Duke in the News: March 29, 2007

QUESTIONS LEAD TO REVIEW OF 1995 BEATING CASE Winston-Salem Journal, March 29 -- Duke law students pushed Winston-Salem police to take a closer look at how the investigation of a beating case was handled. ... Full story

COACH G CONSIDERS TEXAS OPENING Duke Chronicle, March 29 -- Women's basketball head coach Gail Goestenkors visited the University of Texas' campus in Austin Tuesday and Wednesday to interview for the Longhorn's coaching vacancy. ... Full story

SENATE BYPASSED ON MANY KEY JUSTICE JOBS NPR's Morning Edition, March 29 -- UNC law professor Michael Gerhardt says the White House has traditionally nominated U.S. attorneys who were suggested by senators from the states where they'd serve. But under this Bush administration, he says, that patronage system has run into resistance. ... Full story

TILLMAN CASE COULD BRING PUNISHMENTS The New York Times, AP, March 28 -- Duke law professor Scott Silliman, a former high-ranking Air Force attorney, speculated that the officers singled out by the Pentagon in the Pat Tillman case would receive administrative sanctions and nothing more. ... Full story

HEALTHY COASTAL WETLANDS WOULD ADAPT TO RISING OCEANS Terra Daily, March 29 -- Duke researchers say coastal wetlands should be able to adjust to rising ocean levels as long as plants and sediment remain intact. ... Full story --Also, Earthtimes.org, UPI: Healthy Wetlands Could Protect Coast ... Full story

CANCER SURVIVOR LIVES A DREAM (Durham) ABC 11 News, March 28 -- A teen cancer survivor and Duke Children's Hospital patient is on the trip of a lifetime. She's representing North Carolina in a program called Champions Across America -- part of the Children's Miracle Network. (with video) ... Full story

DUKE DOCS TO APPEAR ON INTERNET TV CHANNEL MSN Money, Triangle Business Journal, March 28 -- Duke University Medical Center has partnered with an Internet television channel focused on consumer health education. ... Full story

HISTORIAN JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN TALKS ABOUT RACISM IN AMERICA VOA News, March 28 -- Duke historian John Hope Franklin discusses Barack Obama's presidential campaign, challenges facing young African-American males and some "heart-warming signs" of improvement in race relations. ... Full story

FORUM PROBES WHETHER HIP-HOP HATES WOMEN Buffalo News, March 29 -- "Gender has been put on the margins in our conversation about hip-hop," said Mark Anthony Neal, an associate professor of black popular culture in African and African-American studies at Duke. ... Full story

A 'COMPREHENSIVE' CAREER ScienceCareers.org, March 22 -- Recent Duke Ph.D. graduate Luke Dollar talks about a career choice off the beaten path. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Trevor Schoonmaker, the new curator of contemporary art at the Nasher Museum, will be a guest today on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things," talking about a new exhibit that explores the grittiness of urban streets. http://wunc.org/tsot