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Rate Defendants file responses in McFadyen et al v. Duke University et al

Original at LieStoppers external link    14 hours ago    2 related articles

By noreply@blogger.com (Marco2006) MCFADYEN et al v. DUKE UNIVERSITY et al Documents The Durham defendant's motions to dismiss follow this basic pattern. It wasn't my fault and if it was, I have immunity. So the questions that Durham Councilman Eugene Brown asked on May 31, 2007 are still left unanswered.

Rate Dancing with nature

Original at News & Observer external link    Wed, Jul 2    via Google News external link

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News & Observer News & Observer, NC - It looked as if she'd decided to go for the wet look as dancers congregated on the lawn in front of Duke Chapel at Duke University. ...

Rate Student Web site aimed at the GOP

Original at University of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel external link    Wed, Jul 2    via Google News external link

 NC - Abby Alger, a rising senior at Duke University, who recently launched a blog site for young Republicans, has spent a lot of time apologizing for her ...

Yesterday

 

Rate More sue Duke over surgical instruments

Original at WRAL.com external link    Wed, Jul 2    4 related articles    via Google News external link

 NC - DURHAM, NC — More patients have sued Duke University Health System over exposure to surgical instruments washed in used hydraulic fluid that was mistakenly ... Suit filed in Duke hospital contamination United Press International all 18 news articles

Rate Suit filed in Duke hospital contamination

Original at United Press International external link    Wed, Jul 2    4 related articles    via Google News external link

 - RALEIGH, NC, July 2 (UPI) -- A lawsuit filed in North Carolina alleges Duke University Health System was negligent when it mistakenly cleaned surgical ...

Rate Duke-NUS med school gets new head

Original at Straits Times external link    Wed, Jul 2    via Google News external link

 Singapore - Dr Williams will focus on his role back in the United States as senior vice-chancellor for academic affairs at the Duke University School of Medicine. ...

Rate Burness leaves Duke

Original at LieStoppers external link    Tue, Jul 1

By noreply@blogger.com (Marco2006) John F. Burness, Duke University’s senior vice president for public affairs and government relations retired as of June 30th. Where he got in a fight over Cajun food Sent a Loosiana fellow to the Promised Land-Big John Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

Rate Patients sue Duke over tainted tools

Original at Charlotte Observer external link    Tue, Jul 1    9 related articles    via Google News external link

 NC - Eighteen patients who had operations at Duke hospitals in 2004 sued Duke University Health System this week, charging that it committed fraud and negligence ...

Rate U.'s of Pennsylvania and Miami Ranked Among the Top IT Workplaces - Chronicle of Higher Education

Original at Chronicle of Higher Education external link    Tue, Jul 1    via Google News external link

U.'s of Pennsylvania and Miami Ranked Among the Top IT Workplaces subscription) - Other universities who made it to the best 100 places to work are: Cornell, George Washington, and Temple Universities, and Duke University Health System ...

Rate New RTP Headquarters Building Bows to the Past, Signifies the Future

Original at Metro Magazine external link    Tue, Jul 1    5 related articles    via Google News external link

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 NC - The Research Triangle Park: Duke University in Durham, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ...

Monday, Jun 30

 

Rate Fireworks Ahead?

Original at LieStoppers external link    Mon, Jun 30    2 related articles

By noreply@blogger.com (Marco2006) RESPONSE to 57 MOTION for Rule 26(f) Discovery Conference filed by DUKE UNIVERSITY, DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., RICHARD BRODHEAD, PETER LANGE, LARRY MONETA, JOHN BURNESS, TALLMAN TRASK, SUZANNE WASIOLEK, MATTHEW DRUMMOND, AARON GRAVES, ROBERT DEAN, TARA LEVICY, THERESA A...

Rate 18 patients sue Duke

Original at News & Observer external link    Mon, Jun 30    9 related articles    via Google News external link

News & Observer, NC - Eighteen patients who had operations at Duke hospitals in 2004 sued Duke University Health System on Monday, charging that it committed fraud and negligence ...

Rate How Duke lost Dead Sea scrolls

Original at Charlotte Observer external link    Mon, Jun 30    3 related articles    via Google News external link

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 NC - By Yonat Shimron In 1950, Duke University was offered a chance to buy a portion of what is now considered the most important archaeological discovery of the ...

Rate Gold, DNA Combination May Lead To Nano-Sensor

Original at Duke University external link    Mon, Jun 30    6 related articles    via Google News external link

 NC - A team of Duke University materials engineers and chemists has developed tiny gold nanostructures that can create signals from subtle changes in light ...

