33
Four-year-olds who are still developing numerical abilities show activity in the same brain region during numerical tasks as do math-adept adults, Duke University researchers have found. Their comparative brain scan studies are the first to explore the earliest glimmerings of numerical processing in pre-school children. [more]
School Climate and Leadership Important Factors in Retaining New Teachers
Arts & Sciences, 2006/04/20 08:18:09
Beginning teachers are more likely to remain in the profession if they are satisfied with the principal's leadership and school climate, according to a new Duke University study. Many school districts focus on mentoring programs and salary hikes to keep teachers. [more]
Jandy Hanna Wins Award
Evolutionary Anthropology, 2007/02/22 12:26:24
Jandy Hanna won the Sherwood L. Washburn Prize at the 2006 Annual Meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists for her presentation entitled "Locomotor energetics in primates: vertical compared to estimated horizontal costs". To learn morn about the Sherwood L. Washburn Prize go to: http://www.physanth.org/studentprize/winners06.htm
Congratulations to Carol Atkinson
Political Science, 2006/04/12 10:08:38
Carol has been awarded a post-doctoral fellowship at the Center for International Studies at the University of Southern California for 2006-2007. Congratulations Carol!
CANCELLED : A Talk by Neil Whitehead April 24, 2006 Room 240 Franklin Center 1:30
History, for faculty, 2006/04/24 10:37:26
Due to airline mishaps, our speaker is unable to get to Durham in time for the talk.
Frames: Imaging Indigeneity and Diaspora - April 18 & 19, 2006
History, 2006/04/17 16:11:09
THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THIS PROGRAM THE 10:00 A.M. PANEL IS CANCELLED, AND LINDA RUPERT'S PRESENTATION WILL MOVE TO THE 2:00 PANEL. ORIN STARN WILL NOT PRESENT HIS PAPER, BUT WILL INTRODUCE PAUL CHAAT SMITH AT NOON. A project of Epistemologies of Belonging: Indigeneity and Diaspora, the 2005-2006 John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Seminar. Read more about the Seminar here: http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/fhi/seminar/sem0506.php. This two-day series of events explores the complex interrelationship of diaspora and indigeneity. The program focuses on the role of visual media, maps, television, photography, film, and museum exhibitions in framing the changing lines of belonging and exclusion that define human experience. Tuesday, April 18, 7-9 pm, 240 Franklin Center Screening Diasporic Visions: Film Screening and Discussion * Back and Forth: Two Generations of Indian Americans at Home (with filmmaker Leela Prasad, Religion) * Double Vision: Stories of South Africans in North Carolina (with filmmaker Karin Shapiro, History) Wednesday, April 19, 10 am - 6pm, 240 Franklin Center Panels and Presentations 10 - 11:30 am: Diaspora, Indigeneity, and Cartographies of Empire * Linda Rupert, History, Missing Atlantic Diasporas on the `Other Side of a Dutch Colonial Map * Yektan Turkyilmaz, Cultural Anthropology, Geography, Violence, and Ethnic Politics: Turkish and Armenian Silences about the Struggle for Van * Discussant: Clare Hemmings, Gender Institute, London School of Economics 12 - 1:15 pm: Making History at the National Museum of the American Indian * Wednesdays at The Center Public Lecture (Lunch will be served beginning at 11:45 am) * Paul Chaat Smith, Associate Curator, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution and co-author of Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee. 2 - 4:15 pm: Framing Memory, Belonging and Exclusion * Bayo Holsey, African and African American Studies, Fashioning Globality: The Future of Atlantic Pasts * Orin Starn, Cultural Anthropology, Andean Fantasies: Wounded Modernity and Televisual Politics in Peru * Tina Campt, Womens Studies, Framing the Archive: Reflections on A Black German Sounding Gallery * Discussant: Srinivas Aravamudan, Director, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute 4:30 - 6 pm: Staged Belonging and the Performance of Diaspora and Indigeneity * Mixed Media Presentation, Markets of Diaspora, (2006, 20 minutes) by Christof Galli, Perkins Library * Video Presentation, Mona Hatoums Measures of Distance, (1988, 15 minutes) * Discussants: Micaela Janan, Classical Studies; and Ranjana Khanna, English * Reception to follow Online Exhibition: Indigenous Diasporas / Diasporic Indigeneity Parallel Visions in Art Production This interactive exhibition features three projects that engage diaspora and indigeneity as forms of belonging that are deeply intertwined in their dimensions of social inclusion and exclusion. It showcases the work of photographer Christof Galli and artist Mona Hatoum, and a collaborative multimedia installation by Keith Piper, Tina Campt and Nicola Laure al Samarai on Black Germans in the Third Reich. Together these pieces paint a complex picture of arts role as a medium for articulating the representational politics underlying the processes of diaspora and displacement, and notions of homeland, belonging and exclusion. Components of the online exhibition will be discussed at the Staged Belonging panel, described above. All events are free and open to the public. The John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University is at 2204 Erwin Road, Durham, NC. For a map and parking information, please visit: http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/about/map.php For more information, contact Anne Whisnant, (919) 668-1902 or anne.whisnant@duke.edu. Frames is a project of the 2005-2006 Franklin Humanities Institute Seminar, Epistemologies of Belonging: Indigeneity and Diaspora, and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, and is made possible by the Office of the Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies and the Dean of Humanities of Duke University, with the generous support of the staff of the John Hope Franklin Center. Special thanks to Casey Alt and the ISIS program for their technical assistance with the electronic and web-based components of this project.
Congratulations to Jorge Bravo and Dan Kselman
Political Science, 2006/04/11 16:40:33
Jorge and Dan have won NSF Dissertation Research Awards. Professors Remmer and Kitschelt are the dissertation advisors. Congratulations!
Jennifer Gonzalez events, April 19 & 20, 2006
History, for faculty, 2006/04/11 15:56:39
The Latina/o Studies working group and the Institute for Critical U.S. Studies invite you to a public lecture and a workshop with Jennifer Gonzalez, Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Art and Visual Culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz. ¿Qué Es Mas Macho?: Race and Masculinity in Contemporary Chicano/Latino Art Wednesday, April 19th, from 5:30 - 7:30 pm 108 East Duke Building Morphologies: Race in Digital Culture A Workshop Thursday, April 20th, from 10:30 am - 12:00 130 John Hope Franklin Center Readings for the workshop will be available after April 13th at http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/icuss/latinastudies.php: 1- Guillermo Gomez-Pena, "Chicano Interneta: The search for intelligent Life in Cyberspace," Hopscotch: A Cultural Review - Volume 2, Number 2, 2001, pp. 80-91. 2- Jennifer Gonzalez, "The Appended Subject: Race and Identity as Digital Assemblage," in Race in Cyberspace, Beth Kolko, Lisa Nakamura, Gil Rodman, eds., (New York: Routledge, 2000), 27-50. 3- Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Chapter 3 "Scenes of Empowerment" in Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics, (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2006) pp. 129-170. For Thursday's seminar, parking passes will be available for the Medical Center Parking Lot on Erwin road. Please RSVP to clight@duke.edu by April 17th if you plan to attend the seminar. Jennifer Gonzalez is Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Art and Visual Culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her work examines contemporary theories of visual culture, semiotics, museums and material culture studies, and public and activist art in the U.S. since 1960. Recently, she co-authored Christian Marclay (Phaidon Press, 2005) and co- edited Shock and Awe: War on Words (The New Pacific Press, 2004). Her essays have appeared in The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader (2003), Art/Women/California 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections (2002), and Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self (2003). A former Whitney Museum of Art fellow, she has received numerous grants, including two from the Ford Foundation.
Triangle East Asian History Colloquium (TEAHC) - April 15, 2006 10 am- 4pm
History, for faculty, 2006/04/11 14:34:43
Boyd Room, Carr Building Panel 1: 10 a.m.-12.30: Bordercrossings: Home and Empire Antonia Mary Finnane: (Department of History, University of Melbourne) “The Triumph of the Nomads and the Death of the Bolero: An Historical Costume Drama.” It is often said that "men submit, women do not submit," a reference to the fact that men adopted the Manchu robe while women retained Ming dress. A close analysis of clothing style argues that, on the contrary, there was an unusually high degree of exposure of the home/family to the state under the Qing empire. James A. Anderson, (Department of History, UNC Greensboro) “The Great King Nng Tr Cao: an Eleventh-Century Rebel's Role in Shaping Regional Identity Along the Modern Sino-Vietnamese Border” In the mountainous region separating Vietnam and China, far from the central governments in Hanoi and Beijing, there exists a scattered handful of temples and memorials dedicated to the life and deeds of the eleventh-century Tai-speaking leader, Nung Tri Cao (1025-1055?). Today, Tri Cao's ancient effort to shape a distinct political identity along the Sino-Vietnamese border continues to shape a collective ethnic identity that links communities straddling the modern border between Chinese and Vietnamese states. 12.30- 2 p.m. Lunch and Discussion: Planning future meetings of TEAHC Panel 2: 2.00 p.m.-4.30 p.m. Debates on Twentieth Century Chinese Modernity John Fitzgerald (International Center Asia Pacific Studies and Modern Chinese Studies, Australian National University) “Making China Equal: Social Visions of Modernity in late Qing and Republican China.” Michael Tsin, (Department of History, UNC Chapel Hill) "Modernity Revisited: An Update on a Review Essay." Comment and Discussion: Audience Reception follows
Institute Vienna Circle Summer Program
History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine, 2006/04/11 10:33:27
Duke University participates in an annual two-week summer program at the University Vienna run by the Institute Vienna Circle on the general topic of "Scientific World Conceptions."
This program is directed primarily to graduate students and junior faculty with interdisciplinary interests in topics in the natural and social sciences, the history and philosophy of the sciences and the humanities as embedded in their cultural contexts. Professor Malachi Hacohen (History) is the Duke liaison to the summer program, and each year several graduate students and faculty participate in the program.
The Institute Vienna Circle covers the costs of the stay in Vienna, and funds are available from Duke for travel. HPSTM is pleased to be associated with this program, and encourages its students to consider participating in it.
Statements from Various Duke Offices on Lacrosse Situation
Arts & Sciences, 2006/04/13 08:30:26
Various statements have been released from different offices here at Duke regarding the Lacrosse situation. They include the letter from Duke's President Brodhead, a statement from John Burness' office, a statement from the Board of Trustees, as well as the ECAC or Executive Committee of the Academic Council. Please follow this link to the Duke News and Communications page, where you will find links to each of the individual statements.[more]
Laura Sample selected to win the 2005 Meritorious Service Award
Center for Health Policy, 2006/04/28 15:24:46
Laura Sample, Research Coordinator for the
Center for Health Policy, has
been selected to receive the 2005 Meritorious
Service Award in the Clinical/Professional-
nonmanagerial category. She will be
honored at the 2005 Presidential and Meritorious
Service Award Luncheon on
Wednesday, April 26th at the Washington Duke
Inn, hosted by President
Richard Brodhead.
We congratulate Laura on receiving this
distinguished award and for her
efforts in serving our community.
