Duke in the News: Oct. 11, 2007

DIGGING UP THELONIOUS MONK'S SOUTHERN ROOTS NPR's All Things Considered, Oct. 10 -- On the 90th birthday anniversary of jazz composer Thelonious Monk, John Biewen, director of the Audio Program at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke, took a closer look at the pianist's roots in eastern North Carolina. ... Full story --Also, (Durham) Independent Weekly: Classical Monk ... Full story

GREENER HOSPITALS North Carolina Public Radio News, Oct. 11 -- A helipad recycling project at Duke Hospital is a sign of the greening of health care. ... Full story

BLACK CHURCHES TAKE ON AIDS Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Oct. 11 -- Tammy Williams, assistant professor of theology and black church studies at Duke Divinity School, says the response of black churches to HIV/AIDS has been "far from adequate." ... Full story

THE MYSTERIES OF SLEEP North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things," Oct. 10 -- Dr. Andrew Krystal, director of the sleep research laboratory and insomnia program at Duke University Medical Center and a Lemur Center researcher, talks about the science of sleep. ... Full story

HEALTH DISPARITIES North Carolina Public Radio News, Oct. 10 -- The disproportionate share of health problems borne by minorities is tied to poverty in childhood, and is a reality Americans are morally obligated to address, says Sherman James, Susan B. King Professor of Public Policy Studies. ... Full story

INTERNET REVOLUTION REACHES INDIA'S POOR International Herald Tribune, Oct. 10 -- The founder of an Indian start-up that aims to bring the Facebook/MySpace trend to the world's poor finds inspiration from Duke public policy professor Anirudh Krishna. ... Full story

REVIEW: AFTER KATRINA, MEMORIALS TO A LIFE THAT HAS DIED (Durham) Herald-Sun, Oct. 7 -- Nothing is ever as simple as it looks, and a small exhibit at Duke about Hurricane Katrina survivors who found their way to Durham is a case in point. ... Full story