WORRIES THAT WAR COULD MASK DEEPER ECONOMIC WOES
Financial Times, April 7 -- Campbell Harvey, a global risk management expert at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, says the war in Iraq has created "an odd type of uncertainty" for U.S. companies. ... Full story
--Also, NPR's Morning Edition: Consumers Giving Slumping Economy Unexpected Support (Fuqua's John Graham comments)
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DURHAM OKs CHANGE FOR COLLEGE ZONING
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, April 8 -- The Durham City Council unanimously approved a new University-College Zoning District on Monday that seeks to ease the transitions from Duke, N.C. Central and Durham Tech into their surrounding neighborhoods. ...Full story

11TH 'LEFT BEHIND' BOOK OUT
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 8 -- Amy Johnson Frykholm spun her Duke University doctoral dissertation on the millions of "Left Behind" readers into a book. In her five years of study, she found that most people read the books in the biblically-inspired series because they want a sense of being part of something. ... Full story

SPRING BLOOMS OFFER ESCAPE FROM WAR, DISEASE
(Raleigh) News & Observer, April 8 -- As the people who pour into Duke Gardens these days are learning, the rites of spring soothe better than ever. ...Full story
--Also, Tampa Tribune: The Best of Southern Gardens
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U.S. HILLEL STUDENTS HELP COMFORT URUGUAY'S IMPOVERISHED RESIDENTS
JTA, April 8 -- Duke University students worked on building a soup kitchen with El Cerro community members during the Alternative Spring Break Tzedek Hillel project in Uruguay. ... Full story

MONITORS FELT DEBRIS NOT A SERIOUS THREAT
(Melbourne) Florida Today, April 8 -- Former NASA historian Alex Roland, who now works as a history professor at Duke University, comments on records showing that the danger of launch debris hitting space shuttles never grabbed the attention of NASA's independent safety monitors in the years before the Feb. 1 Columbia disaster. ... Full story

FIGHTING CANCER WHERE IT LIVES
Boston Globe, April 8 -- There's a revolution brewing in the diagnosis of cancer that could dramatically change how doctors figure out which tumors are truly life-threatening -- and need chemotherapy -- and which are not. One development that could speed up the diagnosis is an idea being tested by researchers from Duke University and elsewhere. ... Full story

WALKERS FEED NEED TO HELP STOP HUNGER
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, April 7 --  An estimated crowd of 3,600 Durhamites walked across Duke University and the Walltown neighborhood on a balmy Sunday afternoon to raise money for hungry people in Durham and throughout the world. ...Full story

LUNG TRANSPLANT GIVES HOLLAND A BREATH OF LIFE
Fayetteville Observer, April 7 -- "I missed the turkey, but I got the lungs," Paul Holland says of the phone call he got Thanksgiving morning from his doctor at Duke University Medical Center. "It is definitely something to be thankful for." ... Full story

TIMELESS TUBE
(Sarasota, Fla.) Herald Tribune, April 6 -- Duke alumnus Kevin Hayes is founder of Sarasota-based Valve Amplification, one of a handful of companies building tube-powered amplifiers that are made to sound great and look just as good. ... Full story

SEMINARIANS CHAFE AT ETHICS CODE
(Raleigh) News & Observer, April 5 -- A new ethics code approved by the Duke Divinity School faculty has drawn criticism from some students who say they were not given enough of a chance to discuss it. ...Full story
--Also, (Orlando) WFTV.com: School Includes Gays In Chastity Definition
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READ ONE BOOK, PHILLY
Philadelphia Daily News, April 8 -- Duke University English professor Houston Baker will join a Town Forum book discussion tonight sponsored by The One Book, One Philadelphia project. Everyone in the city has been encouraged to read 'The Price of a Child' by author Lorene Cary. ...Full story

ARTIST HONORS THOSE WHO HELPED JESICA
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, April 8 -- Mural artist Julio Cortez got his chance Monday to thank some of the people who helped Jesica Santillan, the Mexican girl who died in February after a mismatched transplant at Duke University Hospital.
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