Duke in the News: Jan. 8, 2007

New Test for HIV Drug Resistance | Bush Aides Lay Groundwork for Iraq Surge | Teacher Support for the Duke Players, and more…

Monday, January 8, 2007

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NEW TEST FOR HIV DRUG RESISTANCE
BBC News, Jan. 8 -- A test developed at Duke to detect drug-resistant HIV strains in patients could allow more effective treatment of the virus. ... Full story
--Also, New Scientist: Drug-Resistant HIV Battled in a New Way ... Full story
ABC News: Commentary – Decoding HIV Drug Resistance ... Full story
(Raleigh) News & Observer: Test Could Improve HIV Treatment ... Full story
(Durham) Herald-Sun: Duke Develops Sensitive HIV Test ... Full story

BUSH AIDES LAY GROUNDWORK FOR IRAQ SURGE
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 7 -- Duke University public opinion scholar Christopher Gelpi, who has advised the Bush White House, discusses why he believes the president is willing to push for a surge in troops in Iraq. (See second page.) ... Full story
--Also, (London) The Guardian: Commentary -- Many More Sons Will Die While the Democrats Do Nothing to Stop the War ... Full story

TEACHER SUPPORT FOR THE DUKE PLAYERS
Time, Jan. 15 -- Seventeen members of the economics department at Duke have sent a letter to the student newspaper expressing their support for the players in the lacrosse case. ... Full story
--Also, Newsweek: In Scandal's Shadow ... Full story
Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

EDITORIAL: WELCOME, JUDGE LEVI
Herald-Sun, Jan. 5 -- U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts says the federal judiciary's "loss is certainly Duke Law School's gain" as David F. Levi is named as the school's new dean. ... Full story

HOW ‘UGLY BETTY’ CHANGED ON THE FLIGHT FROM BOGOTÁ
The New York Times, Jan. 7 -- Claudia Milian, a professor of Latin American literature and culture at Duke, comments on the Americanized version of a Colombian serial. ... Full story

THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRANTS
Chicago Sun-Times, Jan. 7 -- Foreign-born entrepreneurs were behind one in four U.S. technology startups over the last decade, according to a Duke study. ... Full story
--Also, USA Today: From Nigeria to Texas Oilman ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: LIVING WITH FIDEL
The New York Times Book Review, Jan. 7 -- Jesús Díaz imagines the life of a struggling Cuban revolutionary in his Duke University Press-published novel, which includes a forward by Duke literature professor Fredric Jameson. ... Full story