Duke in the News: March 20, 2007

GM CEO TO SPEAK AT GRADUATION Duke Chronicle, March 20 -- Rick Wagoner, chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors Corporation, will deliver Duke's 2007 commencement address on May 13, Duke President Richard Brodhead announced Monday. ... Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: General Motors CEO to Speak at Duke Graduation ... Full story

TEST OF NERVES OVER ATTORNEY FIRINGS Congressional Quarterly (CQ), March 19 -- Christopher Schroeder, a Duke professor of law and public policy studies, comments on the "showdown" between Democratic lawmakers and the president over whether senior White House aides will testify about the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. ... Full story

ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN THE U.S. AREN'T FALLING BEHIND BUT NEED IMPROVEMENTS, STUDY FINDS Chronicle of Higher Education, March 20 -- Graduate engineering programs in the United States aren't falling behind but need improvements, a new Duke study finds. ... Full story

RAYMOND D. NASHER, 85, DALLAS ART COLLECTOR WHO BUILT A MUSEUM, DIES The New York Times, March 20 -- Duke alumnus Raymond D. Nasher, who died Friday, was a real-estate developer and banker who amassed one of the world's best collections of Modern and contemporary sculpture and created museums in Dallas and at Duke. ... Full story --Also, Dallas Morning News: Nasher's Last Days Fulfilling ... Full story Herald-Sun: Editorial -- Appreciate Nasher's Vision ... Full story

MEN WITH EATING DISORDERS OFTEN OVERLOOKED NPR's Talk of the Nation, March 19 -- Dr. Terrill Bravender, an associate professor of pediatrics, psychiatry and family medicine at Duke, joined a discussion about how eating disorders affect men, and why they're less likely to seek help. ... Full story

OP-ED: ON A BAD DAY FOR DUKE, GOOD NEWS Herald-Sun, March 18 -- Duke wins praise for two programs that John Locke Foundation president John Hood says "encourage a core curriculum and true diversity of thought." ... Full story

NEW SCHOOL, OLD WOUNDS Boston Globe, March 20 -- Now at Bryant, ex-Duke lacrosse coach Mike Pressler still grapples with fallout from a case that fueled a national frenzy. ... Full story --Also, Herald-Sun: State Bar Rips into DA's Stance ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

CYCLIST AND HIS DOCTOR HAVE HEART FOR CROSS-COUNTRY RIDE WRAL.com, March 19 -- Drew Bratton has atrial fibrillation, but he also has a supportive wife and a Duke cardiologist who has helped him set up a system for daily check-ins during a coast-to-coast ride he began Saturday. ... Full story

SLOW TO REACT American Journalism Review, February/March 2007 -- The New York Times should have done better follow-up when a competitor broke the story of deficiencies at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, says Susan E. Tifft, a professor of journalism and public policy at Duke and co-author of a book on the Times' Ochs-Sulzberger dynasty. ... Full story

SEARCHERS HELP BOY, LOST DOG REUNITE (Raleigh) News & Observer, March 17 -- Two Duke employees from the Medical Center News Office find the dog who comforted Kameron Kooshesh, 12, during leukemia treatments. ... Full story

DUKE ALUM DONATES $5 MILLION TO SHAW (Durham) ABC 11 News, March 18 -- Shaw University has received one of its largest gifts ever, and it's from a Duke alumnus. John Mack, the CEO of Morgan Stanley, and his wife donated $5 million for the school to establish a new scholarship fund. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Duke political science professor Christopher Gelpi assesses the mood of the American public as the war in Iraq enters its fifth year. The interview will air on "Art Fennell Reports" on the Comcast Network (Ch. 8/Philadelphia) on Tuesday at 10 p.m. UNC-TV's "North Carolina Now" will feature a report on a new exhibition at Duke, "The Past is Present: Classical Antiquities at the Nasher Museum," Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. More than 60 works of art from the ancient Mediterranean world are on view, many of them for the first time, in this exhibition. http://www.unctv.org/ncnow/