Duke in the News: Oct. 3, 2003

MOUSSAOUI JUDGE BARS DEATH PENALTY, EVIDENCE Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 3 -- In a sharp rebuke to the Bush administration's war on terrorism, a federal judge yesterday banned the Justice Department from seeking the death penalty against Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States in the Sept. 11 attacks. Scott Silliman, who directs the Duke University Law School's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, comments on the judge's decision. ...Full story --Also, Houston Chronicle: Moussaoui Case Ruling Boosts Odds of Holding Military Trial Full story

DUKE HONORS KEOHANE WITH UNIVERSITY MEDAL (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Oct. 3 -- Duke University officials surprised President Nan Keohane on her last Founders' Day by awarding her the University Medal Thursday. The university's highest honor, the award recognizes individuals for years of exceptional service to the university. ...Full story --Also, (Duke) Chronicle: Founders' Day 2003 Full story Chronicle: Keohane's Founders' Day Address Full text

OP-ED: WOMEN NEED TO BE EASY ON WOMEN Newsday, Oct. 3 -- What's revelatory in the Duke Women's Initiative study commissioned by president Nannerl O. Keohane, says author Leora Tanenbaum, "is that young women are finally admitting that it's all a charade. No one can achieve so much without a very respectable, even exhausting, amount of effort." ...Full story --Also, Cornell Daily Sun: Column: The Perfect Generation Full story

IRAQIS RECLAIM THEIR ANCIENT WETLANDS New Scientist, Oct. 3 -- The scale of the marsh reclamation task in Iraq is huge, says Curtis Richardson at Duke University, a member of an advisory team that collected data on the re-flooded areas. That data will be published in a few weeks. ...Full story

COLLOQUY: PUBLISHING CRISIS Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 3 -- Read the transcript of a live, online discussion with Cathy N. Davidson, a vice provost and professor of English at Duke University, on what can be done to deal with the university-press publishing crisis. ...Transcript

SCHOOLS DAZED Law.com, Oct. 3 -- The American Lawyer article on the conflict between research and patents and a recent ruling in a Duke case, is now available online. ...Full story

DUKE PROFESSORS WIN $4.1M IN GRANTS Triangle Business Journal, Oct. 2 -- The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded seven grants -- including two at Duke University -- to study the impact of childhood psychiatric conditions on the potential for drug use later in life. ... Full story

THE JESUS WAR The New Yorker, Sept. 15 -- The views of Duke religion professor E.P. Sanders, author of "The Historical Figure of Jesus," on the origins of the Gospels are cited in an article about Mel Gibson's unfinished film about the final hours and Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. (Article is not available online; faxed copy upon request.)

ON THE AIR Duke engineering professor Henry Petroski will be on NPR's Science Friday program, talking about his new book, "Small Things Considered," on Oct. 3, from 3 - 4 p.m. (Tune in locally on WUNC-FM, 91.5; listen live on the web; or hear an archived version after the broadcast.) Listen