Media Contact:
Geelea Seaford
Communications Director
919-613-7318
gseaford@duke.edu
Rob Jackson publishes book of poetry for children.
Biology, for books, 2006/04/07 14:11:54
Animal Mischief leads to some literary mischief in Prof. Rob Jackson’s book of poetry by the same title (published by Boyds Mill Press). Written for and with the assistance of his 9– and 7–year–old sons, the poems are short, sweet, and suitable for children of all ages. While amusing the reader they are still true to the reality of the animals’ lives. The nuggets of zoological knowledge found therein are supplemented in a brief prose addendum. Laura Jacobsen's whimsical illustrations perfectly capture the sensibility of the poems, funny, charming, and true to nature. This book will surely appeal to and encourage children's interest in nature.
For more information see the Duke News story at http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2006/0 3/jacksonpoembook.html.
‘My Sister’s Keeper’ picked as summer reading
Arts & Sciences, 2006/05/09 08:38:22
Incoming first-year students will read “My Sister’s Keeper: A Novel,” the story of a teenager who was genetically engineered to be a bone marrow donor for her leukemia-stricken older sister. [more]
Lacrosse coach resigns, remaining season canceled
Arts & Sciences, 2006/04/20 08:22:14
Men's lacrosse coach Mike Pressler resigned in connection with allegations of sexual assault against three team members. President Brodhead announced several other actions, including the launching of a Campus Culture Initiative focused on "the values of personal responsibility.” [more]
Prof. Stephen Craig
Chemistry, 2006/04/05 15:05:26
has been selected as the recipient of the David and Janet Vaughan Brooks Teaching Award for 2005-2006. This Trinity College Distinguished Teaching Award is one of four which recognizes truly outstanding teaching in the College. Recipients are selected by a faculty committee on the basis of their ability to encourage intellectual excitement and curiosity in students, knowledge of a field and ability to communicate it, organizational skills, mentorship of students, and commitment to excellent teaching over time.
The Prebusiness Handbook for Duke Seniors & Alumni
, 2006/04/05 14:38:38
Handbooks available in 02 Allen Building or request a copy via email prebusiness@duke.edu.
Wake Forest University
, 2006/04/05 14:35:45
There is a new, one-year Master of Arts in Management program for graduates in liberal arts and sciences. An information session for all Duke students on Wednesday, April 12, 2006, 5:30- 6:30 in Room 103A Allen Building. Sponsored by the Prebusiness Advising Office.
May 13, 2006 PhD/MA Graduates Reception
History, for grad, 2006/04/11 15:36:42
Students graduating in the academic year 2005- 2006 are invited to join us on Saturday, May 13, 2006, 2:30 - 4:00 PM, in 229 Carr for a reception to celebrate students' completion of their PhD and MA degrees. Graduates are invited to bring their family and friends as well. RSVP number of adults and children to Betty Cowan (919-681-5746 or betty.cowan@duke.edu) by Monday, April 24th.
UNC-Duke Southern Studies Seminar Monday, April 10 5:00-7:00
History, for faculty, 2006/04/04 11:27:09
SETH DOWLAND, "Christian Academies and the Reordering of Southern Conservatism, 1965-1975." Monday, April 10th, 5-7 p.m., 569 Hamilton Hall, UNC Campus. Refreshments served. **Please RSVP by April 5th to Paul Quigley (pquigley@email.unc.edu) to reserve your place (seats are limited), and so that we can pre- circulate the paper to attendees** ABOUT SETH DOWLAND Seth Dowland is a Ph.D. candidate in the religion department at Duke University, working on a dissertation called "Christianity and Masculinity on Tobacco Road: Gender, Order, and the Bible in the South, 1965-2000." He teaches courses on southern and American religious history, and is particularly interested in how religion informs political activity. Outside of school, Dowland enjoys playing and watching all kinds of sports, but most especially basketball. Fellow sports nuts will excuse the deficiencies of a paper written in the midst of March Madness... ABOUT THE SEMINAR: The UNC-Duke Southern Studies Seminar is a new forum for interinstitutional and interdisciplinary collaboration by faculty and graduate students of both Duke and UNC. At each session, up to 15 attendees will discuss a precirculated chapter or article (typically a work in progress). The Seminar is co-organized by Paul Quigley of UNC and Kelly Kennington of Duke, and is funded in 2005-06 by a collaboration grant from the Robertson Scholars Foundation, with support from UNC's Center for the Study of the American South. www.unc.edu/~pquigley/seminar.html
Revolutionary Women in Postrevolutionary Mexico, Wednesday, April 12 4:30 - 5:30
History, for faculty, 2006/04/04 11:26:11
A tertulia sponsored by the Duke Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies to discuss Revolutionary Women in Postrevolutionary Mexico (2005), a new publication by Professor Jocelyn Olcott (History, Duke). For more information, please contact the Center at 681-3980. For reviews and synopsis of Revolutionary Women in Postrevolutionary Mexico, visit the Duke University Press Web site www.dukeupress.edu.
Brodhead responds to concerns about lacrosse team
Arts & Sciences, 2006/04/05 18:31:39
President Brodhead has reached out to groups on campus and beyond to respond to concerns about the situation involving the men’s lacrosse team. [more]
Lecture by Dr. Jutta Eming, Fachbereich Germanistik, Free University of Berlin
Romance Studies, 2006/04/03 14:22:54
Dr. Jutta Eming will be giving a lecture on Friday, April 7, 2006 at 5:00 pm in Languages Building, Room 305, entitled "Medievalism in American Theater: On Arena Stage's Productions of 'Passion Play: A Cycle' and 'Orpheus Descending'."
Dr. Eming received her PhD and her Habilitation from the Free University of Berlin, where she is currently a professor of medieval German literature. She is a specialist in literary theory, gender studies,and theories of performativity, including the history of emotions, with a focus on medieval literature. Dr. Eming is currently writing a book on emotions and emotionality in the religious plays of the late Middle Ages. She is a partner in the collaborative research project, "Tristan und Isolde und die Gefühlskulturen des Mittelalters" [Tristan and Isolde and the Cultures of Emotion in the Middle Ages], which is funded in part through the Transcoop program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
For more information, please contact the German Department at 919 660-3160. Sponsored by the Dept. of Romance Studies, Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literature, and the Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Congratulations to Owen Yeates
Political Science, 2006/04/03 10:55:12
Owen Yeates has been awarded the Archival Processing Internship from the Graduate School and Perkins Library. This fellowship provides a full graduate financial package. Congratulations Owen!
Congratulations to Adam Yoffie
Political Science, 2006/04/03 09:04:55
Adam Yoffie, a graduating senior political science major, has won a Fulbright Fellowship to Hebrew University in Jerusalem for next year to focus on HIV/AIDS research and outreach. Congratulations Adam!
Congratulations to Victoria DeFrancesca-Soto
Political Science, 2006/04/03 08:47:40
Vicky has been awarded a pre/post doctoral fellowship in the political science department at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Congratulations Vicky!
Professor Charles Lochmüller
Chemistry, 2006/01/09 10:40:47
will be receiving the Distinguished Service Award from the Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering at this year’s CBTE Awards Dinner on the evening of April 19th, 2006 at the CIEMAS Atrium.
Professor Lochmüller is retiring from Duke after almost 37 years of service. When he served as Chair of the Chemistry Department, he was part of the small group lead by Professor Clark that created what became the Center for Biochemical Engineering [now the Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering], was Professor of Biochemical Engineering and served as Director of Graduate Studies and as Center Director. His research interests at Duke have centered on chemical separation methods and his engineering Ph.D. students worked on various aspects of continuous, larger scale isoelectric focusing systems. His work and that of his Post-docs and graduate students resulted in numerous awards including the American Chemical Society Award in Chromatography [1987], North Carolina Distinguished Chemist, Amer. Institute of Chemists [1988], and one of the first Pioneer in Laboratory Robotics Awards [1985]. He is the first non-Scandinavian to receive the EKS Societal Medal N o.12 - Estonian Chemical Society [1997] in recognition of his life work and his long history of research collaboration with Estonian scientists during the Soviet period. Professor Lochmüller is a member of the American Chemical Society; Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (Faraday Division); Fellow, American Institute of Chemists; International Chemometrics Society; and a Life Member with Honor, Estonian Chemical Society. He serves on a number of scholarly publication boards including Editorships and Editorial Boards Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry- Editor-in-Chief (1994-pres.); Isolation and Purification -Editor (‘91-94); J. Chem. Inform. and Comp. Sci.; J. Chromatogr. Sci.; J. Chemometrics; Chemically Modified Surfaces and the Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Science Chemistry Advisory Board. He is the author of numerous book chapters and over 140 scientific papers, has advised many government agencies, served on the Committee of Revision of the United States Pharmacopeia and has lectured all over the world.
This will be his last semester teaching and has been granted a "last" sabbatical. His official retirement date will be Aug. 2006.
Medical, law, and business ranked among top schools
Arts & Sciences, 2006/04/25 13:31:25
U.S. News & World Report ranked the School of Medicine, the School of Law, and the Fuqua School of Business among the top dozen institutions in their disciplines. [more]
Acceptance letters sent to regular-decision applicants
Arts & Sciences, 2006/04/10 10:10:02
Acceptance letters were sent to 3,308 regular-decision applicants to the Duke Class of 2010. The admissions rate of 19 percent is the lowest since the university began keeping track of data in the late 1950s. [more]
John Hope Franklin to address commencement
Arts & Sciences, 2006/05/09 08:38:10
Professor Emeritus of History John Hope Franklin will deliver Duke’s 2006 commencement address on May 14. [more] Honorary degrees will be awarded to Nobel Prize physicist Steven Chu, broadcast journalist Nina Totenberg, and others. [more]
Lecture by Professor Silvana Patriarca
Romance Studies, 2006/04/27 13:59:32
Professor Silvana Patriarca will be giving a lecture entitled "Effeminate Italians and Manly Patriots: Rethinking Italian Nationalism" on Thursday, April 6, 2006 at 5:00pm in 326 Allen.
Silvana Patriarca teaches modern European history at Fordham University and is currently a fellow at the National Humanities Center. She is the author of the award-winning book Numbers and Nationhood: Writing Statistics in Nineteenth-Century Italy (Cambridge UP). Her talk will be based on her research for the book she is currently completing entitled Italian Vices. The Discourse of National Character from the Risorgimento to the Present.
Lecture by Professor Heather James
Romance Studies, 2006/04/03 14:19:37
Professor Heather James will be giving a lecture entitled "Liberty and License: Ovid in the Renaissance" on Wednesday March 29, 2006 at 5:15 pm in 201 Flowers. A reception will follow.
Heather James is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include the literature and culture of the English Renaissance, Latin literature, Italian Renaissance literature and Classical Imitation. She studies the literary and institutional invention of Tudor and Stuart England and is the author of Shakespeare's Troy: Drama, Politics, and the Translation of Empire (Cambridge, 1997). The current talk is drawn from a project on parrhesia (free speech) in the Renaissance.
This event is sponsored by the Department of Romance Studies, Duke in France, and the Department of English.
