THE OPERATING ROOM: MORNING SURGERY GIVES RISE TO FEWER PROBLEMS

The New York Times, Aug. 15 -- Surgical patients may have fewer problems with anesthesia if the operation is scheduled early in the morning, Duke research suggests. ... Full story

SCIENCE SEES TROUBLE IN SONAR

(Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 15 -- Researchers, regulators and environmental advocates gathered Monday at Duke University Marine Lab to discuss the impact of a Navy sonar range and gaps in scientific understanding of sonar's effects. ... Full story
--Also, Fayetteville Observer, AP: Speakers -- Proposed Sonar Range Needs Full Environmental Review ... Full story
(Jacksonville, N.C.) Daily News: Sonar Range Effects on Fish Debated ... Full story

SCANDAL FALLOUT?

(Washington, D.C.) WTTG-TV News, Aug. 14 -- Duke administrators say this year's freshman class is the best in terms of academic standards and diversity, and that they are heartened by alumni reaction to the lacrosse scandal. (Fox News report also ran on more than 14 other stations; video not available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.)
--Also, News & Observer: Rape Case Witness Has Court Date ... Full story
(Durham) Herald-Sun: Group Urging Votes for Cheek ... Full story
Washington Post: Correcting the Record in the Duke Case ... Full story
Herald-Sun: Editorial -- District Attorney's Race a Strange One ... Full story
Herald-Sun: Column -- Lacrosse Case Offers Different Look at Rape (Article not available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.)
News & Observer: Column -- Lacrosse Error Clouds Story's Credibility ... Full story
News & Observer: Column -- Lacrosse Is Just Not My Game ... Full story
Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

A FORTUNE WAS IN THE CARDS FOR DUKE GRAD

News & Observer, Aug. 15 -- Doug Kim got his economics degree from Duke in May. Now, three months later, the 22-year-old is rolling in millions. ... Full story
--Also, DelawareOnline.com: Playing His Cards Right ... Full story

IN WEIGHT-LOSS WORLD, DURHAM IS THE CAPITAL

Chicago Tribune, Aug. 13 -- Durham, once home to the tobacco industry, has taken on a healthier image by transforming itself into the diet capital of the world with three major weight-loss clinics, including the Duke Diet & Fitness Center. ... Fulll story

ALL UN-ALONE IN THE CITY

New York Magazine, Aug. 21 -- A study by sociologists at Duke and the University of Arizona and a new book have one reviewer checking her "friends" list. ... Full story
--Also, Atlanta Journal–Constitution: Gadgets, Commutes Cut Into Social Time ... Full story
Atlanta Journal–Constitution: Through Thick and Thin ... Full story
(Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger: Column -- Fewer Friends Not a Good Social Sign ... Full story

DUKE WEDDING PROJECT ENDS PICTURE-PERFECT FIRST YEAR

Durham News, Aug. 12 -- Mollie Keel, who schedules all the weddings in Duke Chapel, is also leading a project to collect chapel wedding photos from the last 75 years. ... Full story

THE PORCH: A PLACE OF LITERARY PROMINENCE

NPR's All Things Considered, Aug. 8 -- "Out on the Porch," a slim picture book with an introduction by Duke professor Reynolds Price, collects photographs and memorable literary passages about porches by authors such as Toni Morrison, Eudora Welty and William Faulkner. ... Full story

ON THE AIR

Mark Anthony Neal, author and associate professor of black popular culture at Duke, will be a guest Tuesday on WNYC Radio's Soundcheck program. He will be talking about the re-emergence of rappers from the hip-hop heyday of the late 1980s and early '90s. Listen live on the web at 2 p.m. ET. ... Listen