WHY WE LIKE THAT WORD 'VICTORY'

MSNBC's Hardball, Dec. 12 -- Host Chris Matthews talked with Christopher Gelpi, the Duke political science professor whose work played a big role in the president's continuing push to turn the public's view on the war. ... Transcript
--Also, NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday: Doyle McManus on the Week in Politics (Gelpi and Duke political science professor Peter Feaver) ... Listen
America Abroad: Political Science Comes to Iraq (blog by Terry Sanford Institute professor Bruce W. Jentleson) ... Full story
(Raleigh) News & Observer: Correction to "Duke Prof Key Player for Bush" (Gelpi, Feaver)
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A DIALOGUE ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION AND GREAT UNIVERSITIES

PBS's The Charlie Rose Show, Dec. 12 -- Duke President Richard Brodhead, a guest on the program, says, "Many of the challenges that universities are going to face in this country are challenges of the kind of partnerships we have and haven`t had with K through 12 education before." (Transcript not available online; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.)

COMMENTARY: ABOUT THAT ENGINEERING GAP...

BusinessWeek, Dec. 13 -- Is the U.S. really falling behind China and India in education? Researchers at Duke have determined that some of the most cited statistics on engineering graduates are inaccurate. ... Full story
--Also, Yahoo! Finance Australia, Investor's Business Daily: Fears of China and India Swamping U.S. Engineers Could Be Overblown, Study Says ... Full story
News & Observer: Study -- Tech Outlook Rosy ... Full story
(India) domain-B: U.S. Producing More Engineering Graduates Than India, China -- Duke Study ... Full story
Pratt School of Engineering: Framing the Engineering Outsourcing Debate (Duke study)
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Pratt School: Appendix of Duke Outsourcing Study -- Empirical Comparison of Engineering Graduates in the U.S., China and India ... Study appendix

OP-ED: STATEMENTS ON CRUEL, INHUMAN, DEGRADING TREATMENT AMBIGUOUS

(Durham) Herald-Sun, Dec. 11 -- If Americans "are to continue in a leadership role in the free world," only a clear position against the inhuman treatment of prisoners will suffice, asserts Duke law professor Scott L. Silliman. ... Full story

KEY BRAIN GENE SHOWS EVOLUTION IN HUMANS

Accenture.com, UPI, Dec. 12 -- Duke researchers say they've discovered the first brain regulatory gene that shows clear evidence of evolution from lower primates to humans.
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--Also, Bioresearch Online: Key Brain Regulatory Gene Shows Evolution in Humans
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AT MEDICAL JOURNALS, WRITERS PAID BY INDUSTRY PLAY BIG ROLE

Wall Street Journal, Dec. 13 -- Robert Califf, vice chancellor of clinical research at Duke University Medical Center, criticizes the practice of letting ghostwriters hired by communications firms draft journal articles for academic researchers. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) ... Full story for subscribers

HEALING EFFECTS OF HOOPS

The CBS Evening News, Dec. 10 -- Athletes from rivals Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill join together at Durham's Hoop Dreams Basketball Academy to play with kids facing life-threatening illnesses. (See first video item.) ... Watch