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Volume I, Number 2, March 1999
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What kind of lottery?
PPS Professors Charles Clotfelter and Philip Cook worry about the
details for a possible North Carolina state lottery.
Child Policy Initiative Launched
Clinical Psychologist Ken Dodge returns to Duke to launch the
Institute's newest
program.
Health Policy, Law and Management Research:
DeWitt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism:
Hart Leadership Program:
Documentary Initiative Launched
A new program integrates documentary writing, photography and video
into leadership courses and field work.
The Governors' Center:
State Innovators Discuss How Performance
Management Worked
Eighty-five state-government management innovators from across
the
country met at a major Governors Center conference at the Institute in
December, to share their considerable real-world experience in
successfully improving job performance.
CIDR Hosts Conferences, Expands Curriculum
The Moral Authority of the Presidency, Parts I and II
Both Doris Kearns Goodwin and
David Gergen have much to
say about the moral authority of the President and what we might learn
from the private lives of public officials.
Chilean Foreign Minister Speaks on
International Relations
Duke Goes South of the Border
President Nan Keohane and PPS Associate Professor Frederick
"Fritz" Mayer travel to
Mexico City and Panama City to raise Duke's visibility and build new
relationships.
Weber Tackles Strategic Plan
One '99 graduate intern helps to develop a strategic plan for
Chicago Commons.
A Guided Tour to Civil Rights Battlegrounds
It all started when R Townsend Davis Jr. ('86) asked an innocent
question while doing some legal research in Birmingham, Ala.
An Interactive Voters' Guide
Jed Stremel ('97) has returned to his roots in Silicon Valley to
launch the first-of-its kind interactive web site guide for local
voters.
Senior Named Young Trustee
PPS Senior Brandon Busted becomes the third public policy major in a
row to be elected to the University's Board of Trustees.
PPS Seniors Lead Sweatshop Sit-In
PPS Major President Ben Au and PPS Senior Tico Almeida led the recent
sit-in at the Allen Building to press for stronger monitoring of clothing
factories that produce Duke-licensed tee-shirts and other goods.
Phyllis Rorex leaves her post in Undergraduate Studies after a
decade, and Anita Wright comes on board.
Business Meets Policy on Capitol Hill
As a public policy major with business-school aspirations, Jared
Green found an internship reflecting his two interests.
Fritz Mayer: How NAFTA Won Congressional
Approval
Faculty Notes
New Public Relations Director
New Research Director for DeWitt Wallace
Center
New Associate Development Director Named
Board of Visitors News
Mobilizing the Black Vote, by Shirley Robinson
Hall
Board Welcomes New Members
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