Duke in the News: April 22, 2005

OP-ED: NUCLEAR POWER? CONSIDER RISKS OF ALTERNATIVES Charlotte Observer, April 22 -- Rob Jackson, a professor of biology and environmental sciences in the Nicholas School of the Environment, says we're more comfortable with coal, despite the threat to life and the environment. ... Full story --Also, (Fort Worth) Star-Telegram, Knight Ridder News Service: Sprawl of the Wild (Norman Christensen, ecology professor in the Nicholas School) ... Full story MSNBC: Gulf Shrimp Not Growing as Large as They Used To (Prof. Larry Crowder of the Duke Marine Lab) ... Full story (Durham) Herald-Sun: Honoring the Earth (Duke student volunteers) ... Full story

OP-ED: FUNDAMENTALISM'S FUTURE? (Raleigh) News & Observer, April 22 -- Prof. Julie Byrne, who teaches American religious history at Duke, takes a closer look at the historical influences behind emerging Catholic fundamentalist theology. ... Full story

POST-9/11 SECURITY CUTS INTO ECSTASY USA Today, April 22 -- Researchers at Duke have reported that the illegal stimulant Ecstasy causes brain and neurological damage and media campaigns are emphasizing that risk. ... Full story

PRAYING FOR A NEW JOB AARP Magazine, May/June 2005 -- In a trend studied by the Pulpit & Pew research project at Duke's Divinity School, workers of all faiths are swapping PalmPilots for the pulpit. ... Full story

COLUMN: YOU, TOO, CAN 'GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE' (Greensboro) News & Record, April 22 -- Rosemary Roberts says her awareness for organ donation was raised after a family member received a kidney at Duke. ... Full story

DUKE OFFERS FESTIVAL FOR JAZZ LOVERS (Durham) Herald-Sun, April 22 -- John Brown, director of jazz studies at Duke, says he hopes the Duke Jazz Festival that will take place Saturday will become an annual event marking the observance of national jazz appreciation month. ... Full story

HOSPITAL MYSTERY: WHO STOLE LUNCH? (Raleigh) News & Observer, April 22 -- Duke Police and Duke Hospital security have told the two dozen employees who share a fridge in a break room that surveillance will increase to catch a lunch bandit. ... Full story 

ON THE AIR Noah Pickus, a Duke professor of public policy and associate director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, joined a conversation Friday on "Poverty and the American Dream," that aired on WUNC Radio and will later be archived on the web. ... Details