Sanford School of Public Policy
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News & Features - Archive 2008
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December 15, 2008
Joseph Wins Gardner Prize for Social Entrepreneurship
Ambassador James A. Joseph, professor of the practice of PPS, was awarded the John Gardner Prize for Social Entrepreneurship at the first Encore Career Summit at Stanford University, Dec. 5-8, in Palo Alto, Calif.
November 24, 2008
Duke Professor Named to Biden’s Senate Seat
Ted Kaufman, visiting lecturer in PPS and lecturing fellow in the Duke Law
School, has been appointed to Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s seat
in the U.S. Senate. The selection was announced by Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann
Miner on Nov. 24.
November 20, 2008
Media Expert Discusses Election Coverage
Professor Robert M. Entman addresses questions about the 2008 presidential campaign.
[Watch Video 
]
November 19, 2008
Journalists Discuss Media and Politics in the 2008 Election
Two weeks after the election, veteran journalists and commentators Mark Shields
(“NewsHour with Jim Lehrer”), Ruth Marcus (Washington Post),
Jeff Zeleny (The New York Times) and Garrett Graff (Washingtonian) provide
a post-election debriefing on media coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign. The
panelists for the 2008 John Fisher Zeidman Memorial Colloquium on Politics
and the Press discuss groundbreaking changes in the relationship between media
and politics, the contributions of different media sources, and the
future of “mainstream” media.
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November 17, 2008
D.C. Schools Chancellor Makes Children the Priority in Sweeping Reform Effort
Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of the Washington, D.C., Public Schools, spoke Monday to an audience of about 300 students, faculty, and local residents at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy about the radical changes she is making in the failing urban school system.
During her talk, “Public Education Reform: The Case Study of Washington,
D.C.,” Rhee discussed how needs of students, not the adults in the
system, are the driving force in her decisions.
[Watch Video ]
November 7, 2008
Time for New Paradigms in Foreign Policy
In “America’s Hard Sell,” the cover article for the November/December
2008 issue of Foreign Policy magazine, Professor of PPS and Political
science Bruce
Jentleson, along with co-author Steven Weber of the University of California,
Berkeley, call for rethinking the basic assumptions of international community
in the 21st century. The authors will also post
answers to questions about the article on
the magazine’s web site on December 5. An excerpt of the article follows.
November 7, 2008
A Mandela Moment in the United States
Ambassador James A. Joseph, professor of the practice
of PPS, gave a talk on leadership on the day after the election, examining
the qualities exemplified by Nelson Mandela and how those qualities are needed
now.
November 6, 2008
New Administration Should Move Swiftly to Close Guantánamo
Commentary by David H. Schanzer, visiting associate professor of the practice of PPS, and
director, Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.
November 5, 2008
Duke Students Celebrate Historic Presidential Election
Undergrads, grad students and international students gathered for "Duke
Votes," an election night viewing party at the Sanford Institute. View
a slide show of photographs from the event.
November 3, 2008
Haskins Links Effort of Individuals to ‘Great Society’
Poverty researcher Ron Haskins explains the success of 1996 welfare reform and identifies what is needed to ensure continued success. The free Nov. 5th lecture is sponsored by the Center for Child and Family Policy. Register at childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu.
October 22, 2008
Cartoonists, “Daily Show” Staffers to Share Their Craft in “Laughing at Power” Panel on Satire in Politics
Political satirists give us a chance to poke fun at politics in this Nov.
11, post-election panel discussion featuring a “Daily Show” writer
and producer and two political cartoonists. Nov. 11, 2008 at the Sanford Institute.
Free and open to the public.
October 17, 2008
Sanford Middle School Research Wins Best Article Prize
Sanford Institute faculty members Phillip Cook, Clara Muschkin, and Jacob
Vigdor have earned the 2008 Raymond Vernon Memorial Prize for best
article published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM).
Co-author Robert MacCoun, a professor at the Goldman School
of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, also shared
the honor.
October 13, 2008
Maya Ajmera: Philanthropic Entrepreneur
An epiphany on a railway platform in India led Sanford alumnus Maya
Ajmera to her life’s work. Amidst the dust, noise and chaos
of the train station, s circle of children sat around a teacher using flash
cards to teach them to read. She speaks Oct. 30, 2008 at the Sanford Institute
on “A Social Entrepreneur's Journey.”
October 9, 2008
The Hard Road to Success in DC Public Schools
Crusading reformer Michelle Rhee, new chancellor of the failing Washington, D.C.,
public school system, will speak Nov. 17 at the Sanford Institute.
September 25, 2008
Savulescu Advocates Genetic Engineering to Improve Well-Being
In the 2008 Crown Lecture in Ethics, Oxford University Professor Julian Savulescu argues that treating disease is only the starting point for the potential uses of biological enhancements and genetic engineering. [Watch Video ]
September 24, 2008
Friedman Urges Audience: ‘Change Your Leaders, Not Your Light
Bulbs’
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman calls for a green technology
revolution to energize America, address climate change and improve national
security.
September 4, 2008
Schanzer Co-directs New Institute for Homeland Security Solutions
September 2, 2008
New York Times columnist Thomas
Friedman
to discuss “Green Revolution” at Duke University
Pulitzer-Prize-winning author and New York Times columnist Thomas
Friedman will speak at Duke University Sept. 22 about the topic
of his new book, “Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution
and How It Can Renew America.”
