FEDERAL JUDGE CONDEMNS INTERVENTION IN SCHIAVO CASE
New York Times, March 31 -- Erwin Chemerinsky, a law professor at Duke, commented on a federal appeals court judge's decision to address the constitutionality of the law Congress passed in the Terri Schiavo case. ... Full story 

THE COMING CANCER BOOM
Newsweek, March 31 -- As baby boomers reach the age when prostate cancer is most prevalent, scientists are working quickly to develop new treatments and encourage diet changes. Dr. Johannes Vieweg of Duke, the lead investigator of a vaccine trial, discusses "promising" results. (See second page.) ... Full story

RISING CHILD OBESITY OFFSETS GAINS
Los Angeles Times, March 31 -- Child obesity has more than tripled in three decades, and the increased health risk associated with being fat has wiped out progress in other areas, according to a Duke report issued Wednesday. ... Full story
--Also, MarketWatch: Obesity Drags Down Child Well-Being ... Full story

NOMINEE FOR NIEHS HAS SECOND THOUGHTS
Washington Post, March 30 -- David Schwartz, director of pulmonary medicine and critical care at Duke University Medical Center and vice chairman of research at the university, says NIH conflict-of-interest rules limit recruiting. ... Full story
--Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: NIH Hopes Rules Don't Deter Doctor ...Full story

OP-ED: `WHAT TIMES ARE THESE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD, WHAT COUNTRY?'
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, March 24 -- A columnist says that words from a poem by Chilean writer and Duke professor Ariel Dorfman "resonate through the seemingly daily revelations from government and military reports of the abuse of prisoners by Americans in Guantanamo, Afghanistan and Iraq." ... Full story

CARLYLE GROUP'S PLANS FOR ITS MONEY
Public radio's Marketplace, March 29 -- Duke professor Pete Kyle says there is an indication that institutional investors have bought into the idea of putting a significant fraction of the money they're managing into private equity. ... Listen

STATUS-CONSCIOUS MONKEYS SHED LIGHT ON CELEB OBSESSION
ABC News, March 30 -- A study suggests even rhesus macaque monkeys are fascinated with celebrity. Dr. Michael Platt, a neurobiologist at Duke, discusses the experiment. ... Full story

ON THE AIR
Mike Munger, chairman of the political science department at Duke, joined a WUNC Radio conversation Thursday about academic freedom. A bill making its way through the North Carolina legislature is stirring up debate about ideological tolerance on campuses. A rebroadcast of "The State of Things" program will air at 9 p.m. ET. ... Listen