Duke in the News: Oct. 23, 2007

DUKE SPOKESMAN BURNESS TO RETIRE ON JUNE 30 (Durham) Herald-Sun, Oct. 23 -- John Burness, Duke's senior vice president and spokesman who helped create the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, will retire next year on June 30, after a 17-year tenure. ...Full story -- Also, Duke Chronicle: Burness To Vacate VP Post in June ...Full story (Raleigh) News & Observer: Voice of Duke During Lacrosse Case To Retire ...Full story

DURHAM MAYORAL CANDIDATES SQUARE OFF IN FORUM (Raleigh-Durham)WRAL, Oct. 23 -- Durham Mayor Bill Bell faces off against City Councilman Thomas Stith tonight at a forum in Page Auditorium on Duke's campus. The forum runs from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. ...Full story

GOVERNOR: CUT WATER USE BY HALF Charlotte Observer, Oct. 23 -- The drought highlights the need for new efforts and technology such as reusing treated wastewater for processing, cooling and irrigation, according to Bill Holman, a senior fellow at Duke's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the former director of the state's Clean Water Management Trust Fund. ...Full story

RESEARCHERS SAY HIV TESTING IN U.S. REMAINS LOW Reuters, Oct. 22 -- Twenty-five percent of the 1.1 million Americans infected with HIV do not know they are infected, according to Brian Pence, an epidemiologist at Duke and one of the researchers behind a new study that reveals fewer people are getting tested. ...Full story

WHAT SCHOLARS MAKE OF THE NOOSE INCIDENTS Diverse, Oct. 21 -- Lee Baker, associate professor of cultural anthropology and African and African-American studies at Duke says the anonymity of the Internet has fueled more racial acrimony and that "actions online are spilling over to action off-line." ...Full story

SUBPRIME BAILOUT: TAXPAYER TOLL CNN Money, Oct. 22 -- In a paper critical of most tax-funded bailouts for subprime loans, Jacob Vigdor, a Duke economics and public policy associate professor, advocates for higher standards for lenders. ...Full story

DUKE STUDENT'S DINNERS EXQUISITE, PERHAPS ILLICIT News & Observer, Oct. 23 -- Duke senior Bryan Zupon is an avant garde chef who hosts weekly dinner parties in his campus apartment, bowling over friends and the occasional chef and food writer with his ultramodern cuisine. He's also attracted the attention of the Health Department. ...Full story