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(02/20/14 11:08am)
The IOM, which provides healthcare recommendations and scientifically informed analysis on public health care delivery and quality, is widely regarded as a primary adviser to policymakers, health professionals and the public. Dzau, who will be succeeding the current IOM president Dr. Harvey Fineberg, will assume his new position beginning July 1. Dzau said that working with IOM will allow him to help make a difference by tackling critical issues in healthcare and biomedical services on a larger scale.
(02/10/14 10:54am)
The Chronicle staff elected sophomore Carleigh Stiehm to serve as editor-in-chief of its 110th volume.
(01/17/14 10:26am)
This type of wireless power transfer depends on magnetic fields that radiate outward from a source coil and generate a current in a receiving coil. The team of researchers was able to construct a superlens that, when exposed to the magnetic field, resonates at a particular frequency and focuses those fields on a specific point nearly a foot away. The focused field can then generate a stronger current and charge an electronic device remotely, an improvement from current wireless power transfer technology.
(10/21/13 8:49am)
Approximately 17 percent of the calls that Duke EMS receives are related to alcohol, mostly occurring at the end of the week, said Krishan Sivaraj, operations officer of Duke EMS. Squad members, however, must maintain professional behavior when providing care.
(10/08/13 9:22am)
The 2014 budget proposal, which will cut funding to train medical residents over the next 10 years, will not only decrease the capacity of residency programs, but might also limit the ability of teaching hospitals to provide residency care for certain patients, said Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System. If passed, $780 million will be cut in the year 2014 alone.
(10/04/13 9:04am)
Two experts sparred words Thursday at the Sanford School of Public Policy on whether computer hacking can be considered a form of warfare.
(02/28/13 8:03am)
While many pre-med students spend their research hours with pipettes and buffer solutions, some have the opportunity to pursue research internationally in the field.
(09/06/13 7:58am)
“We recommended that compulsory pooling should still be the authority of the state in the event that fracking occurs in order to achieve economic efficiency,” said Jim Womack, chairman of the Mining and Energy Commission. “We also recommended, however, that this not be a tool of first choice. We want it to rarely be used.”
(08/28/13 10:28am)
The state of North Carolina's political situation has encountered controversy since the start of last summer. Many of these political changes have direct effects on students, such as the voter ID law signed Aug. 12. In order to determine how the student body feels about the government's actions, The Chronicle's Tony Shan and Linda Yu sat down with Duke students to discuss North Carolina politics."We are spending less on education than we were four years ago, we are making a marked effort to disenfranchise certain voters that lean one way—and that's a clear misuse of the power the state legislature is supposed to have."—junior William Overton, Winston-Salem, N.C."I think the new gun laws are a bit too free. On one hand, people have a lot more freedom. But on the other hand it puts the public in danger." —Thomas Liu, Trinity '13, Chapel Hill, N.C."So [the new voter ID law] basically makes the process more difficult for out of state students. As an out of state student, I feel like it's wrong that I can't partake in the process down here." —junior Fantasia Jacobs."In some ways it's good, in some ways it's bad. If there's something you don't like, you can have your right to speak by voting." —Jasmin Burnett, A.B.P employee“I just don’t know the whole picture…I don’t think it’s fair, but I don’t know enough to form a solid opinion.” – senior Andrew Chio."Concerning voter ID laws, there’s the good in addition to the bad because there’s going to be a lot of voter fraud going on. Last year during elections, I was thinking how easy it would be for an international student to vote for a President here, and that definitely should not be happening. But there will also be minorities that will be underrepresented because they don’t have these IDs, so if they’re going to create this voter ID law but not make it easier for somebody to gain an ID lawfully, then it’s a bad idea." - senior David Wang."It’s just politics as usual. If Republicans are controlling things they’ll pass these laws but if Democrats were to get control they’re going to go ahead and repeal it. All these things are more controversial now than they will be upon implementation. That’s just the way the political dialogue works—it operates on these little catch phrases." - senior Rebecca Li."Honestly, I’m a bit ambivalent [about the voter laws] – if I can go back home to vote, then I’m fine." - sophomore In-Young Jo."I don’t really think too much about it, this isn’t my permanent home so the voter laws don’t really affect me too much." - sophomore April Pun"At this point it's almost embarrassing for me to say I'm a North Carolinian. Governor McCrory and the general assembly have taken what was for years the most progressive Southern state and turned it into a punch line on late-night television. It's ridiculous." - sophomore Tom Vosburgh.
(08/23/13 6:38pm)
Four previously injured hawks will get a chance to fly free this Saturday
(08/23/13 6:34pm)
Dr. Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, director of the Duke University Wind Symphony and assistant professor of the practice of music, leads the Duke Medicine Orchestra, an organization of Duke University Medical Center affiliated musicians. Born in Austria, Bryant came to the United States to study music and conducting at Michigan State University where she received her master's degree and at the University of Texas at Austin before arriving at Duke to conduct several campus orchestras. She has been the conductor for the Duke Medical Orchestra since its beginning and believes that bringing music to patients in this unique way helps patients and hospital staff alike. The Chronicle spoke to Dr. Mösenbichler-Bryant about the program.
(08/20/13 5:06pm)
A newly developed competition set to launch this week will help Duke bridge the gap between the sciences and the humanities.
(06/08/13 11:07pm)
Duke has received a commitment of up to $62 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease to launch a new research program.
(04/24/13 10:11am)
A recent symposium sought to foster closer professional connections between infectious disease researchers at Duke Medicine and its Singapore campus.
(04/18/13 9:15am)
Duke has an office for taking University inventions and turning them into marketable products, but some faculty have questioned how effective it is.
(04/10/13 11:23am)
Two Duke juniors, Kushal Seetharam and Yaohua Xue, have been selected to receive the 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The award is given to selected scholars based on academic merit in mathematics, science and engineering. Seetharam is an Angier B. Duke scholar studying electrical and computer engineering, and Xue is a chemistry and economics double major. The Chronicle spoke with both scholars about receiving the award and about their research.
(04/05/13 9:00am)
Duke professors have raised concerns over a policy that entitles the University to a large percentage of the profit faculty and students receive from their inventions.
(03/28/13 11:03am)
Monkeys have been known to possess many human-like qualities, but a Duke researcher’s findings suggest human friendship may actually be monkey-like.
(03/21/13 10:32am)
Experts and students gathered in the Sanford School of Public Policy Wednesday for the event “Who Does Government Work For” to talk about political accountability and answer the question—who runs Washington.
(03/20/13 9:55am)
Stuart Pimm, Doris Duke chair of conservation ecology at the Nicholas School of the Environment, is a species extinction expert who discourages species revival or de-extinction. Pimm recently had an opinion piece published in National Geographic discussing the impracticalities of de-extinction and why conservation should take precedence. The Chronicle spoke with Pimm to discuss his viewpoints on de-extinction.
