DUKE PROGRAM SEEKS TO EXPAND SERVICE WORK

The New York Times, Feb. 13 -- Duke University announced yesterday that it would create a program to help students work on projects like teaching at a school in Durham or building one in Kenya. ... Full story
--Also, Inside Higher Ed: New Support for Community Service ... Full story
Charlotte Observer, AP: Duke to Support Volunteer Work in Service-Learning Program ... Full story
Duke Chronicle: Administrators Say Bold Program Reflects Strategic Plan Goals ... Full story
Duke News: Duke Launches Initiative to Make Civic Engagement Integral Part of Undergraduate Education ... Full story

SMART DOOR RECOGNIZES PEOPLE

Discovery News, Feb. 12 -- A team of Duke students has invented an inexpensive, sensor-riddled door that recognizes the person passing through without the need of a key or a card or the inconvenience of stopping to scan a finger or an eye. ... Full story

BUILDING A CONVERSATION, ONE RADIO SHOW AT A TIME

The New York Times, Feb. 13 -- Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of black popular culture at Duke, discusses "the most important black man in black America" -- morning radio host Tom Joyner. ... Full story

COLUMN: HERE'S A DUKE LACROSSE PLAYER YOU NEED TO KNOW

USA Today, Feb. 12 -- Somewhere in Iraq last week, Sgt. James John Regan was killed in action. The former Duke lacrosse star is to be buried in Arlington Cemetery. ... Full story

INTERVIEW WITH LORD GEORGE CAREY

(Raleigh) WRAL-TV, Feb. 9 -- Lord Carey of Clifton, former Archbishop of Canterbury, was interviewed following his sermon Thursday at Duke Divinity School. ... Watch
--Also, Virtue Online News: Former Archbishop of Canterbury Speaks at Duke Divinity School (text with link to video) ... Full story

FACULTY SPEAK OUT ON THREATS, INTIMIDATION

Duke Chronicle, Feb. 13 -- Six members of the Duke faculty said Monday night that they refused to be silenced by what they termed as attempts by critics to intimidate them or censor their opinions following the lacrosse incident. ... Full story
--Also, Slate: Column -- Hack Attack ... Full story
Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

VANISHING JOBS

(Durham) ABC News 11, Feb. 9 -- Think you may be losing your job? Gary Gereffi, director of the Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness at Duke, says there's a good way to know if your job might be in jeopardy. (with video) ... Full story
--Also, Orlando Sentinel: Op-Ed -- American Consumers to Blame for Trade Deficit With China (by Gereffi) ... Full story

BOOK EXCERPT: A FRIEND LIKE PETER

The Christian Century, Feb. 6 -- The Rev. Canon Sam Wells, dean of Duke Chapel and research professor of Christian ethics at Duke Divinity School, explores six kinds of power in his new book, "Power and Passion: Six Characters in Search of Resurrection." ... Full story

OFF-EAST RAPE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

Duke Chronicle, Feb. 13 -- The Durham Police Department is continuing to investigate allegations that a female Duke student was sexually assaulted at an off-campus party early Sunday. ... Full story

A CONVERSATION WITH BLAIR SHEPPARD

China. com, Feb. 13 -- Blair Sheppard, an expert on global and corporate education who will become the new dean of the Fuqua School of Business in July, talks with Zong Xing of the Duke University Chinese Student and Scholar Association. ... Full story
--Also, China.com: Interview With Fuqua professor Jon Fjeld (executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation) ... Full story

ON THE AIR

Duke law professor Scott Silliman will join a conversation Tuesday on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things" about free speech and the military. http://wunc.org/tsot
Duke marine ecologist Rafe Sagarin talks today on American Public Media's "The Story" about retracing the steps of John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts who toured the Sea of Cortez in 1940. Sagarin was shocked to see how much the area has changed. http://thestory.org