Duke in the News: Sept. 7, 2005

KATRINA'S AFTERMATH: HEALTH OFFICIALS UPBEAT Los Angeles Times, Sept. 7 -- A field hospital for hurricane evacuees in Meridian, Miss., will initially operate with a 48-member staff -- 27 from the National Institutes of Health and 21 from Duke. ... Full story --Also, Wall Street Journal: On Wheels and in the Air, Rushing Medical Care to Victims (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) ... Full story/subscribers WebMd Health: After Hurricane Katrina -- Update Vaccinations (Dr. George Jackson, director of employee occupational health and wellness at Duke) ... Full story Fox News: Report -- E. Coli in New Orleans (Dr. Jackson) ... Full story (Lubbock, Texas) News Channel 11: Coaches Team Up to Help Rebuild the Gulf Coast (Mike Krzyzewski) ... Full story (Raleigh) News & Observer: Triangle Efforts to Help Victims of Hurricane Katrina (gameday donations and blood drives at Duke) ... Full story Duke Chronicle: Storm Relief Panels Urge Collaboration ... Full story Duke News: Follow Duke's Responses to Katrina on Special Website ... Website Hillel.org: Hillels Nationwide Open Doors, Hearts to Hurricane Survivors ... Full story

DUKE STUDENTS DRIVE INTO NEW ORLEANS TO HELP CNN's American Morning, Sept. 7 -- Miles O'Brien interviews three Duke students who drove from North Carolina and managed to make it into the heart of New Orleans and rescue seven people. (See "watch" link at http://www.cnn.com/.) ... Transcript --Also, Boston Herald: Vineyard Student Rides to the Rescue (Duke student Hans Buder) Full story Duke Chronicle: Journey to the Bayou ... Full story (Durham) Herald-Sun: 3 Duke Students Tell of 'Disgraceful' Scene ... Full story Duke Chronicle: Katrina Response Meeting Centers on Political Issues ... Full story Spark Kindle Ignite (Duke student blog): Three Duke Student Activists Sneak Into New Orleans and Save Lives ... Full story

THE LURE OF COASTAL LIFE OUTWEIGHS THE RISKS Washington Post, Sept. 7 -- Orrin H. Pilkey Jr., a professor emeritus at Duke and a specialist in coastal ecosystems, calls massive building in vulnerable coastal areas "a form of societal madness." ... Full story --Also, Nicholas School: Duke Post-Katrina Aerial Images ... Full story

A LOOK BACK AT JUDGE REHNQUIST'S TENURE Marketplace, Sept. 5 -- Duke law professor Erwin Chemerinsky says it is possible that a more conservative U.S. Supreme Court could build on the Rehnquist legacy and dramatically narrow the scope of Congress's powers. ... Listen --Also, NationalLedger.com: Some Judges Do Make Constitutional Law (by John T. Plecnik, a Duke law student who serves as senior note editor of the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy) ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: 'NEARLY FREE' IN AMERICA Dallas Morning News, Sept. 4 -- Duke historian John Hope Franklin's new book, "In Search of the Promised Land," illuminates the lives of the "nearly free" African Americans in the antebellum South "in a lively, compact narrative." ... Full story --Also, Cleveland Plain Dealer: Book Review -- A Slavery Story Both Unsettling, Rewarding Full story Herald-Sun: Female Slave's Tale Told by UNC-G, Duke Professors ... Full story New York Times: Nonfiction Chronicle ... Full story San Francisco Chronicle: Our Editors Recommend ... Full story Library Journal Reviews: "In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South" ("highly recommended") (Review not available online; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.)

DUKE PROFESSOR BRINGS EXPERIENCE TO NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JOB Herald-Sun, Sept. 4 -- In a new post at the National Security Council, Duke political science professor Peter Feaver will look at big-picture foreign policy issues. ... Full story

ELECTRONIC LAB NOTES COULD REPLACE PENCIL AND PAPER Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 9 -- Todd E. Woerner, manager of the Advanced Undergraduate Laboratories at Duke's chemistry department, says it is time to start bringing lab notes into the computer age. ... Full story

ON THE AIR    The three Duke students who drove into the heart of New Orleans last week to help hurricane victims will be the guests on The Mitch Albom Show Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 4 p.m. ET. http://www.760wjr.com/Sectional.asp?id=4929    Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy professor Bruce Jentleson will be a guest Thursday on "Odyssey" from Chicago public radio and NPR. The program, airing from 1-2 p.m. ET, will focus on public opinion and war. "Odyssey" does not air locally, but can be heard online, live or archived. ... Listen