Duke in the News: July 17, 2003

CHINA'S BID FOR KOREAN TALKS FACES A REJECTION (Paris) International Herald Tribune, July 17 -- Chang Sung Min, a visiting scholar at the Center for International Studies at Duke University, said he believed the central issue was whether the United States offered "some incentive" to North Korea in the form of aid as well as security assurances. ...Full story

SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL: ONLINE DATING GOES GLOBAL ABCNews.com, July 16 -- The international reach of online dating reflects the globalization of markets in general. And Internet romance is perhaps the most commodified form of dating there is, says Duke University sociologist Ida Harper Simpson. ...Full story OOZE AND AHS: WHY TALES OF EPIDEMICS CATCH ON Charlotte Observer, July 16 -- Why do movies such as 28 Days Later and Resident Evil spook us? Priscilla Wald, an associate professor of English at Duke University's Center for the Study of Medical Ethics and the Humanities, says fiction that exploits our fear of contamination also plays on a subliminal strain of xenophobia. (Also ran in the Philadelphia Inquirer.) ...Full story INTERVIEW: 'ON THE SWEET SPOT' (San Francisco) KGO-AM's The Morning News, July 16 -- Richard Keefe, M.D., associate professor of medical psychology at Duke, was interviewed about his new book, "On the Sweet Spot: Stalking the Effortless Present" (Simon & Schuster), which explains how to perform to one's full potential in sports and everyday life. Dr. Keefe was also interviewed on WLOW-FM (Hilton Head, S.C.), WOND-AM (Atlantic City, N.J.), WDNC-AM (Durham, N.C.) and the USA Radio Network. ...Web site OP-ED: SORRY, FAR-LEFTISTS OFTEN LOSE Washington Times, July 17 -- American political parties are commonly "umbrella-like" organizations, "a coalition of many diverse partners," according to Duke University political scientist John Aldrich, in his book "Why Parties." ...Full story

HEATED WORKOUT Washington Post, July 17 -- For runners, summer means heat, humidity and other good excuses to put off serious training. Which is precisely why Scott Eden, a two-time all-American cross-country runner when he was at Duke, initiated a summer training program weekday mornings for adults and kids older than 12 at Annapolis High four years ago. ...Full story CHILDREN OF THE DANCE (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, July 17 -- The personal journeys of two Haitian students at the American Dance Festival, are far greater than the hundreds of miles they traveled to Duke. ...Full story --Also, Photo of dance class ...Web site (Durham, N.C.) Independent Weekly: Reading the Music? (ADF reviews and previews) ...Full story DUKE STUDENT MAKES A 'SPLASH' WITH CRAYTON STUDENTS (Columbia, S.C.) The State, July 10 -- Devin Odom isn't lounging by the pool during his summer break from Duke University. Instead, the 19-year-old is working hard, helping some Crayton Middle students get ready for the new school year with a four-week program called Splash for Learning. ... Full story

PARTICIPANTS SOUGHT FOR WEIGHT LOSS TRIAL Washington Times, July 17 -- More than 2,400 adults are being sought for a multi-center study to help solve the dieting dilemma of keeping off lost pounds. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute says the "Weight Loss Maintenance Trial" will be done in two phases at four clinical sites, including Duke Medical Center. ... Full story

LISTENING POST: OUR PINOCCHIO CULTURE (Raleigh) News & Observer, July 13 -- Susan Tifft, a professor of journalism and public policy at Duke University, and coauthor of The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind The New York Times, says a Pinocchio culture has made kids alarmingly cynical. ...Full story

MEDITATION STUDIED AS A COPING TECHNIQUE AT DUKE (Durham, N.C.) Herald Sun, July 17 -- After 12 years as a swami in the yoga tradition, Jim Carson arrived at Duke in September to pursue research in clinical psychology and to advance meditation as a relevant coping technique for stress and pain in medicine. (Article not available online; faxed copy available upon request.) BODY AND MIND: TAKING CARE OF YOUR WHOLE SELF Cincinnati Enquirer, July 16 -- Heart patients with mild to moderate depression are more likely to suffer ischemia -- reduction of blood flow to the heart -- during emotional stress, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center. ... Full story