Duke in the News: Jan. 31, 2007

SENATORS ASSERT RIGHT TO BLOCK BUSH ON IRAQ The New York Times, Jan. 30 -- Duke law professor Walter Dellinger tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that Congress can "validly limit the presidential use of force." ... Full story --Also, NPR's All Things Considered: Judiciary Panel Ponders Congress Ending War (audio with excerpts of Dellinger's testimony) ... Full story St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Critics of Casualty Reports Want Truer Picture of War (Duke political science professor Christopher Gelpi) ... Full story

WILSON SPEAKS ON PLAME CASE, ROLE OF GOOD CITIZEN Duke Chronicle, Jan. 31 -- In his first public appearance since the Plame Affair trial began Jan. 16, Ambassador Joseph Wilson spoke about foreign affairs and the ongoing trial to Duke students and Durham residents in Page Auditorium Tuesday night. ... Full story

DUKE LACROSSE HEARING POSTPONED CBS News, AP, Jan. 31 -- A critical hearing in the Duke lacrosse case has been postponed until May as the new prosecutors, who took over from District Attorney Mike Nifong, study the evidence. ... Full story --Also, Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

ESSAY: PHILANTHROPY'S NEW MATH Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 2 -- Duke public policy professor Joel Fleishman has long served as "the conscience of the philanthropic community." His new book is particularly concerned about enhancing the transparency, and hence accountability, of foundations. ... Full story

IF YOU WANT A FREE HOUSE, THEN MOVE IT (Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 31 -- Duke is giving away houses -- a dozen remnants from an old mill village that stand in the way of ambitious plans for Central Campus. There's a catch, though. ... Full story

BRAIN SURGEON CALLS SELF ‘TIGER WOODS OF NEUROSURGERY' Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail, Jan. 29 -- Dr. Takanori Fukushima, a consulting professor of neurosurgery at Duke, compares removing brain tumors to measuring up for a birdie on the golf course. ... Full story

COLUMN: LEAPING INTO NEW WATERS BusinessWeek, Jan. 30 -- Sheila Curran, executive director of the Duke Career Center, discusses what you'll need to make a break into a new field. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek was a guest on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things" Wednesday. She talked about Duke student engagement on and off campus. The conversation is part of a week-long series on higher education, "North Carolina Voices: Considering College." http://wunc.org/tsot