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Duke in the News: Nov. 2, 2006

William Styron, Novelist, Dies at 81 | Wine Extract Keeps Fat Mice Healthy | 15 From Duke Receive Fulbright Scholarships, and more!

WILLIAM STYRON, NOVELIST, DIES AT 81 The New York Times, Nov. 2 -- William Styron, the Duke-educated novelist whose explorations of difficult historical and moral questions earned him a place among the leading literary figures of the post-World War II generation, died Wednesday. ... Full story --Also, Los Angeles Times: Novelist Plumbed the Soul's Depths ... Full story Washington Post: William Styron; Noted Author of 'Nat Turner,' 'Sophie's Choice' ... Full story Duke Chronicle: Duke Alum Styron, 81, Passes Away; Profs Praise Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author ... Full story

WINE EXTRACT KEEPS FAT MICE HEALTHY The New York Times, Nov. 2 -- While calling a study touting the benefits of a red wine extract "tantalizing," Dr. Howard Eisenson, director of the Duke University Diet and Fitness Center, urged people not to get too excited. (AP story appeared in more than 125 news outlets.) ... Full story

15 FROM DUKE RECEIVE FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OVERSEAS WORK (Durham) Herald-Sun, Nov. 2 -- Fifteen Duke graduates and graduate students have received Fulbright scholarships from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. ... Full story

HEART DISEASE STILL THE MOST LIKELY REASON YOU'LL DIE CNN, Nov. 1 -- It may be America's No. 1 killer, but people aren't scared enough of heart disease, says Duke research cardiologist Dr. Robert Califf. ... Full story

OP-ED: AN ACADEMY FOR PUBLIC SERVICE (Raleigh) News & Observer, Nov. 2 -- The year-old idea to build a new kind of service academy, co-launched by a Duke alumnus and backed by three Duke scholars, has progressed rapidly. ... Full story

NEW DRUG MAY EXPAND TREATMENT FOR HEPATITIC C (Tucson) KVOA-TV NBC 4, Oct. 31 -- A new drug called eltrombopag may enable certain hepatitis C patients to take antiviral medications they previously could not use to fight the disease, Duke researchers say. (HealthDay News report also appeared on Forbes.com and more than 100 other news websites.) ... Full story

BOLIVIA'S MORALES DROPS MINING INDUSTRY NATIONALIZATION PLANS Mineweb, Nov. 1 -- Nicholas Robins, a visiting scholar at Duke's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, comments on Bolivian President Evo Morales' oft-threatened nationalization of Bolivia's mines. ... Full story

LOVE HIM, OR LEAVE HIM? Washington Post, Nov. 2 -- Flavor Flav's popular VH1 show has set off a passionate debate on comedy and race. Mark Anthony Neal, associate professor of African American studies at Duke, discusses the show. ... Full story

SORE NO MORE AARP Magazine, November 2006 -- Duke psychologist Francis Keefe urges arthritis patients to expand their menu of self-care skills. ... Full story

DON'T DEMONIZE, PROFESSOR ADVISES (Greensboro) News & Record, Oct. 30 -- Waldo Martin Jr., a history professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a Duke alumnus, is helping a museum in his hometown tell the black experience. ... Full story

ON THE AIR "Our State" visits the Duke Lemur Center, the world's largest sanctuary for endangered prosimian primates, at 9:30 p.m. ET Thursday on the UNC-TV statewide public television network. ... Details