Duke in the News: Aug. 30, 2007

NOBEL-WINNING SCIENTIST DECIDES AGAINST SENATE RUN IN MINNESOTA (Minneapolis) Star Tribune, AP, Aug. 29 -- Nobel Prize-winning chemist Peter Agre says he has decided not to seek a Senate seat in his home state of Minnesota. Dr. Agre is a professor and vice chancellor at Duke. ... Full story

GIMME LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, CRAZY LOVE CBC News, Aug. 29 -- Men may be more willing than women to sacrifice achievement goals for a romantic relationship, suggests a new study led by Catherine Mosher, a health psychology intern at Duke University Medical Center. ... Full story --Also, UPI: Men Choose Romance Over Success ... Full story

DUKE STUDENTS PLAY NICE IN TOWN (Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 30 -- A reception brings together Duke students and their off-campus neighbors, while a recent report shows a sharp decline in off-campus incidents for the 2006-07 school year. ... Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Duke Students Mix -- With Neighbors ... Full story

EDITORIAL: GREAT CHOICE FOR DEAN Herald-Sun, Aug. 30 -- The announcement that Dr. Nancy C. Andrews will become the next dean of the Duke medical school "is cause for celebration," the newspaper says. "She is an excellent choice to continue the School of Medicine's tradition of excellence and to keep it on the cutting edge of the future." ... Full story

WHITE HOUSE IS GAINING CONFIDENCE IT CAN WIN FIGHT OVER IRAQ POLICY New York Times, Aug. 30 -- Current and former administration officials, including Duke's Peter D. Feaver, say the president's hand is stronger now than it was in early July, when a string of Republican defections had many worried. ... Full story

DANOWSKI AMONG FOUR RETURNING TO DEVILS Herald-Sun, Aug. 30 -- Four All-American men's lacrosse players who ended their senior seasons by helping Duke come within a single goal of an NCAA championship will take advantage of a second chance at a first championship. ... Full story

TRANSGENDER STUDENT LEAVES CRAVEN DORM Duke Chronicle, Aug. 30 -- A transgender student who is awaiting sexual reassignment surgery and was temporarily granted access to a female restroom while living in a male wing of Craven Quadrangle relocated Monday, officials confirmed. ... Full story

PROFESSOR MAY BE O.C. LAW SCHOOL'S FIRST DEAN Los Angeles Times, Aug. 29 -- Duke professor Erwin Chemerinsky, one of the country's best-known constitutional law experts, is a leading candidate to be the first dean of UC Irvine's Donald Bren School of Law, according to someone involved in the selection process. ... Full story