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(04/27/05 4:00am)
One of the most pervasive clichés regarding this institution is the “work hard, play hard” stereotype. This phrase has attracted many high school seniors to Duke who desire a balance between academics and leisurely pursuits in college. Although the theory behind this idea has merit, it seems to be but a pipe dream, difficult to implement according to its spirit. Whether or not we were intellectual prior to college, we applied to Duke with the aspiration to cultivate our intellect. Somewhere between deciding to matriculate and attending freshman orientation, we make the decision, consciously or unconsciously, to realign our priorities. We seem to reinvent ourselves, projecting ourselves as fun-loving students first and intellectual students second, rather than valuing these two aspects of our collegiate career equally. This is in response to the image of the Duke student the administration promotes to us—although the University values intellectualism, it mistakenly believes that we have already internalized this principle and thus fails to emphasize the intellectual component at this institution; furthermore, it fails to demonstrate how to synthesize working hard with playing hard. Thus, neither do we view intellectualism as a daily part of the Duke experience, nor do we see in practice what “work hard, play hard” implicitly embodies—the love for working hard and playing hard. Without understanding the passion with which we need to embrace both of these ideals, we find it difficult to adopt these values simultaneously; thus, we shift our priorities to reflect the prevailing ideals.
(02/09/04 5:00am)
In the wake of Jésica Santillán's mismatched organ transplant, Duke University Hospital implemented a series of safety measures targeted at the organ transplant procedure to ensure that such medical mishaps do not reoccur.
(02/06/04 5:00am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>While tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of Jésica Santillán's botched heart-lung transplant at Duke University Hospital, little has been resolved in her case despite extended discussion between both sides.
(01/22/04 5:00am)
Trimeris, a small Research Triangle Park pharmaceutical firm that produced the first drug in a new class of HIV medications last year, has recently encountered some bumps in the road.
(01/22/04 5:00am)
With a short 54-minute State of the Union address Tuesday, President George W. Bush addressed a broad span of issues, including foreign affairs, national security, marriage and healthcare, kicking off his re-election campaign in the new year.
(11/17/03 5:00am)
With patient safety becoming an increasingly dominant theme for Duke University Health System, officials are looking to upgraded technology systems to improve safety and quality of care.
(11/14/03 5:00am)
More than a month after Duke University Hospital pledged to improve patient safety, the Pediatric Patient Safety Program is fully underway.
(11/14/03 5:00am)
Duke University Health System has been steadily working to institute several measures to ensure patient safety over the past year and is striding forward with additional plans to continue to improve safety in the future.
(11/06/03 5:00am)
In a paper published today in the Journal of Academic Medicine, Chancellor of Health Affairs Dr. Ralph Snyderman and Dean of the School of Medicine Dr. Sandy Williams argue that prospective medicine--an individualized approach to medicine--is the future of healthcare in America.
(11/05/03 5:00am)
Duke University Health System's budget for fiscal year 2003 showed its strongest performance since the creation of the Health System five years ago.
(10/31/03 5:00am)
The search committee to select the Duke University Health System's next Chancellor of Health Affairs, who will be named next spring, met Thursday to outline the requisite criteria and qualifications.
(10/27/03 5:00am)
The University's fiscal year 2003 research report, released recently, revealed a 26.2-percent growth rate in research expenditures over the past year. The better-than-average growth indicates the progress the University has made since it began focusing on increasing research as part of its strategic plan, "Building on Excellence."
(10/24/03 4:00am)
The University renewed its long-term commitment to the Primate Center, officials announced Thursday, promising an investment of more than $4 million to improve its infrastructure over the next few years.
(10/07/03 4:00am)
The University and the Medical Center are planning several changes to bring the campus Institutional Review Board and the five medical center IRBs into closer collaboration.
(10/02/03 4:00am)
The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri's follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning compilation of short stories, "Interpreter of Maladies," certainly deserves acclaim. Her achievement in detailing the story of a first-generation Indian boy dealing with his parents, his unusual name and his history is nonpareil.
(09/26/03 4:00am)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services accepted Duke University Hospital's corrective plan of action to assure patient safety in the hospital following an Aug. 31 incident in which a premature infant in the Intensive Care Nursery at DUH suffered burns from heated air from an incubator.
(09/23/03 4:00am)
As Duke continues to feel an increasing space crunch, the School of Medicine is once again turning to off-campus office buildings to fulfill the growing need of some Medical Center departments.
(09/18/03 4:00am)
As the next health care privacy compliance deadline looms for Duke University Health System, officials said DUHS is already essentially equipped with a computerized system to safely transfer patient information.
(09/10/03 4:00am)
Bone marrow transplants are usually reserved as a last-resort for cancer.
(09/05/03 4:00am)
