News & Features - Archive 2006 - Spring/Summer 2006
Aug. 10, 2006
London
Arrests Signal Improved Intelligence, Possible Resurgence of Al-Qaeda,
Expert Says
Thwarted bomb plot in London reflects strong international cooperation against
terrorism, but security gaps still exist that can be exploited by terrorists,
says David Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism
and Homeland Security.
July 19, 2006
PPS Alum Hits
the Road with Alternative Fuel Campaign
Mark Pike wanted to take a cross-country road trip, but with gas prices
at an all-time high and policymakers bemoaning America’s addiction
to oil, Pike’s nostalgic vision collided head on with his sense of
right and wrong.
June 30, 2006
An Historic Gift, an Opportunity to Lead
By Joel
Fleishman, Professor of PPS and Law; Director, Foundation Impact
Research Program
About 100 years after Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller Sr., established
foundations and other endowed institutions to be named for themselves, Warren
Buffett, in a stroke that caught the attention of much of the world, announced
he would give away $31 billion, over a period of years, to a foundation named
not for himself but for two other major donors — Bill and Melinda Gates.
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June 29, 2006
News Tip:
Secondhand Smoke Carries Large Financial Costs
In light of the surgeon general's recent report on secondhand smoke, it's
clear that the smokers aren't the only ones who bear the cost of their habit,
says assistant professor of public policy studies a health policy professor Donald
Taylor.
June 27, 2006
News Tip:
Gift to Gates Foundation Underlines Need for Accountability, Professor
Says
Foundations need to become “relentlessly and thoroughly transparent” in
their operations if they are to avoid government regulation, says Joel
Fleishman, professor of public policy and law and the founding director
of the Sanford Institute of Public Policy.
June 12, 2006
Surprising
Success Among Hispanic Students
In the red-hot debate on immigration policy in the United States, some pundits
point to the poor academic performance of Hispanic students as evidence
that the melting pot isn’t working… But new research reveals
that the school careers of Hispanic students tend to be marked by steady
progress, not stagnation.
May 12, 2006
Faculty Give Conditional
Approval to Public Policy School
Plans for transforming the Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy into
Duke’s 10th school received conditional approval Thursday from the
Academic Council.
May 17, 2006
In Katrina’s
Wake
A myriad of post-Katrina investigations have found that the FEMA we have
today is not the FEMA that was considered a model agency during much of
the 1990s.
May 22, 2006
Beyond Legal
and Illegal
Following Jane Addams’ lead, we must encourage immigrants to become
responsible members of our political community.
