Duke in the News: Dec. 12, 2006
Op-Ed: The Half-Life of a Despot | Duke Researcher Weighs Wars' Casualty Toll | Mothers' Tale, and more…
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
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OP-ED: THE HALF-LIFE OF A DESPOT
The New York Times, Dec. 12 -- Chile has a chance to be reborn now that former dictator Augusto Pinochet is dead, says Duke professor and novelist Ariel Dorfman. He was a member of the Allende government who went into exile after Pinochet's coup. (Also appeared in The Australian.) ... Full story
DUKE RESEARCHER WEIGHS WARS' CASUALTY TOLL
(Durham) Herald-Sun, Dec. 12 -- Between 4.3 million and 6.5 million Americans are likely to know a soldier who has been killed or wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to estimates by a Duke sociologist. ... Full story
MOTHERS' TALE
Wall Street Journal, Dec. 12 -- Two mothers became friends under the most stressful circumstances, trying to save their babies from a rare and fatal disease. They returned this year to Duke University Medical Center to celebrate regulatory approval of the first treatment for the disease. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Full story for subscribers
CHEMICAL CONDOM MIGHT BLOCK HIV
Salt Lake Tribune, Dec. 12 -- A gel-based "smart" condom might one day give women in developing nations a new way to protect themselves from AIDS, say researchers at Duke and the University of Utah. ... Full story
COMMENTARY: PROTECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERY CITIZEN AND SPECIES
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Dec. 10 -- William H. Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke, says he wants the new Congress "to put us on the right environmental path." ... Full story
ROBERTSON SCHOLARS' TICKET BAN TO REMAIN
(Durham) Herald-Sun, Dec. 11 -- Duke administrators say they won't step in to reverse a student government decision that bars UNC's Robertson Scholars from joining this year's Krzyzewskiville basketball-ticket campout. ... Full story
--Also, USA Today, AP: Krzyzewskiville Closed to Joint Scholars From North Carolina ... Full story
'DRIVE-BY SERMONS' ON CHURCH SIGNS INSPIRE BOOKS, SOME DERISION
Christian Post, AP, Dec. 10 -- Joseph Shelton, a director of field education and church relations at Duke's Divinity School, says those church marquees with humorous one-liners can be great discussion starters. ... Full story
BOOK REVIEW: THE TIES THAT BIND BLACK READERS
News & Observer, Dec. 10 -- In "BookMarks: Reading in Black and White," Duke professor Karla FC Holloway considers the "intimate" relationship that exists between black readers and writers. ... Full story
ON THE AIR
Rodrigo Dorfman was in Santiago, Chile with his father, Duke professor Ariel Dorfman, when the news broke that Augusto Pinochet was dead. Rodrigo talks on North Carolina Public Radio's "The Story" today about what this means to his family, who have lived in exile from Chile for decades. http://thestory.org
There are two more Duke clues coming up on "Jeopardy!" this week. Both were taped by the game show's Clue Crew at the Duke Lemur Center. Watch on Dec. 13 for the "From the Latin" clue and on Dec. 15 for a Duke clue in the "Unusual Animals" category. ... Details