Duke in the News: Oct. 10, 2007

DUKE MEDICAL CENTER PLANS EXPANSION (Durham) Herald-Sun, Oct. 10 -- Duke University Medical Center's expansion plans are moving full steam ahead. ... Full story

EXPERTS: 'MIND OVER MATTER' MAY HAVE PLAYED PART IN CHICAGO MARATHON ABC News, Oct. 9 -- C.T. Moorman III, the director of sports medicine at Duke, talks about the calculations marathon runners must make before deciding to start a race. ... Full story

A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, A LITTLE HISTORY Washington Post, Oct. 10 -- In the spring, Duke political science professor Peter Feaver says, he plans "to teach a new course that will directly reflect my last two years (working for the National Security Council): a seminar on 'American Grand Strategy.'" ... Full story

OP-ED: DUKE STUDY PROBES SURGERY AND MEMORY (Durham) Herald-Sun, Oct. 10 -- David Work, executive director emeritus of the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, says his participation in a Duke research project has given him a special appreciation for the need to continue vital research in the face of diminished federal funding. ... Full story

RETIRED MARINE GENERAL JOINS DUKE FACULTY Herald-Sun, Oct. 10 -- Retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni, former head of U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), will join the faculty of Duke's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy for the spring semester. ... Full story

COMMENTARY: CLOTH VS. DISPOSABLE -- THE DIAPER DILEMMA Chapel Hill News, Oct. 7 -- Rebecca Vidra's writing class at Duke is evaluating "green choices," and finding that some environmentally-friendly options aren't so green after all. ... Full story

SCHIP AD CAMPAIGN HAS AN UPHILL BATTLE NPR's All Things Considered, Oct. 5 -- David Rohde, a political science professor at Duke, says a multimillion-dollar ad campaign is unlikely to win enough votes in the House of Representatives to override President Bush's veto of a bill to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program. ... Full story

TEACHER ABSENCES ARE PLAGUING DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE STATE (Greenville, N.C.) Daily Reflector, Sept. 23 -- Research done by Duke master of public policy students for the state Department of Public Instruction highlights problems with teacher absences, and proposes possible solutions. ... Full story

STRESSFUL JOBS LINKED TO REPEAT HEART ATTACKS ABC News, Oct. 10 -- Recently had a heart attack? If so, getting back behind the desk at your high-stress job could be a killer. Duke University Medical Center psychiatrist Dr. Redford Williams, an internationally recognized expert on anger management, discusses new Canadian research. ... Full story

PRISON LIBRARIES BAN BOOKS IN NAME OF SECURITY SojoNet, University Daily Kansan, Oct. 5 -- The Bureau of Prisons has rescinded a policy that had forced books by Duke theologian Stanley Hauerwas and others off prison shelves. ... Full story

ON THE AIR A story on the Southern roots of jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, produced by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke, is scheduled to air today on NPR's All Things Considered. ... Listen Dr. Andrew Krystal, director of the sleep research laboratory and insomnia program at Duke University Medical Center and a Lemur Center researcher, will help unravel the mysteries of sleep on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things" today. ... Listen