Three chemistry majors
Chemistry, 2006/03/23 15:14:58
are among four Duke students to win prestigious
Goldwater Scholarships.
Duke's newest Goldwater Scholars are Joseph
Babcock, Brandon Levin and Felicia Walton, all
juniors, and Jonathan Russell, a sophomore.
Sixty-two Duke students have received Goldwater
Scholarships since the program was initiated in 1988.
Joseph Babcock, a junior from North Haven,
Connecticut, is majoring in biology and chemistry
and anticipates a career as a biochemist. His
current research in the Department of Biochemistry
with Dr. Arno Greenleaf focuses on the regulation
of gene expression in simple organisms. Joseph
plans to dedicate his science career to the study
of how biochemical pathways regulate the
development of parasites responsible for tropical
diseases such as malaria. In addition to his
research, Joseph serves in editor positions with
Vertices, Duke's journal of science and
technology, and The Blind Spot, Duke's sci-fi
literary magazine.
Brandon Levin, a junior majoring in mathematics,
is from Toledo, Ohio. He plans to pursue a career
in research in pure mathematics and is especially
interested in number theory. "While chemists or
physicists look at a molecule or an electron and
try to determine its fundamental structure, number
theorists want to understand the structure of the
integers," said Brandon who was a 2005 PRUV Fellow
in the Department of Mathematics with Dr. Les
Saper. Brandon has been a counselor and lecturer
at PROMYS, Program in Mathematics for Young
Scientists, in Boston and serves as an ESL teacher
in the Durham community.
Jonathan Russell, a sophomore from Iowa, is
majoring in biology and chemistry. Following
graduation from Duke, he expects to earn a dual
M.D./Ph.D. degree followed by a career as a
molecular geneticist in an academic medical
center. In Dr. Alejandro Abally's laboratory in
the Department of Molecular Genetics and
Microbiology, Jonathan is studying the mechanism
of action and synthesis of antimicrobial peptides
in simple animal systems. Jonathan is a
co-founder and president of Students for Organ
Donation and is a member of the First Year
Advisory Council.
Felicia Walton, a junior from Asheville, North
Carolina, has been engaged in research since her
first year at Duke. Majoring in biology and
chemistry, she has been exploring the genetics of
pathogenic fungi, the subject of two published
papers she recently co-authored with her mentors,
Dr. Joseph Heitman and Dr. Alexander Idnurm in the
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology.
Felicia is the current President of the Biology
Majors Union and a volunteer biology tutor with
the Duke-Durham Partners for Youth.
According to the Goldwater Foundation, "Goldwater
Scholars have very impressive academic
qualifications that have garnered the attention of
prestigious post-graduate fellowship programs.
Each of Duke's 2006 Rhodes Scholars were also
Goldwater Scholars. The Foundation's announcement
and list of Scholars can be found at
Four undergraduates win Goldwater Scholarships
Arts & Sciences, 2006/05/08 15:27:56
Three juniors and a sophomore won Goldwater Scholarships, awarded on the basis of academic merit to students of mathematics, science, and engineering. [more]
NSF funding for summer institute to continue
Arts & Sciences, 2006/03/31 14:08:37
The National Science Foundation awarded Duke more than $378,000 to continue the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute for minority undergraduates interested in graduate school. [more]
Pratt faculty win national early career awards
Arts & Sciences, 2006/04/05 15:23:43
Three Pratt School of Engineering assistant professors won Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation, its most prestigious honor for junior faculty members. [more]
Students spend spring break working on the Gulf Coast
Arts & Sciences, 2006/04/03 08:43:55
About 200 Duke students spent their spring break volunteering on Hurricane Katrina cleanup efforts in Louisiana and Missippippi. [more]
Congratulations to Lindsay Cohn
Political Science, 2006/03/20 08:44:38
Lindsay Cohn has been awarded the John M. Olin Dissertation year fellowship from Harvard. Congratulations Lindsay!
Congratulations Professor Linda Orr!!!
Romance Studies, 2006/11/20 10:40:51
Professor Linda Orr is one of 3 recipients of the 2006 Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring. Professor Orr will be receive a plaque and a $2000 prize at an invite-only reception on April 24, 2006. A public reception will be held in the Fall. To read more about this honor, please click here. Congratulations again Professor Orr!!
We are pleased to welcome
Chemistry, 2006/03/15 11:10:31
Prof. Dewey McCafferty who is joining the Department of Chemistry as a Full Professor. Dr. McCafferty's research interests are broadly based in chemical biology and molecular medicine. His group utilizes techniques in organic synthesis, mechanistic enzymology, molecular biology, and rational protein design to produce novel small molecule and peptide-based ligands which they use to characterize, modulate, and inhibit enzymic processes which have an immediate and direct therapeutic relationship to human disease.
Julianne Yost and Guoqiang Zhou
Chemistry, 2006/03/15 11:06:45
of the Coltart group have recently reported a novel method for conducting the direct aldol reaction, one of the most important carbon–carbon bond- forming reactions known. Their process relies on the use of simple thioesters – substrates that Nature routinely uses for carbon–carbon bond formation – and is advantageous in its mildness, simplicity, economy and low environmental impact.
Breeden to step down as Fuqua dean in 2007
Arts & Sciences, 2006/03/21 12:58:28
Douglas T. Breeden will step down as dean of the Fuqua School of Business in mid-2007 to resume teaching and research. Breeden has been dean since since 2001. [more]
Women and Empire Conference: March 24, 2006 8:30-2:00
History, for faculty, 2006/03/13 15:29:30
Antoinette Burton will join an interdisciplinary group of area scholars in a discussion of women and Empire, past and present, in the Women's Studies parlor. Panelists include our own Dirk Bonker, Thavolia Glymph, Heather Marshall, and Sucheta Mazumdar. Light breakfast and buffet lunch will be served.
Congratulations!
Political Science, 2006/03/13 09:29:08
Congratulations to Francesca Jensenius, Jie Lu, Sinziana Popa, and Matthew Singer. They have received the Graduate School International Research Travel Award. Congratulations to all!
Students combine spring break with service
Arts & Sciences, 2006/03/20 08:43:49
Some Duke student groups are spending spring break working on service projects from hurricane relief in the Gulf to reforestation in Guatemala. [more]
Tom Scott Lecture March 21, 2006 4:30-5:30 Lilly Library
History, for faculty, 2006/03/10 11:22:34
Tom Scott, St. Andrews University, Scotland, will lecture on Tuesday, March 21 at the Thomas Room in Lilly Library on "The Origins and Development of the City State in Europe." Tom Scott is a leading social and economic historian of early modern Europe especially well known for his work on town-country relations, the rural economy, and the German Peasants' War of 1525. Among his books are: _Freiburg and the Breisgaus: Town-Country Relations in the Age of the Reformation and the Peasants' War_ (1986); _The German Peasants' War: A History in Documents_ (1991, with Bob Scribner); _Regional Identity and Economic Change: The Upper Rhine 1450-1600_ (1997); _The Peasantries of Europe from the Fourteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries_ (1998); and _Society and Economy in Germany, 1300- 1600_ (2002). His lecture on the European City State sketches out a new and comparative approach to the history of one of Europe's unique political formations. The City State has long been recognized as an unusually dynamic state formation at the center of key political, cultural and economic developments in European history: Renaissance urban culture in Italy, Swiss republicanism, the German urban reformation, and Flemish and Dutch capitalism.
New Focus Site Launched
Web Solutions Team - Blackwell, 2006/03/13 09:15:56
The Focus Program launched their new site on Thursday, March 9 at focus.aas.duke.edu. The new site was designed and developed by WeST and features FDS News. Amy Feistel, the Senior Program Coordinator of Focus, had this to say: "I do want to mention how pleased we are with the exceptional work of WeST. They have done a fantastic job with the new site and have helped the Focus Program find a fresh, inviting look."
Congratulations to Brett Benson
Political Science, 2006/03/06 16:25:54
Brett Benson has accepted a tenure track IR job at Vanderbilt. Congratulations Brett!
Congratulations to Kerry Haynie
Political Science, 2006/03/06 16:24:48
Kerry Haynie has been nominated to the APSA Council. Congratulations Kerry!
Graduate student Farrell Kersey and co-workers from the Craig group
Chemistry, 2006/03/17 09:11:09
have observed bimolecular reactions occurring one at a time using single molecule force spectroscopy. When the bond being broken is mechanically "spring loaded", the rate of the reaction (which involves another bond being formed) increases. The researchers observe that two different but related reactions respond to force in pretty much the same way--that is, the mechanism of the reactions is reflected in the mechanics of the single molecules.
Durham Public Schools, Duke Announce Three New Initiatives to Support Teaching
Education, 2006/09/19 08:16:38
February 22, 2006
DURHAM -- Durham Public Schools Superintendent Ann T. Denlinger and Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead announced today that DPS and Duke are expanding their longstanding partnership with three new initiatives designed to significantly boost support for classroom teachers.
Over the next three years, the University will contribute $925,000 to assist DPS by providing scholarships to Duke graduate students who are pursuing advanced teaching degrees, increasing fluency in Spanish among teachers and staff members, and helping retain early-career teachers. The programs are expected to provide direct support for as many as 200 DPS teachers who work with approximately 6,000 public school students.
New vice provost, divisional dean, named
Arts & Sciences, 2006/03/31 06:05:14
Susan Roth was named vice provost for interdisciplinary studies and Sarah J. Deutsch was chosen to succeed Roth as dean of the social sciences in Duke’s Arts & Sciences division. [more]
An exciting breakthrough in computational theory
Chemistry, 2006/03/13 09:50:15
has just been published by Xiangqian Hu, Prof. David Beratan, and Prof. Weitao Yang. Using linear combinations of atomic potentials, the group demonstrates how molecular structure within a staggering and vast universe of possible molecules can be rapidly optimized to a particular function. The new method was applied to molecular hyperpolarizability, but it could one day be extended to problems ranging from drug design to electronic devices.
Congratulations to Jorge Bravo
Political Science, 2006/03/02 16:34:55
Jorge Bravo has accepted the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowship. This is a 3 year post-doc at Nuffield College at Oxford University. Congratulations Jorge!
Congratulations to Niambi Carter
Political Science, 2006/03/02 15:49:46
Niambi Carter has just accepted a post doc at Denison University for the 2006-2007 academic year. Niambi is currently a pre-doctoral fellow at the Center for the Study of African American Politics at the University of Rochester. Congratulations Niambi!
Summer research opportunities
Chemistry, 2006/03/02 15:28:39
for Duke undergraduates are now available. Interested students should submit an application by March 10.
