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Duke in the News: Nov. 27, 2006

Op-Ed: Iraq's Deadliest Zone -- Schools | Editorial: Carbon Trading | An Unlikely Mogul Attempts to Crash NBA's Exclusive Owner's Club, and more!

OP-ED: IRAQ'S DEADLIEST ZONE -- SCHOOLS Washington Post, Nov. 27 -- "Rescuing our scholars has become as crucial in determining the future of Iraq as disarming the insurgents," says Abdul Sattar Jawad, a visiting professor at the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies at Duke. ... Full story --Also, NPR's Talk of the Nation: Middle East Brain Drain ... Listen

EDITORIAL: CARBON TRADING Science, Nov. 26 -- William H. Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke, advocates policies to wean us from "the carbon-rich diet of the Industrial Revolution." ... Full story

AN UNLIKELY MOGUL ATTEMPTS TO CRASH THE NBA'S EXCLUSIVE OWNER'S CLUB Wall Street Journal, Nov. 27 -- Former Duke basketball standout Brian Davis wants to apply his Durham-tested real estate model on a broader scale, buying into the Memphis Grizzlies with an eye, he says, toward redeveloping the neighborhoods around their downtown arena. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Full story for subscribers

OP-ED: NO NEUTRAL CORNER Orlando Sentinel, Nov. 26 -- David C. Steinmetz, a professor at Duke Divinity School, says an angry polarization in the Anglican communion has left moderates "depressed and dispirited." ... Full story

CURED BY EGGHEADS (London) The Times, Nov. 25 -- Children's food allergies could be cured using a surprising new approach -- eating the very foods that cause the allergic reaction, a Duke study suggests. ... Full story --Also, U.S. News & World Report: Food Allergies -- Hope for a New Treatment or Cure ... Full story (Durham) Herald-Sun: Study -- Children Can Overcome Egg Allergy ... Full story

MEDICATION MAY HELP YOUNGER ADHD PATIENTS, STUDY SHOWS (Raleigh) News & Observer, Nov. 27 -- Research by ADHD specialists at Duke and elsewhere suggests that drugs such as Ritalin work to ease symptoms in toddlers as young as 3. ... Full story

DUKE LAW PROFS TO ADVISE SECRETARY OF STATE RICE Triangle Business Journal, Nov. 24 -- Three professors from Duke's law school are about to have their say on national policy, with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice as their eager audience. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Duke Professor Arlie Petters, the guest on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things" Monday, has dreamed up a new way to look at the world. And it's turning Einstein's General Theory of Relativity on its ear. ... Details