Duke in the News: Sept. 20, 2007

DUKE WILL EXPAND SCRUTINY OF VERDICTS (Raleigh) News & Observer, Sept. 20 -- In the wake of the now-debunked case against three of its lacrosse players, Duke will establish a center devoted to justice and training lawyers to fight wrongful convictions, president Richard H. Brodhead said Wednesday. ... Full story --Also, WRAL.com: After Lacrosse Case, Duke to Establish Justice Center ... Full story New York Times, AP: Duke to Establish Justice Center ... Full story Duke News: New Center at Duke Law School to Focus on Criminal Justice, Professional Responsibility ... Full story

DUKE UNIVERSITY TO HELP CHINESE IMPROVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Diverse Issues in Higher Education, AP, Sept. 19 -- Duke is partnering with a major academic health center and hospital network in China to help it do a better job of serving its patients. ... Full story --Also, News & Observer: Duke, Peking University Team ... Full story (Durham) Herald-Sun: Duke to Help Guide China Health Center ... Full story

DUKE TO HOLD 'JENA 6' EVENTS (Raleigh) NBC 17 News, Sept. 19 -- While hundreds are headed to Jena, La., for the "Jena 6" rally, students at Duke are holding their own local events to protest discrimination. ... Full story

OP-ED: HOW GETTING CHUMMY WITH CHINA HELPS NORTH CAROLINA News & Observer, Sept. 20 -- North Carolina can benefit from a high-tech partnership with China, and at the same time be a model for how the U.S. can bolster its economy, says Gary Gereffi, director of the Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness at Duke. ... Full story

JOHN EDWARDS: WORKING-CLASS VALUES AND A CLOSELY HELD FAITH Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 20 -- Stephen Chapman, a professor at Duke Divinity School, discusses Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' decision not to use overt religious language on the campaign trail. ... Full story

A SCHOLAR'S PARIS Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 14 -- Duke professor Alice Kaplan's love for Paris stems from 25 years of memories -- her own and those gleaned from a thousand books and films. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Full story for subscribers

PROFILE IN COURAGE Wilmington (N.C.) Star-News, Sept. 16 -- Recent Duke Divinity School graduate Teresa Cook is the first African-American pastor at all-white Pine Valley United Methodist Church. Steadfast and self-assured, she rises to the challenge every Sunday. ... Full story

OP-ED: REMODELING HOMEWORK Los Angeles Times, Sept. 16 -- Heavy loads of work sheets and exercises may not be the smart way for fourth graders to learn. A mother enlists Duke psychology professor Harris Cooper as she makes a case for lighter loads. ... Full story

ARRESTS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL LEAD TO DEBATE ABOUT COACHES' ROLE Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 20 -- Paul H. Haagen, a professor of law at Duke and co-director of its Center for Sports Law and Policy, suggests ways the National Collegiate Athletic Association could hold coaches more accountable for their players' off-field indiscretions. (Link to free preview and full text for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Free preview/full story for subscribers

ON THE AIR Ariel Dorfman, a Chilean-American novelist, playwright and professor of literature and Latin American studies at Duke, will be a guest in the first hour of Thursday's Talk of the Nation from NPR, discussing "A Promise to the Dead," a new documentary/memoir about his life. ... Details/listen