Duke Today - News Tips http://today.duke.edu/taxonomy/term/41/0 When something important happens in the news, someone at Duke often has something knowledgeable and interesting to say about it. Duke's news tips showcase these experts, bringing their insights to the attention of reporters and others. This sharing of expertise advances the university's mission of "knowledge in service to society." If you're a reporter looking for a Duke expert to comment on something in the news, contact the Office of News and Communications. en News Tip: Realistic Odds of a Perfect NCAA Tournament Bracket http://today.duke.edu/2015/03/tip-brackets15-kl <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Subhead/Teaser:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Duke mathematician Jonathan Mattingly developed his own formula that ranks teams based on their seed</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Typically the stated odds of picking all 64 teams correctly for the perfect NCAA Tournament bracket are one in 9.2 quintillion. However, Duke mathematician Jonathan Mattingly says the formula to reach that number is not ideal because it's based on the calculations that the chance of winning each game is 50-50.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Mattingly developed his own formula that ranks teams based on their seed, resulting in perhaps a more realistic view on the odds of getting a perfect bracket, which he says is one in 2.4 trillion.</p><p><a href="http://today.duke.edu/2015/03/tip-brackets15-kl" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Athletics Faculty News Tips Technology & Computing Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:31:17 +0000 sl128@duke.edu 176116 at http://today.duke.edu How Mantis Shrimp Evolved Many Shapes with Same Powerful Punch http://today.duke.edu/2015/02/shrimppunch <p>The miniweight boxing title of the animal world belongs to the mantis shrimp, a cigar-sized crustacean whose front claws can deliver an explosive 60-mile-per-hour blow akin to a bullet leaving the barrel of a gun.<br /><br />Now, a Duke University study of 80 million years of mantis shrimp evolution reveals a key feature of how these fast weapons evolved their dizzying array of shapes -- from spiny and barbed spears to hatchets and hammers -- while still managing to pack their characteristic punch.<br /></p><p><a href="http://today.duke.edu/2015/02/shrimppunch" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Natural Sciences News Tips Research Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:53:52 +0000 borjo001@duke.edu 174941 at http://today.duke.edu News Tip: Invitation to Netanyahu 'Totally Inappropriate,' But Not a First, Says Duke Expert http://today.duke.edu/2015/02/tip-jentleson2 <p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s impending address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday continues to draw fire. Netanyahu was invited by House Speaker John Boehner, in what many have described as a rebuke to President Obama’s Iran policy. <br /><br /><strong>•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Quotes:</strong> </p><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-trinity-tagging"><legend>Trinity tagging</legend><div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-subject"> <div class="field-label">Subject:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Faculty/postdoc </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-dept-program"> <div class="field-label">Department / Program:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Social Sciences </div> <div class="field-item even"> Political Science </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://today.duke.edu/2015/02/tip-jentleson2" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Faculty/postdoc Political Science Social Sciences Faculty Global News Tips Politics & Public Policy Wed, 25 Feb 2015 21:24:17 +0000 borjo001@duke.edu 174830 at http://today.duke.edu News Tip: Legislation Could 'Systematically Dismantle' Public Ed, Duke Expert Says http://today.duke.edu/2015/02/tip-stephens <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Subhead/Teaser:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>A U.S. House vote is expected Friday on a new bill that would replace No Child Left Behind</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>A U.S. House vote is expected Friday on a new bill that would replace federal No Child Left Behind legislation. The proposal would lessen the federal government’s role in annual standardized testing for schoolchildren. It would also allow federal Title I dollars to follow poor children wherever they are enrolled, including affluent schools and districts.<br /><br /><strong>•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Quotes:</strong> </p><p><a href="http://today.duke.edu/2015/02/tip-stephens" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Faculty News Tips Politics & Public Policy Wed, 25 Feb 2015 21:06:41 +0000 borjo001@duke.edu 174829 at http://today.duke.edu News Tip: Decision to Shoot or Not is in Brain, Not Hands http://today.duke.edu/2015/02/newtippolice-shooting <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Subhead/Teaser:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Researcher working on predictive tests, new training to prevent civilian shootings</p><p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Duke cognitive psychologist Adam Biggs has been studying the split-second decision a person with a gun makes when confronted with a stranger in a potentially dangerous situation.