News - Archive 2008

October 17, 2008
Sanford Middle School Research Wins Best Article Prize

Sanford Institute faculty members Phillip Cook, Clara Muschkin, and Jacob Vigdor have earned the 2008 Raymond Vernon Memorial Prize for best article published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM). Co-authorRobert MacCoun, a professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, also shared the honor.
October 13, 2008
Maya Ajmera: Philanthropic Entrepreneur

An epiphany on a railway platform in India led Sanford alumnus Maya Ajmera to her life’s work. Amidst the dust, noise and chaos of the train station, s circle of children sat around a teacher using flash cards to teach them to read. She speaks Oct. 30, 2008 at the Sanford Institute on “A Social Entrepreneur's Journey.”
October 9, 2008
Michelle Rhee: Educational Mover and Shaker

Crusading reformer Michelle Rhee, new chancellor of the failing Washington, D.C., public school system, will speak Nov. 17 at the Sanford Institute.
September 25, 2008
Savulescu Advocates Genetic Engineering to Improve Well-Being

In the 2008 Crown Lecture in Ethics, Oxford University Professor Julian Savulescu argues that treating disease is only the starting point for the potential uses of biological enhancements and genetic engineering.  
September 24, 2008
Friedman Urges Audience: ‘Change Your Leaders, Not Your Light Bulbs’

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman calls for a green technology revolution to energize America, address climate change and improve national security.
September 4, 2008
Schanzer Co-directs New Institute for Homeland Security Solutions
September 2, 2008
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman to discuss “Green Revolution” at Duke University

Pulitzer-Prize-winning author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman will speak at Duke University Sept. 22 about the topic of his new book, “Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America.”

Friedman will deliver the 2008 Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture at 5:30 p.m. in Page Auditorium on Duke University’s West Campus. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets may be obtained beginning Sept. 2 through the Duke Box Office, online at www.tickets.duke.edu or by phone at 919-684-4444.
September 2, 2008
Professor’s Quick Work Leads to Voting Site at Duke

Low Duke student turnout in the May primary led PPS Professor Gunther Peck to examine possible causes and come up with a way to help.
August 29, 2008
Love After Loss Exhibit Highlights Children’s Lives In Ethiopia

Love After Loss, an exhibit of photographs of children in Ethiopia by Elena Rue, will be displayed at Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, from September 16, 2008 to January 9, 2009. An opening reception at the institute, on September 16, 5–6 p.m., is free and open to the public.
August 27, 2008
Oxford Ethicist Advocates Human Enhancement through Biotechnology

DURHAM, NC—Steroids, open-heart surgery, antibiotics—these are all ways people can be made stronger or healthier, but should genetic manipulation be used to achieve the same results? Oxford University Professor Julian Savulescu discusses the ethical implications of using developments in biotechnology and genomics in the 2008 Crown Lecture in Ethics, titled “The Moral Imperative to Enhance Human Beings.”

The free public lecture is scheduled for Sept. 25 at 5:30 p.m. in the Fleishman Commons at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy on Duke University’s West Campus.

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