Duke in the News: Nov. 18, 2005
Op-Ed: The Face of Child Labor | Duke Law Students Aid in Detainees' Defense | Washington Daybook, and more
OP-ED: THE FACE OF CHILD LABOR
Dallas Morning News, Nov. 18 -- Hayden Kantor, who is conducting community-based research in India as a Hart Fellow from Duke, tells 12-year-old Raju's story and says eradicating child labor won't be easy.
--Also, News & Observer: Op-Ed -- The Quarry in India is Child Labor
DUKE LAW STUDENTS AID IN DETAINEES' DEFENSE
(Durham) Herald-Sun, Nov. 18 -- Duke Law School students are helping U.S. military lawyers defend detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Also carried on AP state wire.)
WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
Washington Times, Nov. 18 -- Peter Agre, vice chancellor for science and technology at Duke, was scheduled to speak today before the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee about the future of science and concerns that the U.S. is slipping in research, technology innovation and education.
DID MORE ENDORPHINS MAKE US HUMAN?
ScienceNOW Daily News, Nov. 17 -- Changes in the regulatory region of a single gene may have had a profound effect on human evolution, a new study from Duke suggests.
ASPIRIN MAY BE A LIFESAVER FOR WOMEN
WebMD, Nov. 17 -- Aspirin may be a lifesaver for some women, two new
studies from Duke show. One study reports that aspirin can significantly reduce death rates in postmenopausal women with heart disease.
--Also, ABC 9 Syracuse, Ivanhoe Newswire: Aspirin Good for Women
(London) Daily Mail: How Daily Aspirin 'May Put Men at Risk' (Article not available online; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.)
Excite, HealthDay News: Daily Aspirin a Smart Move After Menopause
(Raleigh) NBC 17 News: Aspirin Benefits May Depend On Gender
UNC-CHAPEL HILL IS TOPS AND DUKE IS THIRD FOR INCOMING BLACK STUDENTS
(Charlotte) WBT Radio, AP, Nov. 17 -- A new report says Duke has the third highest percentage of black freshmen among the country's 30 highest-ranked universities.
NANOTUBES BEAM OUT BRIGHT LIGHT
Optics.org, NanotechWeb, Nov. 17 -- Researchers at Duke and IBM have unveiled how they made single-walled carbon nanotubes emit extra-bright beams of infrared light.
NEXT 'BACHELOR' A BLUE DEVIL
Charlotte Observer, Nov. 17 -- Oh, such a catch. He graduated magna cum laude from Duke and is finishing his first year of residency at Vanderbilt. He's ABC-TV's next bachelor: Travis Stork.
--Also, Coming Soon.net: 8th Bachelor to Be Set in Paris
ON THE AIR
Duke law professor Scott Silliman joined a discussion Friday morning on WNYC Radio's "Brian Lehrer Show" about the legal precedent and international context for keeping prisoners as enemy combatants. An archived version of the show will later be available on the web.