Duke University

Chief executives new to the job are three times more likely to get fired for poor performance — even when they perform no worse than their more experienced peers, according to research from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. rofessors Shane Dikolli and Bill Mayew, along with of Dhananjay Nanda of the University of Miami, found CEOs with less than five years’ experience performed just as well as those who have been at the job longer, but the newer CEO’s jobs were at much higher risk when company earnings fell below expectations. “The labor market tends to care more...

One nursing student’s desire to be able to Skype in on a nursing education moment, sparked an idea with three Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) educators. The trio worked together to use telepresence robots made by a Californian firm as an instructional tool for high fidelity or life-like clinical simulations. Jacqueline Vaughn, clinical instructor; Ryan Shaw, assistant professor; and Margie Molloy, director for the Center for Nursing Discovery, developed the idea. “As our Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Program became a fully distanced-based program, we had to get creative in how we could offer simulation experiences to...

Editor’s note: Local Tech Wire publishes selected stories from the news services of various universities as part of its UniversityTech coverage. LTW is enhancing its coverage of scientific and research efforts at regional universities where many of tomorrow’s discoveries are being made and the foundations of new companies are in the process of being created. DURHAM, N.C. – Strobe-like eyewear designed to train the vision of athletes may have positive effects in some cases, according to tests run by a team of Duke University psychologists who specialize in visual perception. The eyewear has lenses that alternate between clear and...

Editor’s note: WRAL Tech Wire publishes selected stories from the news services of various universities as part of its UniversityTech coverage.  DURHAM, N.C. – Scientists and engineers who produce innovative work aren’t in it just for the money, according to researchers from Duke University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Innovators’ drive to create new ideas and inventions stems primarily from a desire for intellectual challenge and independence, say study co-authors Wesley M. Cohen, the Frederick C. Joerg professor of business administration at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, and Henry Sauermann, an assistant professor of strategic management at Georgia...

Editor’s note: WRAL Local Tech Wire publishes selected stories from the news services of various universities as part of its UniversityTech coverage. LTW is enhancing significantly its coverage of scientific and research efforts at regional universities where many of tomorrow’s discoveries are being made and the foundations of new companies are in the process of being created. DURHAM, N.C. – By examining the patterns in which light bounces off cell surfaces, researchers may be able to assess chemotherapy’s success in inducing cancer cell death, according to a study led by investigators in the and The technique might be used...

Editor’s note: WRAL Local Tech Wire publishes selected stories from the news services of various universities as part of its UniversityTech coverage. LTW is enhancing significantly its coverage of scientific and research efforts at regional universities where many of tomorrow’s discoveries are being made and the foundations of new companies are in the process of being created. DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University chemists are using modified magnetic resonance imaging to see molecular changes inside people’s bodies that could signal health problems such as cancer. Their new method, reported in the March 27 issue of the research journal Science, makes...

Editor’s note: WRAL Local Tech Wire publishes selected stories from the news services of various universities as part of its UniversityTech coverage. LTW is enhancing significantly its coverage of scientific and research efforts at regional universities where many of tomorrow’s discoveries are being made and the foundations of new companies are in the process of being created.DURHAM, N.C. – The biology of ovarian cancers discovered at an early stage may render them slower growing and less likely to spread than more aggressive cancers, which typically are discovered in an advanced stage, according to a study led by investigators in...

Editor’s note: WRAL Local Tech Wire publishes selected stories from the news services of various universities as part of its UniversityTech coverage. LTW is enhancing significantly its coverage of scientific and research efforts at regional universities where many of tomorrow’s discoveries are being made and the foundations of new companies are in the process of being created. DURHAM, N.C. — A genetic variation involving the brain chemical serotonin has been found to shape the social behavior of rhesus macaque monkeys, which could provide researchers with a new model for studying autism, social anxiety and schizophrenia. Humans and macaques are...

Editor’s note: WRAL Local Tech Wire publishes selected stories from the news services of various universities as part of its UniversityTech coverage. LTW is enhancing significantly its coverage of scientific and research efforts at regional universities where many of tomorrow’s discoveries are being made and the foundations of new companies are in the process of being created.DURHAM, N.C. – Researchers in the have developed a model for predicting risk of recurrence in early stage colon cancer patients, and have used the model to also predict sensitivity to chemotherapy and targeted therapy regimens. "These findings have important implications for individualizing...