Duke in the News: Feb. 10, 2003
Researchers Link Gene to Form of Autism | 'Coach G' Guides Devils With Gusto | Affirmative Action Said to Benefit Everyone | Lawyers' Group Set to Condemn Enemy Combatant Policy, and more...
Monday, February 10, 2003
RESEARCHERS LINK GENE TO FORM OF AUTISM
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 8 -- Duke University researchers have
identified a gene that may play a major role in producing autism in
a subset of autistic children. (Free registration required.) ...
Full story
--Also, ABC News: New Method Finds Gene Cause of Some Autism -
Study
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story
TAR HEEL OF THE WEEK: 'COACH G' GUIDES DEVILS WITH
GUSTO
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 9 -- There are 24 seats on the
bench for the Duke women's basketball team, but not a single one
for the head coach. Gail Goestenkors doesn't need a seat. ...
Full story
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SAID TO BENEFIT
EVERYONE
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 10 -- Excerpts from academics
and government officials who support affirmative action and
participated in a panel at Duke University that discussed
race-based admissions. U.S. Rep. David Price organized the panel.
...
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LAWYERS' GROUP SET TO CONDEMN ENEMY COMBATANT
POLICY
CNN, Feb. 10 -- Scott Silliman, director of Duke University's
Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, said he is not worried
that the judges on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court are
"going to be under the thumb of the attorney general." ...
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WTC FINALIST HAS DUKE TIE
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Feb. 9 -- Rafael Vinoly, the architect
who is designing the Duke University Museum of Art, is a finalist
in the selection of a design for the site where the World Trade
Center once stood. ...Full
story
HARD-WORKING BAER IS QWEST'S BEST DEFENSE
Salt Lake City Tribune, Feb. 9 -- Colleagues and opponents
alike describe Duke alumus Rich Baer as the hardest-working lawyer
they have met. He will need to be, as general counsel for troubled
Baby Bell Qwest. ...Full
story
DEES, 75, PRESIDENT OF STATE MEDICAL
BOARD
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 9 -- Dr. John Tyler Dees,
president of the N.C. Medical Board, died Friday. Dees, a native of
Burgaw, attended Duke University School of Medicine, doing his
internship at Durham's Watts Hospital and his residency at Duke
Hospital. ...Full
story
HAROLD GINSBERG, MICROBIOLOGIST, DIES AT
85
New York Times, Feb. 9 -- Dr. Harold S. Ginsberg, a microbiologist
whose research provided a foundation for the field of virology and
expanded knowledge of infectious diseases, died on Feb. 2 in Woods
Hole, Mass. The Duke alumnus was 85. ...
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REVIEW: BRIGHT FUTURE AWAITS DUKE'S YOUNG
COMPOSERS
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Feb. 9 -- Duke University has one of the
best music schools in the Southeast. This point was brought home
recently in the Nelson Music Room, as Duke Composer-in-Residence
Anthony Kelley hosted a short program of works by three of the
brightest lights in his composition class: John Bower, Carl
Schimmel and Ryan Malone. ...Full
story
FREDERIC AND AUDREY KLEIN, IN CAR CRASH
(Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) Sun-Sentinel, Feb. 10 -- Frederic Klein
(Duke Law '51) and his wife, Aubrey, died in a car crash on
Florida's Turnpike in Osceola County on Saturday. Mr. Klein
recently attended his 50th reunion from Duke University's Law
School and specialized in real estate, probate and estate planning
in his Boca Raton law practice. (Article is not online.)
EDITORIAL: DOLLARS FOR DURHAM
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Feb. 10 -- Editorial in support of the
Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club's plans for expansion, which
would increase the area's hospitality dollars from tourism. ...Editorial
ON THE AIR
Sam Katz, M.D., will be featured on "North Carolina Now" tonight at
7:30 p.m. on UNC-TV. This segment, originally scheduled for Feb. 3,
was postponed and will be broadcast tonight. The program will
include a segment about some parents' fears of childhood
vaccinations. Dr. Katz was interviewed to provide evidence about
the safety and necessity of childhood vaccines.