Duke University professor produces manual of best practices for police departments

David Schanzer, associate professor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security has produced a new manual designed for police departments that identify a set of promising practices for using community policing to prevent violent extremism. The manual is based on a research project led by Schanzer and funded by the National Institute of Justice, United States Department of Justice.

Durham Children's Data Center to Form

Durham County, Durham Public Schools and Duke University have partnered to create the Durham Children’s Data Center, a hub for research into vital policy and practice questions.

David M. Rubenstein Gives $10 million to Duke

Duke University trustee David M. Rubenstein is giving $10 million to the Sanford School of Public Policy to endow graduate fellowships and undergraduate internships, and to create a fund that will enhance the school’s engagement with the policy world.

Kelly Brownell Named Dean of Sanford School

Kelly Brownell, the James Rowland Angell Professor of Psychology at Yale University and a leading authority on public policies to enhance nutrition and combat obesity, will become the next dean of Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy.

Duke Professor Advising Obama 2012 Campaign

Duke University Professor Bruce Jentleson of the Sanford School of Public Policy has been appointed to the Obama 2012 National Security Advisory Steering Committee, and is co-chairing the Middle East working group.

Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano Visits Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is in Durham today to speak to Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. Napolitano will speak of the challenges of preventing terrorism, securing borders, enforcing immigration laws, safeguarding cyberspace and preparing for disasters while protecting the privacy and civil rights of Americans.

Top U.S. Treasury Department Official Joins Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy

William Pizer, a top U.S. Treasury Department official, will join the faculty of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University to help design and lead an initiative in energy and the environment.