Rate Honoring by saving

Original at News & Observer external link    Mon, Jun 30    7 related articles    via Google News external link

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News & Observer, NC - We can do so in a way that protects ourselves. (Donald H. Taylor Jr. is an assistant professor of public policy at Duke University.)

Saturday, Jun 28

 

Rate Blanton baby continues to gain weight

Original at Asheville Citizen-Times external link    Sat, Jun 28    via Google News external link

 NC - He has a heart condition that will require surgery at Duke University Medical Center. Blanton, 24, died June 17 at the hospital after he was shot twice on ... Newborn of slain trooper healthier Asheville Citizen-Times all 2 news articles

Friday, Jun 27

 

Rate Exhibit tells story of scrolls Duke let go

Original at News & Observer external link    Fri, Jun 27    3 related articles    via Google News external link

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News & Observer News & Observer, NC - In 1950, Duke University was offered a chance to buy a portion of what is now considered the most important archaeological discovery of the 20th century. ...

Thursday, Jun 26

 

Rate Police seek help in solving shooting

Original at News & Observer external link    Thu, Jun 26    via Google News external link

News & Observer, NC - He suffered minor wounds from birdshot pellets and was treated at Duke University Hospital for his injuries. Investigators do not think he was the intended ...

Rate Duke Health sues over hydraulic fluid mix-up

Original at WRAL.com external link    Thu, Jun 26    3 related articles    via Google News external link

 NC - Durham, NC — Duke University Health System has demanded an arbitrator hear its complaint against a vendor in connection with surgical instruments that were ...

Rate Duke team creates a fleet of crawling robots

Original at News & Observer external link    Thu, Jun 26    via Google News external link

News & Observer, NC - Donald and his team of Duke University computer scientists have constructed a fleet of fully steerable microrobots small enough to move around on the head ...

Wednesday, Jun 25

 

Rate Thieves strike parking lots

Original at News & Observer external link    Wed, Jun 25    via Google News external link

News & Observer, NC - This is an age-old problem," said Duke University Police Maj. Gloria Graham. "When the economy gets bad, that's when it starts to spike. ...

Rate Duke Health sues over hydraulic mix-up

Original at abc11tv.com external link    Wed, Jun 25    via Google News external link

 NC - RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Duke University Health System is blaming someone else for a major medical mix-up at two of its hospitals. Nearly 4000 patients, who had ...

Saturday, Jun 21

 

Rate Judge buys Duke's case that it stinks

Original at LieStoppers external link    Sat, Jun 21

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By noreply@blogger.com (Marco2006) Just when we thought Duke couldn't sink any lower. U of L sued Duke for $450,000 -- or a series with another Atlantic Coast Conference opponent -- after the Blue Devils backed out of a four-game football contract with three dates remaining.

Rate First full-time Muslim chaplain to serve as advocate for students

Original at heraldsun.com external link    Sat, Jun 21    1 related articles    via www.heraldsun.com : durham : external link

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The first full-time Muslim chaplain at Duke University will be more than a spiritual guide. Duke officials expect Abdullah T. Antepli to be an advocate for Muslim students, and predict his appointment will generate more talk about how to accommodate diet and prayer-space requests from a...

Rate Week in review

Original at Durham News external link    Sat, Jun 21    3 related articles    via Google News external link

 NC - Jun 21, 2008 Durham is competing with New York and Colorado for the data center. Duke University Health System has settled claims by patients who alleged they suffered ...

Friday, Jun 20

 

Rate The Winchester Star

Original at Winchester Star external link    Fri, Jun 20    2 related articles    via Google News external link

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 VA - The show — at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston through July 27 and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in Durham, NC, Aug. 21-Nov. ...

Rate Donnelley replaces its COO

Original at News & Observer external link    Fri, Jun 20    via Google News external link

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News & Observer News & Observer, NC - Bednarz has an MBA from Duke University and a bachelor's degree in economics from Vanderbilt University. Friday's announcement was made after the stock ...

Rate Ironies

Original at Durham external link    Fri, Jun 20    via Durham-in-Wonderland external link

By noreply@blogger.com (KC Johnson) NACUA’s 48th Annual Conference will be held from Sunday, June 22nd to Wednesday, June 25th in New York City. This conference will provide strong educational training, professional development, and networking opportunities for attendees.

Monday, Jun 16

 

Rate Jack comments again on Duke. I respond

Original at John In Carolina external link    Mon, Jun 16    1 related articles

By JWM(noreply@blogger.com) I have not posted here in quite some time, but I continue to follow events in the aftermath of the lacrosse scandal. I have no connection to Duke University, but I have four children in and around college age (one 2007 graduate, two enrolled and a HS junior) and am very much interested in the qu...

