Duke in the News: April 5, 2007

MILK MAY HELP SMOKERS KICK HABIT (Madison) WISC-TV News, Internet Broadcasting, April 4 -- Milk may do the body good by helping smokers break the habit, according to researchers at Duke. ... Full story

JAGs TAKE A MORE CENTRAL BATTLEFIELD ROLE NPR's Morning Edition, April 5 -- Duke law professor Scott Silliman comments on the greater role being played by the soldier-lawyers called JAGs, who are trained to offer legal advice to soldiers on the battlefield. ... Full story

DUKE'S PLAYERS 'HOPE FOR THE BEST' (Raleigh) News & Observer, April 5 -- Memo to Gail Goestenkors' replacement at Duke: Your soon-to-be new players are keeping your seat warm and the team focused while they wait for you to show up. ... Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Names Begin to Surface for Duke Job ... Full story USA Today: Harding Picked No. 1 by Mercury, Traded to Lynx ... Full story

A GREENER SUPREME COURT Minnesota Public Radio's "Midmorning," April 5 -- Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke, joined a discussion of the political impact of a Supreme Court ruling this week that the federal government has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases. ... Full story

STUDY QUESTIONS COMPUTERS AS SECOND PAIR OF EYES ON MAMMOGRAMS San Diego Union-Tribune, AP, April 5 -- Dr. Jay Baker, a Duke radiologist who has studied computerized mammography, comments on a study of the new systems. ... Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News 14 Carolina: Duke Working on 3-D Mammograms ... Full story

PIONEER OF INTERNET LEAVES THE U OF M Minnesota Public Radio, April 4 -- Mark McCahill, the computer science researcher who coined the term "surfing the 'net," is leaving the University of Minnesota to take a position at Duke. (with audio) ... Full story

DUKE HISTORIAN TO RECEIVE 'HERE I STAND' AWARD Washington Post, April 5 -- Duke historian John Hope Franklin, a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, will receive the "Here I Stand" award for his leadership. ... Full story

CONVENTION BRINGS NANOTECH INSIDERS TO DUKE Small Times, Duke Chronicle, April 4 -- A two-day workshop at Duke last week focused on the advent of nanotechnology in a global and regional context. ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: THIS MUST BE THE PLACE New York Sun, April 4 -- Author and Duke professor Henry Petroski reviews Witold Rybczynski's new book about the history of real estate development in America. ... Full story

COMFORT WOMAN North Carolina Public Radio's "The Story," April 3 -- Ok Sun Kim, one of an estimated 50,000 to 200,00 so-called "comfort women" who were kidnapped into sexually servicing the Japanese army during World War II, tells her story with the help of her translator, Duke sophomore Young-In Song. ... Full story