Duke University

Type: Organization

Name: Duke University

First reported 47 mins ago - Updated 47 mins ago - 1 reports

Commentary: Immigration reform a must for America

Last winter, my family took a trip to Big Bend National Park in west Texas, an isolated, rugged stretch of land along the Rio Grande River and the border with Mexico.Hiking in the mountains there, I saw 50-mile views into the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico ... [Published Savannah Morning News - 47 mins ago]

Entities: Illegal Immigrants, Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Clark Atlanta University

'Brothers' graduate at top of class at Clark Atlanta University

ATLANTA — Two Clark Atlanta University students who call themselves brothers despite being from opposite sides of the world have graduated as valedictorian and salutatorian.Lorin Crawford, a California native, and Tam Quach, who emigrated from Vietnam ... [Published OnlineAthens - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia State University

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Duke University

Ronald L. Slotter, 67

The Sampson IndependentRonald L. SlotterVASS — Mr. Ronald Lee Slotter, 67, of Vass passed away peacefully on Friday, May 17, 2013 at Duke University Hospital. The family will receive friends on Thursday, May 23, from 6-8 pm at Cox Memorial Funeral Home ... [Published Sampson Independent - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Ronald Lee, Duke University

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Metamaterials [Core Concepts]

These metamaterial cloaks can hide objects from bands of microwave radiation. Image courtesy of David Schurig.In the June 2006 issue of Science, two independent teams of physicists simultaneously presented blueprints for an invisibility cloak. One team ... [Published PNAS - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Ulf Leonhardt, David Schurig, John Pendry

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

“That’s The Way (I Like It)”: When Customers Sing the Wrong Song

Perhaps we’ve trained customers to believe that they’re always right or “king” so thoroughly that some of them feel “special” enough to violate institutional norms with impunity. Some of the behavior I witnessed during a business trip last month made ... [Published Business 2 Community - 6 hours ago]

Entities: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Dan Ariely, emergency, Duke University

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Frontline: How progressive are we?

The Editorial Board The Western Front | 0 commentsMany students rely on university healthcare to help them access treatments that are essential to their pursuit of a full, happy life. These treatments include antibiotics, surgeries, birth control and ... [Published Western Front - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Antibiotic, Michael Lydon, treatments

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Federal Communications Commission

Economics professor has early line on FCC seat.

Duke University economics professor Michelle Connolly is reportedly under consideration to fill a Republican opening at the Federal Communications Commission. Connolly is well known inside the agency, having served as a chief economist at the FCC from ... [Published Inside Radio - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Federal Communications Commission, Duke University

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Duke, UNC business schools crack Top 100 in 'bang for the buck' report

In terms of bang for the buck, the business schools at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University rank 81st and 92nd in the world, respectively.According to the Financial Times Global MBA 2013 rankings, the UNC-CH Kenan-Flagler School of Business and Duke Fuqua ... [Published Triangle Business Journal - 14 hours ago]

Entities: UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Duke University dean with advice for MBA graduates

With another crop of business school graduates heading into the job market, Duke Fuqua School of Business asked its Associate Dean for Career Management Sheryle Dirks about what MBA graduates should expect in the workforce, and how potential students ... [Published Triangle Business Journal - May 20 2013]

Entities: Duke University, Fuqua School of Business

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Doctors using harmful cells to fight traumatic brain injury

Drew Stewart joined the WACH Fox News assignment desk in December 2011.Read more: Local, Science, Health, Duke University, Duke Medicine, Dr. Chay Kuo, Astrocytes, Brain Damage, Traumatic Brain Injury, South Carolina Brain Injury Association, Thomas ... [Published WACH - May 20 2013]

Entities: astrocyte, Duke University, Traumatic Brain Injury, Neuron, Stem Cell

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

U.S. Senate as polarized as the early 1900s

The recent debates in Washington about budget cuts and guns show increasing evidence of polarization, a new study highlights.Researchers at Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill visualized the divide in the U.S. Senate going back to the start of the 20th ... [Published Raleigh News & Observer - May 20 2013]

Entities: US Senate, James Jeffords, Lincoln Chafee, Peter Mucha, James Moody

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

4 Steps To Find The Right Mentor

People often say that finding a mentor is essential as an entrepreneur, especially a young one at that. I am a sophomore at Duke University and the co-founder ofWhile many people within the realm of entrepreneurship are willing to be helpful, there is ... [Published Forbes.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Entrepreneur, Duke University, Entrepreneurship

