News - Archive 2007

December 17, 2007
Foundation Provides Fellowships for Arab Public Policy Students at Duke

Selected graduate students from 22 Middle Eastern countries will receive full support to pursue a Master’s Degree in Public Policy (MPP) under a new agreement between Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation.
December 6, 2007
Sanford Professor to Serve on Genocide Task Force

Bruce Jentleson, a professor at Duke University's Sanford Institute of Public Policy, has been selected to serve in advisory capacity for a new Genocide Prevention Task Force chaired by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen.
December 4, 2007
Restrictions Make Handguns Hard to Get in Some U.S. Cities

In a recent study, Professor of Public Policy Philip Cook and others find that strict government regulations on handgun ownership can curtail the underground market for handguns. The study is based in part on interviews with gang members, gun dealers, professional thieves, prostitutes, police, public school security guards, and teenagers from two South Side Chicago neighborhood.
November 19, 2007
Liberal economist, Republican strategist to speak at Duke

Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and Republican political strategist  Karl Rove are scheduled to speak at Duke in coming weeks. On Nov. 27 at the Sanford Institute’s Fleishman Commons, Krugman will discuss his new book, Conscience of a Liberal, which calls for new policies to address the nation’s economic inequalities. [more]
On Dec. 3 in Page Auditorium, Rove will engage in a dialogue with political science Professor Peter Feaver and answer questions from the audience. [article]
November 7, 2007
Hospice Use Saves Money for Medicare, Study Finds

The quality-of-life benefits of using hospice care at the end of life are well known, but up to now, analyses of how much money hospice saves compared to traditional end-of-life care have had mixed results. This study, by Assistant Professor of PPS Don Taylor and others, shows an average savings of $2,309 per Medicare hospice user, and concludes that increasing the length of time that hospice is used for terminal patients can result in even greater savings.
November 1, 2007
Work of Economist Editorial Cartoonist on Display at Sanford Institute

Decades of contentious political issues and colorful political players are on display at the Sanford Institute in an exhibit of nearly 100 editorial cartoons by award-winning cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher. The exhibit, titled “Mightier Than the Sword: The Satirical Pen of KAL,” is located in the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy’s Rubenstein Hall. It opens Nov. 7 and will remain on display through the remainder of the academic year.
October 16, 2007
PPS junior finds musical, intellectual balance at Duke
October 11, 2007
Retired Marine General Anthony Zinni to teach for Hart Leadership

Visit to Duke as 2007 Sanford Lecturer leads to invitation to teach in spring 2008.
October 10, 2007
Reports from Afghanistan reveal instability, threat of violence

Jeff Stern, a 2007 Duke public policy graduate with a passion for investigative, frontline reporting, is posting dispatches and photos from Afghanistan as a correspondent for Esquire.com. Read his report on Massoud Day, a celebration in remembrance of “the Lion of Panjshir,” a national hero for driving the Soviets from Afghanistan.
October 2, 2007
Journalist Jeffrey Toobin to discuss inner workings of U.S. Supreme Court

Author and legal affairs analyst Jeffrey Toobin will speak at Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy on Oct. 11, 2007 about his latest book,The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court.

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