Friedman will deliver the 2008 Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture at 5:30 p.m. in Page Auditorium on Duke University’s West Campus. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets may be obtained beginning Sept. 2 through the Duke Box Office, online at www.tickets.duke.edu or by phone at 919-684-4444.
September 2, 2008
Professor’s Quick Work Leads to Voting Site at Duke
Low Duke student turnout in the May primary led PPS Professor Gunther Peck
to examine possible causes and come up with a way to help.
August 29, 2008
Love After Loss Exhibit Highlights Children’s Lives In Ethiopia
Love After Loss, an exhibit of photographs of children in Ethiopia
by Elena Rue, will be displayed at Duke University’s
Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, from September 16, 2008 to January
9, 2009. An opening reception at the institute, on September 16, 5–6
p.m., is free and open to the public.
August 27, 2008
Oxford Ethicist Advocates Human Enhancement through
Biotechnology
DURHAM, NC—Steroids, open-heart surgery, antibiotics—these are
all ways people can be made stronger or healthier, but should genetic manipulation
be used to achieve the same results? Oxford University Professor Julian Savulescu
discusses the ethical implications of using developments in biotechnology
and genomics in the 2008 Crown Lecture in Ethics, titled “The Moral
Imperative to Enhance Human Beings.”
The free public lecture is scheduled for Sept. 25 at 5:30 p.m. in the Fleishman Commons at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy on Duke University’s West Campus.
August 26, 2008
Duke in Denver
Duke public policy senior Rachel Wolf is in Denver this week to volunteer
at the Democratic National Convention. She's helping with registration, and
will help staff the DNC "Campaign Briefing" event at which Sen.
Barack Obama and DNC strategists brief the guests on the general election
campaign. Secondarily, she will work with the media relations staff of Planned
Parenthood. In between, she's writing a blog about her experience.
[Opinions expressed by student bloggers are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. The Sanford Institute is not responsible for the accuracy of information supplied by student bloggers and is not liable for errors or omissions, nor related losses, injuries or damages.]
August 15, 2008
PPS Faculty Grows
Of six new faculty appointments at the Sanford Institute this academic year, three are joining Duke from other institutions while three are current members of the public policy faculty being promoted to new positions.
July 24, 2008
Professor of Public Policy Bruce Jentleson
co-authored a report released today titled
"Strategic Leadership: Framework for a 21st Century National
Security Strategy."
[Full report available online.]
Published by the Center for a New American Security, a Washington, D.C. think tank, the
document proposes strategies for the next US administration to rise from the present
historic low point in foreign relations and forge a new approach to national security.
Among the recommended strategies are to focus more resources on Afghanistan, correct the current imbalance between force and diplomacy, and to make global poverty reduction and the building of civil society infrastructure key elements of the United States' security strategy.
For a discussion of the subject, please read the interview with Jentleson and co-author Ivo Daalder on World Politics Review.
June 20, 2008
Required Savings Plan Would Help Address Needs of Aging Boomers
When the 75 million baby boomers begin retiring in 2011, the United States
will begin facing en masse a problem that many individuals already struggle
with every day: how to provide long-term care for aging relatives with Alzheimer's
disease or other disabling conditions. Assistant Professor of PPS Donald
H. Taylor Jr. suggests a proposal to address this need.
June 10, 2008
Ladd Leads Policy Task Force Calling for New Approach to
Education Reform
With advertisements in The New York Times and The Washington Post a
60-member task force of national policy experts announced a“Broader, Bolder
Approach to Education” campaign to break a decades-long cycle of reform
efforts that promised much and have achieved far too little.
Co-chaired by Helen Ladd, Edgar Thompson Professor of Public Policy Studies and economics at Duke University, Pedro Noguera, a sociologist at New York University, and Tom Payzant, a Harvard Graduate School of Education professor and former U.S. assistant secretary of education, the task force points to the many flaws in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. The group’s complete statement and recommendations are available online www.boldapproach.org.
May 30, 2008
Center for Health Policy Shifts to Duke Global Health Institute
May 28, 2008
Virtual Conflict Resolution – a New Avenue for Digital Media
An interdisciplinary team of Duke University computer scientists, public policy
experts, and film, video and digital scholars won a MacArthur Foundation grant
to develop a computer simulation to teach humanitarian assistance strategies.
May 28, 2008
Students Recommend Ways to Improve
Monitoring of N.C. Water Reservoirs
May 27, 2008
On the Court and on
the Trail, One Aide Looms Over Obama
The New York Times profiles Duke Alum Reggie Love, personal assistant to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
May 22, 2008
Slow Assimilation of Mexican Immigrants
Poses Questions for Policy Debate
Commentary by Jacob Vigdor
May 22, 2008
Fleishman Receives ABA’s Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer Award
Professor of PPS and law Joel L. Fleishman has received the Outstanding
Nonprofit Lawyer Award from the American Bar Association.
May 16, 2008
‘Solutionist’ Closes Chapter on 13 years at Duke
Wise elder William Raspberry, Knight Professor of the Practice with the
DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy and former Washington Post
editor, retires from teaching.
May 14, 2008
Public Policy ’08
Graduates Honored at Ceremonies
Undergraduates, MPPs and PIDPs were honored at Public Policy Department
graduation ceremonies May 10, 2008.
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.
Fleishman Commons
Sanford Building