DUKE SCIENTISTS DEMONSTRATE 'INVISIBILITY CLOAK'

NBC News Today Show, Oct. 23 -- Scientists at Duke have demonstrated the first working "invisibility cloak," using technology designed to make solid objects vanish from sight. (video) ... Watch
--Also, Washington Post: 'Invisible' to Microwaves ... Full story
VOA News: Duke University Scientists Create Invisibility Cloak ... Full story
RocklinToday.com: Column -- An Invention That Is Out of Sight (Scripps Howard syndicated column also appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times.) ... Full story
Duke News: First Demonstration of a Working Invisibility Cloak (video news release) ... Full story

'PERSONALIZED' CANCER DRUG TEST

BBC News, Oct. 22 -- A gene test that predicts which cancer drugs will be most effective for different people is to be reviewed at Duke. ... Full story

DUKE PROFESSOR IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR

Charlotte Observer, Oct. 22 -- Mike Munger's campaign for governor of North Carolina "is likely to be, by any objective standard, the most interesting of what will be several 2008 gubernatorial campaigns." ... Full story

OBESITY RESEARCHERS STUDY DRUG COCKTAILS

Boston Globe, Oct. 23 -- Dr. Kishore Gadde, a Duke obesity researcher, was one of two scientists who presented findings Sunday of drug cocktail trials that caused incidental weight loss in patients taking them for other reasons. ... Fulll story

LACROSSE CASE NEWS EXAMINED

(Raleigh) News & Observer, Oct. 21 -- While expressing some regrets, local and national media members Friday largely defended their coverage of the controversial Duke lacrosse case. ... Full story
--Also, BET.com: See How You Voted ... Full story
(Melbourne) The Age: Doubts Over U.S. College Rape Case (Also appeared in Sydney Morning Herald.) ... Full story
Baltimore Sun: If Cleared, Two Can Rejoin Duke ... Full story
Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

MACARTHUR FUNDS E-LEARNING: $50M

Red Herring, Oct. 20 -- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is committing $50 million for digital learning initiatives to understand how young people are affected and educated by digital media. Cathy Davidson, interim director of the Franklin Humanities Institute, is on the board of advisors for this project and was a featured blogger for the Oct. 19 launch. ... Full story
--Also, MacArthur Foundation Spotlight: Cathy Davidson -- The Future of Institutions -- Skunkworks! ... Full story

IRON-FISTED PELOSI POSITIONS DEMOCRATS TO WIN HOUSE

Seattle Times, Oct. 22 -- David Rohde, a professor of political science at Duke, discusses House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's courting of conservative Democrats. (Story originally appeared in The Washington Post.) ... Full story
--Also, Newsday: GOP's Troubles in Swing State ... Full story

FAMILY, TEAMMATES SAY DUKE PLAYER WHO BATTLED TUMOR AN INSPIRATION

(Durham) Herald-Sun, Oct. 22 -- Christie McDonald's teammates on the Duke women's soccer team are just happy she's back playing. ... Full story

ON THE AIR

Duke neurobiologist Erich Jarvis, today known for his work on vocal learning in songbirds, talks Monday on "The State of Things" about an unusual career path that began with modern dance training. ... Details