The Battle over Outsourcing
(08/01/02 4:00am)
What Duke services are outsourced and what does the University control?
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What Duke services are outsourced and what does the University control?
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Two new drug therapies can significantly slow the advance of HIV in both the early and late stages of infection, giving new hope to patients with the virus that causes AIDS, according to two Duke studies released earlier this month.
Two new drug therapies can significantly slow the advance of HIV in both the early and late stages of infection, giving new hope to patients with the virus that causes AIDS, according to two Duke studies released earlier this month.
Insect repellents may be essential for summer's warm weather, but overuse of some of the most popular of these products is creating a buzz among pharmacologists.
Several colleagues and former students of a popular faculty member are expressing surprise and disappointment at the University's decision earlier this spring to deny tenure to Tami Biddle, assistant professor of history.
Challenging conventional criteria for the selection of transplant recipients, Medical Center researchers reported this week that patients who undergo heart procedures are as likely to have successful lung transplants as other patients.
Playing against a nationally ranked top-five team for the fourth time in a week, the baseball team probably could not have had high expectations Wednesday against third-ranked Florida State. But coming off a weekend in which they took one game from fifth-ranked Wake Forest--and almost won another--the Blue Devils led the Seminoles for six innings before falling 10-7 in the second round of the ACC tournament.
Officials from the Freeman Center for Jewish Life announced last month the hiring of an experienced fundraiser as its new executive director, boosting efforts to improve the center's financial footing.
Years of graduating students' classwork came to a close on commencement weekend, but before students received their diplomas, administrators got their own seals of approval from the Board of Trustees.
The rejection of a popular visiting faculty member for a tenured appointment is drawing harsh criticism from some students, as well as the threat of a lawsuit from the professor's lawyer.
When President Nan Keohane described a "deep reservoir of concern about women's issues" in a speech earlier this month, she argued for more attention to women's status at Duke.
Duke police are searching for a 62-year-old man with a history of assault charges who has reportedly been harassing women on campus for several days.
Two Duke undergraduates have confessed to stealing over $100,000 in equipment from various buildings on campus this month and will be charged accordingly later today. Police will also serve a warrant on a third student involved, from the University of Maryland at College Park.
Several candidates in the Class of 2003 elections filed a complaint in three of the four races Tuesday night, citing unauthorized e-mail tactics.
Staff at Durham Regional Hospital are working to correct the nursing care deficiencies that state officials cited last week in a critical report, administrators at the Duke-operated facility said Tuesday.
Planning for next year's budget is coming to a head this month, and despite what administrators call one of the tightest years in some time, they say the University is holding relatively steady in its spending.
More communal space, larger outdoor areas and improved building administration were just some of the suggestions raised Monday night at a meeting to study upcoming renovations to student social space.
What was intended by some Durham residents and Duke undergraduates to be an unauthorized street party turned into a brawl Saturday afternoon when revelers and Durham police clashed, leading to the arrest of about 14 people.
Following a national trend of rising applications and falling admission rates, Duke issued acceptances this week to 22.5 percent of its regular decision pool, the lowest percentage in school history.