Duke in the News: July 22, 2003

BRUMLEYS' LEGACY IS LOVE OF CHARITY News & Observer, July 22 -- A family with strong ties to Duke University were quiet philanthropists whose altruism stretched from Atlanta to the Triangle and beyond. ...Full story --Also, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Atlantans Mourn Crash Victims ...Full story (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Crash Victims Remembered for Passion to Work, Gardening, Learning ...Full story Duke News: Five Duke Alumni Among Those Killed in Plane Crash in Kenya ...Full story (London) Guardian: Doctor in Crash Was Showing Family Africa ...Full story New York Times: Atlanta Philanthropist and Family Die in Kenyan Plane Crash ...Full story Newsday: Crews Resume Recovery of Kenya Crash ...Full story DEFENSE WANTS FILES SEALED Los Angeles Times, July 22 -- In an odd twist to the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case, attorneys for the Laker star have sided with the district attorney in an attempt to keep court files from public view. Hal Haddon (Duke Law '66) is one of the attorneys representing Bryant. ...Full story REMAINING FLEET POSES NEW HURDLES FOR NASA Newsday, July 22 -- "The shuttle program has always been a stressed program, and the whole program will only be more stressed and therefore more dangerous" in the future, said Alex Roland, a professor at Duke University, who once worked as NASA's historian. ... Full story THE MELTING POINT Sierra Magazine, July/August 2003 -- Are the latest facts about global warming enough to get the Bush Administration's attention? William Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke, comments on the clash between scientists and the White House. ...Full story ULTRASOUND FOUND SAFE FOR UTERINE FIBROID TUMORS New York Times, July 22 -- A new process involving ultrasound may soon add an important nonsurgical option to a list of less-than-perfect treatments for uterine fibroids. Dr. Evan R. Myers, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at the Duke University Medical Center, comments. ...Full story ADDICTS GET CASH FOR BIRTH CONTROL Charlotte Observer, July 22 -- This week, the founder of a controversial cash-for-contraception program relocates its national headquarters to the Charlotte area. Angela Holder, a lawyer and ethics professor at Duke University's Center for the Study of Medical Ethics and Humanities, finds the program "entirely unethical." ...Full story NEW LIFE FOR LIGGETT COMPLEX (Raleigh) News & Observer, July 22 -- Blue Devil Ventures is finalizing what it hopes will be another real estate slam dunk. The developer formed by Duke University graduate Tom Niemann and former Duke basketball stars Brian Davis and Christian Laettner signed an agreement last week to buy Liggett Group's sprawling former cigarette factory in downtown Durham. ...Full story