Duke in the News: July 1, 2003

DECISION IS MADE: UM WILL MOVE TO ACC Miami Herald, July 1 -- The Hurricane watch is over. After a seven-week courtship, wrangling among college presidents and athletic directors up and down the East coast, and a lawsuit with rotating plaintiffs and defendants, the University of Miami announced Monday it is defecting from the Big East Conference to the Atlantic Coast Conference. ...Full story --Also, Chronicle of Higher Education: U. of Miami and Virginia Tech to Join the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2004-5 ...Full story (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Editorial: Big East to Rear, Here Comes ACC ...Full story (Raleigh) News & Observer: Editorial: Eleven and Counting ... Full story USA Today: Q&A with Miami President Donna Shalala ... Full story ESPN.com: Football Tournament for 11? ACC Expected to Lobby ...Full story Hartford (Conn.) Courant: State Schools Brace For Aftershocks ... Full story Herald-Sun: Column: Stormy Process Ends ...Full story Charlotte Observer: Column: Call the ACC Names, But This Move Was Right ... Full story

DUKE HELPS SINGAPORE SET UP MEDICAL SCHOOL (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, July 1 -- By 2006 some members of the Duke University medical faculty are to have a new set of classrooms on an extended East Campus -- extended some 9,850 miles and 30 hours' commuting time, in fact. ...Full story --Also, Triangle Business Journal: Duke Partners With National University of Singapore ... Full story

BRIGHT FUTURES WERE AWAITING THOSE WHO DIED Chicago Tribune, July 1 -- Katherine Sheriff, a victim of the weekend porch collapse, graduated from Duke University, and moving to Chicago was a homecoming of sorts. The prospect of being close to her father's family in Milwaukee and the ability to spend time with a group of close friends from Duke gave Chicago a special appeal, said her stepmother, Lauren Sheriff. ... Full story --Also, (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Duke Alumna Among 12 People Killed in Chicago Porch Collapse ...Full story Erie (Pa.) Times-News: Sister Recalls Collapse Victim's Infectious 'Spirit and Energy' ... Full story

LITTLE BOY BENEFITS FROM TIME IN NORTH CAROLINA (Calgary) CFCN-TV, July 1 -- An 8-month-old Calgary boy is home after experimental surgery at Duke to treat an extremely rare congenital disease, which left him without an immune system. ... Full story

EDITOR OF 'LABOR HISTORY' QUITS, AND DOZENS JOIN HIM Chronicle of Higher Education, July 4 -- The editor of "Labor History" has resigned over a dispute with the 43-year-old journal's new commercial publisher. In solidarity, more than 40 people associated with the journal may join him at Duke University Press, with plans to start a competing publication. ...Full story

PHARMACIST'S ROLE IN MEDICATION ERRORS Dr.Koop.com, July 1 -- Duke University researchers report positive findings in a new study that looked at the role of the pharmacist in helping doctors prevent medical errors involving medications. ... Full story

RETIRED DUKE PROF TACKLES NEW PROJECT (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, July 1 -- The best part of retirement for Duke professor emeritus Ken Knoerr is getting back into the woods, and pursuing a self-funded project with no pressure. ...Full story