Duke in the News: July 29, 2003

FROM ELI LILLY TO FRONT LINE IN AIDS WAR New York Times, July 29 -- Randall L. Tobias, the retired pharmaceutical executive President Bush has nominated to oversee the spending of $15 billion to help people with AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean, is well known to leaders at Duke University where he served as chairman of the board of trustees. ... Full story 'ALWAYS WARM, FUNNY': LOCALS RECALL HOPE'S VISITS (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, July 29 -- Bob Hope arrived on stage in Duke University's Indoor Stadium, looked around the cavernous space with its exposed steel beams, and said: "This is the nicest garage I've ever been in." ...Full story

EDWARDS: COVERAGE FOR EVERY CHILD Charlotte Observer, July 29 -- Chris Conover, a Duke University professor specializing in health care for the indigent, says U.S. Sen. John Edwards' proposal to require all parents in the nation to secure health insurance for their children is "not the most logical place to start filling in the gaps of coverage." ...Full story

UNOS FAILED TO VERIFY VITAL FACT Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 23 -- A transcript released by the nation's Richmond-based transplant network shows that an employee here did not question incorrect information on Jesica Santillan's blood type provided by a coordinator from a North Carolina organ-procurement agency. ...Full story IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FUNERAL TRADITIONS, RITUALS OF GRIEF GENTLY CARRY (Fort Wayne, Ind.) News-Sentinel, July 28 -- "The cathartic effect of black funerals helps make African-Americans the resilient and hopeful people we are," said Karla FC Holloway of Duke University, who wrote about funeral customs in "Passed On: African-American Mourning Stories." ... Full story POLAR DINOSAUR SEARCH LURES OTTAWA NATIVE Ottawa Citizen, July 29 -- One week ago, Ottawa-born Natalia Rybczynski packed up her office at Duke University and headed north. After more than 10 years spent earning her credentials as a vertebrate paleontologist, she was coming home. ... Full story

NEWBORN SCREENING GIVES COUPLE A CHANCE TO ADAPT TO SON'S DISORDER (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, July 29 -- Disorders have been found in 738 of the 575,000 babies across North Carolina whose blood has been tested by a computerized system developed at Duke University by mass spectrometry researcher David Millington. ...Full story