Duke in the News: Aug. 2, 2007

MURDOCH TO GAIN CONTROL OF DOW JONES (Walnut Creek, Calif.) Contra Costa Times, Bloomberg News, Aug. 1 -- "Murdoch had the Bancrofts in a corner," said Susan Tifft, a Duke professor of journalism and public policy, who commented on the $5 billion deal that gives News Corp. control of the Wall Street Journal. ... Full story

EDITORIAL: DUKE'S EXPANDING ROLE (Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug. 1 -- With the announcement Monday of the Duke Endowment grant to help support the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, the newspaper says it is "again reminded of the important and expanding civic role Duke University has in the Durham community." ... Full story

NO EASY FEAT FOR NASA'S MOON VOYAGE (San Francisco) KGO-TV, Aug. 1 -- Duke historian Alex Roland says NASA is wasting money on manned missions, ignoring advances in technology since Apollo. ... Full story

NOTHING LIKE A GOOD SCANDAL Washington Times, Aug. 2 -- "I can imagine a tipping point being reached where [fans] might tune out, but I think we're very far from that," says Orin Starn, a professor of cultural anthropology at Duke, discussing fan reaction to a string of sports controversies. ... Full story

BRAIN STIMULATION ROUSES MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS MAN ABC News, Aug. 1 -- Duke biomedical engineering professor Warren Grill explains how deep brain stimulation might work to help patients in a minimally conscious state. (See second page.) ... Full story

HEALTH PANEL: EASE LIMITS ON ACNE DRUG New York Times, AP, Aug. 1 -- Dr. Judith Kramer, an associate professor at Duke University Medical Center, was among the experts asked to conduct an initial review of a program meant to prevent women from becoming pregnant while taking an acne drug that has caused birth defects. ... Full story

INNOVATIVE DUKE ARCHIVIST FIGHTS FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT RECORDS (Raleigh) News & Observer, July 29 -- Duke archivist Steven Hensen's commitment to preserving public access to government documents has put him on a collision course with the Bush administration. ... Full story

ON THE AIR "The People's Palace," a special on the New York Public Library system, will feature an overview of the collections and commentary from users and NYPL administrators, including former Duke University Librarian David S. Ferriero, who now serves as Andrew W. Mellon Director and Chief Executive of The New York Public Libraries. Watch tonight at 10 p.m. on UNC-TV. ... Details