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January 07, 2005

Finance Chiefs Aren't Sweating High Energy Costs | Is Tobacco Research Turning Over a New Leaf? | The Science of Keeping Players in the Game, and more ...

FINANCE CHIEFS AREN'T SWEATING HIGH ENERGY COSTS Wall Street Journal, Jan. 7 -- A fourth-quarter survey by Duke University and CFO Magazine reveals that the business world has been slow to react to towering energy prices. Campbell Harvey, a professor of finance at Duke who co-directed the survey, comments on the findings. (Link for subscribers; article e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) Full story

IS TOBACCO RESEARCH TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF? Science, Jan. 7 -- Duke's Jed Rose, a co-inventor of the nicotine patch, thinks the tobacco industry's new focus on harm reduction may usher in a healthier era of tobacco-sponsored research, but some universities and grant organizations want to forbid the industry's funding. (Link for Duke readers or subscribers; article e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) Full story --Also, Financial Times: The Burning Tobacco Question (Link for subscribers; article e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) Full story

THE SCIENCE OF KEEPING PLAYERS IN THE GAME Los Angeles Times, Jan. 3 -- A nagging injury can sap motivation, sometimes permanently, derailing the workout programs of even the most hard-core fitness buffs. But orthopedic surgeons, biomechanics, exercise physiologists and physical therapists at Duke's Michael W. Krzyzewski Human Performance Research Laboratory are here to help. Full story

SURGICAL TOOLS CLEANED IMPROPERLY (Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 7 -- Two Duke University Health System hospitals have notified about 4,000 patients that they may have been operated on with surgical instruments that weren't properly cleaned. Hospital officials say patient care was not compromised because all instruments were properly sterilized in a separate step. (free registration) Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Liquid Mix-Up at Duke Hospitals Full story

DUKE'S WALLTOWN CLINIC GETS GRANTS (Durham) Herald-Sun, Jan. 7 -- With help from a new grant, Duke University plans to open a new low-cost health clinic to serve Durham's Walltown community this month. Full story

GUY DAVENPORT DIES AT 77; PROLIFIC AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR New York Times, Jan. 7 -- A many-sided author, painter, teacher and scholar, Davenport quit high school to study art at Duke and eventually majored in classics and English literature. Full story --Also, Los Angeles Times: Guy Davenport Jr., 77; Eclectic, Erudite Writer of Essays, Fiction and Poems Full story

EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE ORIENTALIST The Jerusalem Report, Jan. 24 -- David Roberts' lithographs, which have shed light on life in Palestine, are heading back to Duke to be a part of the new 65,000-square-foot Nasher Museum of Art. (Link for Duke readers; article e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) Full story

OUTLOOK FOR FAITH: POWER AND GLORY (Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 7 -- Two Duke professors weigh in on the struggle for religious influence in America. (free registration) Full story

PHYSICIAN BLENDS SCIENCE, THEOLOGY (Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 2 -- Wake County's medical director, who is studying for a degree at Duke Divinity School, hopes to blend his education in ministering to a congregation with his work treating the ill. (free registration) Full story

ON THE AIR "State of Things" host Melinda Penkava talks Friday with film historian Tom Whiteside of Duke about Depression-era filmmaker H. Lee Waters and his contribution to movie making. The program airs at noon on WUNC-91.5 FM and will later be archived on the Web. Full story

GROUP SENDS LETTER TO GONZALES Religion Journal, Jan. 7 -- A group of more than 225 religious leaders, including Duke theologian Stanley Hauerwas, has sent a letter to attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales expressing concern for memos he penned on anti-torture policy as White House counsel. (See fifth item.) Full story

EXTRA LONG MOLECULES Technology Review, January 2005 -- Los Alamos and Duke researchers have done more than advance nanotechnology; they have built individual molecules as long as a paper clip. Full story