Sunday, Jun 8

 

Rate Statement of Allan H. Friedman, M.D., Deputy Director, Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Original at DukeMedNews.org external link    Sun, Jun 8    via DukeMedNews.org Latest News external link

Senator Edward Kennedy is making an excellent recovery from his brain surgery. He will continue his recuperation at home in Massachusetts under the supervision of the very capable doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital. It has been a pleasure to collaborate with them and with the...

Wednesday, Jun 4

 

Rate Duke’s Suffocation of Due Process

Original at John In Carolina external link    Wed, Jun 4    7 related articles

By JWM(noreply@blogger.com) As a Duke alumnus twice over (undergraduate and law), I watched with horror the events that unfolded in the infamous Duke Lacrosse/Mike Nifong case. Message to Robert Shibley: Thank you for a very informative and important article. Have you considered writing an op-ed for The Chronicle?

Rate A rundown of the AD candidates

Original at Rakes Of Mallow external link    Wed, Jun 4    via Boxxet Collection external link

By Rob The Good: African-American candidate who played football for the Irish in the 70’s.  He’s led the compliance office at FSU (err…wait a minute) and has had a lot of experience in college athletics. John Paxson (ND ) – General Manager, Chicago Bulls

Tuesday, Jun 3

 

Rate Duke’s "Barcelona defense"

Original at John In Carolina external link    Tue, Jun 3

By JWM(noreply@blogger.com) Duke University’s motion to dismiss the rights violations suit complaint filed by attorneys on behalf of 38 members of the university’s 2006 Men’s lacrosse team amounts to “we didn’t do anything wrong and we knew nothing about the frame-up run by Mike Nifong.”

Sunday, Jun 1

 

Rate Nate James talks about his camp and being an assistant coach

Original at Blue Devil Nation external link    Sun, Jun 1    via The Blue Devil Nation external link

By Mark Watson Former Duke players Nate James and Chris Carrawell run an annual basketball camp in Durham, N.C.   The Blue Devil Nation talked with Nate about the camp .  Nate wants to share the Nate James-Chris Carrawell Basketball Camp information with both fans and parents.  Nate was also kind enough to...

Rate Selected comments re: motions to dismiss 38 suit

Original at John In Carolina external link    Sun, Jun 1    4 related articles

By JWM(noreply@blogger.com) The plaintiffs seek relief for allege rights violations by a number of individuals and entities including Duke University, Duke University Medical Center and the City of Durham, NC. Defendants filed motions to dismiss this past Friday. Jim in San Diego said... COMMENTS:

Saturday, May 31

 

Rate The Duke Motion to Dismiss

Original at Durham external link    Sat, May 31    via Durham-in-Wonderland external link

By noreply@blogger.com (KC Johnson) Duke cites North Carolina rulings to claim that it had no legal obligation to enforce either the student bulletin or the Faculty Handbook: “Plaintiffs fail, however, to allege the essential elements of any valid contract—the mutual manifestation of an intent to be bound . . . The North Caro...

Tuesday, May 27

 

Rate Nifong's Slump Continues

Original at LieStoppers external link    Tue, May 27

By noreply@blogger.com (Marco2006) The former North Carolina district attorney, who lost his law license for mishandling the criminal case against the players, sought bankruptcy protection Jan. 15 in federal court in Durham, North Carolina. Nifong filed for Chapter 11 protection in hopes of ending the players' legal cla...

Thursday, May 22

 

Rate N&O withheld Lax cooperation news; pushed “silence” lie

Original at John In Carolina external link    Thu, May 22    12 related articles

By JWM(noreply@blogger.com) The residents of the house have been cooperative with DPD in locating any suspects, he added. (emphasis here and following added)In time for Mar. 24 news reports Duke News issued a statement attributed to John F. Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations. T...

Tuesday, May 20

 

Rate Duke’s Lax Cancellation: What Safety Concerns? (Post 3)

Original at John In Carolina external link    Tue, May 20    7 related articles

By JWM(noreply@blogger.com) Two posts - Duke's Lax '06 Cancellation: What Safety Concerns? and Duke's Lax '06 Cancellation: What Safety Concerns? (Post 2) - have questioned whether, as reported in a recent N. Y. Times story, concerns for its student-athletes safety was a factor in Duke University President Richard...

