Duke in the News: May 5, 2005

MISTRIAL -- GUILTY PLEA REJECTED ABC News World News Tonight, May 4 -- Duke law professor Scott Silliman said the defense hurt more than helped its case in the Lynndie England Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse trial. (Transcript e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) --Also, News From CNN With Wolf Blitzer: Latest in the Case Against Lynndie England (Silliman) ... Transcript Australian Broadcasting's The World Today: Judge Rules Mistrial in Lynndie England Case Transcript

COKE: THE NEW NIKE Inside Higher Education, May 5 -- The Coca-Cola Company, the latest target of the student activism movement, will meet with a broad group of college administrators and students Thursday, including Jim Wilkerson, director of trademark licensing at Duke. ... Full story

A CHOOSIER APPROACH TO AID The Economist, April 23 -- America's Millennium Challenge Account takes its inspiration in part from Duke economics professor and former World Bank economist Craig Burnside. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) ... Full story for subscribers

RESEARCHERS TESTED DRUGS ON FOSTER KIDS Boston Globe, May 4 -- Dr. Ross McKinney, a pediatrics AIDS expert at Duke, commented on the medical center's policy of contacting the biological parents of foster children given experimental AIDS drugs mostly in the late 1980s. ... Full story --Also, New York Times: How Some States Handle Child AIDS Testing (See North Carolina listing.) ... Full story 

DUKE SCIENTISTS FIND A WEAPON IN HIV'S ARSENAL (Durham) Herald-Sun, May 4 -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have uncovered an immune-system trick the AIDS virus uses that may help explain why HIV vaccines so far have failed -- and also may help to make new ones effective. ... Full story

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ELECTS 19 WOMEN, A NEW HIGH New York Times, May 4 -- The National Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday that it had elected 19 women, the highest number ever, among its 72 new members (including two with Duke affiliations). ... Full story --Also, The National Academies: 72 New Members Chosen by Academy ... Full story

DUKE GROUP TO COUNTER PASTOR'S PLANNED PROTEST (Durham) Herald-Sun, May 5 -- Jennifer Gurevich, a Duke student helping organize Friday's counter-protest of Fred Phelps and his supporters, said she hopes her group's non-violent message will show the Kansas pastor that Durham residents do not support his anti-gay rhetoric. ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: MYTHS OF THE FAITH-BASED CAMPUS Christianity Today, May 2005 -- Elesha Coffman, a graduate student in religion at Duke, reviews "God on the Quad" by Naomi Schaefer Riley. ... Full story