Writer Amy Dockser Marcus describes her mother's fight with gallbladder cancer in the article, "The Loneliness of Fighting a Rare Cancer," featured in the January 2010 issue of the journal, Health Affairs.  She praises Josh Sommer as a patient advocate and his foundation's work with the NIH in repurposing drug therapy.

Sophomore Nancy Chang, who co-chairs the Duke Prospective Health Care Club, was on hand Friday, 2/26/2010, when the club awarded the winners of their year-long challenge to Duke students and employees.

Congratulations to Paula Rosine Long, B.N. Duke Class of 2009!  She was one of 29 Americans recently awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship by the Gates Cambridge Trust.  She will pursue her Master's degree in Modern Middle Eastern Studies in October 2010.

Rachel Weeks opened her business office in downtown Durham in January 2010. School House Ethical Fashion is located at 407 N. Mangum Street.  Office hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. She continues to grow her business, garnering new clients, The Yale Bookstore and Barnes & Noble College Booksellers.

Read Don's latest blog in a series on health care reform - this one focusing on home health care.

Congratulations to Freshman Casey Edwards, who was one of 18 first year women at Duke University to be selected for the Alice M. Baldwin Scholars program.  Research results from the Women's Initiative, a study commissioned by former Duke University President Nan Keohane, and which looked at quality of life for women at all levels of the institution, was the impetus for this program created just five years ago.  During their four years at Duke the Baldwin Scholars participate in academic seminars, a residential experience, an internship and mentoring opportunities.  Casey joins five other current B.N. Duke Scholars in this program - Julia Chapman (2010); Kathryn Hutchins and Snayha Nath (2011); and Khadijah Bhatti and Maria del Mar Suarez (2012).

Damon Wilson, B.N. Duke alumnus who graduated in 1995, spent 11 years working for the government before joining The Atlantic Council.  He is currently Director of the Program on International Security and was most recently promoted to Vice President.

Damon Wilson, B.N. Duke Scholar who graduated in 1995, returned to Duke in October and was one of three Duke alums speaking at The Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. Lecture on International Studies.

Rachel Weeks is interviewed by Janet Babin, on The Story with Dick Gordon, on North Carolina Public Radio.   She describes the process that led her to create her own company, School House Ethical Fashion.

Don Taylor just keeps on blogging!  Here, in New Jersey Voices, he collaborates with former NC Congressional staffer, Frank Hill, and suggests three ideas that could improve the existing Baucus bill.

Josh Sommer, chordoma patient and Co-Founder/Executive Director of The Chordoma Foundation, shared exciting news with us in October 2009 regarding the most recent discovery on the path to finding a cure for this rare form of bone cancer.

B.N. Duke Scholarship Program Director Don Taylor continues his conversation about health care reform in the New York Times.

Meet Casey Edwards, the high school senior who sued the Governor of South Carolina before starting her Freshman year as a Benjamin N. Duke Scholar (Casey Edwards -vs- The State of South Carolina ).

B.N. Duke Scholarship Director Don Taylor has been writing a series of articles, for The News  and Observer, on the current debate over health care reform.  Check out his first article.  Then watch this interview on WRAL-TV where he answered questions submitted by viewers www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/video/5634540.

Cory Adkins, Class of 2013, is featured as one of nine Winston-Salem area "Class Acts" in area magazine.

Casey Edwards will be joining us in the fall as one of our newest members. In the meantime, it looks like she has been quite busy!  Check out this link for a follow up story on her lawsuit  www.thestate.com/local/story/814257.html.

BN Alum Making Fashion Headlines in a Socially Responsible Way!

Josh Sommer is a Trinity Scholar, in our program, who has taken time off to lead the fight against chordoma.  He is co-founder and Executive Director of The Chordoma Foundation.  Check it out: www.chordomafoundation.org/about/view.aspx