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Mr. Brokaw recalls a meeting with Gen. Martin Dempsey in Iraq. The New York Times | February 5, 2019 By Tom Brokaw, Opinion To the Editor: Re “The General and His Tweets,” by Carol Giacomo (Editorial Observer, Feb. 2): The tweets about leadership by Martin Dempsey, the retired Army general, reminded me of a meeting I had […]

Duke University is welcoming a major talent to its ranks as Dr. Eric Perakslis begins a 2-year fellowship sponsored through Duke’s Rubenstein Fellows Academy. A leading national and international voice in the thoughtful application of data science to improve healthcare quality and patient outcomes, Perakslis will bring to bear his unique insights, expertise, and experience in […]

Duke Today | January 31, 2019 By Eric Ferreri As he headed to Switzerland in 1985 for a landmark first summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, President Ronald Reagan wrote a quick note that became a guiding principle for the American administration. It said simply: “Whatever we achieve, we must not call it victory.” This hand-scribbled lesson […]

Rubenstein Fellow and former Fed Governor, Sarah Bloom Raskin, joined CNBC and Bloomberg to discuss the Federal Open Market Committee’s statement on January 30. Eye on the Fed: Patience is the key word to watch for CNBC: Squak Alley January 30th, 2019, 11:45 AM EST Sarah Bloom Raskin, former deputy Treasury secretary and former Federal Reserve governor, joins […]

Alex Deghan, a Rubenstein Fellow at Duke from 2014 to 2016, has just released a new book: The Snow Leopard Project and other Adventures in Warzone Conservation. Dehgan began working on the book, which recounts his efforts to create a wildlife conservation program in war-torn Afghanistan in the mid-2000s, while serving as a Rubenstein Fellow. Dehgan is now […]

Forbes | January 8, 2019 By Brian Murray The unexpected death last month of James E. (Jim) Rogers at the age of 71 left the energy sector bereft of one of the boldest leaders in its history. Rogers, a CEO in the electric utility and natural gas industry for 25 years, amassed a jaw-dropping track record […]

Duke Today | January 7, 2019 By Braden Welborn Duke University lost a valued friend, adviser, and visionary with the passing of James E. “Jim” Rogers on Mon., Dec. 17, 2018. Rogers, 71, was the former president and CEO of Duke Energy and the author of Lighting the World: Transforming Our Energy Future by Bringing Electricity to Everyone (St. […]

December 21, 2018 By Laura Howes, Director, Rubenstein Fellows Academy Jim Rogers, former CEO of Duke Energy and a Rubenstein Fellow at Duke from 2014-2016, passed away on December 18, 2018 at the age of 71. Jim was one of the Rubenstein Fellows Academy’s inaugural fellows. In this capacity, I had the distinct pleasure of […]

Duke Environment | Fall 2018 Issue By Sergio Tovar Policymakers increasingly recognize America’s urban-rural divide as a major obstacle for gaining widespread public support for stronger government protections for the climate and the environment. A new analysis by a Duke University faculty-student team found that the way policies are designed, communicated and framed can be key […]

The New York Times | November 23, 2018 By Coral Davenport and Kendra Pierre-Louis WASHINGTON — A major scientific report issued by 13 federal agencies on Friday presents the starkest warnings to date of the consequences of climate change for the United States, predicting that if significant steps are not taken to rein in global warming, the damage […]