Duke in the News: March 27, 2007

OP-ED: HISTORICAL PARALLEL TO ATTORNEY FIRINGS? San Diego Union-Tribune, March 27 -- Constitutional law expert Erwin Chemerinsky looks at the many similarities that exist between the ongoing U.S. Attorneys controversy and the early stages of the Watergate investigation. ... Full story --Also, Slate: Commentary -- What Congress Gets to Know (by Duke law professors and Department of Justice veterans Walter Dellinger and Christopher Schroeder) ... Full story

ASPIRIN SHOWS BENEFIT IN OLDER WOMEN The New York Times, March 27 -- A 24-year study of nearly 80,000 women "confirms what we already know: Aspirin is good for you, whether you're a man, whether you're a woman," says Dr. Jeffrey Berger of Duke University Medical Center. (AP story also appeared in the Wall Street Journal and more than 175 other news outlets.) ... Full story

SISTER MENTORS Inside Higher Ed, March 27 -- Shireen K. Lewis, a Trinidad native with a doctorate in French from Duke, talks about SisterMentors, the organization she founded for minority women pursuing their Ph.D.'s. ... Full story

PERMANENT SUMMER Scienceline, March 23 -- Rob Jackson, faculty director of Duke's Center on Global Change, discusses the risk posed by the hottest days getting even hotter. ... Full story

QURAN'S MANY MEANINGS EXAMINED (Raleigh) News & Observer, March 23 -- Duke religion professor Bruce Lawrence's new book is intended as a kind of primer for non-Muslims about the sacred text of Islam and how it has been received through the ages. ... Full story

DUKE'S WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH SHIFTS TO OFF-SEASON WORKOUT Wall Street Journal, March 27 -- The coach of Duke women's basketball, Gail Goestenkors, offers her off-season exercise routine. (Link to preview; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Preview story

MOVE BAAAACK Burlington (N.C.) Times-News, March 23 -- Richard Whorton, associate professor of pharmacology and cancer biology, says there's no better sport than watching a skilled border collie in action. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Several Duke professors, a Duke student and a Duke alumnus will join a discussion on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things" today about the university's coexisting cultures of academic and athletic achievement. ... Details