August 23, 2004

SEARCH FOR THE SACRED Newsweek, Aug. 30 -- Carol Meyers, a professor of Biblical studies at Duke, and her husband, Judaic-studies scholar Eric Meyers, weigh in on the race to uncover sacred artifacts. ... Full story

STUDY: N.C. CHARTER STUDENTS WOULD DO BETTER AT TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS (Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 21 -- Data compiled in a new study co-authored by a Duke professor argues that, on average, students who attend charter schools are being academically harmed. ... Full story

TEENS, DRUGS AND SADNESS U.S. News and World Report, Aug. 30 -- Is a combination of pills and talking the best remedy for depression? John March, a child psychiatrist at Duke University Medical Center, talks about his research. ... Full story

PETITION URGES DUKE TO CANCEL PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUP'S CONFERENCE Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 23 -- Citing the university's commitment to academic freedom, Duke officials have said that they will not cancel a conference of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement. ... Full story --Also, (Duke) Chronicle: Palestine Conference Draws Heated Debate ... Full story

DUKE NEIGHBORS ON THE ALERT (Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 21 -- The year-round residents of them communities closest to Duke have a new strategy for dealing with unruly student parties -- talk softly, bring cookies and, if all else fails, call the police. ... Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Duke, Durham Forces Combine to Shut Down Back-to-School Revelry... Full story (Duke) Chronicle: Extra Cops Crack Down on Parties ... Full story

COLUMN: LOTS OF GOOD NEWS ABOUT DURHAM WE CAN TELL OPRAH (Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug. 22 -- Duke has invested a substantial amount of money into projects in Durham and "the good news," says Carl Kenney, "is we haven't seen the best yet." ... Full story

ON THE AIR Host Melinda Penkava will talk with Orrin Pilkey, professor emeritus of geology at Duke, about North Carolina's shifting barrier islands during a rebroadcast of "The State of Things" call-in program Monday night at 8 p.m. on WUNC-FM (91.5). (Live Web audio available.) ... Full story