Duke in the News: Aug. 16, 2007

OP-ED: DON'T RUSH TO EXECUTION Los Angeles Times, Aug. 16 -- Duke law professor Erwin Chemerinsky calls for California to reject efforts by the U.S. attorney general to shorten the statute of limitations for death penalty appeals. ... Full story

JOY AT MULAGO AS SEVERAL ARE TREATED FOR BRAIN ILLNESSES (Uganda) Daily Monitor, Aug. 16 -- Together with the staff at a Kampala hospital, 27 medical professionals from Duke plan to perform 30 to 40 neurological surgeries -- all free of charge -- by Friday evening. ... Full story --Also, AllAfrica.com: U.S. Medics Treat First Patient at Mulago Camp ... Full story Duke Med News: Duke Medicine in Uganda (blog where the Duke team is posting updates) ... Full story

ELVIS PRESLEY STILL IMPACTING MUSIC 30 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH Stockton (Calif.) Record, Aug. 16 -- Mark Anthony Neal, an author and professor of black popular culture at Duke, reflects on one aspect of Elvis Presley's legacy -- more sexually suggestive musical performances. ... Full story

AT NETFLIX, VICTORY FOR VOICES OVER KEYSTROKES New York Times, Aug. 16 -- Netflix is bucking several trends in customer service. A study from the Fuqua School of Business provides context. ... Full story

REPORT BRINGS QUESTIONS ABOUT ASSISTANT DA Winston-Salem Journal, Aug. 16 -- Working through Duke's Innocence Project to represent a man he says was wrongly convicted in a 1995 beating, law professor James Coleman alleges that a Winston-Salem assistant district attorney failed to turn over exculpatory evidence to the defense. ... Full story

COLLEGE PRESIDENTS BOYCOTT RANKINGS (Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 16 -- Later this week, U.S. News & World Report will release its annual "Best Colleges" issue. Duke Provost Peter Lange comments. (See second page.) ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: MATTHEW COMMENTARY Christian Century, Aug. 7 -- Duke theologian Stanley Hauerwas' contribution to a new commentary series is said to "advance the cause of a more harmonious theological reading of the Bible." ... Full story

COLUMN: LEARNING CURVE Christian Century, Aug. 7 -- Duke Divinity School Dean L. Gregory Jones notes a trend among some churches to recultivate a culture of learning. ... Full story

COLUMN: BOOK EXPLORES LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S NEW ORLEANS Syracuse City Eagle, July 5 -- Duke music professor Thomas Brothers' "Louis Armstrong's New Orleans" is recommended to anyone who's been fascinated by Louis Armstrong's music and intrigued by the emergence of jazz in the Big Easy a century ago. (Article not available online; faxed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.)

ON THE AIR Duke professor Mark Anthony Neal will join a discussion today of Elvis Presley's musical and cultural legacy on WBUR-Boston's "On Point" radio program. ... Details/listen Duke political science professor Michael Munger will join a conversation on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things" today about the art of teaching. ... Details/listen