November 15, 2004

BRAIN TUMOR DETECTION ADVANCES BBC News, Nov. 14 -- Duke scientists using scans have found a way to distinguish between abscesses and brain tumors without the need for surgery. Full story

HOW LINES OF THE CULTURE WAR HAVE BEEN REDRAWN Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 15 -- For a lot of people, especially after 9/11, the Massachusetts same-sex marriage ruling represented "too much destabilization to their traditional moorings," says Felicia Kornbluh, a historian at Duke University. Full story

ASHCROFT BLASTS JUDGES Newsday, Nov. 13 -- Scott Silliman, a law professor and director of Duke University's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, commented on departing Attorney General John Ashcroft's assertion that federal judges used "invasive oversight" in reining in President Bush's anti-terrorism plans. Full story

HOW EXERCISE PROTECTS THE HEART BBC News, Nov. 14 -- Although it is widely known that regular exercise makes for a healthy heart, Duke scientists believe they have shown why this might be. Full story

DUKE STUDENTS BEGIN REPLICA OF DARFUR SUFFERING (Durham) Herald-Sun, Nov. 14 -- Duke students are bringing awareness of the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan by living this week in a mock refugee village they have built on West Campus. Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Student Project Calls Attention to Sudan (Photo not available online; faxed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) (Duke) Chronicle: Students Pitch Mock Refugee Village Full story

DUKE ROBOTICS STUDENTS TEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLERS (Durham) Herald-Sun, Nov. 14 -- Duke computer science students are teaching about 30 Chewning Middle School students the basics of making a robot. Full story --Also, Students Enliven `Day of the Dead' Celebration (Duke-UNC consortium) Full story (Henderson, N.C.) Daily Dispatch: Youth Visits to Duke Earn Couple Award Full story

STUBBING, 74, SECURITY EXPERT (Raleigh) News & Observer, Nov. 13 -- Richard A. Stubbing, a national security expert and winner of Duke University's Humanitarian Award, died of cancer Thursday at the age of 74. Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Stubbing, Duke Professor, Dies at 74 Full story (Duke) Chronicle: Defense Expert Dies at Age 74 Full story

DUKE REGROUPS SAFETY EFFORTS (Duke) Chronicle, Nov. 12 -- Duke is instituting a series of changes that will shift the burden of large-scale campus security to the university infrastructure, freeing the campus police to concentrate on crime-related matters. Full story

ON THE AIR Duke law professor Scott Silliman discusses the legality of detaining "enemy combatants" at the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba on WBUR Radio's "Here and Now" program Monday. Listen to archived audio. Full story