Duke in the News: July 6, 2006

TEEN DRINKING TAKES TOLL ON BRAIN CBS Evening News, July 5 -- Dr. Aaron White of Duke discusses mounting research that suggests that alcohol causes more damage to the developing brains of teenagers than was previously thought. ... Full story  -- Also, International Herald Tribune: Heavy-Drinking Teens Prone to Long-Term Damage, Study Finds ... Full story (London) The Guardian: Drunk Young Things ... Full story

DISTURBING THE MASTERPIECE (Raleigh) News & Observer, July 2 -- Eve Sussman's new video art project debuts this week at Duke's Nasher Museum of Art. ... Full story  --Also: (Durham) Herald-Sun: Nasher Exhibit Inspired by 18th Century, Art, Old Myth Full story (Durham) Independent Weekly: Antiquity and the Modern ... Full story San Luis Obispo Tribune, In Durham, Visit DukeUniversity's NasherMuseum of Art Full story

BIRD EXTINCTIONS WORSE THAN THOUGHT ScienceNOW, July 5 -- Duke ecologist Stuart Pimm and colleagues constructed and analyzed a massive list of all species of birds and when they were first described to arrive at their new estimate of bird extinctions. ... Full story

DUKE FRESHMEN TO GET DINE-OUTS News & Observer, July 6 -- DukeUniversity plans to give each first-year student $50 to spend this fall at eateries on or near Ninth Street ... Full story  --Also, Herald-Sun: Duke Freshmen to Receive $50 to Spend in Local Restaurants Full story WRAL-TV: Duke Freshmen to Receive $50 Vouchers for Off-Campus Dining ... Full story

COLUMN: FRIENDS The Christian Century, June 27 -- DukeDivinitySchool Dean L. Gregory Jones says "holy friends" offer challenges and support -- helping us to confront our sins and grow in relation to God and others. ... Full story

EX-GI ACCUSED IN IRAQ RAPE HAD ROCKY PAST The New York Times, AP, July 6 -- Scott L. Silliman, a military law expert at Duke and retired Air Force colonel, says an ex-GI's psychiatric diagnosis does not make it easier for his attorneys to plead insanity in the face of Iraq rape and murder charges. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Duke teacher and author Margaret Sartor talks on "The State of Things" Thursday about her book, "Miss American Pie," a revealing look at the agony of adolescence. Listen to a rebroadcast at 9 p.m. ET on WUNC Radio or later to archived web audio. ... Details