Saturday, January 23, 2021
News from Duke
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Estrogen Receptors in Mom’s Placenta Critical During Viral Infection
Innate immune response would harm the fetus, so placenta tamps it down
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Seventy-Six Test Positive for COVID at Duke, Jan. 11-17
Forty-nine students and 27 faculty/staff tested positive out of 21,542 tests administered
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A COVID Memorial Shared Across the Country
Video of Duke Honors COVID-19 Victims With 40 tolls of the Duke Chapel carillon bells, Duke University joined a national memorial Tuesday evening for the nearly 400,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19.
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Social Justice Activist Rev. Starsky Wilson Calls for a Bold Child-Focused Agenda During MLK Event
The Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, a nationally recognized children's rights and racial equity champion who in December succeeded Marian Wright Edelman as president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), called for a child-focused agenda of New Deal dimensions in his keynote address for Duke University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr.
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Duke Chapel Bells to Ring as Part of National Memorial Jan. 19
Video of Chapel Bells for COVID Victims | Promo The bells of the Duke Chapel carillon will ring at 5:30 p.m.
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‘Ocean 100’: Small Group of Companies Dominates Ocean Economy
Concentrated economic power may give policymakers leverage
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US Capitol Riots: Where Do We Go From Here?
Duke experts examine rise of white nationalism, future of democracy and GOP
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Price Invites Duke Community to Leadership Conversations January 25-29
In email messages sent to Duke faculty, staff and students Tuesday, President Vincent Price invited them to a series of online Leadership Conversations with to address concerns about the new semester.
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62 Test Positive for COVID, January 3-10
34 students and 28 faculty/staff tested positive out of 10,287 tests administered
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Andrew Lakis Named Executive Director Of Robertson Scholars Program
Duke alumnus will lead UNC-Duke scholarship program
Duke in the News
Ecclesiastes Has Some Things to Say About COVID-19
Commentary by Brent A. Strawn, a professor at Duke Divinity School
Jan 22, 2021
The Christian Century
The End of Trump Can Be the Beginning of America
Commentary by Peter Wehner, an adjunct instructor at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy
Jan 22, 2021
New York Times
Will Joe Biden Run for Reelection in 2024?
Features comments by Michael C. Munger, political science professor at Duke
Jan 22, 2021
The National Interest
5 Things You Can Do Now to Prepare to Be Vaccinated for COVID-19
Features comments by Gail Shulby, co-chair of Duke Health System’s universal flu vaccination and COVID-19 vaccination planning work groups
Biden Skips Guns in Day One Executive Orders
Quotes Jake Charles, executive director of Duke’s Center for Firearms Law
Jan 22, 2021
Washington Free Beacon
What Happens to Businesses When Their CEOs Become Extremists?
Cites a study co-authored by Fuqua professor Aaron K. Chatterji
Jan 22, 2021
Los Angeles Times, Yahoo Finance
‘What’s a Patriot?’ Americans Stumble Over Dueling Definitions
Quotes Duke University law professor Darrell Miller
Jan 22, 2021
Christian Science Monitor
Biden Inherits a Vaccine Supply Unlikely to Grow Before April
Quotes Dr. Mark McClellan, the director of Duke’s Margolis Health Policy Center
Jan 22, 2021
New York Times
CDC Still Working on Goal to Double Coronavirus Sequences to Expand Hunt for Mutations
Quotes David Montefiori, a virologist and professor of surgery at Duke University Medical Center
‘A Problem We Can’t See’: NC Child Abuse Reports, Foster Placements Drop During Pandemic
Features the work and comments of Aaron McKethan, a senior fellow at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Jan 22, 2021
News & Observer
