Duke in the News: Sept. 26, 2007

CANDIDATES TAKE SHOTS AT AHMADINEJAD Los Angeles Times, Sept. 26 -- Duke political scientist Peter D. Feaver discusses presidential contenders' condemnation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his positions. ... Full story

TV REVIEW: KEN BURNS' 'THE WAR' -- AN AMERICAN ANTHEM Chronicle Review, Sept. 21 -- Duke English professor Marianna Torgovnick says Ken Burns' new mega-documentary "forms a remarkable document for our time, when the veterans of WWII are dying and the United States is once again at war." ... Full story

SCIENTISTS ID ALZHEIMER'S BRAIN MARKER UPI, Sept. 25 -- Duke researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging have found a new marker that might aid in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. ... Full story --Also, Reuters: MRI May Detect Early Alzheimer's Disease ... Full story

ETHICS PROGRAM RECEIVES $1.75M FROM CHARITY Duke Chronicle, Sept. 26 -- The BB&T Charitable Foundation donated $1.75-million to Duke's Values and Ethics in the Marketplace program, President Richard H. Brodhead announced Tuesday. ... Full story --Also, Triangle Business Journal: BB&T Donates $1.75M to Duke ... Full story

EDITORIAL: DUKE MED CENTER EARNS HISTORIC GIFT (Durham) Herald-Sun, Sept. 26 -- "It speaks well of Duke University Health System President and CEO Victor Dzau and his excellent team," the newspaper says, that billionaire real estate developer David H. Murdock chose them to entrust with his dream of advancing the treatment of disease. ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: THE SECRETS OF A NAKED PIECE OF WOOD New York Sun, Sept. 26 -- In Duke professor Henry Petroski's "The Toothpick: Technology and Culture," the saga of this elegant but oddly disreputable implement is told in full. ... Full story

COMMENTARY: A THUG'S HUMANITY? Vibe.com, Sept. 24 -- Writing in his blog "Critical Noir," Duke professor Mark Anthony Neal takes a closer look at a "deft performance of late stage American masculinity." ... Full story