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Duke in the News: December 8, 2006
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SUIT BY IRAQIS AND AFGHANS CLAIMS RUMSFELD ORDERED TORTURE
The Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 8 -- Scott Silliman, a Duke law professor and director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, says he doubts the case against the former defense secretary will go very far. Full story
MAKING GAS FROM PRAIRIE GRASSES
NPR: All Things Considered, Dec. 7 -- Scientists are struggling to make biofuels cheap enough to compete with fossil fuels such as oil and coal. Robert Jackson, an ecologist at Duke, says the only way to change that is some sort of carbon tax or carbon-trading mechanism.
FDA WEIGHTS RISKS, BENEFITS OF DRUG-COATED STENTS
NPR: All Things Considered, Dec. 7 -- Dr. David Kong, a cardiologist at Duke, says results from a study suggest that long-term use of the drug Plavix could offset the risk of blood clots from coated stents.
-- Also, Washingtonpost.com (HealthDay): Drug-Coated Stents Don't Boost Death Risk, U.S. Advisers Say (This story appeared in more than 800 news outlets.)
USING PATCH BEFORE QUITTING CIGARETTES BOOSTS CHANCES OF SUCCESS
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dec 7 -- People who try to quit smoking may increase their chances if they start using the patch two weeks before they stop, according to new studies. There's no evidence of harm in smoking while using the patch, says Duke's Jed E. Rose study director and co-inventor of the nicotine patch.
LESSONS IN HEALING
Herald-Sun, Dec. 8 -- A new program called "Healing and Hope Through Science" provides hands-on science classes and one-on-one instruction for hospitalized children at Duke and UNC's children hospitals.
STUDENTS DIG UP IDEA FOR T-SHIRT, SCHOLARSHIP
Duke Chronicle, Dec. 8 -- T-shirts bearing the slogan "Durham can you dig it?" aim to raise both money and awareness for the Pi Phi First Generation Scholarship Fund. The shirts were designed by Duke students last spring.
-- Also, The Nation: Fine By Us: A T-shirt Campaign Brings Students Out of the Closet
LOUIE BELLSON
WUNC: The State of Things, Dec. 7 -- Host Frank Stasio hears about the golden era of jazz from drummer Louie Bellson as Bellson stops into town for a gig with the Duke University Jazz Ensemble.
ON THE AIR
Duke President Richard H. Brodhead's recent address to the City Club of Cleveland, titled "What Universities Are Good For," will be broadcast on Time-Warner Cable (Durham Cable Channel 8) at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9. (Link to web video)
FOUR TULSANS HONORED BY HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL
Tulsa World, Dec. 8 -- John Hope Franklin, a former Tulsa resident and Duke historian emeritus, has been awarded the 2006 Oklahoma Human Rights Award. Franklin's research produced previously unknown details of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot.
-- Also, KSWO: Commission honors 11 with human rights award
MAN FOUND DEAD WAS DUKE STUDENT
The (Raleigh) News & Observer, Dec. 8 -- The man whose body was found in a parked car in Raleigh has been identified as Duke medical student Rajesh Rajan Das. Investigators do not think foul play was involved in his death.
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