Duke in the News: Nov. 3, 2005
A Personal Journey Into America's Past | Q&A With Ariel Dorfman: Exploring 'Human Nuance' | Cancer Drug Could Fight Scleroderma, and more
A PERSONAL JOURNEY INTO AMERICA'S PAST
Washington Post, Nov. 3 -- Tell Duke historian emeritus John Hope Franklin that he's the Rosa Parks of historians and he lets out a long, astonished laugh. But the comparison is not as silly as he makes it sound.
--Also, NPR's OnPoint: A Conversation With John Hope Franklin
Nashville Scene: When Better Isn't Nearly Good Enough
Duke Chronicle: Franklin Returns to Roots for New Book
St. Louis American: Eulogy for Rosa Parks (Rev. Jesse Jackson recognizes
Franklin's civil rights leadership)
Q&A WITH ARIEL DORFMAN: EXPLORING 'HUMAN NUANCE' IN ARENA OF THEATER
Seattle Times, Nov. 2 -- Playwright and Duke professor Ariel Dorfman tends to revise his scripts right up to opening night, so now he is dividing his time between two productions of new works in Seattle and New York.
--Also, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Dorfman's 'Purgatorio' Lets Medea Tell
Her Side of the Story
CANCER DRUG COULD FIGHT SCLERODERMA
ABC News, HealthDay News, Nov. 2 -- The anti cancer-drug paclitaxel (Taxol) may also prevent skin thickening and small blood vessel destruction in people with scleroderma, according to a Duke study that offers new clues into the causes of the debilitating disease.
--Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Taxol, A Cancer Aid, May Have New Benefit
MONKEY MATH
(Greensboro, N.C.) WFMY News, LiveScience, Nov. 3 -- In a recent study by researchers at Duke, a group of monkeys have shown a similar ability to that of people to tell the difference between large and small groups of dots.
OXBRIDGE EDGES UP GLOBAL LEAGUE
BBC News, Oct. 26 -- Duke rose to 11th in the annual rankings from The Times Higher Education Supplement of London, that measured the quality of the world's universities in both teaching and research.
--Also, (India) Zee News: `Harvard Still World`s Best University'
(Raleigh) News & Observer: Top Schools for Foreign Relations (Among Ph.D. programs, Duke was ranked 12th.)
AETNA TO PAY FOR PROGRAM TO MANAGE DEPRESSION
New York Times, Nov. 2 -- A widely tested approach to diagnosing and treating depression is moving into the mainstream of insurance coverage. Part of the Aetna screening will involve a written test which was tested by researchers at Duke University and Dartmouth College.
SCIENTISTS SEARCH FOR REMOTE CONTROL FOR ALTERED GENES
Herald-Sun, Nov. 3 -- Some 450 scientists gathered at Duke on Wednesday for a three-day conference looking at what happens when genes become altered by outside influences.
STUDENT ACTIVISM STILL ALIVE
News & Observer, Oct. 31 -- While small groups of students at Duke have been working for social change, Duke public policy professor Robert Korstad says that issues today often are harder to describe in a way that ignites passion.
--Also, Media Awareness Project: Students Protest Aid Restraints
Herald-Sun: Benefit Show Slated at Duke (third item)