Duke in the News: Nov. 29, 2006

ONE LOOK SAYS IT ALL Nature, Nov. 29 -- Women are more attuned to the subtle non-verbal communication made by the direction of a colleague's gaze, according to new Duke research. ... Full story

LAWYERS DEBATE WHY BLACKS LAG AT MAJOR FIRMS The New York Times, Nov. 29 -- Duke law professor James Coleman says that large law firms' failure to provide mentoring, encouragement and good assignments, not law school grades, may explain why minority associates are less likely to make partner than their white counterparts. ... Full story

WALL STREET'S WATCHDOGS PLAN TO MERGE Los Angeles Times, Nov. 29 -- Duke law professor James Cox says business groups believe the strong performance by stocks this year has made it possible to repeal the new corporate reform laws. ... Full story

WHITE HOUSE ON DEFENSIVE AS U.S. MEDIA BREAKS TABOO (London) The Guardian, Nov. 29 -- "There's no question there is a civil war [in Iraq] by any reasonable political science definition of what that means," says Christopher Gelpi, an expert on war and public opinion at Duke. ... Full story --Also, Washington Post: White House Wages War of Words Over 'Civil' Term ... Full story

NEW STANDARD FOR PATENTLY OBVIOUS? Marketplace PM, Nov. 28 -- Duke law professor Arti Rai provides background on a Supreme Court case that could take some of the fuel out of the current patent system. ... Full story

RESURGENCE OF NATIONALISM AND ISLAM THREATEN TO TURN TURKEY AWAY WorldPoliticsWatch, Nov. 28 -- Convinced that the West is fueling ethnic tensions in Turkey, a growing number of Turks have come to "take on an anti-EU and more specifically anti-American position," explains Yektan Turkyilmaz, a Ph.D. candidate at Duke. ... Full story

'THE BACHELOR' WILL TRY A NAVAL MANEUVER New York Daily News, Nov. 29 -- Andy Baldwin, who graduated with honors from Duke, will star as ABC-TV's next "Bachelor." He's the second Duke alum to snag that high-profile role. Two seasons ago, the reality show featured Travis Stork, a magna-cum-laude Duke grad. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Duke law professor Jim Coleman will be a guest today on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things" to explain the legal concept of mental competence and how it affects one current death-row case. Later on the program, Duke law professor James Boyle will talk about his portrayal of the centuries-old Shakespeare authorship debate in his debut work of fiction, "The Shakespeare Chronicles." ... Details