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Duke University stories: 29 news summaries

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 The 10 Douchiest  
 Colleges in the US 

From Brown to Bob Jones, 'what kind of douche do you want to be'?

Aug 29, 09 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - In college, acting insufferable is pretty much a given. “The question for America's youth is: What kind of douche bag do you aspire to be?” asks GQ. The mag helpfully offers the top options.
  1. Brown University: Peace Sign on My Mom's 7 Series Douches are limo liberals
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Duke University • Princeton University • list • college • university • University of Colorado • Brown University • Bob Jones University • Harvard University • Amherst College • Charter College • Rollins College • Deep Springs College

(Newser) - A newly unveiled gene linked to Alzheimer's disease could help determine when symptoms of the brain disorder will arise, the News & Observer reports. A team of Duke University scientists announced their finding today at a Vienna conference. “As soon as people start forgetting things, they want to... More »

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Duke University • genetic research • Alzheimer's Disease • symptoms

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani's son Andrew got a bad break in his lawsuit against the Duke golf team—the judge is a Caddyshack fan. The magistrate recommended that Giuliani's suit—he says he got kicked off the team unjustly—be dismissed, and he did so in a ruling filled with golf jokes... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Duke University • golf • lawsuit • Andrew Giuliani

Anthropology Book By Obama's Mom to Hit Shelves

Study of Indonesian craftsmen will hit shelves 14 years after her death

May 5, 09 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's mother died before she finished revising her Ph.D dissertation for publication, but two of her fellow anthropologists have now completed the job, reports the Chicago Tribune. Stanley Ann Dunham's Surviving Against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia—the study of blacksmiths and other rural craftsmen she completed... More »

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Barack Obama • Indonesia • Duke University • anthropology • book • Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro

 Duke Rape  
 Accuser 
 Stands By 
 Her Story 

Crystal Mangum releases book on her life and ordeal

Oct 23, 08 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The woman at the center of the dismissed Duke rape case still insists she was assaulted, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. As she promoted her new self-published book, The Last Dance for Grace: The Crystal Mangum Story, the former escort service dancer asserted "without equivocation" that members of... More »

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Duke University • Duke rape case • Crystal Gail Magnum • Duke lacrosse

Genome Project Is a Bust: Expert

$3B effort to pinpoint disease-causing genes too broad,
Duke doc says

Sep 16, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The idea behind mapping the human genome (and spending $3 billion to do so) was to uncover common gene variants that cause disease. But a Duke University geneticist says that natural selection has worked better than we thought, that there are no common variants but rather a multitude of rare... More »

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Duke University • genetics • cancer research • biology • human genome • genetic research • International HapMap Project • Alzheimer's Disease • David Goldstein

'Number Sense' Predicts Math Success: Study

Ability to guess group size linked to algebra, calculus skill

Sep 8, 08 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The skill of estimating group size at a glance is directly linked to success in higher forms of math like algebra and calculus, reports the Washington Post. A new study found that students with better “number sense”—the ability to quickly and accurately guess numbers in a group—... More »

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Duke University • cognitive science • Johns Hopkins University • mathematics • National Institutes of Health • algebra • calculus • trigonometry • number sense

Backlash Greets College Chiefs' Move to Lower Drinking Age

Educators, legislators, MADD are all in uproar

Aug 21, 08 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A chorus of criticism has greeted proposals from college chiefs to consider lowering the drinking age to 18, the Washington Post reports, as everyone from health experts, lawmakers, high school principals, and groups like MADD have been quick to slam the idea. The academic leaders say their theory that lowering... More »

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University of Maryland • Duke University • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • Johns Hopkins University • universities • colleges and universities • underage drinking • drinking age • MADD

College Presidents Push
to Lower Drinking Age

Drinking at 18 will reduce binging at school, they argue

Aug 19, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Presidents of 100 prominent colleges are behind an effort to have the drinking age lowered, from 21 to 18, claiming that earlier experience of drinking younger will reduce students' binge drinking in college. Presidents of Duke, Dartmouth, Ohio State, Syracuse, Tufts and Colgate are among the campaign's supporters, AP... More »

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Duke University • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • Ohio State University • Dartmouth College • college student • Colgate University • drinking age • acoholism • Syracuse • Middlebury College

Giuliani's Son Sues Duke in Golf Dismissal

Andrew, 22, scratched from team without warning, suit contends

Jul 24, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani’s son Andrew has filed suit against Duke University to protest his dismissal from the school’s golf team, the New York Post reports. Giuliani’s suit contends he was kicked off the team with no warning. Coach OD Vincent said Giuliani threw golf clubs around, disrespected a... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Duke University • golf • college • lawsuit • coach • Andrew Giuliani

 Meet Obama's Shadow 

Reggie Love takes care of candidate's every need

May 27, 08 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reggie Love is rarely more than a body length away from Barack Obama, but the ever-present aide isn’t a body guard or a strategist—heck, the 26-year-old doesn’t even have a job description. “It was just like, ‘You just go out there and… Take. Care. Of.... More »