&nbsp;</p><p>His latest study finds that the risk of mistaken shootings, like the one for which an NYPD officer was indicted yesterday, might be predicted and in some cases improved by training.</p><p><strong>Adam Biggs</strong><br />Visiting Scholar, Duke University<br /><a href="mailto:adam.biggs@duke.edu">adam.biggs@duke.edu</a></p><p><a href="http://today.duke.edu/2015/02/newtippolice-shooting" target="_blank">read more</a></p> News Tips Wed, 11 Feb 2015 20:37:07 +0000 sl128@duke.edu 173558 at http://today.duke.edu News Tip: New Harper Lee novel represents ‘fascinating possibility,’ says Duke professor http://today.duke.edu/2015/02/newstiplee <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Subhead/Teaser:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>A second novel by the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird” represents a chance to revisit characters from a classic of Southern literature.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Harper Lee will publish her second novel this summer, more than 50 years after her classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The new book features some of the same characters, in later years.</p><p><strong>James W. Applewhite</strong><br />Professor emeritus of English, Duke University<br /><a href="mailto:jwa@duke.edu">jwa@duke.edu</a></p><p>Applewhite, a professor emeritus of English at Duke and a member of the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame, is a poet and essayist who has published many critical essays on Southern literature. &nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://today.duke.edu/2015/02/newstiplee" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Humanities & Social Sciences News Tips Tue, 03 Feb 2015 19:06:59 +0000 borjo001@duke.edu 172953 at http://today.duke.edu News Tip: Immigration Vote Part of ‘War By Other Means,’ Says Expert http://today.duke.edu/2015/01/immigrationtip <p>House Republicans are expected to vote this week on proposals to counter President Obama’s recent efforts at immigration reform. They aim to both remove the leniencies for children and to transfer funding control of the agency that handles applications to Congress.</p><p><strong>Quotes:</strong> <br />"This is exactly what could be expected in response to the president's unilateral action and the past history of broken negotiations,” says Noah Pickus, an associate research professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy and director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.</p><p><a href="http://today.duke.edu/2015/01/immigrationtip" target="_blank">read more</a></p> News Tips Politics & Public Policy Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:54:05 +0000 borjo001@duke.edu 170965 at http://today.duke.edu News Tip: Short-Term Oil Price Fluctuations Shouldn’t Affect Pipeline Debate, Duke Expert Says http://today.duke.edu/2015/01/tip-harvey-oil-pipeline <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Subhead/Teaser:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>A recent drop in oil prices is a short-term happening; the proposed extension to the Keystone XL pipeline is a long-term project, says Campbell Harvey, a business professor</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>As gas prices drop, Congress prepares for another vote on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline extension</p><p><a href="http://today.duke.edu/2015/01/tip-harvey-oil-pipeline" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Global News Tips Politics & Public Policy Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:28:02 +0000 borjo001@duke.edu 170894 at http://today.duke.edu News Tip: Experts Available to Comment on Paris Shooting http://today.duke.edu/2015/01/tip-paris-shooting <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Subhead/Teaser:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Officials in France are investigating a shooting that left 12 dead at a satirical magazine</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Officials in France are investigating a shooting that killed 12 at a satirical magazine. Three Duke University experts are available to discuss this.<br /><br /><strong>David Schanzer</strong><br /><strong>Quotes:</strong> </p><p><a href="http://today.duke.edu/2015/01/tip-paris-shooting" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Faculty Global News Tips Politics & Public Policy Wed, 07 Jan 2015 17:51:24 +0000 borjo001@duke.edu 170645 at http://today.duke.edu News Tip: Haiti Rebuilds Slowly, Education Initiatives Offer Hope Five Years After Earthquake, Duke Experts Say http://today.duke.edu/2015/01/tiphaiti-dubois-jenson <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Subhead/Teaser:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Two Duke professors can discuss myriad details of Haiti’s struggle to rebuild after devastating 2010 earthquake</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>A catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. <br /><br /><strong>Laurent Dubois</strong><br /><strong>Quote:</strong> <br />“Five years after the earthquake, many of the promises made and projects proposed in January 2010 have not been realized,” says Laurent Dubois, a Duke University professor of Romance Studies and history. “But even as Haiti struggles with the ongoing consequences of the earthquake, the country is also looking forward.”<br /><br /><strong>Bio:</strong></p><p><a href="http://today.duke.edu/2015/01/tiphaiti-dubois-jenson" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Faculty Global News Tips Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:03:27 +0000 borjo001@duke.edu 170577 at http://today.duke.edu
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