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The Academic Council elected Paul Haagen, a professor in the School of Law, as its next chair Thursday afternoon. Haagen defeated Roger Barr, a professor of biomedical engineering and associate professor of pediatrics.
Russell Monjar had never been sick a day in his life. The 67-year-old retiree, an avid golf player, had driven nine hours from his home in Cincinnati, Ohio to attend his first Duke basketball game Dec. 12 in Cameron. He never entered the stadium, because he collapsed only yards away. His heart had stopped.
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Campus Council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday night that, if approved by Residence Life and Housing Services, would abolish the current linking policy and substantially change the blocking model as early as Fall 2006. The council requested an initial response from RLHS administration by Feb. 24.
Maddy Sloan sat quietly, politely listening to a candidate give what sounded like a prepared speech. She looked down at his rZsumZ, noted a peculiar spelling mistake and gave the candidate what was sure to be the “You’re Fired” look. “He spelled his college’s name wrong,” Sloan said. The Donald would not be pleased.
Thirty-seven days ago the now infamous tsunami struck East Asia’s beaches. An enormous human tragedy in which hundreds of thousands perished, the tsunami was also an ecological disaster that wreaked havoc on the environment.
In a move that signals increased confidence in endowment returns and donations, Duke officials have proposed to increase the cap that regulates yearly growth of endowment funds available to the University.
A spree of Honda break-ins has plagued Duke students, visitors and employees parking in Duke-owned lots for months, and about a half-dozen of these crimes occurred in the last week alone.
Duke University Medical Center has indefinitely stalled a blood substitute study due to a state regulation that requires hospitals to obtain informed consent from all patients participating in a research study.
Dr. Ralph Corey was with his family in Canada when the tsunami crashed into the Southeast Asian beaches Dec. 26, and, like many citizens of the world, he immediately started thinking about ways to help the survivors. As the director of Duke’s Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, however, he believes he, and other top University Medical Center officials, can make a major difference.
More than 4,000 patients treated at Duke-run hospitals were exposed to contaminated surgical equipment after thousands of tools were washed with elevator hydraulic fluid instead of standard detergent.
Pamela Sutton-Wallace, a Duke University Health System employee since 1997, was appointed chief of staff to the chancellor for health affairs, officials announced Monday.
After initially receiving only 10 percent of its expected influenza vaccine supplies this year, Duke University Medical Center officials have successfully acquired approximately 7,000 additional doses—doubling earlier supplies.
This is the third in a three-part series about health and science issues in the 2004 election.
Duke University Medical Center administrators have placed restrictions on influenza vaccine distribution after receiving only 10 percent of the expected supply. Due to the lack of available vaccines, officials have also canceled the free vaccination program for employees and students—a move that could create an unprecedented number of flu infections on campus this year.
Bracing for an “overdue,” “inevitable” influenza pandemic, officials at the North Carolina Division of Public Health released a plan earlier this month outlining the structure of the state’s vaccination and control response.
Duke University Medical Center administrators announced Friday the creation of the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, a center designed to support and integrate Duke's global health ventures.
The National Children’s Study has chosen the Duke Primary Care Research Consortium at Duke University Medical Center as one of six participating centers for its pilot study examining the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of children. The pilot study will determine the feasibility of gathering participants’ data through primary care doctors nationwide.
DUHS reported its best financial performance since the system's inception in 1998: $55.5 million in operating income from a total patient revenue of about $1.4 billion. This marks a major recovery following a low of $11 million in operating losses in 2000.
