Duke in the News: June 6, 2007

ANALYSIS: GUANTANAMO TRIALS LIKELY TO RESUME AFTER CHANGE NPR's All Things Considered, June 5 -- The dismissal of charges against two Guantanamo detainees is forcing the Bush administration to re-evaluate the architecture of military tribunals moving forward. Duke law professor Scott Silliman says the ruling results from a technicality. ... Full story/listen --Also, New York Times: White House Under Pressure Over Guantanamo Ruling (Reuters story also appeared in The Scotsman and more than 45 other news outlets.) ... Full story

PAY SHOWS SCANT EFFECT ON MEDICAL TREATMENT Wall Street Journal, June 6 -- A Duke study suggests that a central premise of the government's Medicare planners in recent years -- a concept called "pay for performance" -- may be less effective than hoped. ... Full story

NON-SURGICAL SKIN CANCER DIAGNOSIS CREATED UPI, June 5 -- Duke scientists have developed a technique that uses lasers pulsing at a thousand-trillionth of a second to diagnose skin cancers. ... Full story --Also, MedIndia.com, Asian News International: Laser-Based System for Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Skin Cancers on the Anvil ... Full story

TALKING THE DREAM, GROWING THE BRAND New York Times, June 6 -- Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of black popular culture at Duke and director of its Institute for Critical U.S. Studies, discusses the continuing Tyler Perry media juggernaut. ... Full story --Also, Vibe.com: Commentary -- Tyler Perry and the Black Bible Belt (Neal's online column "Critical Noir" returns as a blog.) ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: A BOUNTY SOWN NEARBY Charlotte Observer, June 3 -- "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," a memoir written by Barbara Kingsolver with help from her daughter, Camille, a student at Duke, has risen to No. 3 on the New York Times bestseller list. ... Full story

COMMENTARY: WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EARTH'S PAST -- AND FUTURE (Raleigh) News & Observer, June 3 -- Rob Jackson, director of Duke's Global Change Center, links global warming to "issues we care deeply about, including money, security and health." ... Full story

THE (CROSSOVER) BOOK REPORT Inside Higher Ed, June 5 -- Scholarly presses were a modest presence at Book Expo America, the annual trade show for the publishing industry, but representatives of Duke University Press were on hand in New York to push their potential "crossover" books. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Richard G. Newell, associate professor of energy and environmental economics at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment, will join a conversation on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things" today about the economics of energy efficiency. ... Details/listen