Duke in the News: June 19, 2007

DUKE, EXONERATED LACROSSE PLAYERS REACH SETTLEMENT WRAL.com, AP, June 18 -- Duke University says it has reached an undisclosed financial settlement with three former lacrosse players falsely accused of rape. ... Full story --Also, Duke News: Duke University, Three Lacrosse Players Announce Settlement ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

OP-ED: UNIFYING IRAQ Wall Street Journal, June 19 -- Donald Horowitz, a professor of law and political science at Duke and author of "Ethnic Groups in Conflict," says it is time for a much more nuanced debate about our interests in Iraq. (Link to preview; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Preview/full story for subscribers

ENVIRONMENTAL NGO HELPS CHINESE FARMERS CUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (China) Sina.com, Xinhua, June 18 -- Environmental Defense, in collaboration with Duke's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, has developed the first manual for farmers and foresters on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ... Full story

RE-ENGINEERING AMERICA'S BEACHES, ONE TAX DOLLAR AT A TIME Popular Mechanics, July 2007 -- Duke coastal scientist Orrin Pilkey explains why pumping sediment onto the nation's beaches is an expensive fix for the erosion caused by coastal development -- and often a bad fix at that. ... Full story

BANKS SHIELDED FROM SUITS Newsday, Bloomberg News, June 19 -- James Cox, a professor of corporate and securities law at Duke, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's decision giving Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and other investment banks a new shield from antitrust claims. ... Full story

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY HELPS IDENTIFY HEART DISEASE CBC News, HealthDay News, June 15 -- Dr. Thomas Ryan, director of the Duke University Heart Center and the American Society of Echocardiography's incoming president, talks about new uses of echocardiography to identify and stratify people with heart disease. ... Full story

DUKE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HELP FOR THE SUMMER Cheraw (S.C.) Chronicle, June 15 -- Four Duke students will support the arts, economic development and health care through their internships in Cheraw this summer. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of African and African-American Studies at Duke, will offer his take on why today's "Juneteenth" holiday is still worth celebrating on NPR's "Tell Me More" program, heard locally at 7:30 p.m. on WNCU (90.7 FM), and also archived on the web. ... Listen Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, director of Duke's Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program and director of the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank, will be the guest from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday on (Carrboro, N.C.) WCOM-103.5 FM's "Radio In Vivo" science program. She will talk about umbilical cord blood and bone marrow transplantation. Archived audio will later be available on the web. ... Details/listen