OP-ED: AMERICA IN THE DOCK
(London) Independent, March 9 -- Michael Byers, who teaches international law at Duke University, writes about a "confrontation of perspectives and values of the highest order" over the the new International Criminal Court. ... Full story

WETLANDS RESTORATION EFFORTS COULD HELP EASE WATER POLLUTION
Charlotte Observer, March 10 -- One of the latest and most ambitious wetlands restoration efforts in the state could dramatically improve water quality, says Bill Kirby-Smith, a professor of marine ecology at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. ... Full story

IRAQ CAN STRIKE INSIDE U.S., EXPERTS SAY
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 10 -- An invasion of Iraq will expose domestic U.S. targets to potentially legitimate retaliation under the sometimes disconcerting rules of war. Silliman, executive director of Duke University's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security and a former Air Force judge advocate, comments on the legalities. ... Full story

PUTTING A PUBLIC FACE ON PRIVATE BELIEFS
(Portland) Oregonian, March 2 -- Stephen Chapman, an assistant professor of the Old Testament at Duke Divinity School, says he has no objection to civil religion, especially when presidents employ it in the effort of comforting the nation. ... Full story

DUKE CHILDREN'S CAMPUS TO GROW
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 10 -- Duke University is expanding its on-campus daycare and preschool in an effort to ease a long waiting list of families who want to sent their children there. The expansion is one of the first announced efforts to come from President Nan Keohane's Women's Steering Committee. ...Full story

SPORTS FANS IN STITCHES OVER BOOKS
Akron Beacon Journal, March 3 -- Seasoned author Dorothy France, whose late husband graduated from Duke University's Divinity School, persuaded Duke's head basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski, to write the foreword to her latest book, a 196-page, pocket-size basketball guide (Quixote Publications, $8.95). ... Full story

'HELPING-PEOPLE FEELING'
Greenville News, March 5 -- Dr. Kent Kistler, a Duke medical grad, dedicates an evening once every quarter at the Greenville Free Medical Clinic to treat patients with neurological disorders. ... Full story

NORTH CAROLINA AIMS FOR MORE DOCS, LESS "DAWSON'S"
IndieWire.com, March 7 -- Now that the Full Frame film festival is operating on its own, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke is focusing on its mission of educating filmmakers, as well as programming an adventurous slate of documentaries. ...Full story

NOBODY EVER DIED OF OLD AGE
Fifty Plus, March 2003 -- Erdman Palmore, professor emeritus with the Duke Center for the Study of Aging & Human Development, writes in his monthly column that the "use it or lose it" maxim really does fit what we know about healthy aging. (Article is not available online.)

DENIM'S FAMILY ECSTATIC
Calgary Sun, March 7 -- Prayers have been answered for a Calgary family desperately awaiting a thymus transplant at Duke University Hospital for little Denim Fry. Denim was born with DiGeorge Syndrome, which leaves him without an immune system and at risk of dying from the tiniest infection. ...Full story

DUKE SYSTEM HELPS HIDE HOSPITALS' MISTAKES
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 9 -- Thousands of people seeking medical help from the area's doctors and hospitals in the Duke University Health System may be unaware that admissions documents they're signing may limit their legal options forever, should they become victims of medical error. ...Full story