Duke in the News: Jan. 24, 2007
Is There Enough Corn to Go Around? | Former Duke Prosecutor Faces New Ethics Charges | Gonzales Says Constitution Doesn't Guarantee Habeas Corpus, and more…
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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IS THERE ENOUGH CORN TO GO AROUND?
Marketplace, Jan. 23 -- Richard Newell, a professor of environmental economics at Duke, discusses President Bush's plan -- advanced in his State of the Union speech -- to increase the current mandate for ethanol use by a factor of five. ... Full story
--Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Experts Question Effectiveness of Bush Speech (Duke political science professor Chris Gelpi) ... Full story
FORMER DUKE PROSECUTOR FACES NEW ETHICS CHARGES
ABC News, Jan. 24 -- Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong has been charged with new ethics violations for his conduct on the Duke lacrosse case. ... Full story
--Also, Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story
GONZALES SAYS THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T GUARANTEE HABEAS CORPUS
San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 24 -- Erwin Chemerinsky, a Duke professor of constitutional law, discusses one of the Bush administration's most far-reaching assertions of government power. ... Full story
SCIENTISTS HOPE BLOGGING BOOSTS PUBLIC'S INTEREST
Houston Chronicle, McClatchy Newspapers, Jan. 22 -- Hunt Willard, director of Duke's Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, says getting people excited about science isn't as farfetched as it sounds. It depends on how the message is presented. ... Full story
RECORD NUMBER WOMEN IN LEGISLATURE
ABC 11 News, AP, Jan. 23 -- Kerry Haynie, a Duke University political science professor who has studied gender issues within state legislatures, says getting the right committees is important for women lawmakers. ... Full story
PANEL USES HIP-HOP TO TRY TO SPUR ACADEMICS
Herald-Sun, Jan. 23 -- Scholar and cultural critic Mark Anthony Neal, associate professor of black popular culture at Duke, talks to grade schoolers about the relationship between Hip-Hop and academic achievement. ... Full story
I KNOW TOO MUCH!
Entrepreneur Magazine, February 2007 -- You have the data at your fingertips, so why is making business decisions so hard? Bob Clemen, professor of decision sciences at Duke, discusses information overload. ... Full story
PERSONALIZING MEDICINE TO SHIFT POWER TO PATIENTS
Triangle Business Journal, Jan. 19 -- Dr. Ralph Snyderman, the former president and CEO of Duke University Health System, foresees a future when young people will have a plan to avoid the onset of major diseases for which they are genetically predisposed. ... Full story
