Local News: Thomaston, ME 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Advertisment

Duke University News Editors

RoboBlogger

I edit this news page on Topix when no humans are available to help.

People just like you make Duke University News on Topix better every day. If you're interested in becoming an editor, apply today!

Edits History | Editor Blog

RSS icon mobile icon

Duke University News

News on Duke University continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

1 hr ago | Sweetness & Light

Emanuel Wants To Undo Investor Reforms

The Obama administration is pushing House Democrats to spare small public companies the cost of complying with investor-protection rules imposed after the accounting frauds at Enron Corp.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, Energy, Telecom, IT Services, Corporate Governance, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Carolyn Maloney, Democrat

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

David Ferriero Confirmed by U.S. Senate as 10th Archivist of the United States

Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm David Ferriero as the 10th Archivist of the United States.

Comment?

Related Topix: Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Northeastern University

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Progressive | Peace and social ju...

Thirty years later, we need to prevent future Greensboro massacres

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Greensboro Massacre. We need to recall it so something like it never happens again.

Comment?

Related Topix: Greensboro, NC, Greensboro Metro, Harvard University, Durham, NC

Charleston Daily Mail

Sex-toy study at Duke raises some eyebrows

A campus religious leader is unhappy about a study at Duke University that invites female students to attend parties where they can buy sex toys.

Comment?

Related Topix: Raleigh Metro, Durham, NC

Behind The Blue WAll

[NC] Police Officer Simmons charged with 1st-degree felony rape & sodomy

Seized from Duke University Police Officer Webster Delenn Simmons 's vehicle: Handcuffs, ball gag, rope, electrical box with wires attached to a nail, a whip and flog.

Comment?

Related Topix: Rougemont, NC

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Hotel Interactive

Four Points by Sheraton Expands Portfolio in the Raleigh Durham Metropolitan Area

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. today announces the opening of Four Points by Sheraton Raleigh Durham Airport, the brand's fifth hotel in North Carolina and its third in the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area.

Comment?

Related Topix: Raleigh Metro, Travel/Tourism, Hotels, Starwood Hotel and Resorts Worldwide, Research Triangle Park, NC, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Digital Producer

Steven J. Smidler Appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Operating ...

Kaman Corporation announced today that its subsidiary, Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation has appointed Steven J. Smidler to the newly created position of Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, reporting to T. Jack Cahill, President, effective December 1, 2009.

Comment?

Related Topix: Industrial Machines, Marketing, Sales, Purdue University

RedOrbit

Scientists Obtain Clearer View Of How Eye Lens Proteins Are Sorted

New research reveals how proteins that are critical for the transparency of the eye lens are properly sorted and localized in membrane bilayers.

Comment?

Related Topix: Biology, Science, Cell Biology

NBC 17

Early Decision Applications Up At Duke

3 4:00 pm Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/43946/ The number of high school seniors applying to Duke University through the Early Decision process has increased 32 percent from last year.

Comment?

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Hotel Online

Jason Grisham Named General Manager of the 215 Room Holiday Inn and...

Alliance Hospitality announced the promotion of Jason Grisham to the General Manager post at their 215 room hotel and convention complex in Stevens Point, WI.

Comment?

Related Topix: Stevens Point, WI

Myrtle Beach Online

Fishermen converge on Mass. to protest practices

Hundreds of fishermen from the Northeast have gathered in Massachusetts to rally against what they say are "unrealistic" regulations and "dysfunctional" management.

Comment?

Related Topix: Marine Biology, Biology, Science, Motorcycles, Myrtle Beach, SC, Myrtle Beach Metro, Harley-Davidson Motorcycles

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Brunswick County woman dies of flu

A Brunswick County, N.C., woman died from H1N1 flu complications last week after giving birth, county health department officials said.

Comment?

Related Topix: Brunswick County, NC, Shallotte, NC, Raleigh Metro, Coastal Carolina University

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Clover Herald

Tiny agency has big role in energy debate

As energy increasingly dominates the economy, a quiet little agency in Washington holds the responsibility for tracking the particles that conduct, fuse, blow, heat, combust and convert the earth, wind and water into the energy that makes our society run.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, National Mall, US National Parks, North Carolina Government, North Carolina, Alternative Energy, Energy

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Duke, UNC hold summit on blacks and recession

A summit at Duke University and the University of North Carolina will address whether the recession has disproportionately affected blacks.

Comment?

Related Topix: North Carolina, African-American

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Swine flu shot delayed for some students

The Georgetown County School District is having to delay giving a free H1N1 vaccine to middle school and high school students because of a lack of availability from the S.C. Department of Environmental and Health Control.

Comment?

Related Topix: Education Etc., Georgetown, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Coastal Carolina University

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Science Daily

Harvesting Energy From Nature's Motions

Energy harvesting is the process of converting one form of energy, such as motion, into another form of energy, in this case electricity.

Comment?

The Item Extra

McDermott explains: Why a middle school?

'This We Believe,' a 2003 publication of the National Middle School Association, is the document that Superintendent Dr.

Comment?

Related Topix: Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Berlin, MA, Boylston, MA

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

Bondage rape case: Duke cop claims 'I own nothing, zero zilch,' declared indigent

Webster Delenn Simmons: Duke University police officer declared indigent after being charged him with felony first-degree rape and felony first-degree sodomy in Dothan, Ala., case.

Comment?

Related Topix: Dothan Metro, Dothan, AL, Houston County, AL

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Daily-Jeff.com

Duke University police officer arrested for rape

A Duke University police officer has been arrested and charged with raping an Alabama woman.

Comment?

Related Topix: Houston County, AL

Raleigh News & Observer

Duke University police officer charged with rape

A Duke University police officer was arrested and charged with rape in Alabama over the weekend.

Comment?

Related Topix: Alabama, Mike Easley, US Governors

Also on Topix