Duke in the News: June 13, 2003

NETS 'KILL 800 CETACEANS A DAY' BBC News, June 13 -- About 800 whales, dolphins and porpoises, known collectively as cetaceans, are dying in fishing nets every day, reports a research team that includes Andrew Read of the Duke University Marine Lab. ...Full story --Also, Bremerton (Wash.) Sun: Fishing Critics: U.S. Also to Blame for Overfishing ... Full story

ORIGIN OF AIDS TRACED BACK ANOTHER STEP, RESEARCHERS SAY New York Times, June 12 -- Duke researchers are among those who say they have traced the origin of the AIDS virus back to two kinds of monkeys with different but related viruses. Their study appears in the Friday issue of Science magazine. ...Full story --Also, Chicago Sun-Times: Researchers Trace HIV Back to Monkey Virus in Africa ...Full story

SARS CHASE ZEROES IN ON TRIANGLE (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, June 13 -- Test results are expected as soon as Monday from federal and state health officials seeking to determine if two more Triangle residents might have severe acute respiratory syndrome -- SARS. Duke physicians issued an informational memo to Duke University Health System employees. ...Full story --Also: (Raleigh) News & Observer: Two Co-Workers Being Monitored for SARS ... Full story

MISSISSIPPI UNITED METHODIST BISHOP RETIRING (Raleigh) News & Observer, June 13 -- Bishop Kenneth L. Carder is retiring from his leadership position with the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church and will join the faculty of Duke Divinity School and direct its Center of Excellence in Ministry. ... Full story

EDITORIAL: VARSITY TEMPEST Christian Science Monitor, June 13 -- The collegiate Atlantic Coast Conference's attempt to expand at the expense of the Big East Conference has all the elements of high drama. But it's quickly turning into one of those Shakespearean tragedies in which everybody loses in the final act. ...Full story --Also, USA Today: ACC Might Split Into Divisions Only for Football ... Full story

JOHN WESLEY REMAINS A SPIRITUAL FATHER FOR MILLIONS Dallas Morning News, June 7 -- Tuesday marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Wesley, who founded one of the world's largest denominations. Rev. William Quick, a visiting professor at Duke Divinity School, comments. (Free registration required; full text upon request.) ... Full story

CITY WINS $100,000 GRANT TO TEST 5,900 HOMES FOR LEAD (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, June 11 -- New funding will support a lead testing program created by the Duke University Children's Environmental Health Initiative, led by Marie Lynn Miranda, professor at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. ...Full story

SHIRT ALERT Chronicle of Higher Education, June 13 -- Students at Duke University, feeling that its reputation for homophobia was undeserved, have decided to give it a makeover -- starting with their own wardrobes. ...Full story

BREAKFAST'S THE SAME -- BUT NOTHING ELSE IS The Hill, March 19 -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Patrick Garvey (Duke MPP '97), who is working in Baghdad with the Office of Civilian Provisional Authority, is profiled. ...Full story

ADF SHOWCASES AREA, N.C. DANCE TALENT (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, June 12 -- In a season when the American Dance Festival is hosting performers from France, India, Japan and Taiwan, the festival also is turning its focus inward -- toward North Carolina. Carol Childs, a Duke dance faculty member, comments. ...Full story

TRIP TO ITALY 'CHANCE OF A LIFETIME' FOR TEEN Flower Mound (Texas) Leader, June 11 -- High school senior Michael Altemeier will be taking a trip of a lifetime when he tours Italy as part of Duke University's Talent Identification Program. Altemeier was one of about 15 students accepted into the International Field Study program. ... Full story