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Barack Obama • Duke University • aide • Obama 2008 • Reggie Love

Lax Players
Sue Duke Over Rape Case

City, school blamed
for stressing 38 uncharged teammates

Feb 21, 08 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Thirty-eight former Duke lacrosse players are firing back at the North Carolina school and the city of Durham, suing for emotional distress resulting from the later-dropped rape case against three teammates, the AP reports. Players say the school ignored or suppressed evidence in their favor and let them face consequences... More »

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Duke University • Mike Nifong • Duke rape case • Durham • Reade Seligmann • Collin Finnerty • Dave Evans • Crystal Gail Magnum • lawsuit • Duke lacrosse • Chuck Cooper

Caffeine May Worsen Diabetes

In small sample, patients with type 2 show increased blood sugar levels

Jan 28, 08 4:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Diabetics may want to consider kicking the coffee habit after a new study showed caffeine consumption increased blood sugar levels, Reuters reports. Type 2 diabetics given caffeine pills equivalent to four cups of coffee experienced an 8% rise in average blood glucose levels relative to days when they were given... More »

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Duke University • coffee • caffeine • type 2 diabetes • blood glucose

Getting into Harvard not as Easy as P-R-E-P

Elite colleges taking more students from abroad, public schools

Dec 1, 07 4:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Ivy-League-seeking parents beware: admissions officers at top schools around the country are looking for more than just the private-school preppie. While private and prep schools still lead the way, a growing percentage of students at elite universities are public school grads and international scholars, the Wall Street Journal reveals.... More »

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Duke University • high school • Ivy League • college admissions • MIT • University of Chicago • Cornell University • Johns Hopkins University • University of Pennsylvania • Harvard • Princeton • Williams • Pomona • Swarthmore • Phillips Academy • Brown University

UCLA Handles MSU

Duke beats Illinois, Memphis takes Arkansas, Florida routs North Florida

Nov 21, 07 7:37 AM CST
(Newser) - UCLA bounced back from an awful first half to beat Michigan State 68-63. The Bruins struggled early, falling behind 36-25 at halftime, but the highly touted big man Kevin Love led the Bruins back with 21 points and 11 rebounds.  More »

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Florida • Duke University • basketball • Illinois • UCLA • Arkansas State • North Florida • Memphis State

Kansas Cruises in Opener

Duke crushes NC Central, Tennessee takes Temple, Villanova routs Stony Brook

Nov 10, 07 1:20 AM CST
(Newser) - No.4 Kansas battered Louisiana-Monroe 107-78 last night to take their home opener for the 35th straight time, and breaking100 in the opener for the first time in 16 years. The Jayhawks were aided by Sherron Collin's 22 points and second half prowess, which was instrumental in instigating a 17-2... More »

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Duke University • NCAA basketball

Stench is in Nose of Beholder

Body odor perceived differently based on genetics, study shows

Sep 16, 07 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Good news for men with a nasty smell wafting under their arms: Scientists can prove why it's not so bad to everyone. A report published in Nature says that male sweat can invoke scents from urine to vanilla, thanks to tiny differences in a single receptor gene. How it reacts... More »

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Duke University • science • smell • sweat • scent • odor • body odor

Nifong Begins 1-Day Jail Sentence

DA in Duke lacrosse rape case reports to Durham lockup

Sep 7, 07 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Surrounded by a small crowd of supporters, ex-DA Mike Nifong entered the Durham County jail at 9 this morning to begin his 24-hour sentence. Nifong was found guilty last week of willfully deceiving the court. He declined to comment to reporters, the News & Observer reports, only locking hands with... More »

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Duke University • Mike Nifong • Duke rape case • Durham • jail • contempt of court • Duke lacrosse

Duke Prosecutor Will Do One Day Behind Bars

Nifong sentenced to 24 hours for lying about evidence

Sep 1, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Nifong, the disgraced district attorney in the Duke rape case, will spend a night in jail for contempt of court, a Durham, NC, judge ruled yesterday. The judge concluded that Nifong, who has already been disbarred, "willfully" withheld DNA evidence that exonerated three lacrosse players accused of raping... More »

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Duke University • prison • Mike Nifong • rape • Duke rape case • Durham • conviction • sentencing • jail • contempt of court

Nifong Pleads Not Guilty to Contempt

Lawyer says ex-DA's statements weren't 'willful, purposeful lies'

Aug 30, 07 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the same Durham courtroom where he once prosecuted accused criminals, Mike Nifong pleaded not guilty today to contempt charges stemming from his handling of the Duke rape case. Nifong’s judge accused the disgraced DA of lying to him last September about a DNA report that could have benefited... More »

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Duke University • Mike Nifong • DNA • Duke rape case • Durham • North Carolina • contempt • Chapel Hill

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