In The Media - Archive 2008

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Inside Higher Ed, Dec. 15.  A recent study led by David Rabiner, associate research professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, found that 8.9 percent of Duke and UNC-Greensboro students had used the ADHD drugs Ritalin and Adderall without a prescription during college.  Students mainly used the drugs for academic purposes, desiring to study longer or better.  Other researchers on the project were from Duke (E. Jane Costello, professor of medical psychology and H. Scott Swartzwelder, clinical professor of psychiatry and psychology/neuroscience), UNC-Greensboro and the University of Michigan.

Time Magazine, Dec. 12.  Alex Harris, professor of the practice of PPS and N.C. photographer, were invited to take pictures on the set of the movie Che, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio Del Toro as the revolutionary Che Guevara, that explores the relationship of the townspeople and the actors in this photo essay.

Duke Today, Dec. 9.  Two Sanford students, Jeremy Cluchey (MPP ‘09) and Nick Campisano (PPS ‘09), were named Federal Service Student Ambassadors for the 2008-2009 school year,

North Carolina Public Radio, Dec. 1.  Associate Professor of PPS and Director of the Center for Health Policy Kate Whetten talks about her work on the rise of HIV/AIDS in the Deep South on the program “The State of Things.”  She also gave an hour-long interview on WCOM-FM on Oct. 15 on the science program “Radio In Vivo.”

The New York Times, Nov. 17.  Ken Dodge, professor of PPS and director of the Center for Child and Family Policy, discusses new research that links a “cascade of influences” of negative childhood events to serious teenage violence.

North Carolina Public Radio, Nov. 12.  Kevin Bleyer, Dwane Powell and Adam Chodikoff, panelists at the Sanford event “Laughing at Power,”  talked about their work as satirists on the program “The State of Things.”

Duke Global Health Institute, Nov. 10.  Associate Professor of PPS and Sociology Giovanna Merli, also a member of the Global Health Institute, discusses her work on the spread of HIV in China.

Duke Today, Nov. 7.  Amb. James A. Joseph, professor of the practice of PPS, gave a talk on leadership on the day after the election, examining the qualities exemplified by Nelson Mandela and how those qualities are needed now. 

Duke Today, Oct. 23. Duke demographer Giovanna Merli, a new member of the PPS faculty, is introduced to the Duke community. Merli is an expert on Chinese family policy, and she discusses the success of China's one-child-per-family laws as well as the reasons AIDS has been kept under control so well there.

USA Today, Oct. 22. A story on a radical proposal to invert the existing salary structure for teachers--the proposal suggests rewarding young teachers for high test scores, and doing away with seniority and tenure--quotes PPS professor Jacob Vigdor, an expert on the topic. The article also cites Michelle Rhee, Washington D.C. schools chancellor, who will appear at the Sanford Institute Nov. 17.

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