Quotes

"I offer no apologies whatsoever for aggressively seeking to reform a system that has failed our kids" Jeffries said

Shavar Jeffries officially jumps into the ring for Newark mayoral contest [Published Hunterdon County Democrat - 3 hours ago]

...According to news reporting originating in Durham, North Carolina, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "This study examined the clinical significance ... (Publication: Heart Disease Weekly)"

Reports Outline Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses Findings from Duke University [Published HighBeam Research - 4 hours ago]

More information: "Potential trade-off between vocal ornamentation and spatial ability in a songbird." Sewall, K , Soha, J Peters, S , Nowicki S 2013. Biology Letters, 20130344. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0344

Bird's playlist could signal mental strengths and weaknesses [Published PhysOrg.com - 5 hours ago]

But Wenger wasn't done. "I wanted to prove that the infrastructure I built could work with multiple diseases" she said. That's what led to her new MLL cancer-diagnosis innovation

Teen develops algorithm to diagnose leukaemia [Published Sydney Morning Herald - 5 hours ago]

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Commentary: Immigration reform a must for America [Published Savannah Morning News - 47 mins ago]
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'Brothers' graduate at top of class at Clark At... [Published OnlineAthens - 1 hour ago]
Obituaries, week of May 15: Chilton, Lindh, Kin... [Published Northumberland Echo - 1 hour ago]
Ronald L. Slotter, 67 [Published Sampson Independent - 2 hours ago]
'Brothers' graduate at top of class at Ga. college [Published Fox 5 Atlanta WAGA - 3 hours ago]
Fighting for her life: McKinze Clayton [Published ABC Action News - 3 hours ago]
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A Feverish Debate [Published TheWalrus.ca - 4 hours ago]
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Metamaterials [Core Concepts] [Published PNAS - 5 hours ago]
Teen develops algorithm to diagnose leukaemia [Published Sydney Morning Herald - 5 hours ago]
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Frontline: How progressive are we? [Published Western Front - 10 hours ago]

Blogs

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Executive Compensation as "Legal Corruption" - ... [Published Health Care Renewal - 11 hours ago] "Legal corruption" was the description of current executive compensation practices appearing , of all places, in the Wall Street Journal. The arguments, by Henry Mintzer of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, apply to health ...
Need a second opinion? ConsultingMD’s ‘network ... [Published Venturebeat - 17 hours ago] This story is part of a series exploring the themes of our upcoming health tech conference , May 20-21 in San Francisco. Read the full series here .Reputation.com founder Owen Tripp is not the kind of entrepreneur who wants to solve small problems. For ...
Need a second opinion? ConsultingMD’s ‘network ... [Published Venturebeat - 17 hours ago] This story is part of a series exploring the themes of our upcoming health tech conference , May 20-21 in San Francisco. Read the full series here . Reputation.com founder Owen Tripp is not the kind of entrepreneur who wants to solve small ...
White House Initiative ‘We The Geeks’ Needs Mor... [Published Jack & Jill Politics - May 20 2013] (Photo: My dog Leia is only 2, so she counts as a young geek.) We all know that the White House is full of geeks. The administration has hosted science fairs , responded to petitions for a Death Star , and Obama himself created a new fusion of ...
Of Mice and DSM [Published TAPPED - May 20 2013] Flickr/Mark Turnauckas Commonly referred to as "the DSM," the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is often referred to as psychiatry's "Bible." If that's the case, imagine the outcry if an overzealous publisher merged the Gospels ...

Audio/Video

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3 myths about gold [Published Reuters Video: Business - Apr 24 2013]
3 myths about gold [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Apr 24 2013]
Report: Americans Are Losing Their Religions [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Mar 15 2013]
Growing Wealth Inequality in U.S.? [Published FOX Business - Video - Mar 08 2013]
Rat brains linked to create "biological computer" [Published Reuters Video: Business - Feb 28 2013]

Press Releases

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Aqueti Kickstarts Giga-Camera Launch [Published Business Wire - 14 hours ago]
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Austin-Based Travel Startup Localeur Expands to... [Published PR Newswire - May 15 2013]