Duke in the News: May 18, 2006

COLUMN: NORTHWESTERN, DUKE MATTERS ARE SIGNS OF LARGER PROBLEM USA Today, May 18 -- "When things go bad (with sports teams) at Duke and Northwestern," says columnist Christine Brennan, "you can be sure they are going bad on almost every college campus in the nation." ... Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald Sun: Lawyers Question Dancer's Plea Deal in '02 ... Full story (Raleigh) NBC 17 News: High-Profile Attorney Offers to Represent Accuser in Rape Case Full story (Raleigh) News & Observer: Lawyer Urges Accuser's Kin to Stop Statements ... Full story (Raleigh) WRAL-TV: Attorney Seeks Bond Reduction, More Evidence in Duke Lacrosse Rape Case ... Full story San Francisco Chronicle, AP: Cell Phone Logs of Duke Accused Wanted ... Full story The New York Times: College Athletes Acting Badly -- It's All There on the Web ... Full story The Christian Science Monitor: In Duke Case, A Bid to Tilt Public Opinion ... Full story USA Today: Duke Men's Lacrosse Team Loses Recruit ... Full story Chicago Defender: Website Created in Support of Duke Rape Victim ... Full story News & Observer: Column by Ruth Sheehan -- Race Has a Place in Duke Case ... Full story Herald-Sun: Editorial -- Focus on Campus Rapes ... Full story Baltimore Sun: Syndicated Columnist Thomas Sowell -- Setting Justice Aside ... Full story Duke Chronicle: Editorial -- Who Is to Blame? ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) Full story

HUMAN GENOME MAP'S A WRAP News & Observer, May 18 -- A Duke-led effort to complete a detailed guide to the last and largest human chromosome could help overcome autism, some cancers and other ailments. Full story --Also, MSNBC, Reuters: Last Chromosome in Human Genome Sequenced ... Full story News@Nature.com: Human Genome Completed (Again) ... Full story

HUMANS ARE BIRDBRAINED WHEN LEARNING SPEECH, STUDY HINTS National Geographic News, May 17 -- Duke neurobiologist Erich Jarvis' study of bird speech is helping researchers understand how humans learn. ... Full story

'BEEPBALL' REALLY SWINGS News & Observer, May 18 -- Duke students taking the "Devices for People With Disabilities" biomedical engineering course have created a new softball for the blind. ... Full story BURSTING THE BUBBLE ON DIABETES Technology Review, May 18 -- Researchers at Duke, Baylor and the University of Texas use a technique with rats that points the way to delivering gene therapies for diabetes using tiny bubbles and ultrasound. ... Full story

2006 ALL-USAHIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC TEAM USA Today, May 18 -- Jonathan Cross, a Duke-bound high school student from Fairfax, Va., is among 20 first-team students honored by the newspaper for taking their intellectual skills beyond the classroom. ... Full story

COLLEGES CHASE AS CHEATS SHIFT TO HIGHER TECH The New York Times, May 18 -- A report on high-tech cheating by students cites research by Duke's Center for Academic Integrity. ... Full story

COUNTDOWN TO PRODUCT LAUNCH (PART II) BusinessWeek, May 12 -- Many people are stumped as to what a realistic small-business model really means, says Vivek Wadhwa, executive in residence at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering. ... Full story

ON THE AIR An HBO Real Sports report on the Duke lacrosse incident will be rebroadcast tonight and again on May 20. (Link to schedule; video not available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Details