Duke in the News: Aug. 22, 2003

DEPRESSION DOUBLES DEATH RISK IN BYPASS PATIENTS BBC News, Aug. 21 -- Depression doubles the risk of dying after a heart bypass, researchers have found. The scientists from Duke University Medical Center say treating depression in this group of patients could cut deaths. ...Full story --Also, CBC News: Treat Depression, Reduce Bypass Deaths: Researchers Full story DrKoop.com: Depression Doubles Death Risk in Bypass Patients Full story (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Depression Key in Bypass Surgery Full story

HARVARD, PRINCETON TIE FOR NO. 1 COLLEGE Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Aug. 22 -- For the fourth consecutive year, Princeton University has topped the U.S. News & World Report annual ranking of "America's Best Colleges," this time sharing the top spot with Harvard University, which was second last year. Four schools -- the California Institute of Technology, Duke University, Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania -- share the fifth spot. ... Full story- --Also, U.S. News & World Report: Top National Universities - Doctoral Full story Charlotte Observer: U.S. News Ranks N.C. Schools Near Top Full story (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Duke, UNC Slip a Notch in Rankings Full story New York Times: Top 10 Schools as Ranked by U.S. News Full story

DUKE FROSH WELCOMED (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Aug. 22 -- Duke President Nan Keohane gives students advice in her last convocation. ...Full story --Also, (Duke) Chronicle: Community Standard Debuts Full story

DIET DURING PREGNANCY COULD HAVE EFFECTS THAT LAST TO ADULTHOOD Wall Street Journal, Aug. 22 -- When it comes to important changes in the genome, "It's not just the sequence, stupid." New research at Duke University Medical Center illuminates the effect of nutrition an embryo receives at crucial stages of development. (Article available online to subscribers; full text will be sent to you by e-mail upon request) ... Full story

FAMILY CENTER TO HONOR COACH K'S MOTHER (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Aug. 22 -- Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski spoke of his own past, as part of a Polish family in Chicago, at the groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for a West End community center commemorating his mother. ...Full story

LUDACRIS TO MAKE CAMERON CRAZY (Duke) Chronicle, Aug. 22 -- Ludacris will get plenty of Duke's "southern hospitality" Sept. 24, as the good-times rapper has agreed to grace the stage of Cameron Indoor Stadium for the first major concert there in almost a decade. ... Full story