NASHER'S LOVE OF ART LIFTED DURHAM

(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 18 -- Duke owes its new reputation as a place to see world-class contemporary art to one man: Raymond D. Nasher. The arts patron and Duke alumnus died Friday. ... Full story
--Also, Dallas Morning News: Nasher Leaves Dallas a Better Place ... Full story
News & Observer: Ray D. Nasher, Arts Patron ... Full story

CHINA PRODUCING MORE ENGINEERING GRADUATES THAN INDIA, U.S.

(India) The Hindu, March 19 -- China is "racing ahead" of both the United States and India in producing graduates with advanced engineering and technology degrees and in its ability to perform basic research, according to a new Duke study. ... Full story
--Also, BusinessWeek: A Looming Economic Threat ... Full story

DIFFERENT PATHS FROM VIETNAM TO WAR IN IRAQ

The New York Times, March 18 -- Duke professor Christopher Gelpi says senators John McCain's and Chuck Hagel's divergent positions on the Iraq war strikes him as "typical of the two different kinds of reactions that veterans tend to have to the use of force." ... Full story

COMMENTARY: WE CAN'T IGNORE THE INFLUENCE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Chronicle of Higher Education, March 23 -- Cathy N. Davidson, interim director of the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute and a professor of interdisciplinary studies and English at Duke, has concerns about a college's snubbing of Wikipedia. ... Full story

STARTING LIBERAL ARTS GRADS ON THEIR JOURNEY

Washington Post, March 18 -- Sheila Curran, the executive director of Duke's career center, talks about her new book, which aims to help fill the gap between earning a diploma and finding work you love. ... Full story

DUKE AVENGES ONLY LOSS TO TOP HOLY CROSS

The New York Times, AP, March 19 -- Abby Waner's improbably emphatic blocked shot at the other end of the court sends the message to the rest of the NCAA tournament field: Forget that recent loss. Duke is back. ... Full story
--Also, News & Observer: Waner Gets Ball Rolling ... Full story
News & Observer: Fans Follow as Women's Skills Grow ... Full story

ON THE AIR

Joel Fleishman, professor of law and public policy at Duke, will discuss philanthropy and innovation on the "Kojo Nnamdi Show" Monday on WAMU-FM (Washington, D.C.). The live program will air between noon and 1 p.m. Link to live and archived audio.
http://www.wamu.org/programs/kn/
Dr. Terrill Bravender, director of adolescent medicine at Duke University Medical Center, will be a guest on NPR's Talk of the Nation today at 3 p.m. ET, talking about eating disorders in men. Program audio will be posted later in the day.
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=5