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Duke in the News: Aug. 29, 2007

As Iraq Situation Varies, Bush Sticks With Encouraging Words | You, Too, Can Have a Bionic Body | Op-Ed: White Culture's Hypocrisy About Vick, and more!

AS IRAQ SITUATION VARIES, BUSH STICKS WITH ENCOURAGING WORDS Washington Post, Aug. 29 -- Duke professor Peter D. Feaver, who recently left a senior job on the National Security Council, says insurgents are following the propaganda war over Iraq and "will do what they can to discredit administration rhetoric" about progress in the war. ... Full story

YOU, TOO, CAN HAVE A BIONIC BODY Newsweek, Aug. 23 -- Dr. Claude T. Moorman III, an orthopedic surgeon and director of sports medicine at Duke, explains why baby boomers' embrace of replacement parts isn't entirely their choice. (See second page and link to audio from an interview with Dr. Moorman.) ... Full story

OP-ED: WHITE CULTURE'S HYPOCRISY ABOUT VICK Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Aug. 29 -- Kathy Rudy, an ethicist and associate professor of women's studies at Duke, says we need to face the fact that the dogfighting publicized in the Michael Vick case is not the only "sport" that abuses animals. ... Full story

LUCY COMES TO HOUSTON Marketplace, Aug. 28 -- Later this week the Houston Museum of Natural History will display the remains of Lucy, a 3-million-year-old fossil discovered in Ethiopia, but Duke biology professor Greg Wray wonders where the money from the exhibit will end up. ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: PRESIDENTIAL PREACHER Chicago Tribune, Aug. 18 -- Divinity School professor Grant Wacker reviews a new book about Billy Graham that shows how much the religious and the political mix in America. ... Full story

ROMANIAN COUPLE'S ARTWORK SHOWS THE HAPPINESS OF CREATION (Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug. 22 -- Dan and Lia Perjovschi's artwork at the Nasher Museum of Art is rooted in their Romanian past. ... Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Worlds Entwined ... Full story

SIX WAYS TO SCALE UP DIET SUCCESS USA Today, Aug. 28 -- Martin Binks, clinical psychologist and director of behavioral health at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center, shares his insights on the best ways to slim down. ... Full story

DUKE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RANKED 19TH IN U.S. Triangle Business Journal, Aug. 24 -- U.S. News & World Report lists Duke's children's hospital as the 19th best in the country in its new "America's Best Children's Hospitals" issue. ... Full story

WHATEVER YOUR FAITH, TRAVELING FOR PEACE AND QUIET (White Plains, N.Y.) Journal News, Baltimore Sun, Aug. 26 -- Julian Forth, a divinity student at Duke, talks about an overnight stay at a 200-acre retreat center in Germantown, Md. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Romanian artists Dan and Lia Perjovschi, who have a mid-career retrospective at Duke's Nasher Museum of Art, will join exhibit curator and Duke professor Kristine Stiles as guests today on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things." The couple will talk about their artistic coming of age in Nicolae Ceausescu's police state. ... Details/listen