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Duke in the News: May 17, 2005

Newsweek Retracts Quran Story | More Diseases Pinned on Old Culprit: Germs | Op-Ed: Conflict Over Gay Clergy Challenges Beliefs, and more

NEWSWEEK RETRACTS QURAN STORY Newsday, May 17 -- Susan Tifft, a journalism professor at Duke, describes the controversy swirling around Newsweek's reporting as "kind of the perfect storm of events." ... Full story 

MORE DISEASES PINNED ON OLD CULPRIT: GERMS New York Times, May 17 -- Some viruses are associated with cancer, but causality is complicated, says Dr. David S. Pisetsky, a professor of medicine at Duke. ... Full story 

OP-ED: CONFLICT OVER GAY CLERGY CHALLENGES CORE BELIEFS Orlando Sentinel, May 17 -- Duke Divinity School professor David C. Steinmetz says the current debate over the ordination of gay clergy and the blessing of same-sex unions is so intense because it goes to central matters of faith. ... Full story 

COLUMN: SPEECH LESSONS The Christian Century, May 3 -- In his regular "Faith Matters" column, L. Gregory Jones, dean of Duke Divinity School, responds to messages from two young adults concerned about how best to use Christian language. ... Full story 

KIDS WHO HAVE KIDS Charlotte Observer, May 17 -- "The Youngest Parents," an exhibit of 25 photos and oral histories put together by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke, aims not only to show what life is like for teenage parents, but to encourage dialogue. ... Full story --Also, Artdaily.com: The Youngest Parents at Art-in-Healing Gallery ... Full story 

NOTEWORTHY N.C. CITIZENS SPEAK AT MORATORIUM EVENT (Durham) Herald-Sun, May 17 -- Duke historian John Hope Franklin, who spoke at a news conference sponsored by the North Carolina Coalition for a Moratorium, said the state would become "a national leader in fairness and justice" by passing a two-year suspension of the death penalty. ... Full story 

STUDENTS GIVE THIS HOUSE A BRAIN (Raleigh) News & Observer, May 14 -- A two-story experimental "smart house" at Duke will encourage student designers to dream big. ... Full story