Method & Meaning Workshop, 31 March-1 April 2006
History, for grad, 2006/03/02 15:19:44
As part of the Carnegie Initiative, the second- year graduate students in the Department of History have organized a two-day event on 31 March and April 1, 2006: METHOD & MEANING: A WORKSHOP IN HISTORICAL APPROACH AND INTERPRETATION The purpose of the workshop is to bring together scholars and graduate students to interrogate the relationship between method and meaning in historical inquiry. We have invited participants to discuss their current research while addressing this central question. Although we aim to engage scholars who practice a wide variety of approaches, we are particularly interested in centering the workshop on those historical fields and approaches that are 1) untraditional, or 2) have experienced a recent revival and/or re-imagining in recent years. In six different panels, our participants will explore the problems and possibilities of studying visual culture, religious experience, biography, environmental history, premodern sexualities, and transnationalism. All panels will convene in the Boyd Seminar Room. Scheduling details have yet to be confirmed, but will follow soon. Our panels and panelists thus far include: UNDERSTANDING VISUAL CULTURE Peter Wood, Department of History, Duke University John Thompson, Department of History, Duke University Patricia Leighten, Department of Art History, Duke University Katharine French-Fuller, Department of History, Duke University WRITING ABOUT RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE Thomas Robischeaux, Department of History, Duke University Susan Thorne, Department of History, Duke University Jenny Wood Crowley, Department of History, Duke University Jacob Remes, Department of History, Duke University WRITING BIOGRAPHY Gerda Lerner, Department of History, Duke University Alex Roland, Department of History, Duke University Yvonne Wallace-Fuentes, Department of History, Duke University CENTERING NATURE: HUMANS, HISTORY AND THE ENVIRONMENT John Richards, Department of History, Duke University Matthew Booker, Department of History, North Carolina State University Kristin Wintersteen, Department of History, Duke University INTERPRETING PREMODERN SEXUALITIES: CATEGORIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND PRACTICES Marc Schacter, Department of Romance Studies, Duke University Christina Ramos, Department of History, Duke University Maren Wood, Department of History, UNC Chapel Hill MAPPING THE TRANSNATIONAL Sucheta Mazumdar, Department of History, Duke University Janet Ewald, Department of History, Duke University Eric Weber, Department of History, Duke University We hope to see you at the workshop! Details will follow soon . . .
Congratulations to Steven Wilkinson
Political Science, 2006/03/02 14:02:22
Steven Wilkinson has been formally promoted to Associate Professor with indefinite tenure. Congratulations Steven!
Wright to head Sanford Institute development effort
Trinity College Development, 2006/09/28 10:56:35
Robert Wright
was named director of development for the Sanford
Institute of Public Policy. Wright, who was senior
major gifts director in Arts & Sciences
Development, will help develop a fund raising plan
to support the probable conversion of the
institute to a separate school.
Anne Firor Scott Keynote Address - March 23, 2006 4:30-6:00
History, for faculty, 2006/03/13 15:28:25
Antoinette Burton will give the Anne Firor Scott keynote address on Thursday, March 23, 2006, 4:30- 6pm, in the Nelson Music Room, East Duke. There will be a reception following the talk in the Women's Studies parlor.
Anne Firor Scott Awards- Deadline March 10, 2006
History, 2006/03/07 13:57:40
The Anne Firor Scott Award is given to help students (undergraduates planning to take the History Senior Honors Seminar) engaged in research in women's history to spend time in archives and resource centers where they can use original historical materials. Recent graduates may be considered. The application consists of three copies of the following, including the completed application form: 1) a proposal of 2-3 pages addressed to the Anne Scott Award Committee and 2) current curriculum vitae or resume. The proposal should describe the student's overall project or the specific resource materials for study, as well as the reasons undertaking the project; the status of work already in process; a budget for requested funds; and explanation of other funds available to the student. Applications are due Friday, March 10, 2006 to Carla Rusnak, History Department, Box 90719, 226 Carr Building, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708. Applicants will be notified by mail the week of April 4, 2005. Winners will be asked to report on the use of these funds and their work by September 27, 2006.
New Greenhouses for Teaching Collection
Biology, 2006/03/01 16:07:05
With the goal of maintaining the teaching collection of plants for use in undergraduate courses, the administration has agreed to the following:
The above plan is in response to the needs for such a facility. While the original plans called for location near the Biological Science building, budget issues necessitated a change. The greenhouse location at the Gardens will be convenient to the students. Courses will be scheduled through the standard University processes. Students and faculty would come to the Gardens facility for the courses to be taught there.
posted March 1, 2006
Collections Greenhouse next to Biological Sciences Building stalled
Plant Teaching and Research Facility, 2006/03/01 15:38:44
With the goal of maintaining the teaching collection of plants for use in undergraduate courses, the administration has agreed to the following: - The greenhouses will be built at the Sarah P Duke Gardens. These will be more or less standard greenhouses, but will meet the needs of both the Biology Department (for teaching purposes) and the Gardens (re: location and appropriateness to the Gardens Master Pan) - A teaching classroom and a teaching lab will be built in association with the greenhouses. - A staff person with responsibilities for greenhouse maintenance will be hired - There will be an oversight/managing committee established with representation from both the Biology Department and the Gardens - An ongoing budget for running the facilities, purchasing plants, maintenance etc. will be established by the department and Gardens as appropriate The above plan is in response to the needs for such a facility. While the original plans called for location near the Biological Science building, budget issues necessitated a change. The greenhouse location at the Gardens will be convenient to the students. Courses will be scheduled through the standard University processes. Students and faculty would come to the Gardens facility for the courses to be taught there.
Judaic Studies Seminar
History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine, 2006/03/01 10:41:06
Professor Joseph Agassi of Tel-Aviv University and Boston University, a prominent Israeli public intellectual, will lead a seminar on "Maimonides and Duhem" at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life on April 24th at 4:00 PM.
Focus Featured by AAC&U
Focus Program, 2006/05/30 16:01:18
AAC&U features Focus in "First-Year Program at Duke University Bridges the Disciplines", Feb. 2006.
Congratulations to Candis Watts
Focus Program, 2006/04/17 12:18:30
Congratulations, Candis Watts! Ms. Candis Watts, a senior Political Science major, has been selected to receive an American Political Science Association Minority Graduate Fellowship! Candis is a Humanitarian Challenges Focus alumna and Baldwin Scholar.
Wilson wins Froshlife film prize
Arts & Sciences, 2006/03/21 11:23:16
Wilson residence hall won the Froshlife 2006 best movie award for its film, "My Only One." Click here to view the winner and other entries. (QuickTime 7 required.)
Duke parents give gift to support Jewish life
Arts & Sciences, 2006/03/20 11:18:18
Mitchell Rubenstein P'07 and his wife, Laurie Silvers P'07, gave $2 million to fund Duke's Hillel, a national student organization that supports Jewish life, culture and programming. [more]
Tuition to rise 4.5 percent, financial aid 5.7 percent
Arts & Sciences, 2006/03/27 08:27:39
Undergraduate tuition will increase to $32,845 for the 2006-07 academic year. The Board of Trustees also approved an increase in financial aid to $58 million. [more]
Duke and Durham schools work to support teachers
Arts & Sciences, 2006/03/14 08:48:38
Duke and the Durham Public Schools announced three initiatives to provide scholarships to Duke graduate students pursuing advanced teaching degrees, increase fluency in Spanish among teachers and staff members, and retain early-career teachers. [more]
Congratulations to Michael Tofias
Political Science, 2006/02/23 10:18:49
Michael Tofias has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor's position at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. John Aldrich was Michael's dissertation chair and Mike Munger was co-chair. Congratulations Michael!
Congratulations to Yoonkyung Lee
Political Science, 2006/02/22 09:56:49
Yoonkyung Lee has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor's position at Binghampton University (SUNY). The appointment is a joint position in the Political Science department, the Sociology department, and the Asian Asian- American Studies Program. Herbert Kitschelt was the dissertation chair. Congratulations Yoonkyung!
iTunes U Making Impact at Duke
Romance Studies, 2006/10/13 15:16:34
95 students in French 76: Advanced Intermediate French took an oral exam using two new technologies that are enhancing the academic environment at Duke and a handful of other college campuses: the 5th generation (video) iPod and iTunes U.
This story is being covered by Duke as well as internationally by the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). Click below for both stories:
http://www.thes.co.uk/search/story.aspx?story_id=2029569
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2006/02/iTunes%20U.html
Nikhil Pal Singh April 21, 2006 at Noon
History, for faculty, 2006/04/11 10:09:55
"Race and Empire in the Logic of US World Power" Upper East Side, East Union Building This talk will explore the contradictory play of racial animus and anti-racist hope in US foreign policy discourse and practice in the post-civil rights era, with a particular focus on the period since 9/11. More specifically, it will consider the historical relationship and relevance of US black freedom struggles to contemporary projections of US state power in the greater Middle East. Nikhil Pal Singh is Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of Black is a Country: Race and the Unfinished Struggle for Democracy (Harvard University Press, 2004), winner of the Liberty Legacy Foundation Award from the Organization of American Historians (OAH), and the Norris and Carol Hundley Award from the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (AHA). His articles and essays have appeared in American Quarterly, Radical History Review, Social Text, South Atlantic Quarterly and American Literary History. He is currently at work on a new book, tentatively entitled The Afterlife of Fascism: A Post-WWII History.
Lecture by Albert Ascoli
Romance Studies, 2006/03/16 16:58:33
Albert Ascoli, will be giving a lecture on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at 5:00pm in 201 Flowers, entitled "What's in a Word? 'Fede' and its Doubles between Machiavelli and Luther."
Albert Ascoli is Terrill Distringuished Professor of Italian at UC Berkeley.
This event is sponsered by the Department of Romance Studies, the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature, Department of Religion, and the Kenan Institute.
Undergrads take tests with iPods
Arts & Sciences, 2006/03/10 09:07:31
Students at Duke and five other universities are using video iPods and taking oral exams downloaded from iTunes U, two Apple Computer technologies. [more]
Laura Mulvey - March 31, 2006 at 2:30 pm
History, 2006/02/21 13:06:05
"Seeing the Past from the Present: Cinema in the Age of New Technologies" in Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
Maryse Conde March 03, 2006 - 2:30pm
History, for faculty, 2006/02/21 13:00:53
"The Middle Passage: Literary Encounters of the French Caribbean" Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
Richard Philcox Lecture March 03, 2006 - 10 am
History, for faculty, 2006/02/21 12:59:13
"Translating Frantz Fanon: Retrieving a Lost Voice" Upper East Side, East Union Building
Hormonal changes can reveal genetic variation
Biology, for articles, 2006/03/01 16:19:42
EVOLUTION: Hidden Genetic Variation Yields Caterpillar of a Different Color, by Elizabeth Pennisi
Title: Hormonal changes can reveal genetic variation.
Description:
How can a complex trait evolve? Suzuki and Nijhout show how a complex trait called a polyphenism can evolve. Polyphenisms are adaptations in which a genome is associated with discrete alternative phenotypes in different environments. Polyphenisms have evolved multiple times in many species yet the evolutionary origins of these complex traits have been been poorly understood. In their paper, Suzuki and Nijhout demonstrated how a caterpillar that normally doesn't exhibit color polyphenism could evolve a polyphenism. A range of phenotypic variation was revealed by heat-shocking caterpillars of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, with a mutation that lowers a developmental hormone called juvenile hormone. By selecting for increased color change in response to heat stress, the authors created caterpillars that turn either green or black depending on the temperature they experience during development. This was accompanied by a corresponding change in hormonal titers. The study demonstrates how hormones can act to mask hidden genetic variation and shows how complex traits may evolve.
