News - Archive 2008

August 26, 2008
Duke in Denver

Duke public policy senior Rachel Wolf is in Denver this week to volunteer at the Democratic National Convention. She's helping with registration, and will help staff the DNC "Campaign Briefing" event at which Sen. Barack Obama and DNC strategists brief the guests on the general election campaign. Secondarily, she will work with the media relations staff of Planned Parenthood. In between, she's writing a blog about her experience. [blog]

[Opinions expressed by student bloggers are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. The Sanford Institute is not responsible for the accuracy of information supplied by student bloggers and is not liable for errors or omissions, nor related losses, injuries or damages.]
August 15, 2008
PPS Faculty Grows

Of six new faculty appointments at the Sanford Institute this academic year, three are joining Duke from other institutions while three are current members of the public policy faculty being promoted to new positions.
July 24, 2008
"Strategic Leadership: Framework for a 21st Century National Security Strategy."

Professor of Public Policy Bruce Jentleson co-authored a report released today titled "Strategic Leadership: Framework for a 21st Century National Security Strategy.". Published by the Center for a New American Security, a Washington, D.C. think tank, the document proposes strategies for the next US administration to rise from the present historic low point in foreign relations and forge a new approach to national security.

Among the recommended strategies are to focus more resources on Afghanistan, correct the current imbalance between force and diplomacy, and to make global poverty reduction and the building of civil society infrastructure key elements of the United States' security strategy.
[Full report available online.]

For a discussion of the subject, please read the interview with Jentleson and co-author Ivo Daalder on World Politics Review.
June 10, 2008
Ladd Leads Policy Task Force Calling for New Approach to Education Reform

With advertisements in The New York Times and The Washington Post a 60-member task force of national policy experts announced a“Broader, Bolder Approach to Education” campaign to break a decades-long cycle of reform efforts that promised much and have achieved far too little. 

Co-chaired by Helen Ladd, Edgar Thompson Professor of Public Policy Studies and economics at Duke University, Pedro Noguera, a sociologist at New York University, and Tom Payzant, a Harvard Graduate School of Education professor and former U.S. assistant secretary of education, the task force points to the many flaws in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. The group’s complete statement and recommendations are available online www.boldapproach.org.
May 30, 2008
Center for Health Policy Shifts to Duke Global Health Institute
May 28, 2008
Virtual Conflict Resolution – a New Avenue for Digital Media

An interdisciplinary team of Duke University computer scientists, public policy experts, and film, video and digital scholars won a MacArthur Foundation grant to develop a computer simulation to teach humanitarian assistance strategies.
May 28, 2008
Students Recommend Ways to Improve Monitoring of N.C. Water Reservoirs
May 27, 2008
On the Court and on the Trail, One Aide Looms Over Obama

The New York Times profiles Duke Alum Reggie Love, personal assistant to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. [article]
May 22, 2008
Fleishman Receives ABA’s Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer Award

Professor of PPS and law Joel L. Fleishman has received the Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer Award from the American Bar Association.
May 16, 2008
‘Solutionist’ Closes Chapter on 13 years at Duke

Wise elder William Raspberry, Knight Professor of the Practice with the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy and former Washington Post editor, retires from teaching.

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