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Provost
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the first Academic Council of the year
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plemented from
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policies
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faculty mentoring the
different
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by
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to
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address the members of the Academic Council
Lange
the body's first
top
meeting
Duke
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School
Graduate Education Lewis circles for his
willingness
trition head-on this winter
as
at
graduate
Siegel
opportunity
and CGS
to
major
of Siegel’s pet
may prove
one
data
large-scale to
be
a
potent
said CGS
of
as
causes
provides
collection.
partnership major
a
in
in
chal-
hugely
our
President Debra Stewart.
“He is
experts
on
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issue of attrition and
completion.” While his
the
University, Siegel
two
the
table
years, he
public
opened
has made
dealing all
designed
to
transparency
with attrition. For the attrition statistics
pertinent
and last year he initiated
discussions
combating
in
the
5
only
sities and
a
highlight
had
cer-
connect
connect
search
and
hospital
supercomputing
to
found
a
were
not
that
series of round-
best
practices
in
attrition.
cations in science, and medicine for
pa-
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foster
reimbursed
for
curity
we as
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a new
of the nation’s top univer-
this group of folks in that we’d be able
sure
Duke, the and to
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and
anyone
like
can
University
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support the
of
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region’s
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use
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Chapel
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Hill
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of
University
Chicago,
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faculty
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network
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anyone
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or
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may
that
basic road not
on
search with
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supercomputing as
centers
colleagues
to
over
advanced as
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in eolthe re-
the nation’s
and other research universities,
though they were simply conducting experiments
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baby’s
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the
this series of networks
private
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the
failing
of North Carolina
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Internet
tain,” Futhey
of
higher
appli-
president
everyone in the world has that
assess
after
have this
to
North Carolina State
ticipating
centers, this time revolution-
and faster connections for its members, she said.
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address the
to
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pin-
in the
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search collaboration and
institutions,
—the
condition was
capabilities
network
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incident
errors
and had failed
did
eligibility
Medicaid
Facility
critical needs of the infant.
serious
they
of
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The survey
universities, supercomputing
been before. Now,
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some
that
care
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tor
revoke the
several
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most recent
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previous day.
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investigated
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following
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portation
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due
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educators for decades.
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roster
for
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one
years, and the CGS’s
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national with his efforts
go
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the wake
tragedy
Pediatric
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critical
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and
issued
the
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times in
June following
in
burns
adequate
mismatched and
century ago, railroads connected the country
a
in away that
schools in the United States.
Attrition has been recent
for
he becomes chair of the board of the Coun-
cil of Graduate Schools, the for
Provost
confront the issue of Ph.D.
will
Duke,
and Vice
acclaimed in academic
Siegel,
to
Oct.
revoke DUH’s
to
errors
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tients
Thursday
hops
by
Dean of the
on an
1977,
CMS
of Medicare
of the academic year.
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losing
problems
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prepared
takes
Siegel
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enough
million
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to
of
this latest incident.
to
includes
the
since
has
Santillan’s
tenure.
also
hospital
tification—once
faculty
advice
poor
dent
first-,
jeopardy
into
specific
Care Unit where
a
threatening
cited
reluctant
younger members,
fear of
faculty
He
place.
that
men-
culture
faculty
take
DUH
at
heated air
in
especially
come
Santillan
in
again
Medicare- and Medic-
to
certified
fundamental
root,
the
would need several
in order for
from
has
last year—once in the
and
affairs
relations.
other
two
the of
found in the ICN. Duke has been
our
twice
that
fol-
infant in the
produce
not
response
efforts of
development
take
to
changes
a
said.
Lange
tion
incident in
Nursery
in
was
status as
it did
assure
public
safety,
pediatrics,
incubator.
aid-certified
fo-
more
faculty.”
He
ing
its
give [mentor-
and
integral part
an
foster the
to
to
greater
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to
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hospital
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premature
suffered burns
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Intensive Care
improve
to
in the
Aug.
an
accepted
Hospital’s
of action
plan
lowing
that efforts in the past had stalled. “It is
University
patient safety
to re-
two
Medicare
and Medicaid Services
De-
initiatives office
for
vice
Burness,
John
of
president
government
focus of his pres-
major
was
Centers
rective
provost’s
issues raised
to
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said
care,”
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10
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by
Task Force. outlined
Lange
a
im-
reports
Diversity
Faculty
Force and the Women’s
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be
to to
response
corrections
meeting
Thursday, presenting
of
summary
safety tops
s
addressed
Lange
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issue
Year,
two
labs in the
same
campus
and
build-
ing,” Futhey explained. Participating
in NLR
could be
a
major
boon
to
the
top of it that would be
would control the network,
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