Co-authors:
Yuichiro Suzuki (Graduate Student)
H. Frederik Nijhout (Faculty, Dept. of Biology)
Citation:
Evolution of a Polyphenism by Genetic Accommodation. Science 3 February 2006: Vol. 311. no. 5761, pp. 650 - 652
Web link:
http://www.sciencemag.org
Xiaoqing Han and Ross Widenhoefer
Chemistry, 2006/02/16 15:16:45
have recently reported an important step in the development of catalytic hydroamination. Their Au(I)-catalyzed protocol allows the intramolecular hydroamination of unactivated olefins under milder conditions and with broader substrate scope than was previously realized with late transition- metal catalyst systems.
Discover Languages!
Year of Languages, 2006/02/16 13:19:52
Visit www.discoverlanguages.org and see what's happening! Discover Languages is a new national campaign for languages which will build on the momentum begun during 2005: The Year of Languages. This will be a long-term effort to raise public awareness about the importance of learning languages and understanding cultures in the lives of all Americans. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON FEBRUARY 13, 2006 "I SEND GREETINGS TO ALL THOSE CELEBRATING DISCOVER LANGUAGES MONTH. MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT AMONG NATIONS PROMOTE DEMOCRACY, TOLERANCE, AND PROSPERITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. DURING THESE HISTORIC TIMES, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION AS A FUNDAMENTAL WAY TO REACH OUT AND SHARE FREEDOM AND HOPE WITH PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. [. . . ] I APPRECIATE FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATORS FOR HELPING OUR CITIZENS GAIN THIS IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE. THROUGH EDUCATION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE, WE CAN GIVE AMERICANS THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO SPREAD LIBERTY, PROTECT OUR COUNTRY, ENHANCE COOPERATION AMONG NATIONS, AND HELP ENSURE A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. LAURA AND I SEND OUR BEST WISHES." GEORGE W. BUSH
International Association for STS
History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine, 2006/02/16 09:24:25
The 21st annual conference of the International Association for Science, Technology and Society (IASTS) was held on February 2-4, 2006 in Baltimore, MD.
The conference program and conference abstracts are available for review.
Ying Fan Presents "Impact of China's Entry to the WTO"
Social Sciences Research Institute, 2006/02/21 10:40:34
Ying Fan will present her talk "Impacts of China’s Entry to the WTO: Performance, Challenges & Some Suggestions". The talk will be held on February 20th in Erwin Mill, Room B140 at 4:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006-Trent History of Medicine Society
History, for faculty, 2006/02/13 14:33:56
Margaret Humphreys, MD, PhD Professor, History Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine Immensely Human:The Health of Black Soldiers in the American Civil War History of Medicine Reading Room 102 Medical Center Library Light Buffet Supper at 5:30pm Paper begins at 6:00pm Call 660-1143 for more information.
The Fitzgerald Group's
Chemistry, 2006/02/13 09:40:02
recent findings about the conserved thermodynamics of hydrogen bonds in protein folding reactions were reported last week in PNAS and highlighed in a recent Duke News Release.
New research
Chemistry, 2006/02/13 09:35:51
conducted in labs from several departments at Duke, including that of Thom LaBean in Chemistry, has led to the hierarchical assembly of finite, fully- addressable nanoscale lattices.
Friday, February 17, 2006-Noon-Upper East Side Union Building
History, for faculty, 2006/02/21 13:15:18
Partitions of States and Minds by: Rada Ivekovic The lecture will address different types of partitions and divisions: divided memories, minds, partitioned states and separately constructed histories. An attempt will be made to find a common denominator for all these apparently diverse mechanisms. The author calls it "partage de la raison". Rada Ivekovic is a philosopher and an indologist. As a professor, she teaches philosophy at the College international de philosophie in Paris and at French Universities. Until 1991, she taught in the former Yugoslavia. Some of her books are: Divided Countries, Separated Cities. The Modern Legacy of Partition (ed., with Ghislaine Glasson Deschaumes), Delhi, OUP 2003; Captive Gender. Ethnic Stereotypes & Cultural Boundaries, Delhi, Kali for Women -- Women Unlimited, 2005, and Partitions. Reshaping States and Minds, co-authored with S. Bianchini, S. Chaturvedi and R. Samaddar Frank Cass/Routledge 2005.
Fear in the Voting Booth: The 2004 Presidential Election
Social Sciences Research Institute, 2006/02/13 17:54:03
Dr. John Aldrich will present his talk "Fear in the Voting Booth: The 2004 Presidential Election". The talk will be held on February 13th in Erwin Mill, Room B140 at 4:30 p.m.
Every presidential election offers interesting questions for analysis, but some elections are more puzzling than others. The election of 2004 involves two linked and countervailing puzzles. The first is: How did President Bush manage to win at all, avoiding the fates of George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter? The other is: Why didn’t he win by a more substantial margin, as all reelected presidents since Eisenhower were able to do? On the one hand, in the wake of September 11, the president had approval ratings around 90 percent and the threat of terrorism remained a substantial concern through Election Day. This would seem to afford Bush an overwhelming advantage. On the other hand, the public’s views of the state of the economy and of the course of the war in Iraq were negative. Perceived failure on the economy was centrally important in the defeat of the president’s father in 1992. We think that the juxtaposition of these questions will help to explain the outcome of the election and of the pattern of the results.
Monday, February 13, 2006-229 Carr Building-Noon
History, for faculty, 2006/02/10 16:38:28
Micol Seigel presents: Afro-Brazilians' "Global Vision": (Trans)Nationalism in the São Paulo Press This talk explores the transnational reach of the community of readers and writers of the Afro- Brazilian press in São Paulo after World War I. Like other denizens of this hugely cosmopolitan city, Afro-Paulista journalists embraced the flux of commerce, migration, and technological innovation, the sparks of the rise of mass culture of which they were also a part. Their lives were far from the backwoods insularity still too-often imagined as the lot of those on the isolated periphery of the North Atlantic metropoles. In fact, black press writers formulated their activist positions in conversation with interlocutors and global currents far and near. This paper considers the global currents in which the black press community negotiated its local everyday, challenging prevailing assumptions about Afro- Brazilians' unquestioning fealty to their nation- state and their supposed ignorance of the “truth” of racial hierarchy in Brazil. Such a contextualization also serves to complicate the dichotomy between nationalism and transnationalism, here intimately interrelated by this smart, strategic group of anti-racist activists. Professor Micol Seigel is an assistant professor of Liberal Studies at California State University, Los Angeles.
Monday, February 20th, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. 569 Hamilton Hall, UNC Campus.
History, for faculty, 2006/02/10 16:31:57
The UNC-Duke Southern Studies Seminar is a new forum for interinstitutional and interdisciplinary collaboration by faculty and graduate students of both Duke and UNC. At each session, up to 15 attendees will discuss a precirculated chapter or article (typically a work in progress). The Seminar is co- organized by Paul Quigley of UNC and Kelly Kennington of Duke, and is funded in 2005-06 by a collaboration grant from the Robertson Scholars Foundation, with support from UNC's Center for the Study of the American South. www.unc.edu/~pquigley/seminar.html This session-DAVID A. DAVIS, "Mechanization, Materialism, and Modernism in Faulkner's Flags in the Dust." David A. Davis is Georgia Carroll Kyser Fellow in American Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Managing Editor of the Southern Literary Journal. This essay is drawn from his dissertation, "World War I, Literary Modernism, and the U.S. South." Please RSVP by Feb 13th to Paul Quigley (pquigley@email.unc.edu) to reserve your place
Dr. Jon Krosnick Presents "When Citizens Become Passionate about Politics: Explorations of the Psychology of Political Attitude Strength"
Social Sciences Research Institute, 2006/02/14 10:43:20
Jon Krosnick, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and Psychology at Stanford University will present his talk on February 15th at 4:00 p.m. in Von Canon B, Bryan Center.
For twenty five years, Jon Krosnick has been conducting a program of research that blends the agenda of social psychology with the study of mass behavior in political science, under the rubric of "political psychology." His work has sought to understand when and why some citizens have strong, consequential attitudes toward some public policies (e.g., abortion, gun control, capital punishment), whereas most citizens' attitudes toward most policies are weak and inconsequential. This presentation will review the body of research that his team has built and will highlight both the basic workings of attitude strength and the implications of these psychological processes for understanding contemporary politics and the long-term prognosis for democratic governments.
February 8, 2006
SAFEA 2006
Duke Center for International Development, 2007/02/02 16:09:08
On January 9, 2006, the Duke Center for
International Development (DCID), in
collaboration with the Sanford Institute of
Public Policy, welcomed 31 participants to the
Third Executive Development Program in Public
Policy and Management.
The 18-week program is designed by DCID for the
State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs
(SAFEA), People's Republic of China. The SAFEA
participants, mid- to senior level officials
from various ministries within China's central
government, take courses in topics such as
public finance, policy analysis, management, and
environmental policy. Faculty from DCID, the
Sanford Institute, other Duke University
departments, and guest lecturers from other
institutions lead the courses.
SAFEA participants benefit from a program that
balances intensive classroom training with
opportunities to meet with and learn from a
broad range of civic and business leaders
through regularly scheduled site visits to
various institutions and organizations
throughout the Triangle. Site visit locations
include the School of Government at UNC Chapel
Hill, the N.C. State Supreme Court, the N.C.
Legislature, SAS Institute, and Cisco.
While in Durham, opportunities to explore the
local area and culture are readily available. In
addition to having American host families with
whom they interact, the participants visit
popular attractions such as the farmer's market,
local fairs and festivals and enjoy regular
excursions to a variety of shopping centers and
restaurants.
In late spring, the group travels to Washington,
D.C. where meetings at the World Bank, the
International Monetary Fund, and the
International Finance Corporation are scheduled.
For recreation they will have the opportunity to
visit the White House, the Smithsonian Museums,
the Capitol Mall, and the many other national
monuments and landmarks.
Congratulations to Niambi Carter
Political Science, 2006/02/07 08:33:16
Niambi Carter's paper "Three's Company? Or Three's a Crowd? Tripartite Race Relations in a Southern City," has been awarded the Best Paper Award in Black Politics by the Western Political Science Association. Congratulations Niambi!
Math professor included in black portrait collection
Arts & Sciences, 2006/02/28 10:14:54
Professor Arlie O. Petters has been included in the Portrait Collection of The National Academies of African-Americans in Science, Engineering, and Medicine, which honors notable black researchers. [more]
Applications top 19,000 -- a new record
Arts & Sciences, 2006/03/02 08:53:32
Duke received a record 19,282 applications for the 1,640 places in the undergraduate Class of 2010. The Pratt School of Engineering received 3,343 applications, an increase of more than 1,000 from five years ago. [more]
REGSS Colloquia: Kerry Haynie Presents "Agenda Setting and African American Women in State Legislatures"
Social Sciences Research Institute, 2006/02/14 10:35:13
REGSS announces its Colloquium Series. The talks will be held on the fourth Thursday of each month in A102 of Erwin Mill at noon. The first talk will be held on Thursday, February 23rd.
