Duke in the News: May 18, 2007

CIA LEAK DESTROYED PLAME'S CAREER, HER LAWYER SAYS

New York Times (Reuters), May 18 -- Bush administration officials destroyed Valerie Plame's career by disclosing her identity as a secret CIA operative, according to Plame's lawyer, Duke law professor Erwin Chemerinsky. Full story 

- - Also, Washington Post: Judge Told Leak Was Part of 'Policy Dispute' Full story

A LOOK PAST WHAT CAN BE SEEN

(Raleigh) News & Observer, May 18 -- An exhibit of photographs by blind teenagers at the Governor Morehead School in Raleigh opens with a reception Wednesday, May 23, at Duke's Center for Documentary Studies. It is sponsored by the Duke Eye Center. Full story

PHIL COOK ON MIDDLE-SCHOOL QUESTION -- DEALING WITH VULNERABLE YEAR

Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, May 12 -- Philip Cook, Duke professor of public policy, recently co-authored a report that concludes sixth-graders placed in middle schools have more discipline problems and lower test scores than sixth-graders who attend elementary schools. Full story

AFTER HIATUS, DUKE REVAMPS PROGRAM TO TRAIN NEW FAMILY PHYSICIANS

News & Observer, May 16 -- Duke University will start its specialized training of family doctors again, showing a renewed commitment to primary care in North Carolina. Full story

WHALE ASSISTANCE: SCIENTISTS ENLIST NATURE'S DIVERS TO SAMPLE ICY SEA

Ithaca Journal, May 16 -- Susan Lozier, a physical oceanographer at Duke's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions who studies ocean currents and climate change, said she would welcome information researchers collect from narwhals. Full story

READY FOR A FAMILY?

(Bend, Ore.) Bulletin, May 18 -- People struggle with whether — and when — to have kids. To help with that decision, Diana Dell, an assistant clinical professor at Duke Medical Center, co-authored with Susan Erem the book "Do I Want to Be a Mom? A Woman's Guide to the Decision of a Lifetime." Full story

THE POTENCY OF PRAYER

(Fort Collins) Coloradan, May 18 -- Does the prayer of strangers make a difference in healing? A Duke study of more than 700 heart patients found no difference between the rate of complication of those who received long-distance prayer and those who didn't. Full story