Duke in the News: July 11, 2003

DUNCAN GETS PANEL'S NOD FOR JUDGESHIP Charlotte Observer, July 11 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously Thursday to recommend Raleigh lawyer and Duke Law alumna Allyson Duncan for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. ...Full story

SENTIMENT ON LIBERIA RUNS STRONG New Haven Register, July 10 -- Members of the Liberian community are optimistic that a promise by President Bush means that America will send some kind of military force into their former homeland to serve as peacekeepers. Danny Hoffman, a Duke University scholar who has expertise in Liberian affairs, is also optimistic that Bush will deploy an American peacekeeping force. ... Full story

MINORITY FILMMAKERS GET A SHOT (Raleigh) News & Observer, July 11 -- A Durham festival opening tonight that features short films by and about people of color came about from a conversation among three friends who are involved in Freewater Productions, a film cooperative based at Duke University that is open to students and community members. ... Full story

RESEARCHERS POWER UP SERVER CLUSTERS E-Commerce Times, July 10 -- Software being developed by a computer science professor at Duke University could help spur so-called utility computing technology that promises to offer users self-managing systems that grow and shrink in response to user demand. ...Full story

SILICON'S LIKELY SUCCESSOR, AND MUCH MORE PC Magazine, July 1 -- Jie Liu, a Duke University chemist at the forefront of carbon nanotube research, says the microscopic structure is "our best hope for the next generation of electronics." ...Full story

EDITORIAL: THE HOSPITAL HEALERS (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, July 11 -- Five years ago this month, control of Durham Regional Hospital was officially turned over to Duke University Health System. That turned out to be not so great for Duke but very good for the hospital and the community. ...Full story

BARRIERS OF BEAUTY Chronicle of Higher Education, July 11 -- "We will show you barrier islands through the eyes of a geologist and an artist, a combination of practical science and beauty," writes Orrin H. Pilkey, director of the program for the study of developed shorelines and a professor emeritus of geology at Duke, in his new book featuring the artwork of Mary Edna Fraser. ...Full story

TROUPE REFLECTS DIRECTOR'S ORIGINALITY (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, July 11 -- Akaji Maro tends to take his troupe outside the mainstream form of Western dance standards. Dairakudakan will perform tonight and Saturday on the Page Auditorium stage as part of this year's American Dance Festival. ...Full story