Duke in the News: July 13, 2006

SENATE: HOW MUCH LEEWAY FOR BUSH? Christian Science Monitor, July 13 -- Scott Silliman, a retired Air Force judge advocate at the Duke School of Law, says Congress and the White House must work together to craft war-on-terror policies that will withstand court challenge. ... Full story  --Also, The New York Times, Reuters: Geneva Policy Won't Halt U.S. Interrogations Full story San Jose Mercury News: Bush Administration Insists Congress Ratify Military Tribunals Full story Christian Science Monitor: Will U.S. Military Treat Detainees Differently Now? Full story

THE POWER OF SCIENCE: INTRODUCING THE FIRST BIONIC MAN (London) The Independent, July 13 -- Miguel Nicolelis, a neurobiologist at Duke, is among researchers with great ambitions for technology to harness thought to help the injured. He is developing an exoskeleton that could be worn like The Wrong Trousers in the Wallace and Gromit film, but with better control. ... Full story  --Also, San Francisco Chronicle: Quadriplegic's Mind Able to Control Matter ... Full story USA Today: Brain Sensor Helps Paralyzed People Do Tasks ... Full story The Wall Street Journal: Harnessing Thought to Help the Injured (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Full story for subscribers BBC News: Brain Sensor Allows Mind-Control ... Full story

OP-ED: WHEN ADULT KIDS COME HOME Louisville Courier-Journal, July 13 -- "Even if parents enjoy having their child at home, they need to let go for the sake of their child's career," says Sheila J. Curran, director of the career center at Duke. ... Full story

QUIET BEFORE THE STORM Newsday, July 12 -- Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong, focus of the Duke controversy, remains tight-lipped as the defense tries to undermine his case. ... Full story  --Also, Washington Post: Column by Marc Fisher -- Wolves in Blazers and Khakis Full story (Durham) Herald-Sun: Monks Eyes Run if Cheek Doesn't ... Full story Herald-Sun: Editorial -- Cheek Must Make a Decision Soon (Article not available online; faxed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) Sports Illustrated: Column by Frank Deford -- Racially Unbalanced ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) Full story

LAWYER PLANS TO NAME DUKE HEALTH IN LAWSUIT OVER MEDICAL MIX-UP (Raleigh) WRAL-TV, July 12 -- The lawyer for a patient treated at a Duke University Health System-affiliated hospital plans to add the health system to a pending lawsuit connected to a 2004 medical mix-up. (with video) ... Full story

COLUMN: HILL'S EXHIBIT HAS A LESSON FOR PARENTS Charlotte Observer, July 13 -- Grant Hill's collection of African-American art at the NasherMuseum at Duke speaks to the values that parents can share. ... Full story  --Also, Charlotte Observer: Grant Hill Art Exhibit Will Close After This Weekend ... Full story

ROOTED IN RHYTHM Baltimore Sun, July 13 -- Mark Anthony Neal, professor of black popular culture at Duke, discusses the price a band pays for eschewing topics often celebrated in rap. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Kevin Schulman, director of the Health Sector Management Program at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke, and Neil Vidmar, professor of law and professor of psychology at Duke, joined a conversation on "The State of Things" Thursday about the proposed federal medical court system being discussed in a U.S. House subcommittee meeting today. Listen to a rebroadcast at 9 p.m. ET on WUNC Radio or later to archived web audio. http://wunc.org/tsot