Duke in the News: Nov. 10, 2003
Iraq War Support Wanes as U.S. Death Toll Climbs | Devices That Read Human Thought Now Possible, Study Says | 'Methodist Cathedral' Celebrates Founder, and more...
Monday, November 10, 2003
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IRAQ WAR SUPPORT WANES AS U.S. DEATH TOLL
CLIMBS
Sacramento Bee, Nov. 10 -- Casualties are low compared to other
conflicts, but polls show the public now doubting Bush. Christopher
Gelpi, political science professor at Duke University, comments on
a "serious problem" for the President. ...
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DEVICES THAT READ HUMAN THOUGHT NOW POSSIBLE, STUDY
SAYS
San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 10 -- Less than a month after a
widely heralded experiment showed how thought-reading implants can
work in monkeys, scientists from Duke and elsewhere presented new
findings Sunday suggesting such machines could work in people, too.
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'METHODIST CATHEDRAL' CELEBRATES FOUNDER
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Nov. 10 -- Duke Chapel has been called
the "Methodist Cathedral" but it never felt more like it than on
Sunday afternoon, said Duke University President Nan Keohane. ...Full
story
BIG CLUE TO HUMAN PHEROMONE MYSTERY
New Scientist, Nov. 10 -- Researchers at Duke may have taken a big
step towards solving the mystery of how humans detect pheromones.
...Full
story
AFTER BLAZES COMES BATTLE WITH EROSION
Baltimore Sun, Nov. 10 -- As nature heals itself in Southern
California, experts plot ways to keep the winter rains from washing
away the exposed earth. Duke University ecology professor Norm
Christensen, an expert on Western wildfires, discusses the danger.
...
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NAACP TO HONOR KEOHANE
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Nov. 10 -- Outgoing Duke President
Nan Keohane is one of the people to be honored Nov. 22 at the
Durham NAACP's 29th annual Freedom Fund Banquet. The NAACP cited
Keohane's backing of Duke students' anti-sweatshop protests, her
work in creating the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, and her
outspoken support of affirmative action. (News brief not available
online; article faxed upon request.)
CONDUCT UNBECOMING?
CNN Live Today, Nov. 7 -- Scott Silliman, head of Duke
University's Center for Law, Ethics and National Security, was
interviewed about the case of an Army sergeant charged with
cowardice who is now facing reduced charges. (Interview not
available online; transcript e-mailed upon request.)
FANS LOOK FOR SWINGING RIVALRY
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Nov. 9 -- One of the greatest
rivalries in college sports -- Duke vs. Carolina -- is now in the
hands of two of the game's best basketball coaches, Duke's Mike
Krzyzewski and UNC-Chapel Hill's Roy Williams. ...
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MEDICAL CENTERS FEAR LOSS OF FUNDS
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Nov. 10 -- Dozens of hospitals
across North Carolina would lose millions of dollars each year
under a state proposal to change the way hospitals are paid to
treat poor patients. Durham Regional Hospital stands to gain
$488,000, but Duke University stands to lose $6.3 million. ...
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SCHISMS ARE NOTHING NEW, BUT THIS ONE COULD BE
PROFOUND
(Pittsburgh) Post-Gazette, Nov. 9 -- The unfortunate thing about
the controversy over the consecration of the first openly gay
Episcopal bishop is that it is hard to find common meeting ground,
says a professor of history at Duke Divinity School. ...
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ON THE AIR
Duke Law Professor Scott Silliman will appear on CNN at 2:15 p.m.
today (Monday) to discuss the news that the U.S. Supreme Court will
hear its first case arising from the government's anti-terrorism
campaign following the Sept. 11 attacks. Silliman will also be
interviewed live today on WGBH/Public Radio International's "The
World," airing at 4 p.m. ET (also archived on the Web).
http://www.theworld.org
