GORE'S WARMING PLAN GOES FAR BEYOND ANYTHING CAPITOL HILL ENVISIONS

Congressional Quarterly, March 21 -- Sometimes positions like former Vice President Al Gore's more ambitious climate change proposals "help to make the mainstream proposals more acceptable," says David Rohde, a political science professor at Duke and an expert on Congress. ... Full story

DUKE LANDS $5M DONATION FOR FINANCIAL AID

MSN Money, Triangle Business Journal, March 21 -- A Chicago family with ties to Duke has contributed $5 million to support scholarships and summer fellowships for undergraduate students at the university. ... Full story
--Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Family Gives Duke $5M for Scholarships, Fellowships ... Full story
Duke Chronicle: $5M Gift to Fund Scholarships, Aid ... Full story

ON YOUR MARKS...

Newsweek, March 26 -- In a recent study, Duke researcher Brian Duscha and his co-workers showed exactly how high-intensity exercise can improve health. ... Full story

COLUMN: WHEN LESS IS MORE

Slate, March 21 -- Erwin Chemerinsky, a Duke professor of law and political science, finds the legal syllogism that powers the Bush administration to be unacceptable. ... Full story
--Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Lawyer -- Taylor Dodged Inquiry ... Full story

CHURCH FORUM EYES END-OF-LIFE ISSUES

ReligionAndSpiritualty.com, March 20 -- Parish nurses, pastors, physicians and others gathered on the Duke campus last week to explore end-of-life issues and the roles religion and the church play in them. ... Full story

TOP LAWYERS SAY DUKE CASE IS WEAK

ABC News, March 21 -- Some of the nation's leading criminal defense attorneys and former prosecutors say the Duke lacrosse case is weak and will almost certainly never go to trial. They point to the lack of evidence, the accuser's changing story, and her credibility. ... Full story
--Also, Herald-Sun: Bar Sets Timetable on Nifong Action ... Full story
Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

THE POUND CAKE SPECIALIST

News & Observer, March 21 -- Duke doctor Kenneth W. Lyles applies a physician's efficiency to his baking. ... Full story

MANAGING CALCIUM

LiveScience, March 19 -- "Some soils have lost as much as 75 percent of their calcium during the past century," says Zhen-Ming Pei, a Duke biologist who led a study of how plants react to acid rain. ... Full story

COLUMN: RON PAUL IS, AGAIN, RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

Delaware Online, March 18 -- Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-Texas), a medical doctor with a Duke degree, is praised for believing "steadfastly in what is slowly becoming a sad, almost ignored document: the Constitution." ... Full story