Duke in the News: May 31, 2005

SMOKING, ALCOHOL POSE UNIQUE RISKS FOR TEENS NPR's Morning Edition, May 31 -- Duke neuroscientist Aaron White talks about the unique hazards posed by binge drinking to teens' developing brains. ... Listen

PILLS TO FIT YOUR GENES (London) The Times, May 28 -- Gene testing may cut out months of frustrating and possibly damaging trial-and-error prescribing to find the right dose for epilepsy drugs, a Duke study found. ... Full story

DUKE TAKING STEPS TO RAISE AWARENESS, PREVENT SEXUAL ASSAULTS (Durham) Herald-Sun, May 30 -- Duke is doing better than most other universities at addressing sexual assaults on campus, students and officials say. ... Full story

DUKE ENCOURAGES FEMALE LEADERSHIP (Charlotte) News 14 Carolina, May 30 -- Duke is one of the first universities in the country to take an in-depth look at the academic environment for women students. ... Full story

COMMENTARY: HOW CAN PACIFISTS HONOR AND RESPECT SOLDIERS? Roanoke (Va.) Times, May 30 -- A challenge to pacifist Christians by Duke theologian Stanley Hauerwas raises a question a columnist can neither answer, nor stop thinking about. ... Full story

FATHER, SON TELL HARD STORY OF YOUTH (Durham) Herald-Sun, May 29 -- Heller Highland, a teenage bike messenger of bad tidings, zips onto the literary scene thanks to father and son writers Ariel and Joaquin Dorfman. The elder Dorfman is a professor of literature and Latin American studies at Duke. ... Full story News & Observer: Two Dorfmans, One New Novel ... Full story

JOHNS HOPKINS TAKES LACROSSE TITLE Philadelphia Inquirer, May 31 -- Johns Hopkins edged Duke 9-8 to capture the NCAA men's lacrosse title in front of 44,920 fans. ... Full story --Also, New York Times: Dry Spell Is Over for Johns Hopkins ... Full story Herald-Sun: Editorial -- Duke Achieves in a Sport on the Rise ... Full story