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Kerry Haynie will present his paper (co- authored with Kathleen A. Bratton, Louisiana State University and Beth Reingold, Emory University) titled "Agenda Setting and African American Women in State Legislatures". Dr. Haynie is REGSS Co-director, Associate Professor of Political Science, and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences. His research interests include African American politics, legislative politics, and state politics.
Lunch will be served.
The diversity and biogeography of soil bacterial communities.
Biology, for articles, 2006/02/02 11:31:10
This first-ever continental-scale genetic survey of
soil bacteria revealed that the primary factor governing
their diversity is soil pH. The neutral soils of deserts
and grasslands harbor more diverse bacterial
communitities than the acidic soils of tropical forests,
including the Amazon. News coverage included NPR's
All Things Considered, the Scripps Howard News
Service, Scientific American, Discover, and many other
outlets.
Co-authors:
Noah Fierer - postdoctoral associate
Rob Jackson - professor
Citation:
Fierer, N, RB Jackson 2006 The diversity and
biogeography of soil bacterial
communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences USA 103:626-631
Web links:
http://
www.dukenews.duke.edu/
http://www.npr.org/
Submitted by:
Rob Jackson
U. of Florida VP named Duke general counsel
Arts & Sciences, 2006/02/27 09:08:02
Pamela Bernard, vice president and general counsel at the University of Florida, was named to the same positions at Duke. Bernard will succeed David Adcock, retiring July 1 after 20 years as Duke’s general counsel. [more]
Congratulations to the following students who have won graduate school fellowships
Political Science, 2006/02/01 13:55:01
Congratulations to all! James Bourke 2006-07 James B. Duke Fellowship; Benjamin Hertzberg 2006-07 Graduate School Endowment Fellowship; Jacob Montgomery 2005-06 Minnie Brady Jaffrey Endowed Fellowship; Matthew Singer 2006-07 Bass Instructorship Award
Congratulations to Patrick Gaughen!
Political Science, 2006/01/31 14:42:42
Patrick Gaughen has been awarded a Steele Family Endowed Graduate Fellowship retroactive for the period August 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Congratulations to Kevin Morrison!
Political Science, 2006/01/31 14:41:10
Kevin Morrison has been awarded the 2006-2007 Evan Frankel Arts & Science Fellowship that is given by the graduate school. The purpose of this fellowship is to give the recipient full academic relief from teaching or other service responsibilities so that they can complete their dissertation.
Congratulations to Brett Benson
Political Science, 2006/01/31 14:38:57
Brett Benson has accepted a tenure track IR job at Vanderbilt. Congratulations Brett!
Dominic Sachsenmaier Departmental Lecture February 3 Noon Room 229
History, for faculty, 2006/01/31 13:15:32
TOPIC: Chinese Reactions to World War One - Seen From a Trans-Cultural Perspective. Sachsenmaier is an Assistant Professor in Global History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He received his PhD in European & International History from Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany in 2000.
Erin Leahey to speak on "Conceptual Metaphors and Empirical Leaps"
Social Sciences Research Institute, 2006/02/07 17:45:20
Dr. Erin Leahey will present her research
on "Conceptual Metaphors and Empirical Leaps:
The Risks and Benefits of Integrative Research" at
4:30 p.m. on Monday, February 6th in SSRI's
weekly speaker series.
An assistant
professor in the University of Arizona’s Sociology
Department, Dr. Leahey completed her graduate
training at UNC. Her research interests center on
Methods, Gender Inequality, Research Practice,
and Research Ethics. More information about her
professional background and interests are available
online
.
This talk will take place in
SSRI's Erwin Mill facility, room B140. Supper will be
served immediately afterwards. This event is free
and open to the public.
Primate Center baby a first
Arts & Sciences, 2006/02/06 10:22:20
Angelique, an aye-aye born last year at Duke's Primate Center, is the first of her highly endangered species who is the offspring of parents who were themselves born in captivity. [more]
New Web site describes different roads to success
Arts & Sciences, 2006/02/23 11:50:48
Build Your Own Duke shows how many Duke undergraduates follow something other than the official road to success, responding to their own curiosity, exploring unfamiliar topics, and discovering new interests. [more]
The Prebusiness Handbook for Duke Seniors & Alumni
, 2006/01/26 11:11:32
Available in the PBAO, 02 Allen Building or request a copy via email at prebusiness@duke.edu.
Duke Population Research Institute Colloquium
Biology, 2006/01/25 11:41:54
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
BioSci 111
4:15-6:00 pm
Refreshments: provided after the Colloquium
Speakers: Hal Caswell, PhD (Woods Hole
Oceanographic Inst.) and Jim Clark, PhD (Duke Dept of
Biology)
Presentations: Caswell will speak about the
"Demography of the North Atlantic Right Whale" and
Clark's talk is on "Demographic Inference and
Prediction with Bayesian Networks to Integrate
Abundant, but Indirect and Mismatched Information.
Submitted by: nancy vaupel
New Pastures
Evolutionary Anthropology, 2007/02/22 12:26:38
Research Associate Anne Weil is leaving for a position in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Sciences. She will be continuing to research mammalian paleontology and, of course, to teach human anatomy.
February 10 - Senior Thesis Meeting - 4 pm 229 Carr
History, 2006/01/24 11:16:14
There will be an informational Senior Thesis Meeting on Friday, February 10, 2006 in 229 Carr at 4:00 p.m.
Nasher to present work from Grant Hill collection
Arts & Sciences, 2006/02/28 10:07:14
The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University will present an exhibition of African-American art from the collection of NBA basketball player Grant Hill T'94. [more] The Nasher also announced its first purchase, a Petah Coyne sculpture.. [more]
David Berliner: Program in Education Speaker Series in Applied Education Research
Education, 2006/01/24 08:32:38
Presents:
February 17 - Jared Diamond - Nelson Music Room-3:30-5:30
History, for faculty, 2006/01/20 11:11:41
Dr. Jared Diamond from UCLA will give a talk titled "What Is Science? Is History A Science? " on February 17, 2006 from 3:30-5:30pm in the Nelson Music Room (East Duke Building, East Campus). Diamond is professor of geography at UCLA and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship. He is the author of several books, including the Pulitzer Prize winning "Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies", and, most recently, "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed."
Bass Instructorship
History, for grad, 2006/01/20 10:28:36
Marie Hicks has received one of the Graduate School's Bass Instructorships. Congratulations on receiving this prestigious award!
Redesigned BAA Site
Web Solutions Team - Blackwell, 2006/03/13 09:17:10
The Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy launched their new web site on January 19, 2006. The new site, designed and developed by WeST, features People and News page driven by the Faculty Database System (FDS) and a dynamic events calendar, as well as a number of rotating image libraries for different sections of the site.
Kevin Grier to speak on Presidential Elections and U.S. GDP growth
Social Sciences Research Institute, 2006/01/31 14:03:55
Dr. Kevin Grier will present his research entitled
"Presidential Elections and Real GDP growth in the
USA" on Monday, January 30th in SSRI's weekly
speaker series.
Dr. Grier is a Visiting Professor in Duke's
Political Science Department and a Professor of
Economics at Oklahoma University. A copy of his
paper on this topic can be
found online via this link.
This talk will take place in SSRI's Erwin Mill
facility, room A102C. Supper will be served
immediately afterwards. This event is free and
open to the public.
Workshop on data entry offered
Social Sciences Research Institute, 2006/01/25 10:41:12
SSRI will host a workshop introducing users to
basics of data entry from 3-5 p.m. on Friday,
December 27th in B140, in SSRI's Erwin Mill
facility at 2024 West Main St. It will be taught
by Chongming Yang, Ph.D., Statistical Consultant
at SSRI. Participation is free but registration is
required; please email cy29@duke.edu to
register.
The target audience for this workshop is advanced
undergraduates seeking to conduct independent
research or to learn skills that will enable them
to work as research assistants.
If you would be interested in being notified about
future workshops or have suggestions for topics
you would find useful, please email
ssri@duke.edu.
Vicky deFrancesco to speak on Social Group Identification and Latino Candidate Evaluation
Social Sciences Research Institute, for faculty, 2006/01/20 15:41:40
Victoria deFrancesco of Duke's Political Science
Department will present her research entitled "Is
Blood Thicker Than Water? Social Group
Identification and Latino Candidate Evaluation" on
Monday, January 23rd in SSRI's weekly speaker
series. A copy of her
paper on this topic can be
found online via this link.
This talk will take place in SSRI's Erwin Mill
facility, room A102C. Supper will be served
immediately afterwards. This event is free and
open to the public.
Paleoanthropology Field School Information Meeting
Evolutionary Anthropology, 2006/01/19 09:47:26
Looking for a summer abroad opportunity? Join us in South Africa!
An information meeting about the Duke in South Africa Paleoanthropology Field School (May 20 - July 1, 2006) is being held on Tuesday evening, January 24 in BioSci 002 (subbasement) at 6pm.
Come join us to learn more about this exciting opportunity!New BAA website launch
Evolutionary Anthropology, 2006/05/15 10:22:24
BAA has launched a new web site. If you have any questions, comments or content you would like to add, please contact Dr. Jill Rhodes
February 9, 2006-Rebecca J. Plant-204A East Duke-6:00-8:00
History, for faculty, 2006/02/10 16:50:44
LECTURE: War Mothers: Patriotic Maternalism and American Culture Professor Plant, Assistant Professor of History at University of California, San Diego, a Residential Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, currently working on her first book, The Repeal of Mother Love: Momism and the Reconstruction of Philip Wylie's America, to be published by University of Chicago Press 2007.
February 9, 2006-Rebecca J.Scott-240 John Hope Franklin Center - 4:00
History, for faculty, 2006/02/10 16:50:35
Race, Space, Place: The Making and Unmaking of Freedoms in the Atlantic World Spring 2006 African and African American Studies Lecture Series "Public Rights and Private Commerce: An Atlantic Creole Itinerary"- reception to follow. Professor Scott is the Charles Gibson Distinguished Professor of History, Professor of Law, and Faculty Associate, Center for Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, and author of the recently published Degrees of Freedom: Louisana And Cuba After Slavery (Harvard, 2005).
