MENTAL ABILITIES: GENE FOUND TO PLAY ROLE IN BENEFITS OF BREAST MILK

New York Times, Nov. 6 -- Part of the answer to why children raised on breast milk tend to score higher on I.Q. tests may lie in a gene, Duke researchers report. ... Full story
--Also, Nature: The Gene That Turns Breast Milk Into Brain Food ... Full story
Agence France-Presse: Breastfeeding Leads to Higher IQ in Babies With the Right Gene ... Full story
Canada.com, CanWest News Service: Gene Behind Breastfeeding IQ Boost ... Full story

OP-ED: N.C. SHOULD LEAD IN GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH

(Durham) Herald-Sun, Nov. 6 -- Dr. Michael H. Merson, director of the Global Health Institute at Duke, joins a colleague in calling on North Carolina to expand its work on the world stage. ... Full story

ALL THE GRASS IS BROWN (AND THE SKIES AREN'T GRAY)

Inside Higher Ed, Nov. 6 -- Duke and colleges throughout the Southeast are taking extraordinary measures in the wake of one of the most serious droughts in recent history. ... Full story
--Also, Herald-Sun: No End to Water Cutbacks Predicted ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: THE GREEN VS. THE BROWN AMAZON

New York Review of Books, Nov. 22 -- Two threats to the Amazon rain forest could wipe it out even more quickly than many conservationists fear, writes Duke biologist John Terborgh. (Article highlights also appeared in today's Wall Street Journal.) ... Full story

DUKE FORMALLY DROPS DEEDS' RACIAL BIAS

(Raleigh) News & Observer, Nov. 6 -- Duke has waived any rights it had to enforce restrictions on the deeds of 232 properties in Duke Forest that decades ago prohibited their purchase by African-Americans. ... Full story

DO YOU PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS? YOU'RE HIRED!

MSNBC, AP, Nov. 5 -- Duke professor Miguel Sousa Lobo's research reveals people generally like to hire people who are similar to them, but doing so can limit a diversity of opinions. ... Full story

THE LYRICS MAY BE UGLY, BUT GAYS LIKE HIP-HOP

Baltimore Sun, Nov. 4 -- Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of black popular culture at Duke, comments on hip-hop finding an unlikely ally in the gay community. ... Full story

BRAIN CANCER SURVIVOR COMPLETES NYC MARATHON

NBC Today Show, Nov. 5 -- Dr. Henry Friedman of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke Medical Center has offered encouragement to Jen McDevitt, who took up running after being diagnosed with brain cancer. ... Full story