Duke in the News: Aug. 15, 2005

SCIENTISTS HOPE GENE CHIPS HOLD KEY TO SOLVING BRAIN DISORDERS Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AP, Aug. 14 -- Duke is home to one of four laboratories that the National Institutes of Health has just tapped to provide neurological gene research for an estimated 10,000 scientists nationwide, many of whom could not otherwise have afforded it. Full story

HOW TO HANDLE 'SIDELINES SPORTS RAGE' ABC News Good Morning America, Aug. 13 -- Greg Dale, a sports psychologist and sports ethics professor at Duke, gave advice on how level-headed parents can help those who misbehave at their kids' sports games. ... Full story

CAN PRAYER HEAL? (Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 14 -- The latest -- and most rigorous -- study of whether prayer heals was led by Duke University Medical Center cardiologist Mitchell W. Krucoff. As he and other researchers try to solve a spiritual and medical mystery, they're churning up surprising findings -- and controversy. ... Full story --Also, News & Observer: Complications Muddle the Study of Prayer (Dr. Dan G. Blazer, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke) ... Full story

FAYETTEVILLE AND FORT BRAGG, SERVING EACH OTHER NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, Aug. 14 -- Duke's Center for Documentary Studies, in collaboration with American Radio Works, looks at how Fayetteville struggles with image problems -- and real problems -- that come with being a military town. ... Full story

SUMMER SCHOOL IS NO VACATION FOR STUDENTS Los Angeles Times, Aug. 15 -- For many, summer school is a last opportunity to pass required classes. Harris Cooper, professor of psychology and director of the education program at Duke, comments on the high-stakes classes. ... Full story

SCHUMER, OVERSHADOWED IN NEW YORK, GAINS STATURE IN WASHINGTON Bloomberg News, Aug. 15 -- When a Democratic seat opened up on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last fall, a Duke law professor was at the center of a power struggle between two senior Democratic senators. ... Full story

ACTIVISTS SIGN UP TO SUPINYA LIBEL PETITION Bangkok Post, Aug. 15 -- Chilean playwright and Duke professor Ariel Dorfman is lending his support to a global campaign calling on Thailand's biggest telecommunications and media company to drop its libel lawsuit against a media reform activist. ... Full story

DUKE CAMP GIVES STUDENTS CLOSE LOOK AT SCIENCE (Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug. 14 -- InnoWorks, a day camp at Duke to allow middle-schoolers to have fun with scientific projects, was founded by a Duke engineering student and is run by college students at Duke and at the University of Maryland. ... Full story