News - Archive 2011

October 6, 2011

The Spencer Foundation Award recognizes noteworthy contributions through research and analysis in the field of education policy and management.  


September 26, 2011

Timothy G. Massad, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s assistant secretary for financial stability, will address the state of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) on Oct. 3 at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.


September 12, 2011

The Sanford School of Public Policy participated in several events in the multi-campus series "Reflecting on the Tenth Anniversary of September 11, 2011."  Links to coverage of selected events are included below


September 12, 2011

Four panels of Duke University faculty members gathered at the Bryan Center Sept. 9 to consider how America has changed as a result of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.


September 2, 2011

An exhibit of 20 self-portraits of Muslims in North Carolina and Bahrain by photographer Todd Drake will open Thursday, Sept. 8, at 4:45 p.m. with a reception and artist’s talk on the first floor of Rubenstein Hall at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy.


September 2, 2011

A conference marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 will be held Sept. 8, 9 and 12 at Duke University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


September 1, 2011

When Associate Professor Donald H. Taylor Jr. decided to write a book about the federal budget crisis, he was faced with a problem: He wanted his text to influence the current debate, but publishing an academic text might take months at best.


August 26, 2011

The Sanford School added six new positions to its core faculty this year. The new faculty bring a mix of scholarship and real-world experience in policymaking positions that strengthen the school’s substantive expertise in  several policy areas.  


August 22, 2011

Bruce Kuniholm, the founding dean of Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, will step down at the end of this academic year, Provost Peter Lange announced Monday.


July 26, 2011

Naima von Ritter Figueres PPS’11 traveled to Guatemala to explore ways to help local women adopt environmentally sustainable cooking stoves.


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