News - Archive 2011

July 11, 2011
Study of disease care initiative in India supported by Gates Foundation

A large-scale evaluation of an innovative health care program in the Indian state of Bihar has been awarded a $3 million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bihar Evaluation of Social Franchising and Telemedicine (BEST) study will be led by Manoj Mohanan, an assistant professor of public policy and global health at Duke University.
June 16, 2011
A Break From the News Cycle

Since the early 1970s, the Media Fellows Program has brought media professionals from the United States and around the world to Duke to study for a month, a semester or an academic year. To date, more than 500 journalists have participated from as near as Washington, D.C., to as far as Beijing and Moscow.
June 16, 2011
Japan Earthquake, Tsunami Hit Home for Two Duke Media Fellows

Many in the U.S. followed the news unfolding in Japan when an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident struck the country’s northern region in March, but two members of the Duke community watched especially closely.
May 17, 2011
Sanford School of Public Policy Graduation Ceremonies

A record number of undergraduates–182–received diplomas at the Sanford School of Public Policy’s graduation ceremonies on May 14.
May 9, 2011
Learning to Listen

Danielle Potter PPS ’11 didn’t think her research project in Los Angeles would have much in common with her semester abroad in South Africa, where she conducted surveys in townships that lacked the infrastructure to supply basic needs. But the two places had more in common than she had imagined.
May 5, 2011
Sanford Panel Discusses Implications of Bin Laden Death

The future of al Qaeda, U.S. relations with Pakistan, the conflict in Afghanistan and other issues arising from the death of Osama bin Laden were addressed during a panel discussion Wednesday at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy. 
April 27, 2011
Ladd elected to National Academy of Education

Professor Helen F. Ladd has been elected to the National Academy of Education. Ladd, the Edgar Thompson Professor of Public Policy, will be inducted into the prestigious society with ten other new members at the NAED’s annual meeting at George Washington University in October.
April 15, 2011
Turning Research into Action

Associate Professor Anirudh Krishna was inspired by his research into poverty to mentor students in India who promised to mentor others in return.
April 11, 2011
Sanford Professor Hired as Frontline Managing Editor

Phil Bennett will continue to teach at Sanford while working at the PBS show Frontline.
March 30, 2011
CEOs, Former Ambassador to Speak at Duke Conference on U.S.-Canada Energy Relationship

This day-long conference explores the world's closest energy relationship.

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