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September 13, 2004

Op-Ed: Why Chile Is Hopeful | A Bid to Attract Doctors | Putting Tech to the Test, and more...

OP-ED: WHY CHILE IS HOPEFUL New York Times, Sept. 11 -- Ariel Dorfman, a professor of literature and Latin American studies at Duke University, says the veil of secrecy that protected Augusto Pinochet from prosecution has been lifted. ... Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Dorfman to Give Free Lecture ... Full story

A BID TO ATTRACT DOCTORS (Raleigh) News & Observer, Sept. 13 -- The Duke University Health System is kicking its growth strategy for Wake County up a notch with plans for a new medical office building on the campus of its Raleigh hospital. ... Full story

PUTTING TECH TO THE TEST Wall Street Journal, Sept. 13 -- Diane Waryold, executive director of the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University, is troubled by high-tech efforts to stop cheating. (Link for subscribers; article e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) ... Full story

MANY PASTORS STRUGGLING TO MAKE A LIVING (Raleigh) WB22 News, Sept. 10 -- Jackson Carroll, director of Duke Divinity School's Pulpit and Pew research project on clergy, says "small church" pastors are the ones who are hurting. (See seventh headline.) ... Full story

STUDY: CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING DRUGS MAY HELP TREAT GLAUCOMA (Baltimore) WBAL-TV, Sept. 9 -- A recent Duke University Eye Center study suggests that cholesterol-lowering drugs may help prevent glaucoma, in addition to reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. ... Full story

SILENCING CANCER The Scientist, Sept. 13 -- Bryan R. Cullen, professor of molecular genetics and microbiology at Duke, talks about efforts to target multidrug-resistant cancers. (Free registration required.) ... Full story

MEN ARE FROM EARTH, AND SO ARE WOMEN Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 3 -- A study by Duke psychology professor Wendy Wood and a Northwestern University colleague suggests that as gender equality in society has increased, women have expressed less of a preference for older men with greater earning potential. ... Full story