Duke in the News: Jan. 4, 2007
Duke Law School Selects Judge David Levi as Dean | Lacrosse Players Invited Back | Immigrants a Driving Force Behind Start-Ups, Study Says
Thursday, January 4, 2007
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DUKE LAW SCHOOL SELECTS JUDGE DAVID LEVI AS DEAN
Wall Street Journal Law Blog, Jan. 3 -- Duke Law School has selected federal Judge David Levi as its next dean. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Full story for subscribers
--Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Duke Gets New Law School Dean ... Full story
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Federal Judge to Lead Duke's Law School ... Full story
(Durham) Herald-Sun: Duke Law School Names New Dean ... Full story
LACROSSE PLAYERS INVITED BACK
Herald-Sun, Jan. 4 -- Duke opened the door Wednesday to the return "in good standing" of student-athletes Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann, who were removed from school after being charged in the controversial lacrosse sexual-assault case last spring. ... Full story
--Also, Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story
IMMIGRANTS A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND START-UPS, STUDY SAYS
Washington Post, Jan. 4 -- Insight from a study by Duke engineering students on the formation of engineering and technology companies should inform the national immigration debate. ... Full story
--Also, USA Today, AP: Immigrants Behind 25% of Start-Ups ... Full story
(San Jose) Mercury News: Valley's New Leaders Coming From Overseas ... Full story
News & Observer: Foreigners Boost Technology ... Full story
News & Observer: Many Patents by Foreign Born ... Full story
Duke News: Skilled, Educated Immigrants Contribute Significantly to U.S. Economy ... Full story
OP-ED: TROUBLE IN ANGLICAN HEARTLAND
Orlando Sentinel, Jan. 2 -- "The decision of the churches in Virginia to depart (from the mainstream of the Episcopal Church) bears all the marks of impatience -- or, at the very least, of the failure of the Christian virtue of hope," writes Duke Divinity School professor David C. Steinmetz. ... Full story
--Also, Baltimore Sun: Op-Ed -- The Virginia Episcopal Schism -- A Wound in Christianity's Heart (by Divinity School professor Jo Bailey Wells) ... Full story
GENE TEST MAY HELP LUNG CANCER PATIENTS
CBS News, Jan. 3 -- Scientists in Taiwan have advanced the work of Duke researchers who last year reported development of a test aimed at showing which lung cancer patients most need chemotherapy. (AP story also appeared on the New York Times website and in more than 200 other news outlets.) ... Full story
OP-ED: A DOSE OF MERCY HELPS HEAL IMMIGRATION
News & Observer, Dec. 22 -- Amnesty is not only an acceptable concept, it runs throughout our history, says Hans Christian Linnartz, who teaches immigration law at Duke Law School. ... Full story
CONTRACTORS ARE CITED IN ABUSES AT GUANTANAMO
Washington Post, Jan. 4 -- Scott L. Silliman, executive director of the center on law, ethics and national security at Duke, offers background on new allegations of detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay. ... Full story
POLIO PROVING TO BE A RESILIENT ENEMY
(Toronto) Globe and Mail, Jan. 2 -- Duke professor emeritus Dr. Samuel Katz, a co-inventor of the measles vaccine, has grave concerns about the way the polio eradication program is going. ... Full story
OPTIMISTS MAY HAVE LONGER LIVES
Reuters, Dec. 22 -- Optimists may enjoy longer lives than people with a dimmer outlook on the future, a Duke-led study suggests. ... Full story
COMMENTARY: THE LAST SOUL BROTHER
PopMatters, Jan. 2 -- The humanity of James Brown "could never sustain the myth, so much so that the image of the man who gave Black Power its soundtrack became a harsh reminder of its fractured legacy," writes Duke professor Mark Anthony Neal. ... Full story
ON THE AIR
Neil Vidmar, professor of law and psychology at Duke, will be a guest today on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things," talking about the modern jury's role in the American justice system. Vidmar is co-author of the upcoming book, "American Juries: The Verdict."
http://wunc.org/tsot
