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Behavior Changes Linked to March Madness Duke Employees Volunteer for Science
Millions of Americans, including President Obama, fill out their After the death of four grandparents from cancer and her mother’s
“brackets” when the NCAA Tournament field is announced each March, breast cancer diagnosis, Lisa Anderson enrolled in clinical trials at Duke
but does that really affect their work? It certainly appears to, at least to help researchers find better ways to diagnose and cure the deadly
among a segment of the population who use research libraries, a Duke disease.
professor has found. Determined to do all she could to help, she participated in a study to
Charles Clotfelter, Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy at learn how women respond to the drug Tamoxifen to treat breast cancer
Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy, used data from 78 research and has rolled up her sleeves each year to give blood for research stud-
libraries in the U.S. to determine the number of articles viewed from ies.
February through April in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The number of articles Anderson is one of hundreds of Duke employees who take time from
viewed on Monday through Wednesday of those weeks averaged more their private lives to participate in Duke clinical trials, rigorous scientific
than 1,000 a day per library. studies that use volunteers to test treatments, drugs and devices to
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TOR digital repository of academic journals increased an average rate Duke is home to the Duke Clinical Research Institute, the world’s
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of 5 percent a week in the weeks leading up to “Selection Sunday,” but largest academic clinical research organization that coordinates large,
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fell 6 percent in the week right after the NCAA field was announced. multi-site trials. Duke researchers offer more than 4,000 clinical trials at Sat., March. 20 2:30 pm espn2
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The following week, library usage resumed its increase, at a rate of 3 Duke every year. Trials span scores of specialties, from cancer services Inside Basketball With Duke’s Coach K
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percent a week. and sleep disorders to diet and fitness, mental health and more.
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Conference to Examine Racial Categories and the 2010 Census New Textbook Views American Government Through Racial, Ethnic
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This month residents of the United States and Puerto Rico will receive Lens
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in the mail the short-form 2010 census, a 10-question survey that asks A newly published textbook offers a new perspective on American
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recipients to, among other things, identify his or her race. history that is largely absent from other textbooks – namely, the important
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A one-day conference at Duke will explore the reasons behind contributions of African Americans to U.S. government.
such questions, namely how are racial categories developed and who “American Government in Black and White” (Boulder: Paradigm
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“Counting Race: Racial Categories and the 2010 Census” is from 8 Steven C. Tauber, a professor of government and international affairs Aberdeen WEEB - AM 990
a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 19, in the Von Canon Room at Duke’s Bryan at the University of South Florida. The authors spent years writing the Albemarle WZKY - AM 1580
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Two separate panels will address why it is important for the U.S. to “We cover the standard classical liberalism and classical republican- Burlington WBAG - AM 1150
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and the problems associated with census-taking. large segments of those present in the U.S. at its founding,” says Mc- Charlotte WHVN - AM 1240
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consin-Milwaukee, a professor of history and urban studies who has Gender in the Social Sciences at Duke. Fayetteville WCCG - FM 104.5
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They Said It
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“When we heard that the bid was here and that we would be “I can’t say enough about how proud I am of Kaitlin Gaiss.
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hosting for this year and next year, obviously tremendous ex- I’m so proud of the way she performed today, coming in as
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citement and pride is how we felt about that. Especially for our a freshman and having not competed all year.”
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fans, and the opportunity to have great women’s basketball in
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the Triangle, so all those things are excellent.” -- Kerstin Kimel, Duke women’s lacrosse head coach
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-- Joanne P. McCallie, Duke women’s basketball head coach “For our senior class I am so happy. Not many teams in my Roxboro WKRX - FM 96.7
30 years in the ACC have won both the regular season and
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“Kyle and I crossed underneath and I was able to get some the [ACC] Tournament, and I think because they did it, and
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distance from my man for about a second. Brain [Zoubek] set a we played such a tough schedule these kids were rewarded
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really good screen and then I was open.” with a No. 1 seed.”
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-- Jon Scheyer, Duke men’s basketball senior -- Mike Krzyzewski, Duke men’s basketball head coach
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