Duke in the News: Aug. 15, 2007

$2 MILLION IN GRANTS WILL FOSTER WORK ON DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN STUDENT LIFE Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 14 -- A new $2 million competition will encourage innovators nationwide to use new technologies to engage teachers and learners of all kinds. The competition will be administered by a network of educators and digital innovators that operates primarily out of Duke and the University of California. ... Full story --Also, Duke News: New $2 Million Competition to Challenge Innovations in Digital Learning ... Full story

BID TO SHIELD BUSH OVER WIRETAPPING SET TO FACE A CHALLENGE New York Sun, Aug. 15 -- Duke law professor Curtis Bradley discusses the implications of a legal challenge to a National Security Agency program that monitors international communications of terror suspects. (See second page.) ... Full story

PSYCHOLOGISTS TO CIA: WE CONDEMN TORTURE Salon.com, Aug. 15 -- Duke law professor Scott Silliman comments on an apparent White House ban on only those interrogation techniques that cause "serious and non-transitory" mental pain and suffering. ... Full story

'WESTERN' DIET LINKED TO INCREASED RISK OF COLON CANCER RECURRENCE Science Daily, Aug. 15 -- Colon cancer patients who eat a diet high in red meat, fatty products, refined grains and desserts -- a "Western diet" -- may be increasing their chance of disease relapse and early death, report a team of researchers, including Donna Niedzwiecki and Donna Hollis of the Duke School of Medicine. ... Full story

ALL THINGS POLITICAL Wisconsin Public Radio's Kathleen Dunn Show, Aug. 13 -- Bruce W. Jentleson, professor of public policy and author of "American Foreign Policy," discusses U.S. political news at home and abroad and answers listeners' questions. ... Listen

TAGGED TUNA REVEAL MIGRATION SECRETS National Geographic News, Aug. 13 -- High-tech electronic tags are unveiling new insights into the migration and spawning secrets of Atlantic bluefin tuna, according to a pair of new studies. Duke marine biologist Andre Boustany, the co-author of one study, discusses the difficulty of setting proper quotas. ... Full story

ELI LILLY BETS ON HEART DRUG Wall Street Journal, Aug. 15 -- Dr. Christopher Granger, director of the cardiac-care unit at Duke University Medical Center, discusses a trade-off Eli Lilly & Co. faces in bringing its experimental heart drug to market. ... Full story

GYM TO CLOSE; DIET CENTER WILL MOVE IN (Raleigh) News and Observer, Aug. 15 -- The Duke Diet Fitness Center, now housed on Trinity Avenue, will move into larger quarters next summer following the renovation of the Metrosport Athletic Club site near the Duke and VA hospitals. ... Full story

WHY ARE WE STILL SO CRAZY ABOUT ELVIS? (Louisville) Courier-Journal, Aug. 11 -- Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African-American studies at Duke, has theorized that Elvis Presley's impact -- 30 years after his death -- has more to do with his status as an icon than as a musician. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Kevin Schulman, director of the Health Sector Management Program at Duke's Fuqua School of Business, will join a conversation today on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things" about rising health care costs and a new program in Charlotte that pays doctors more based on their patients' improved health. ... Details/listen