Duke in the News: Oct. 17, 2007

STUDIES FIND ACUPUNCTURE CUTS POST-SURGICAL PAIN Scientific American, Reuters, Oct. 16 -- The use of acupuncture before and during surgery reduces patients' post-operative pain as well as the need for pain-killing medication, Duke researchers said on Tuesday. ... Full story

GOODALL BRINGS MESSAGE OF HOPE TO STUDENTS (Raleigh) News & Observer, Oct. 17 -- A sold-out audience gathered at Duke's Page Auditorium Tuesday night to hear renowned primatologist Jane Goodall. ... Full story --Also, Duke Chronicle: Goodall Brings Message of 'Hope' ... Full story

CHALLENGING NEW CHAPTER FOR IRAQ'S MARSH ARABS PBS NewsHour, Oct. 16 -- On his most recent trip to Iraq, Duke Wetlands Center Director Curtis Richardson said he saw an increasing number of families returning to the Suq Al-Shuyukh and Al-Hammar marshes. ... Full story

COMMENTARY: GENOCIDE -- AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH Salon, Oct. 16 -- Yektan Turkyilmaz, a Duke graduate student from Turkey who studies the history of the Ottoman-Armenian-Kurdish conflict, says an Armenian genocide bill is historically credible but politically misguided. (See second page.) ... Full story

A CRASH'S ECHOES, FROM WAR ZONE TO WASHINGTON Washington Post, Oct. 17 -- If Blackwater loses a lawsuit brought by the families of soldiers killed in a 2004 cargo plane crash, contractors could face an avalanche of litigation that could cut into their robust profits, says Scott Silliman, a law professor at Duke who has tracked other suits against contractors. ... Full story

K GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS News & Observer, Oct. 17 -- Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski juggled tasks at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday -- coaching the 2007-08 Blue Devils and providing some insight into his leadership style for the 200 or so business professionals who watched. ... Full story

MARCHING BAND -- A THREAT TO HEARING? USA Today, Oct. 17 -- Joseph Keefe, a 2004 Duke graduate who was a drummer in the university marching band, brings attention to the dangers of the halftime show. ... Full story

KEEPER OF THE KEYS Smithsonian Magazine, October 2007 -- On Oct. 27, Duke is presenting an ambitious multimedia work by pianist Jason Moran based on Thelonious Monk's historic 1959 concert at Town Hall in New York City, and rehearsal tapes and photographs taken that year by W. Eugene Smith. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Duke geneticist Randy Jirtle will be a guest today on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things," talking about the potential human health implications of new Duke findings showing that fetal exposure in mice to a common chemical can permanently reprogram genes. ... Details/listen Duke senior Bryan Zupon will also be a guest on today's edition of "The State of Things," talking about how he satisfied a craving for alternatives to the Southern cuisine commonly found in eateries near campus. ... Details/listen