Duke in the News: April 19, 2007

COMMENTARY: DEALING WITH GRIEF -- HOW LONG SHOULD SUPPORT LAST? ABC News, April 18 -- Dr. John A. Fairbank, associate professor of psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center and co-director of the UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, says Virginia Tech students and staff face a long emotional battle. ... Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Schools Need Evidence to Act Upon (Dr. Allan Chrisman, a Duke psychiatrist) ... Full story

ANALYSIS: KENNEDY'S PIVOTAL VOTE New York Times, April 19 -- Duke law professor Erwin Chemerinsky comments on Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's role as the court's crucial middleman, seen again in Wednesday's ruling banning a controversial late-term abortion procedure. (AP article also appeared in USA Today and more than 75 other news outlets.) ... Full story

DUKE HIRES JOANNE MCCALLIE FROM MICHIGAN STATE USA Today, April 19 -- Joanne P. McCallie was hired as Duke's women's basketball coach, leaving Michigan State to succeed the AP National Coach of the Year at one of the country's premier programs. (AP story also appeared in Sports Illustrated, ESPN.com and more than 370 other news outlets.) ... Full story --Also, News & Observer: Devils Rally With McCallie ... Full story GoDuke.com: Joanne P. McCallie to Be Introduced as Next Duke Women's Basketball Coach ... Full story

DOES CERVICAL CANCER VACCINE BENEFIT LAST? CBS News, WebMD, April 18 -- Dr. H. Kim Lyerly of Duke, moderator of a news conference on new research support for two cervical cancer vaccines, says the medical community is still trying to figure out whether state mandates or education is the best way to ensure all girls get vaccinated. ... Full story

COLUMN: THE MEDIA IN THE MUD Washington Post, April 19 -- Columnist David S. Broder says rereading some of the coverage of the lacrosse case "is a painful journey into journalistic excess -- and one-sidedness." ... Full story --Also, Wall Street Journal Online: Accused Former Duke Lax Player Lands Morgan Stanley Job ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

BLACKS ALSO ARE LONGTIME CRITICS OF RAP, HIP-HOP, FORUM SHOWS (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, April 19 -- Mark Anthony Neal, a Duke professor of black popular culture, tells a town hall discussion of "Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?" that a generation of hip-hop aficionados has criticized the negative aspects of the music almost from the beginning. ... Full story

OP-ED: LESSONS LEARNED ON IMMIGRATION News & Observer, April 18 -- Professor Charles D. Thompson of Duke's Center for Documentary Studies writes about his experiences helping to lead a class on a spring break research trip through North Carolina to study immigration and labor issues. ... Full story

JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN: APOLOGIES AREN'T ENOUGH Independent Weekly, April 18 -- Prominent Duke historian John Hope Franklin speaks out on the real work of ending discrimination. ... Full story

A DAY ELLIS ISLAND BECAME A PORTAL TO HISTORY (Newark) Star-Ledger, April 18 -- Men's basketball head coach and National Basketball Hall of Fame member Mike Krzyzewski and John Mack, a member of Duke's Board of Trustees and CEO of Morgan Stanley, were among the four recipients of the 6th Annual Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards Tuesday. ... Full story --Also, Duke Chronicle: 2 Duke Icons Given Ellis Island Award ... Full story