Duke in the News: Aug. 8, 2007

OBAMA SEEKS TO MAKE THE SALE TO HISPANICS Wall Street Journal, Aug. 8 -- Paula McClain, a Duke political scientist who studies black-Latino relations, discusses the obstacles Sen. Barack Obama faces in trying to raise his profile among Latino voters, the country's fastest-growing electorate. ... Full story --Also, (London) Guardian: Giuliani Keeps Combative Style in Check (Duke political scientist David Rohde; AP story also appeared on CBSNews.com and more than 110 other news outlets.) ... Full story

NEW NANOTECHNOLOGY PROCESS DEVELOPED UPI, Aug. 6 -- Duke engineers have adapted an old computer-aided design process to reproduce nanosize structures with features on the order of single molecules. ... Full story

DUKE EXTENDS ALLEVA'S CONTRACT (Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 8 -- Duke has reappointed Joe Alleva as its athletic director. A positive five-year review means Alleva will remain in charge of the university's 26 sports. ... Full story --Also, ESPN.com, AP: Duke Reappoints Alleva as Athletic Director ... Full story GoDuke.com: Alleva Reappointed Duke Director of Athletics ... Full story

DUKE PHYSICIANS WILL TAKE SURPLUS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO UGANDA Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 3 -- A Duke neurosurgeon and his team of 27 colleagues are flying to Uganda this week to deliver more than $1-million worth of surplus medical equipment to an impoverished hospital in the capital city of Kampala. ... Full story

OP-ED: THE BULLYING POWER OF BIG-TIME SPORTS News & Observer, Aug. 8 -- Orin Starn, a professor of cultural anthropology at Duke, says college sports have spun out of control. ... Full story

STUDY SHOWS OPTIONS FOR CANCER PATIENTS (Durham) ABC 11 News, Aug. 6 -- Dr. Richard Scher, a surgeon at Duke, works to make reconstruction part of the treatment plan for head and neck cancer patients, giving them higher odds of returning to work. ... Full story

EDITORIAL: DUKE, UNC GIFTS ENHANCE THE REGION (Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug. 8 -- Fortunately for central North Carolina, thousands of folks here and across the country "voted with their checkbooks" to enable Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill to carry out their missions, the newspaper says. ... Full story

MODERATE EXERCISE MAY BEAT INTENSE WORKOUTS Scientific American, Reuters, Aug. 6 -- Moderate exercise like walking may be as good as or better than intense workouts when it comes to certain heart health measures, new Duke research suggests. ... Full story

COFFEE HELPS WOMEN WITH MEMORY, STUDY FINDS (St. Louis) KSDK-TV, NBC News, Aug. 7 -- Duke University's Dr. Jim Lane, who has been studying the health effects of caffeine for more than 25 years, comments on a Canadian study showing some memory boosting benefits from tea and coffee. ... Full story

ALZHEIMER'S PROTEIN IMPLICATED IN GLAUCOMA Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Aug. 7 -- Dr. Stuart J. McKinnon, associate professor in ophthalmology and neurobiology at Duke, says the way is now open to new treatments aimed squarely at protein fragments associated with both Alzheimer's disease and the death of retinal cells in glaucoma. ... Full story