February 3, 2006 - Nelson Music Room - 11:30 - 5:30
History, for faculty, 2006/02/01 15:13:08
Civilities and Civil Rights, A Retrospective After 25 Years Event Schedule 11:30a.m. - 1 p.m. Screening of February One, followed by Q and A 1:15 - 2:00p.m. Professor Ira Berlin, University of Maryland, How Power Concedes: Civilities and Civil Rights in the Long Duree of the African American Past. Moderator: Donna Benson, Winston Salem State University. 2 - 2:45 p.m. Professor John Dittmer, Depauw University, Civilities and Its Legacies. Moderator: Professor Carlton Wilson, North Carolina Central University. 3-4 p.m. Panel of Dr. Chafe former graduate students: Tim Tyson (Duke), Christina Greene (Wisconsin), Matthew Countryman (Michigan), Leslie Brown (Washington University). Moderator: Professor Raymond Gavins, Duke University. 4:15-5:30p.m. Activist Reflections: Claude Barnes and Ann Atwater. Moderator: Professor Jarvis Hall, North Carolina Central University. 5:30 - 5:45 Reflections, Professor Chafe Keynote Speakers: Ann Atwater who grew up in Whiteville, NC, moved to Durham in 1953. In the middle 1960s she joined United Organizations for Community Improvement,an all-Black neighborhood federation that emerged out of War on Poverty. She became one of the most respected community organizers in Durham and an expert on public housing regulations. She is well known for her participation in a 1971 Durham community council on school desegregation, which brought her into conflict and then friendship with local Ku Klux Klan president C. P. Ellis. She has received a multitude of honors and awards for her work, which has been chronicled in the book Best of Enemies by Osha Davidson and the film An Unlikely Friendship. Claude Barnes is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University and he received both his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Political Science from Clark Atlanta University. He was active in the Greensboro Association of Poor People and Students Organized for Black Unity. In 1969, the school board's lack of recognition of his write- in candidacy for student body president at Dudley High School ultimately ignited a student revolt that was chronicled in Civilities and Civil Rights. He now teaches political science at North Carolina A & T University in Greensboro. Ira Berlin, Distinguished University Professor at the University ofMaryland, has won the Bancroft Prize for the best book in American history; the Frederick Douglass Prize by the Gilder-Lehrman Institute; the Owsley Prize by the Southern Historical Association, and the Rudwick Prize by the Organization of American Historians. He was president of the Organization of American Historians from 2002-2003. John Dittmer,Professor of History Emeritus at Depauw University, is the author of Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi, which won the Bancroft Prize, the Lillian Smith Award and the Herbert Gutman Prize, among others. Organizing committee: Ray Gavins (Duke), Jarvis Hall (NCCU), Charles Payne (Duke) and Carlton Wilson (NCCU). Co- sponsored by African and African American Studies,the Department of History, the Initiative in History and Public Policy and the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences.
Fulbright Senior Specialist for the University of Chile
Biology, for awards, 2006/01/25 11:42:20
Summer in Chile
Genetics of Small Populations"
workshop taught as part
of Chile's Darwin Initiative in
the Faculty of Veterinary
Sciences. Chile is rich in
endemic flora and fauna yet
its production econo
my depends on introduced exotics
so this area o
f population genetics research holds high
interest
to many life science professionals and
grad
uate students there.
Sex and the Single Pine Tree
Biology, 2006/01/25 11:33:33
Birds do it, bees do it, pine trees do it. If you want to
know more,
plan to attend Claire William's lecture, Sex and
the Single Pine Tree. Williams promises to
change the way you look at
a pine tree. In her talk she will take the audience on a
pictorial journey
through geological time, connecting unusual
reproductive characteristics in
modern conifers to pollination mechanisms in ancient
seed plants. Professor
William's lecture
is part of the Engaging Faculty Series, which is
sponsored by the Friends of
the Duke University Libraries.
Tuesday, 24 January, 4:30pm, Perkins
Library
Rare Book Room.
For more information, send a message to:
ilene.nelson@duke.edu
or call 660-5816.
The program is open to everyone.
Graduate School's Summer Research Award Winners
History, for grad, 2006/01/20 10:26:18
We had nine recipients this year! Congratulations to: Erin Avots, Michael Crotty, Steve Inrig, Kelly Kennington, Sebastian Lukasik, Gordon Mantler, Swati Shresth, Alejandro Velasco, and Michael Weisel.
Trading water for carbon with biological carbon sequestration
Biology, for articles, 2006/01/18 11:11:30
Growing tree plantations to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to mitigate global warming -- so called "carbon sequestration" -- could trigger environmental changes that outweigh some of the benefits, a multi-institutional team led by Duke University suggested in a new report. Those effects include water and nutrient depletion and increased soil salinity and acidity. The paper also highlighted locations around the world where plantations could help reduce erosion and improve water quality. Media coverage of the paper included National Public Radio, New York Times, Washington Post, Business Week, Christian Science Monitor, and many other outlets.
Jackson RB, EG Jobb·gy, R Avissar, S Baidya Roy, D Barrett, CW Cook, KA Farley, DC le Maitre, BA McCarl, B Murray 2005 Trading water for carbon with biological carbon sequestration. Science 310:1944-1947
Co-authors:
Esteban Jobb·gy - postdoc, Biology
Kathleen Farley - former postdoc, Biology
Charles Cook - technician, Biology
Roni Avissar - chair, Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Somnath Baidya Roy - postdoc, Civil and
Environmental Engineering
Web link(s):
http://
www.sciencemag.org/
http://
www.dukenews.duke.edu/
http://
www.npr.org
Moving from Genomes to Landscapes
Biology, for books, 2006/01/18 10:56:22
What is the future of genetically modified (or transgenic) conifer plantations? The content of this edited volume Landscapes, Genomics and Transgenic Conifers addresses this question directly - and indirectly - using language drawn from policy, forest history, genomics, metabolism, pollen dispersal and gene flow, landscape ecology, evolution, economics, technology transfer and regulatory oversight. Although the book takes its title from a Nicholas School Leadership forum held November 17-19, 2004 at Duke University, its de novo contents move past the forumÌs deliberations. The result is a trans-disciplinary book composed of 14 chapters written by a total of 31 authors working in North America, South America, Europe and Africa. The book is written for policy experts, life scientists, government and business leaders, biotechnology writers and activists. Few decision-makers realize the unprecedented degree to which transgenic technology is now possible for forests on a commercia l scale. Only a handful of the 550 living conifer species is used for commodity value and even fewer species are being developed for transgenic plantations. Transgenic field trials started within the last decade but no transgenic pine plantations exist in 2005. But emergence of transgenic forest trees is still so recent that dialogue about the pros and cons is confined to the scientific community. And dialogue must move out into the public domain. So little opportunity remains for opening public dialogue. The pursuit of transgenic research for forest trees is principally corporate so novel forest tree phenotypes are created as a means to increase shareholder value for investor companies. And while potential benefits will accrue to shareholders, ecological risks for certain transgenic traits are likely to be shared due to long-distance gene flow and inadequate bioconfinement measures. So this is a question riddled with tension. Without public deliberation, we should expect al ienation of several interest groups. Alienation will lead to heightened clashes in the public policy arena or even radical environmental action. But how to move dialogue on transgenic forests forward? One must re- frame the issues behind transgenic conifer plantations. The goal of this volume is to provide content for public deliberations about the genetic composition of future forests. Its Section I is composed of provocative and opposing views on the question of transgenic conifer plantations. Sections II and III follow with research advances on relevant conifer genomics and ecology research, respectively. Section IV forecasts rates of technology adoption for different case studies. Finally, Section V compares the status of regulatory oversight of transgenic forest trees between Canada and the United States.
Web link(s):
http://www.springer.com
http://
www.isb.vt.edu
Beardon Keynote - Nasher Museum - March 24, 2006
History, for faculty, 2006/01/18 09:50:17
A keynote discussion of Bearden's representations of women. Panel discussion will be composed of three participants including proposed speakers, Farah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia) and visual artist, Carrie Mae Weems.
Spring 2006 Alumni Speaker Series
History, for faculty, 2006/01/18 09:46:24
What They Think of Us: The United States in the Eyes of the World No country enjoys more power in the contemporary world than the United States, and none elicits more passionate responses. In recent years, American policies and influence have met with increasing disdain abroad, even as American products and ideals continue to gain an enthusiastic reception. In "What They Think of Us," Duke and UNC professors explore perceptions of the United States in four areas of the world. Join us as we examine the often explosive response to the United States in the contemporary world. CANADA Wednesday, January 25, 4:00 PM: John Thompson, Department of History, Duke University FRANCE Wednesday, February 15, 4:00 PM: Jean-Jacques Thomas, Department of Romance Studies, Duke University THE MIDDLE EAST Wednesday, March 8, 4:00 PM: Sarah Shields, Department of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill GUATEMALA Wednesday, March 29, 4:30 PM: Diane Nelson, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University All lectures are at Richard White Lecture Hall, East Campus. For more information call 684-2988 or visit www.dukealumni.com or www-history.aas.duke.edu
Jones reappointed as dean of Divinity School
Trinity College Development, 2006/05/25 10:01:12
Duke University Divinity School Dean L. Gregory Jones was
appointed to a third five-year term. Jones helped
launch the Duke
Institute on Care at the End of Life, an
interdisciplinary effort aimed
at improving care for the dying through research,
scholarship and
advocacy. [more]
Belafonte speaks at King commemoration
Arts & Sciences, 2006/02/02 13:16:36
Entertainer and human-rights activist Harry Belafonte was the keynote speaker in Duke’s three-day celebration of the Martin Luther King holiday. [more]
Divinity School dean reappointed
Arts & Sciences, 2006/01/30 09:07:56
Divinity School Dean L. Gregory Jones was reappointed to a third five-year term. [more]
November 30, 2006 - Center Hosted Program to Educate Journalists on Avian Influenza
Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, 2007/01/26 07:46:38
On November 30, over 60 North Carolina journalists and public health officials convened at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication to discuss how government and industry would respond to an outbreak of the H5N1 influenza strain in poultry flocks and the state's preparations for a potential influenza pandemic. [Click here to view the presentations.]
Philip Mirowski To Deliver Lecture At Duke University
History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine, 2006/01/13 09:31:33
Philip Mirowski, Carl Koch Professor of Economics and the History and Philosophy of Science at Notre Dame University will give a lecture titled "Rethinking the Commercialization of American Science, and the Response of STS" on Friday, February 10th, at 3:45PM in Room 327 SocSci (Social Sciences Building, West Campus).
Click here for a preliminary version of the paper
WeST Completes Year of Study Abroad Site
Web Solutions Team - Blackwell, 2006/03/13 09:17:21
2006 is the Year of Study Abroad. As part of the efforts to recognize the Year of Study Abroad, a new site featuring students participating in Study Abroad was launched. Entitled Postcards from Abroad, the site will feature a new postcard from students every week of 2006.
Laurent DuBois Departmental Lecture January 24 Noon Room 229
History, for faculty, 2006/01/17 12:13:30
TOPIC: "Voltaire, Zaïre, Dessalines: Enlightenment Theatre in the French Atlantic." Laurent Dubois is associate professor of history at Michigan State University. He is author of Les esclaves de la République: l'histoire oubliée de la première émancipation, 1789-1794.
