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Duke in the News: Oct. 12, 2007

Duke Researchers Receive $6.5M Grant for Genomics Research | Commentary: Hippie Diplomacy | Fact or Fiction?: Chewing Gum Takes Seven Years to Digest, and more

DUKE RESEARCHERS RECEIVE $6.5M GRANT FOR GENOMICS RESEARCH WRAL.com, Oct. 11 -- Greg Crawford, an assistant professor at Duke's Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, and other researchers at Duke have been awarded a $6.5 million federal grant for human genome research. ... Full story

COMMENTARY: HIPPIE DIPLOMACY American Spectator, Oct. 12 -- A Turkish grad student at Duke has made a "compelling" case for why Congress should not pass a resolution on the Turkish-Armenian massacre dispute, a New Hampshire editorial page editor says. ... Full story --Also, Turkish Digest: Armenian Genocide Bill Historically Credible But Politically Misguided, Duke University Scholar Says ... Full story

FACT OR FICTION?: CHEWING GUM TAKES SEVEN YEARS TO DIGEST Scientific American, Oct. 11 -- A myth as durable as gum itself holds that the chewy confection sticks to your innards like it does to the bottom of a desk. Dr. Rodger Liddle, a gastroenterologist at Duke, punctures the myth. ... Full story

BLOOD SIMPLE The Economist, Oct. 11 -- Because they lack an essential component, blood transfusions may be killing some of the people they are intended to save, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers. ... Full story --Also, (China) Xinhua News: Crucial Factor Declines in Banked Blood ... Full story

MARINE INQUIRY TO EXAMINE SPECIAL OPS SHOOTING IN AFGHANISTAN Charlotte Observer, Oct. 11 -- Scott Silliman, a law professor at Duke and a former Air Force attorney, discusses a Marine Corps decision to use a rare legal tribunal to learn more about the killing of Afghan civilians. (AP story also appeared in Pravda and more than 25 other news outlets.) ... Full story

PROVOST SPEAKS ON NEW REPORT Duke Chronicle, Oct. 12 -- The Arts and Sciences Council discusses suggestions set forth by the Interim Report on the Undergraduate Experience. ... Full story

PUSH IS ON TO MAKE MINORITIES LESS HESITANT FOR HOSPICE CARE Santa Barbara News-Press, Detroit Free Press, Oct. 11 -- African Americans' history and culture establish "a unique and stubbornly difficult-to-breach resistance to hospice," says Richard Payne, director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life. ... Full story --Also, Scientific American, Reuters: African Americans Lag Whites in Hospice Care ... Full story

LOCAL ACTORS GET ONE-MINUTE SHOT AT FAME (Durham) Herald-Sun, Oct. 12 -- Duke theater student Michael Bergen was among the actors auditioning Thursday before veteran actors Joe Piscopo, Morgan Fairchild and Adrian Zmed. ... Full story

GRAD WORKS TO BOOST YOUTH SOCIAL ACTIVISM Duke Chronicle, Oct. 11 -- Recent Duke graduate Matthew Bennett is working to inspire today's youth to follow in the footsteps of the 20th century's social leaders. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Duke alumna Georgann Eubanks, author of a planned series of books on North Carolina's literary trails, will be the guest this week on UNC-TV's "North Carolina Bookwatch" (Friday at 9:30 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m.). ... Details