THE MULTITASKING GENERATION

Time, March 27 -- Duke history professor Claudia Koonz encourages her students, who tend to be good at finding and manipulating information on their computers, to find a quiet spot on campus to just think. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.)
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COMMENT: THIS MISADVENTURE HAS ALIENATED MOST OF THE WORLD FROM BUSH

(London) The Guardian, March 20 -- Christopher Gelpi, an associate professor of political science at Duke who specializes in public attitudes to foreign policy, discusses why support for the war in Iraq is fading. ... Full story

RESCUED CAVER OUT OF HOSPITAL

(Phoenix) Arizona Republic, AP, March 19 -- A Duke student from Sierra Vista, Ariz., who was rescued after rappelling into an Arizona cave, was released from the hospital Saturday.
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LOTTERY LURES LOW INCOMES

The Charlotte Observer, March 18 -- "When North Carolina's lottery starts up, there will be financial problems for some households. The state needs to be ready to step in for services," said Duke public policy professor Philip Cook, who has studied lotteries. ... Full story

GEORGIA WRESTLES WITH DEATH-PENALTY ISSUES

NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, March 19 -- Duke law professor Jim Coleman, who chairs the American Bar Association's Death Penalty Project, discusses a review of Georgia's justice system and why the ABA continues to call for a moratorium on executions. ... Listen

FUNGUS FINDING FURTHERS SENSORY RESEARCH

Yahoo! News, HealthDay News, March 17 -- A team of Duke researchers say they've identified a genetic mutation that renders a fungus "blind" to light. (Also appeared in the Palm Beach Post and more than 90 other news outlets.) ... Full story

2 WEBSITES MARK STEPS IN COMMUNICATIONS OVERHAUL

Duke Chronicle, March 20 -- Faculty and students returning from spring break will be welcomed back by two new Duke websites, including a new online news source for the Duke community. ... Full story

STUDENTS ON SPRING BREAK SWINGING HAMMERS, NOT HIPS

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 18 -- Duke students joined thousands of other young people who spent their spring break helping to rebuild the hurricane-blighted Gulf Coast. (AP story also appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and on more than 140 other news sites.)
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--Also, Duke Chronicle: Students Help Rebuild New Orleans From Ruins ... Full story

ON THE AIR

Dr. Marvin Swartz, head of the division of social and community psychiatry at the Duke University School of Medicine, joined a conversation Monday on "The State of Things" about the new North Carolina Medicaid guidelines for mental health care. Listen to a rebroadcast at 9 p.m. ET on WUNC Radio or later to archived web audio. ... Details