Duke in the News: July 18, 2007

DUKE HIRES CENTRAL CAMPUS ARCHITECT (Durham) Herald-Sun, July 18 -- Duke has hired one of the world's top architects to take a fresh look at the design for its Central Campus redevelopment and spell out exactly how the project should unfold over the next 50 years. ... Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Central Campus Architect Selected ... Full story

LAWYERS SAY THEY HAVE EVIDENCE OF WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE ABC News, July 18 -- A case coming up before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals offers the best chance for a court to evaluate the legality of the government's warrantless domestic surveillance program, says Curtis Bradley, a Duke law professor and former State Department lawyer who studies national security law. ... Full story

OP-ED: AN IDEA THAT SAVED THE VIEW News & Observer, July 18 -- Richard Collier, an archivist for the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History at Duke, recalls the role played by Lady Bird Johnson and other women in the debate over roadside beauty. ... Full story

LETTER: BUSH, TOLSTOY AND THE ‘BIG IDEA' New York Times, July 18 -- "If Iraq is to get from Saddam Hussein to a workable version of democracy, it will be by an Iraqi process infinitely more complex than President Bush's sending in the American military and hand-picking the right Iraqi leader," writes Duke law professor James Coleman. ... Full story

WALKING TALL: WHY DID HUMANS SWITCH FROM FOUR- TO TWO-LEGGED STRIDES? Scientific American, July 17 -- Daniel Schmitt, a biological anthropologist at Duke, discusses the importance of a new study that concludes that earliest humans walked upright to conserve calories. .. Full story

IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO PREP FOR COLLEGE News & Observer, July 18 -- Young students in Durham hone their academic skills in the summer Student U. program founded by Dan Kimberg, a recent Duke graduate. ... Full story

IS THE iPHONE TOO POPULAR AT DUKE? Inside Higher Ed, July 18 -- Duke is trying to determine if iPhones are the reason why its wireless routers have been knocked out of service recently for 10-minute intervals. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Peter Agre, vice chancellor of science and technology at Duke and 2003 winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, will be Bill Friday's guest on this week's North Carolina People, airing on UNC-TV at 9 p.m. Friday, with an encore presentation at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. ... Details Mark Anthony Neal, author and associate professor of black popular culture at Duke, will be one of the commentators for a series on NPR's "Tell Me More" exploring "1967: The (Soul) Summer of Love." The series, beginning on July 19, will feature music from and discussion of that ummer's creative explosion in soul music. Listen locally from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. weeknights on 90.7 WNCU-FM. Link to archived audio. ... Details/listen