DUKE EXPERT IN HOT DEBATE

(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 2 -- Climate change consensus may turn on Duke University climate researcher Gabriele Hegerl's statistical explanation of warming. ... Full story
--Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Scientist -- Warming Data 'Clearer' ... Full story

ANALYSIS: FUEL ECONOMY HAS BACKERS; DETAILS TO COME

NPR's All Things Considered, Feb. 1 -- Richard Newell, an energy economist with Duke University and Resources for the Future, says key lawmakers disagree with President Bush on how to raise fuel economy. ... Full story

ARE ALL SLURS CREATED EQUAL?

NPR's Talk of the Nation, Feb. 1 -- Mark Anthony Neal, professor of black popular culture at Duke, joins a conversation prompted by a rash of high-profile incidents in which celebrities have used or been accused of using offensive slurs. ... Full story

COLUMN: FIXING ENGINEERING'S GENDER GAP

BusinessWeek, Feb. 2 -- In his latest column, Pratt School entrepreneur-in-residence Vivek Wadhwa says encouraging more women to enter engineering would help America maintain competitiveness in the global economy. (Link to website; article not available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Website

STUDENT OFF-CAMPUS VIOLATIONS DECREASE

Herald-Sun, Feb. 2 -- Duke officials credit a combination of factors for an 85 percent decrease in the number of student off-campus violations documented in the fall 2006 semester. ... Full story

HEALING A CHRONIC SKIN PROBLEM WITH STEM CELLS

News 8 Austin, Ivanhoe News, Feb. 1 -- Physicians at Duke University Medical Center are leading a national study to learn whether stem cell transplants can correct defective immune systems in patients with scleroderma. ... Full story

COLUMN: NO LONGER A CITIZEN OF FUNKYTOWN

ESPN.com, Feb. 1 -- As Super Bowl XLI approaches, Duke professor Mark Anthony Neal is asked to discuss the significance of the hips to Prince's funk. ... Full story