Duke in the News: July 21, 2004

DUKE PASSES OUT iPODS FOR EDUCATIONAL USE USA Today, July 21 -- Duke University is emphasizing educational uses of the Apple iPod, such as listening to lectures, practicing foreign languages and studying dialects. ...Full story --Also, New York Times: Duke to Provide Freshmen With iPods Full story Financial Times: Apple's iPod Moves Into Education Full story BBC News: iPods to 'Help U.S. Students Study' Full story (Duke) Chronicle: Duke to Hand Out iPods to Freshmen Full story PC World: Duke Seeds Campus With IPods FUll story

HOW THE WEALTHY GET HEALTHY Forbes, July 21 -- Kevin Waters, director of the Duke Executive Health Program, discusses the reasons many of the nation's top medical institutions offer executive health care programs. ... Full story

MISSING MARINE SPEAKS OUT Fox News "The Big Story With John Gibson," July 20 - Duke law professor Scott Silliman appeared to discuss the case of the Camp Lejeune marine who was reported missing in Iraq last month. (Transcript upon request to eduke@duke.edu.)

IRAQ A CRUCIAL BATTLE GROUND IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS Scripps Howard News Service, July 21 -- Duke University political science professor Peter Feaver says Sen. Kerry could do more to explain his shift in positions on Iraq. ... Full story

SHOPPERS MUST WAIT FOR QUOTA-FREE PRICES TO HIT THE STREETS Financial Times, July 21 -- Gary Gereffi, a sociology professor who runs the markets and management studies program at Duke, talks about the upcoming removal of textile import quotas. ... Full story

STUDENT PLAZA DELAYED (Duke) Chronicle, July 21 -- The construction of a plaza that will eventually replace the Bryan Center walkway has been delayed for at least another year. ... Full story

U.S. AIMS FOR AN OLD TARGET -- THE MOON Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 18 -- Former NASA historian Alex Roland, now a professor of history at Duke, says times -- and public support for bold, but costly space ventures -- have changed. ...Full story

ON THE AIR Tracy Futhey, vice president for information technology at Duke, will be a guest Wednesday on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" call-in show. She will talk about Duke's plan to give Apple iPods to its incoming freshmen. The popular digital music players will be used to download lectures and books as well as songs. Listen live at 2:45 p.m. ET or to archived audio on the Web, available at approximately 6 p.m. ET. Futhey is also tentatively scheduled to talk about the iPod project on ABC News World News Tonight. ...Full story