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Duke in the News: Jan. 18, 2007

Students Pack to Fight Hunger | Pols Call for U.S. Probe of Duke Case | Duke Partner Gets Hefty Donation, and more!

STUDENTS PACK TO FIGHT HUNGER (Durham) Herald-Sun, Jan. 18 -- More than 650 Duke and N.C. Central University students and staff came together at NCCU on Wednesday to set what organizers say was a new single-day packaging record -- 155,404 rice-soy meals. ... Full story --Also, Duke Chronicle: Duke, NCCU Team Up to Prepare 155,404 Meals ... Full story

POLS CALL FOR U.S. PROBE OF DUKE CASE Newsday, Jan. 18 -- Wading into the Duke lacrosse controversy, Rep. Peter King of New York has called on the U.S. attorney general to investigate the conduct of the district attorney who was handling the probe. ... Full story --Also, Herald-Sun: Op-Ed -- Fast, Loose and Mean in the Blogosphere (by Duke professor Orin Starn) ... Full story Indianapolis Star: Kathleen Parker's syndicated column -- A New Day, A New Story in Duke Rape Case ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

DUKE PARTNER GETS HEFTY DONATION (Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 18 -- Duke's partner medical school in Singapore has snagged a donation of $52 million from the estate of a wealthy Singapore businessman, plus $52 million in matching money from the Singapore government. ... Full story --Also, (Singapore) Channel NewsAsia: Estate of Late Khoo Teck Puat Gives S$80M to Singapore Medical School ... Full story

OBAMA'S RUN FOR PRESIDENCY IS THE TALK OF SOUTH FLORIDA South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Jan. 18 -- Although Barack Obama is different from previous African-American presidential candidates, it is still unclear if most Americans are ready to elect a black president, say two Duke political scientists. ... Full story

HELP, I'M SURROUNDED BY JERKS The New York Times, Jan. 18 -- The Career and Professional Development Center at Duke Law School will host a February workshop on dealing with conflict and difficult people. ... Full story

LARGEST-EVER RECORDED DECLINE IN CANCER DEATHS ABC News, Jan. 18 -- Dr. Michael Colvin, director emeritus of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, credits several factors, including screening and other preventive measures, in a second year of decline in cancer deaths. (See second page.) ... Full story

OP-ED: N.C.'S GREENER ENERGY FUTURE News & Observer, Jan. 18 -- John Blackburn, professor emeritus and former head of the economics department at Duke, hopes North Carolina joins the rest of the nation in moving "belatedly into a new energy era." ... Full story

OPEN SECRETS The New Yorker, Jan. 8 -- Duke law professor Steven Schwarcz says Enron proves that in an age of increasing financial complexity the "disclosure paradigm" has become an anachronism. (See second page.) ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: MEDICATION NATION Washington Post, Jan. 13 -- In "The Cult of Pharmacology," published by Duke University Press, Richard DeGrandpre makes the case that, when it comes to drugs, symbol outweighs substance. ... Full story

MEDICAL MIRACLE New York Daily News, Jan. 14 -- "I didn't set out to be a pioneer," says Duke medical school alumnus Dr. Delano Meriwether. "It was more a question of asking myself, 'If I make it through this school, can I possibly help someone besides myself and my patients?'" ... Full story

INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM STYRON AND ROBERT LOOMIS C-SPAN's Book TV, Jan. 13 -- In an encore presentation of a program recorded in 2002, Random House author William Styron, who died last year, and editor Robert Loomis talk about their work and their friendship from their Duke days. This month, Loomis is celebrating 50 years with Random House. (Link to website; video excerpt e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) http://www.booktv.org/

CALIFORNIA DREAMING OF LOW-CARB GASOLINE Oakland Tribune, Jan. 15 -- "Would a greenhouse-gas standard raise the price of fuel (in California)? I think it's pretty clear the answer is yes," said Richard Newell, a Duke University energy and environmental policy professor and an economist at Resources for the Future. ... Full story

OUTSMARTING THE MARKET BusinessWeek, Jan. 22 -- A theory offered by Duke's David A. Hsieh, a leading hedge fund scholar, is cited in a report on Barclays' pursuit of advantage through research. ... Full story

REMOVABLE TATTOOS AN ATTRACTIVE OPTION ABC News, Dec. 28 -- A new type of ink, the result of a combined effort by a team of scientists from Duke and Harvard Medical School, could make permanent tattoos more easily removable. ... Full story