Duke in the News: April 12, 2007

DUKE LACROSSE PLAYERS 'INNOCENT' (Raleigh) News & Observer, April 12 -- Three former Duke lacrosse players are innocent of the charges they've battled for a year, the state attorney general said Wednesday, but Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong is guilty of "a rush to accuse." ... Full story --Also, New York Times: All Charges Dropped in Duke Case ... Full story (Durham) Herald-Sun: Duke Officials Pleased With End to Explosive Case ... Full story Newsday: Column -- Facts Finally Balance Out on the Scales of Justice ... Full story News & Observer: Editorial -- Judgment Day ... Full story Seattle Post-Intelligencer, AP: Analysis -- Nobody Won in Duke Case ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

BEING SINGLE HAS ITS BENEFITS USA Today, April 12 -- Pressure from family or friends to marry doesn't hurt women's self-image, says a study co-authored by Duke's Linda Burton, presented to the Society for Research in Child Development. ... Full story

THINKING THIN: A COGNITIVE THERAPY APPROACH NPR's Morning Edition, April 12 -- Martin Binks, who oversees Duke's Diet and Fitness program, says behavioral tricks borrowed from cognitive therapy can be the missing piece for dieters who are trying to make a lasting change in the way they think about food and eating. ... Full story

MAKING MAMMOGRAMS MORE RELIABLE (Seattle) KING-TV, April 11 -- Researchers at Duke are working on ways to detect breast cancer in younger women and find smaller tumors than ever before. ... Full story

THEATER REVIEW: SHADOW OF HIMSELF (Durham) Independent Weekly, April 11 -- Duke Theater Studies show digs into what it takes to be a civilized man. ... Full story

ENGINES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP (Toledo) Blade, April 8 -- Gary Gereffi, director of Duke's Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness and an author of a new study on America's new immigrant entrepreneurs, says immigrants are "significant economic contributors." ... Full story

CARING HOUSE LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN Herald-Sun, April 8 -- An increasing number of Duke patients are staying at Durham's Caring House for extended periods as they receive bone marrow transplants and stem cell treatments. ... Full story

HE LIVES FOR REJECTION! Ashtabula (Ohio) Star Beacon, April 6 -- Nick Tsipis fell in love with Duke athletics at an early age. A little more than a year ago, the Duke soccer coaches fell in love with Nick. ... Full story

ON THE AIR North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things" today will feature community reaction to the dismissal of all charges against the three former Duke lacrosse players. http://wunc.org/tsot