Thursday, May 15

 

Rate Our Collective Voice: Part II: The Allegations that Duke University Medical Records were altered by LevicyVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at LieStoppers external link    Thu, May 15    7 related articles

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By noreply@blogger.com (Marco2006) Levicy and Duke Bolster Nifong’s False Prosecution “In Closing: The Civil Lawsuits Against Tara Levicy and Duke To wit: 11) Wilson & Glater, New York Times 8/25/06 The Ekstrand lawsuit (McFadyen et al v. Duke at al) The Cooper lawsuit (Carrington et al v. Duke et al)

Tuesday, May 13

 

Rate Our Collective Voice: The Allegations against Tara Levicy and Duke University Medical Center

Original at LieStoppers external link    Tue, May 13    7 related articles

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By noreply@blogger.com (Marco2006) Part I of the allegations against Tara Levicy and Duke University Medical Center; researched and complied from the NC AG Summary of Conclusions, NC State Bar files, Court Motions, Depositions, News articles, and from the two civil complaints filed in Federal court against multiple de...

Sunday, May 11

 

Rate Duke University Awards Degrees to 404 Engineers

Original at K Innovation and Technology Management Series external link    Sun, May 11    6 related articles    via Pratt News external link

By ahr Duke University and its Pratt School of Engineering awarded degrees to 230 undergraduate and 174 graduate students May 11 and engineering Dean Robert L. Clark said Pratt’s graduating seniors are ready to help tackle some of the many challenges facing the nation and the global society. 

Thursday, May 8

 

Rate Gift to Drive Better Understanding of Uncertainty Analysis

Original at K Innovation and Technology Management Series external link    Thu, May 8    7 related articles    via Pratt News external link

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By dahill DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering has received a gift of $5 million from an anonymous donor to establish a new undergraduate curriculum that will encourage students to think critically about problems that lack obvious solutions, like those they will encounte...

Tuesday, May 6

 

Rate First Steps Toward Autonomous Robot Surgeries

Original at K Innovation and Technology Management Series external link    Tue, May 6    via Pratt News external link

By rfmerritt The research in Smith’s lab is supported by the National Institutes of Health. Other Duke members of the team were Matthew Fronheiser and Nikolas Ivancevich. DURHAM, N.C. – The day may be getting a little closer when robots will perform surgery on patients in dangerous situations or in remot...

Thursday, Apr 24

 

Rate New 3-D Ultrasound Could Improve Stroke Diagnosis, Care

Original at K Innovation and Technology Management Series external link    Thu, Apr 24    1 related articles    via Pratt News external link

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By rfmerritt Other Duke members of the team were Gianmarco Pinton of Pratt, and Duke University Medical Center division of neurology researchers Heather Nicoletto, Ellen Bennett and Daniel Laskowitz. DURHAM, N.C. – Using 3-D ultrasound technology they designed, Duke University bioengineers can c...

Wednesday, Jul 18

 

Rate Duke Engineering Dean Named Provost at Johns Hopkins; Robert Clark to Lead Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering

Original at K Innovation and Technology Management Series external link    Wed, Jul 18    via Boxxet Collection external link

By ahr Kristina M. Johnson, dean of Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, has been appointed provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at The Johns Hopkins University. Duke President Richard H. Brodhead praised Johnson for her contributions at Duke.  - -

Thursday, Jun 28

 

Rate Betty Tenn Lawrence at the NC Institute for Constitutional Law

Original at LieStoppers external link    Thu, Jun 28    via Boxxet Collection external link

Liestoppers' Betty Tenn Lawrence appeared alongside Duke University Professor of Law James Coleman, NCCU Professor of Law Irving Joyner, Duke University Professor of Law Michael Tigar, and Nifong attorney David Freedman at yesterday's NC Institute for Constitutional Law CLE prog...

Saturday, May 26

 

Rate Hypothetical Rapists

Original at Wizbang external link    Sat, May 26    via Boxxet News external link

By The Hatemongers Quarterly As we have all long since recognized, however, things look pretty bad for most of the folks associated with the Duke lacrosse fiasco. Houston Baker Jr., a professional Mau-Mau artist, has been exposed as the race-baiting charlatan he is. William Chafe, a deeply radical American history pr...

Sunday, Apr 22

 

Rate Duke University honors area seventh graders for high scores

Original at News-Leader.com external link    Sun, Apr 22    via Boxxet News external link

Duke University released the names of local seventh graders who will be honored this spring for exceptional scores on college entrance exams. The Duke Talent Identification Program seeks out students in 16 states who have scored in the 95th percentile on standardized grade level exams...

Tuesday, Oct 17

 

Rate Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The Danger of Screaming Race in Rape

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Oct 17    via Boxxet Blogs external link

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a political analyst and social issues commentator, and the author of The Emerging Black GOP Majority (Middle Passage Press, September 2006), a hard-hitting look at Bush and The GOP's court of black voters. earlofarihutchinson.blogspot.com


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