Duke in the News: Dec. 1, 2006

AUTHOR TYSON WINS RELIGION AWARD (Raleigh) News & Observer, Dec. 1 -- The Grawemeyer Foundation cites Duke historian Tim Tyson's "Blood Done Sign My Name" as helping to heal racism. ... Full story --Also, Winston-Salem Journal, AP: Duke Professor Wins Grawemeyer Award in Religion ... Full story The (Louisville) Courier-Journal: Poignant Story of Racism Honored ... Full story

INSIDE FDA, A BATTLE OVER DRUG TO TREAT 'DARTH VADER' BACTERIA Wall Street Journal, Dec. 1 -- Duke professor Ralph Corey calls resistant staph the "Darth Vader" of bacteria and says doctors "urgently need a new option," which the antibiotic Cubicin could provide. (Link to preview; full article e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Preview/full story for subscribers

SCIENTISTS WATCH CELLS CREATING PROTEINS UPI, Nov. 30 -- Duke researchers have visualized in living mice how cells dice and splice genetic material to create unique and varied proteins. This helps to explain a key process of human biology. ... Full story

DUKE PRESIDENT GETS PANEL FINDINGS (Durham) Herald-Sun, Dec. 1 -- A group assigned after the lacrosse incident to examine Duke's campus culture relayed its initial findings to President Richard Brodhead just before Thanksgiving, but won't issue a public report until spring, Duke officials said Thursday. ... Full story --Also, Duke News: Statement on Campus Culture Initiative ... Full statement Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

REPORT ON CORPORATE RULES IS ASSAILED Washington Post, Dec. 1 -- Duke securities law professor James D. Cox says a controversial new report that seeks to slash corporate regulation is "well-intentioned but misguided." ... Full story

DUKE MEDICINE: HISTORY IN MOTION Herald-Sun, Nov. 30 -- When local author Walter Campbell was commissioned to write a history of Duke Medicine to mark its 75th anniversary, he was asked to answer one question. How did Duke Medicine come so far, so fast? ... Full story

DOING GOOD, AND FEELING BETTER ABC News 20/20, Nov. 29 -- At Duke University Medical Center former heart patients were asked to visit current heart patients just to listen and lend support. By doing that, the volunteers had better health after their heart attacks. ... Full story

DUKE'S KARLA F.C. HOLLOWAY STUDIES BLACK AUTHORS' FAVORITE WRITERS (Durham) Independent Weekly, Nov. 29 -- Time and time again, the 25 authors profiled in Duke English professor Karla F.C. Holloway's "BookMarks" cite the giants of English-language literature -- and for more than one reason. ... Full story

TRIBUTE: OH BROTHER 2006 -- REMEMBERING GERALD LEVERT SeeBlack.com, Nov. 27 -- Even in death R&B singer Gerald Levert gave his fans and his community "one final gift," writes Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of black popular culture at Duke. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Duke law professor Scott Silliman is moderating a panel discussion on detaining and prosecuting terrorists and the impact of the Hamdan decision during this second day of the American Bar Association's 16th Annual Conference on National Security Law. C-SPAN's live coverage began at 10:30 a.m. ET. Watch on the Web Duke prospective health care is a featured topic today on UNC-TV's North Carolina Now, airing at 7:30 p.m. ET on the statewide network. ... Website