Mar - Apr 2007 Issue

3D4Medical.com

Peter Agre knows his science, and you would expect that of a Nobel Laureate in chemistry. He also knows issues, like stem-cell research, that straddle the realms of science and public policy. Agre argues, in our back-page “Under the Gargoyle,” that scientists need to do a better job at engaging with the public.

James J. Regan ’02, a sergeant and Army Ranger, died February 9 in northern Iraq from wounds suffered when an explosive device detonated near his vehicle.Regan, who was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment based at Fort Benning in Georgia, was on his second tour of duty in Iraq. He previously served two tours in Afghanistan. He was twenty-six.

As a scholar, James D. Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of law, focuses primarily on intellectual-property law.

 

Les Todd

Give me down to there: peace, love, and antiwar anthems staged for a modern audience.

Scientists at Duke Medical Center are leading a national effort to develop the next generation of vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tests to protect citizens against diseases such as avian flu, SARS, and West Nile virus and against the potential impact of a terrorist attack in which biological agents such as anthrax or smallpox could be released.

Reaching out: Dancer Mantsoe goes global. John Hogg

Duke can become a more “inclusive academic community” by making changes in its curriculum, housing system, alcohol policies, and other key areas, according to a report released in February by the Campus Culture Initiative Steering Committee.

Emily Rotberg, a senior, has been awarded one of twelve scholarships from the Overseas Press Club Foundation. The scholarship, which includes a $2,000 cash award and a weekend in New York, recognizes aspiring foreign correspondents at American colleges and universities.Clay Taliaferro, professor of the practice of dance, will retire at the end of the spring 2007 semester after twenty years of dancing, choreographing, and teaching at Duke.

Engineering honors: Ellerbee in a laser optics lab. Les Todd

Novus Atlas.

Peter Agre. Butch Usery

Duke University Photography

Allen Saxe

  As an August drizzle falls outside, thirty-one middle-schoolers sit at long tables in a North Carolina mountain lodge.

The year is 1974. In the predawn darkness of her bedroom, Nancy Hogshead’s alarm insistently beeps her awake. Half-asleep, the twelve-year-old rolls out of bed already wearing her Speedo swimsuit and warm-up clothes. With the rest of the household still fast asleep, she eats breakfast (six eggs, a half-pound of bacon, two English muffins, and a large glass of milk) before heading out the door. Outside, in the already humid Florida morning, she waits to catch a ride to swim practice with a few of her older teammates.

 A few months ago, Harry Potter was all over thenews again, and not because his creator, J.K. Rowling, had completed her final book about the boy wizard and his friends. Rather, a group of scientists at Duke had invented a device that reroutes light to create a “hole” in space and hide objects from prying eyes—a device that was repeatedly compared with Harry’s magical invisibility cloak.

 Picture Duke in the early 1960s: Reynolds Price ’55, a Rhodes Scholar fresh from the University of Oxford, strides across the campus wearing his dashing black cape. Sean Flynn, son of the movie star Errol Flynn, lounges in the women’s dorms before swapping studying for acting and moving to Hollywood.

In the U.S., immigrants are often blamed for decreasing wages and lost employment opportunities, or, in some cases, characterized largely as unskilled workers who necessarily fill the low-wage, labor-intensive jobs that no one else wants.

Head of a King mid-12th century Abbey Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés Paris. Carved limestone 9 7⁄8 inches tall

Departing dean: Schlesinger heads north for new professional horizons

Solaris mission: Intelligence sought on a faraway planet. © KINO INTERNATIONAL

Ben Abram, architect for intellectual gatheringsLes Todd

Goss: framing gun violence as a public-health problem. Megan Morr

Knowledge in the Service of Society—a central theme of Duke’s newest strategic plan—was the topic of a half-day, four-panel conference in February at the Doris Duke Center.

Chris Hildreth

What advice do you have for a dual-career couple when one loses a job?When you first become a dual-career couple, you typically spend countless hours deciding important questions: Where do you want to live? Whose career comes first? How important is job satisfaction? Where would be the best place to start a family?

Comparing notes: Junior Erica Perez sharesthoughts wi

Universal themes: love and drama. Les Todd

H Armstrong Roberts

The Encyclopedia of Duke Basketball By John Roth ’80. Duke University Press, 2006. 438 pages. $34.95.

Jon Gardiner

Words from the wise: Lessons on etiquette during Career

Studying birds is a kind of passion of mine,” says Charles Kemper of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.