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Duke in the News: July 25, 2007

4 Senators Gang Up on Emissions | Profile: Arlie Petters | The Rain in Spain Stays Mainly in the Plain. Or Does It? | and more!

4 SENATORS GANG UP ON EMISSIONS Houston Chronicle, Bloomberg News, July 25 -- A bipartisan group of four U.S. senators who have never voted for climate-change legislation is proposing a plan to limit the costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Timothy Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke, testified before Congress on the legislation. ... Full story --Also, MarketWatch, Dow Jones International News: U.S. Senators Lieberman, Warner CO2 Bill Allows Emergency 'Offramps' ... Full story (Durham) Herald-Sun: Climate Concerns Heat Up Congress ... Full story

PROFILE: ARLIE PETTERS PBS NOVA scienceNOW, July 24 -- Duke math and physics professor Arlie Petters' personal journey has given him perspective on both the deep cosmos and the divide between rich and poor countries. (Watch the program segment.) ... Full story --Also, PBS.org: NOVA scienceNOW -- Epigenetics (Randy Jirtle, a geneticist at Duke, will answer viewer questions.) ... Full story

THE RAIN IN SPAIN STAYS MAINLY IN THE PLAIN. OR DOES IT? Scientific American, July 24 -- Models of climate change can predict and explain shifting rainfall patterns globally, says a new international study co-authored by Gabriele Hegerl of Duke. ... Full story

CHILDREN LEARN THEIR RIGHTS THROUGH FUN AND GAMES Yemen Observer, July 24 -- Five Duke student volunteers are in Sana'a, Yemen, working alongside non-profit organizations to tackle policy issues. Andrew Simon addressed the issue of children's rights by organizing a soccer tournament. ... Full story

‘INSTITUTIONALIZING' INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH Inside Higher Ed, July 25 -- As interest in interdisciplinary research continues to increase, Duke is taking part in a new consortium of universities dedicated to improving collaboration among scholars in different disciplines. ... Full story

COLUMN: KIDS, BEHOLD THE MAGIC OF READING Herald-Sun, July 25 -- Under the guidance of longtime reading and writing evangelist Lucy Haagen and Duke professor Sy Mauskopf, some Duke students, by way of a class called "Durham Through the Lens of Literacy," have been helping Durham Literacy Center pupils become more comfortable as writers. ... Full story

FEAVER LEAVING NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL Washington Post, July 23 -- After two years at the White House as a strategic adviser on national security, Peter D. Feaver is heading back to Duke to teach international relations. (See second item on page.) ... Full story

HARDING NAMED ACC FEMALE ATHLETE OF YEAR Herald-Sun, July 25 -- Lindsey Harding, who sparked the Duke women's basketball team to the first undefeated regular season in ACC history, and Florida State sprinter Walter Dix were named the ACC athletes of the year Tuesday. ... Full story

BEER GUT CHECK: STUDY SIZES UP BELLY FAT U.S. News & World Report, July 24 -- While researchers work to find a simple way to detect dangerous visceral fat, Cris Slentz, an exercise physiologist at Duke University Medical Center, has found that a brisk, 30-minute walk six times a week keeps the belly fat at bay. ... Full story

AFFLUENT PASTORS USE WEALTH DIFFERENTLY Associated Baptist Press, July 20 -- The wealthy pastor is not an endangered species. A Duke Divinity School study of clergy compensation is cited. ... Full story

COMFORT WOMAN Public Radio's The Story, July 12 -- Ok Sun Kim, a Korean woman forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II, tells her story. Her translator is the Duke student who brought her to campus earlier this year. ... Full story