Thomas DuBois Departmental Lecture January 27 Noon Room 229
History, for faculty, 2006/01/17 12:13:01
TOPIC:TBA Professor Tom DuBois joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2000 and now leads the department's Area Studies Program. He holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania and teaches, writes, and researches on a variety of Nordic topics
Janet Afary Departmental Lecture January 12, 2006 Noon Room 229
History, for faculty, 2006/01/12 12:58:51
TOPIC: " From Mullah to Goya: The Art and Politics of Mullah Nasreddin 1906 - 1912 " Dr. Janet Afary is a native of Iran. She received her M.A. from the Department of Literature of Tehran University and her Ph.D. in Modern Middle East History from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is an Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies at Purdue University. Dr. Afary is author of The Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Grassroots Democracy, Social Democracy, and the Origins of Feminism (N. Y.: Columbia UP, 1996), which was also translated and published in Iran (Bisotoun, 2000) and co-author of Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism (University of Chicago Press, 2005). She was awarded year-long fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Council for Learned Societies (ACLS), and has received grants from the SOROS and IREX foundations. Dr. Afary has co-edited three volumes and published numerous articles, many of which have also been translated or reprinted in Iran, Japan, Spain, the Netherlands, France, and Britain. She is currently President of the Association for Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS-MESA, 2004-2005), and President of the International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS-MESA, 2004-2006). She was also past- president of the Coordinating Council for Women in History of the American Historical Association (CCWH-AHA).
Timothy Tyson Departmental Lecture January 18, 2006 Noon Room 229
History, for faculty, 2006/01/12 12:52:18
TOPIC: "Freedom Stories: Tales From Our Little Mopping Up Operation at the Grassroots" Tim Tyson teaches and writes the history of African American freedom movements in the 20th century South. His most recent book, Blood Done Sign My Name, appeared in May 2004. It tells the story of a racial murder and black uprising in his hometown of Oxford, North Carolina, when Tyson was eleven and the father of one of his friends murdered a young black man and Black Power radicals fought back with fire. His first book, Democracy Betrayed: the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and its Legacy, co-edited with David S. Cecelski, won the 1999 Outstanding Book Award from the The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America. His second book, Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power, won the James Rawley Prize and the Frederick Jackson Turner Award both from the Organization of American Historians. "Freedom Ride 2001: Sites and Sounds of the Freedom Struggle" won the Best Summer School Course from the National Association of Summer School Sessions. He has been selected as Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Historians. He is a native of North Carolina, a founding member of the Harmony Bar Writers Collective, and lives with his wife, Perri Morgan, and their two children, Hope and Sam. He loves to make Southern-style chicken and pork barbecue for students and friends.
Cemil Aydin Departmental Lecture January 20, 2006 Noon Room 229
History, for faculty, 2006/01/12 12:51:14
TOPIC: An Anti-Western Internationalism? Comparative Reflections on Pan-Islamic and Pan- Asian Thought (1882-1920) Cemil Aydin recently completed a manuscript, titled The Politics of Anti Westernism in Asia: Visions of World Order in Pan- Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought (1882-1945), which is currently under review for publication. Meanwhile, he is writing an article on “International History from Non-Western Perspectives” for a book project by the German Research Foundation study group on “The Conceptions of World Orders in Global History.” Dr. Aydin is also organizing an international conference on the “Anti-Western Critiques in Iran, Turkey and Japan: Historical and Comparative Perspectives” to be held at Harvard Academy in May 2005.
Med school dean to head Graduate School
Trinity College Development, 2006/09/28 10:55:59
Jo Rae Wright, vice dean of
basic science at the Duke University
School of Medicine, has been named dean of the
Graduate School and vice
provost for graduate education. A cell biologist
and physiologist,
Wright succeeds Lewis Siegel, dean for 15 years. [more]
8th Annual 5K Run for the Lemurs
Duke Lemur Center, 2006/04/26 15:18:55
We are pleased to announce that our 8th Annual 5K Run will be held on April 22, 2006. Late regisration will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the grassy area just to the left of the entrance to the Washington Duke Hotel. The race will begin at 9:30 a.m. You can register online or stop by the Lemur Center for a registration form. We hope to see you supporting the lemurs in late April. For additional information please contact Andrew Garfunkel.
Med school dean to head Graduate School
Arts & Sciences, 2006/02/21 15:01:53
Jo Rae Wright, vice dean of basic science at the Duke University School of Medicine, has been named dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education. A cell biologist and physiologist, Wright succeeds Lewis Siegel, dean for 15 years, on July 1. [more]
April 28, 2005
PIDP Alumni Awards and Grants
Duke Center for International Development, 2007/02/02 16:09:23
The Program in International Development Policy
is pleased to announce the establishment of awards
and grants that
recognize the accomplishments of outstanding PIDP
alumni and their
contributions to PIDP, the field of international
development, and to
the betterment of the human condition. Awardees
will be featured on the
DCID website and newsletter.
1.PIDP
Outstanding Achievement Award
The Outstanding Achievement Award offers US $500
to an alumnus who has
made outstanding contributions to their field,
sector, country, or
region. Nominations for this award may be made by
PIDP alumni: oneself
or others.
a)Purpose
To support creativity, leadership and
commitment to humanitarian
service, PIDP seeks to recognize alumni who have
performed outstanding
work in their field, sector, country, or region.
Criteria
If you would like to nominate yourself or a PIDP
colleague please
submit a narrative (should not exceed two typed,
single-spaced pages)
as to why you are nominating the individual for
this award, which will
be reviewed by an impartial panel in light of the
following selection
criteria:
·Significance and impact of the alumn’s work in
region or sector
·Sustainability of their work
·Demonstrated leadership in country or sector
·Supporting documents that support the nomination
(letters of recommendation, news articles, etc.)
if available.
b)Application Deadline: May 30
2.Grants for Alumni Professional Development
PIDP provides a grant of up to $500 to further the
professional development of alumni.
a)Purpose
PIDP would like to support alumni who want to
increase their
professional development by participation in
international conferences
or meetings.
b)Criteria
Applicants should submit the outline of the
conference or meeting and
state how it is relevant to their professional
development. The paper
should not exceed two single-spaced pages.
c)Application Deadline: May 30
3.NGO Excellence Award
PIDP alumni may nominate an NGO where they or a
colleague are
affiliated that is committed to one of the five
PIDP areas of
specialization (development management, applied
economics, social
policy, environmental management, peace and
conflict resolution) and
the PIDP will award US $500 to the NGO to further
their activities.
a)Purpose
PIDP created this award to honor a small, local
NGO that is committed
to a similar mission as PIDP; “To make recognized
contributions to
global knowledge and practice of international
social, political and
economic development.”
c) Criteria
Nominees should submit an outline (not to exceed
two single-spaced
pages) describing the work of the NGO, including
the types of projects,
population served, location, number of staff (paid
and unpaid) and
their annual budget. Newsletters, articles,
letters of recommendation,
etc. will also be helpful in the selection. The
nominees will be
reviewed by an impartial panel according to the
following selection
criteria:
·Context of the NGO as compared to the specified
PIDP area of specialization
·Major achievements of the NGO
·Approximate number of people served by NGO
·Amount of annual budget
·Proposed project(s) that the award may fund
Application Deadline: May 30
4.Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award provides US $500
to a PIDP alumni who
has demonstrated outstanding service to the PIDP
through either
promotion/advertising of the program, assistance
with internship/job
placement of current fellows, assistance with
alumni relations or
participation in the extracurricular activities of
the program (i.e. DC
trip, Global Briefings, Rethinking Development,
Newsletter, etc).
a)Purpose
PIDP would like to recognize those alumni who have
continued to be committed to PIDP as professionals
in the development field.
b)Criteria
Nominees should send a brief description (no
more than two, single
spaced pages), describing their or a colleague’s
efforts to assist PIDP
in any of the following endeavors:
· Program Advertising/Promotion
· Alumni Relations
· Career Development
· Extracurricular Activities
September 23, 2005
SAFEA 2005
Duke Center for International Development, 2006/02/07 14:21:08
The Duke Center for International Development (DCID), in collaboration with other units within the Sanford Institute of Public Policy, welcomed 31 participants to the 2005 Executive Development Program in Public Policy and Management.
DCID designed this 18-week program for the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), People’s Republic of China. The SAFEA participants, all mid- to senior level officials from various ministries within China’s central government, will take courses in topics such as public finance, policy analysis, management, and environmental policy. The courses will be taught by faculty from DCID, the Sanford Institute, and other departments within Duke University, as well as guest lecturers from other institutions.
In addition to classroom training, the SAFEA participants will meet and learn from a broad range of civic and business leaders through regularly scheduled site visits to various institutions and organizations throughout the Triangle including the School of Government at UNC Chapel Hill, the N.C. State Supreme Court, the N.C. Legislature, SAS Institute, and Cisco.
Later in the fall, the group will travel to Washington, D.C. where they will attend meetings at The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the International Finance Corporation. They will also have the opportunity to visit the White House, the Smithsonian, the Capitol Mall, and the many other national monuments and landmarks. A trip to New York City, with scheduled visits to the United Nations and various NY landmarks, will mark the end of their program.
While staying in Durham, the group will have many opportunities to explore the local area and culture. In addition to having American host families with whom they can interact and learn from, the participants will be introduced to popular attractions such as the farmer’s market and the State Fair, and can enjoy regular visits to local shopping centers and restaurants.
Paul Zak to speak on "The Neuroeconomics of Trust"
Social Sciences Research Institute, for faculty, 2006/01/09 16:49:17
Dr. Paul Zak of Claremont Graduate University will
speak on Monday January 16th on "The
Neuroeconomics of Trust" at 4:30 p.m. in SSRI's
new Erwin Mill facility, room A102C, Dinner will
be served immediately after his talk. This event
is free and open to the public.
Two of Dr. Zak's recent papers on the topic of
neuroeconomics and trust can
be found online here,
and here.
More information about Dr. Zak's professional
activities is available online,
as is the website
of the Center
for Neuroeconomic Studies, which he
directs.
Congratulations Phi Beta Kappa inductees!!!!
Romance Studies, 2006/05/23 14:09:49
Please join us in congratulating our Romance Studies Students who were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa on December, 2005.
Lara Pomerantz, Spanish and Political Science major.
We're proud of you!
Lecture by Michel Jeanneret (Université de Genève)
Romance Studies, 2006/02/21 08:39:25
Breedlove Room, Friday, January 20, 2006 at 3:30pm Rêver l’auteur: Pourquoi les biographies d’écrivain ?
Michel Jeanneret has written several well-known books in 16th-century studies, including: La Lettre perdue : écriture et folie dans l’oeuvre de Nerval; Eros rebelle : littérature et dissidence à l’âge classique; Le Défi des signes : Rabelais et la crise de l’interprétation à la Renaissance; Des mets et des mots : banquets et propos de table à la Renaissance
Former Provost Cleaveland dies
Arts & Sciences, 2006/01/17 11:02:32
Frederic Cleaveland, professor emeritus of political science and provost from 1971 to 1978, died January 4. He was 90 years old. [more]
Congratulations on the recipients of a Summer Research Fellowship Award
Political Science, 2006/01/04 11:02:57
Congratulations to Victoria DeFrancesco-Soto, Daniel Lee, Sinziana Popa, Jill Rickershauser, and Camber Warren for being awarded Summer Research Fellowships from the Graduate School. Congratulations to all!
An interdisciplinary cross-department
Chemistry, 2006/01/05 10:16:59
and cross-school team of Duke chemists, biochemists, mathematicians, and computer scientists has solved a key protein-protein docking problem. The project is highlighted in a recent issue of Duke Dialogue.