NASHER MUSEUM ACQUIRES ANCIENT TREASURES
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 5 -- The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke has received a monumental gift of ancient Mediterranean art that doubles the size of the museum's antiquities collection and includes objects nearly 5,000 years old. ... Full story

COLUMN: CHILDREN OF POLARIZATION

The New York Times, Feb. 4 -- David Brooks says he's struck by the "universal tone of postboomer pragmatism" among the Duke students he taught last fall. ... Full story

COMMENTARY: STUDENTS APPEAR TO BENEFIT

News & Observer, Feb. 4 -- Harris Cooper, a professor of psychology and director of the Program in Education at Duke, says year-round schools with alternate vacation sequences show a positive benefit to students. ... Full story
--Also, Washington Post: As Push for Longer Hours Forms, Intriguing Models Arise in D.C. ... Full story

CHANGING THE CHANNEL

The New York Times, Feb. 4 -- Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of African American studies at Duke, has taken VH1 to task for perpetuating what he sees as racial stereotypes. ... Full story

WALKERS STAND BEHIND DEFENDANTS, LACROSSE

News & Observer, Feb. 5 -- About a hundred people walked from the courthouse in downtown Durham to the lacrosse field at Duke on Sunday in a show of support for the defendants in the Duke case. ... Full story
--Also, News & Observer: Governor Says Durham DA Broke Word After Interim Appointment ... Full story
Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

PHYSICIAN, MANAGE THYSELF

Financial Times, Feb. 4 -- Many business schools have launched healthcare-focused MBAs in recent years. Dr. Kevin Schulman, professor of medicine and management at Duke University Medical Center, discusses the Duke approach. ... Full story

ONCE JUST A FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, THE BIG GAME IS NOW A HUGE DAY

South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Feb. 4 -- Orin Starn, an associate professor of cultural anthropology at Duke who specializes in sports in society, explains why the Super Bowl has become a major, "quintessentially American" ritual. ... Full story