News & Features
April 29, 2008
Vaupel Elected to American Academy
of Arts & Sciences
James W. Vaupel, research professor at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy,
is one of two Duke University professors elected to the American Academy of
Arts & Sciences,the academy announced Monday.
The academy (www.amacad.org/) is an honorary society and independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. Its elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business and public affairs.
April 25, 2008
Vaupel Honored for Contributions
to Field of Demography
April 23, 2008
Chelsea Clinton makes campaign stop at Sanford
With the North Carolina primary approaching on May 6, Chelsea Clinton made a
campaign appearance at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy Tuesday
on behalf of her mother, U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. After
an introduction by actor Sean Astin (“Lord of the Rings,” “Goonies”)
Clinton spent more than an hour responding to questions from students, faculty
and others on a wide range of topics including the war in Iraq, college affordability,
health insurance, and America’s role in the world. The event was sponsored
by Duke Democrats. For more, please read the report in the Duke Chronicle. [podcast
on iTunesU]
Updated April 2, 2008
Gifts Bring New School Effort to $22.5 Million
Thanks to $6.7 million in new gifts and pledges received since the beginning
of the 2008 fiscal year—including a scholarship named in honor of Director
Bruce Kuniholm —the effort to transform the Terry Sanford Institute into
a new School of Public Policy has now raised nearly $22.5 million.
April 1, 2008
Sanford Institute Graduate
Program Ranked in Top Ten
U.S. News and World Report released its 2008 public policy graduate
programs rankings on March 28 and once again, the Sanford Institute of Public
Policy’s graduate programs were ranked in the top ten.
March 25, 2008
Conference Draws Experts for Talks on Combating Terrorism
Duke University public policy and political science scholars Peter D. Feaver
and Bruce W. Jentleson will join experts from top levels of the military,
intelligence, diplomatic, legal and academic communities to discuss how best
to shape U.S. foreign policy for the continuing war on terrorism. The April
10-11, 2008 conference, “Combating Terrorism: Charting the Course for
a New Administration,” provides a forum for discussion of a range of
security issues, including the “extraordinary rendition” of alleged
terrorists and domestic spying.
March 21, 2008
Hillary Clinton and the Southern Strategy
Gunther Peck, the Fred W. Shaffer Associate Professor of History and Public Policy,
comments on the Clinton campaign’s deliberate use of the Southern strategy,
pioneered by Republicans who exploited racial tensions to draw voters to their
candidates.
March 19, 2008
New York Times Reporter
Discusses Effect of 24/7
Internet News Cycle on Investigative Reporting
Labaton, winner of the 2008 Futrell Award for Excellence in Communications and
Journalism, spoke March 17 at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. The Futrell
award is given annually by the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy
to honor a Duke alumnus.
March 12, 2008
Hart Fellow Studies Sustainable Fishing in Philippines
Hart Fellow Brian Wright (PPS ’07) is working with the Institute
of Social Order (ISO) in Manila, the Philippines. The country’s oldest
NGO, the ISO implements community-based coastal resource management. Wright
is investigating local fishers’ problems and approaches to creating
sustainable fisheries. The fishers struggle with poverty, rapid political
change, corruption and community division. They often resort to means—such
as cyanide fishing—that are both illegal and destructive to the environment.
Wright conducted research in three different communities: one a regular part of ISO’s core program activities, one a recent addition to the program and the third, outside of the program and known as a “lair of illegal fishing,” called Taba-Taba. Below is an excerpt of Wright’s “Letter Home.” The full text is online at the Hart Fellows Web site, along with Wright’s other letters and slideshows.
March 6, 2008
Gun Violence Expert Addresses Mayors’ Conference
Phil Cook, ITT/Terry Sanford Professor of Public Policy,
was an invited speaker March 3 at the Jacksonville, Fla., conference of Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, which focused on the economic impact of gun violence.
Read his recent paper, Assessing
Urban Crime and Its Control: an Overview,” or an interview with
the Florida
Times-Union.
February 20, 2008
Beyond Banking: The Faces
of Microfinance Photo Exhibit by Microfinance Group
A group of women in Sahaspur, India, displaying their pink and blue loan books
are just a few of the people featured in a new exhibit “Beyond Banking:
The Faces of Microfinance,” on view from Feb. 25 to March 7, 2008 in
the Fleishman Commons at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy.
February 12, 2008
Michael Schoenfeld to Lead Public
Affairs and Government Relations at Duke
Schoenfeld, the vice chancellor for public affairs at Vanderbilt University
in Nashville, Tenn., will become Duke University’s vice president for
public affairs and government relations on July 1. He is a 1984 Duke graduate
who majored in public policy studies.
February 9, 2008
Sanford Professor Inducted into
Louisiana Political Museum Hall of Fame
The Louisiana Political Museum inducted nine new people into its hall of fame this month,
including Ambassador
James Joseph, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Studies and
Executive Director of the United States–Southern Africa Center for Leadership and Public
Values at Duke University.
February 5, 2008
PPS Student Wins film contest
Duke junior Yi Xiang (PPS ’09), along with other student producers Jeff
Hu and Heather Guo, were awarded first place in Boston Consulting Group’s
StrategyTube competition and a $3,000 cash prize. Their winning short film “The
Coffee Interns” is a humorous account of interns competing to please
their boss and get ahead in a firm.
February 4, 2008
Center for Child & Family
Policy Launches Home Visits for Durham Newborns
Durham Connects offers home health assessments for newborns and resources for
new parents as part of research into ways to prevent child neglect.
February 4, 2008
Gifts Bring New School Effort to $19.5 Million
Thanks to $3.7 million in new gifts and pledges received during the latter half of 2007—including a scholarship named in honor of Director Bruce
Kuniholm—the effort to transform the Terry Sanford Institute into a new School of Public Policy has raised nearly $19.5 million.
January 23, 2008
Rethinking the Way We Hold Schools Accountable
Test-based accountability has not generated the significant gains in student achievement that
proponents intended. Nor is the country on track to meet either the high proficiency standards
required under the No Child Left Behind law or the equity goals suggested by its name. It's time
for a new approach, writes Edgar T. Thompson Professor of PPS Helen F. Ladd in a commentary
for Education Week.
January 10, 2008
Skloot to Join Sanford as Director of New Center for Strategic Philanthropy
New center builds on programs established by Professor of Public Policy and
Law Joel Fleishman aimed at enhancing effectiveness of U.S. foundations.
