Duke in the News: Aug. 17, 2005

CONVICTED, BUT FREE, IN ARMENIA Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 17 -- A Duke doctoral student was freed Tuesday, after an Armenian court found him guilty of illegally trying to take books out of the country but suspended his two-year prison sentence. ... Full story --Also, Armenialiberty.org, Radio Free Europe: Turkish Scholar Freed After Two-Month Arrest in Armenia ... Full story Duke News: Duke Graduate Student Released From Armenian Detention ... Full story

A SUBJECT FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE New York Times, Aug. 17 -- Duke business professor J. Gregory Dees is believed to have taught the first course on social entrepreneurship -- using the skills of the marketplace to solve social problems innovatively. Today, versions of his course are found at many business schools. Full story

ANALYSIS: POLITICS OF WAR COULD PIVOT ON MOTHER'S VIGIL Los Angeles Times, Aug. 17 -- Christopher Gelpi, a Duke University political scientist who studies public opinion during wartime, discusses the political ramifications of Cindy Sheehan's high-profile vigil near President Bush's Texas ranch. ... Full story

NITROGLYCERIN'S USE IS QUESTIONED Newsday, Aug. 16 -- Nitroglycerin -- a key component of TNT -- has been a medicine cabinet mainstay for 150 years, but Duke scientists who studied its effects on cells say doctors should rethink its use. ... Full story --Also, Washington Times, UPI: Nitroglycerin Might React With Other Drugs ... Full story

WOMEN GROWING UP IN POVERTY RISK HEART DISEASE Yahoo! India News, Aug. 16 -- Women with disadvantaged childhoods are more likely to have a heart problem later in life compared to men, say researchers led by Duke's Jenifer Hamil-Luker, a post-doctoral fellow in sociology. ... Full story

HIGH-TECH HOT SPOTS Newsweek, Aug. 22 -- At the center of the digital age are campuses like Duke, where students in Peter McIsaac's "Berlin in the 20th Century" class could download German music on their iPods. ... Full story --Also, NBC Today Show: How Technology Has Changed Campus Life (Transcript not available online; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) (London) Guardian: A Soundtrack for Study (Casey Alt, Duke's administrative director for information science and information studies) ... Full story

DUKE TO GIVE FRESHMEN A TREAT (Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 17 -- As part of an enhanced town-gown effort during orientation, all 1,734 first-year Duke students will be treated to a Durham Bulls baseball game and a night out at the American Tobacco complex. (Also in The Charlotte Observer and Winston-Salem Journal.) ... Full story

PIONEER FUQUA PROFESSOR DIES AT 51 (Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug. 17 -- Gerardine Louise DeSanctis, 51, the first woman to hold a distinguished professorship at Duke's Fuqua School of Business, died Tuesday after a lengthy bout with cancer. ... Full story

FAST PACE OF BUSINESS DRIVES EMBA CNN International, Aug. 16 -- David Miller, vice president of business development at Duke Corporate Education, says it is the area of customized courses which is showing the fastest growth for business schools. ... Full story

AWARD TURNS DURHAM GIRL INTO BLUE DEVIL (Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 13 -- Carina Barnett-Loro was among nine winners of the prestigious Benjamin N. Duke Scholarships, merit awards  given to incoming freshmen from North and South Carolina. ... Full story

EDITORIAL: KUDOS FOR 'COACHY' (Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug. 16 -- Congratulations go to men's golf coach Rod Myers, who is doing his part to ignite "something of a golf renaissance at Duke." ... Full story