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Institutions RSS FeedsPanel raises speculation of stock market closure in face of financial crisis - Economic theory mixed with gut speculation Friday as a group of economists took stock of the world?s gloomy financial situation....Feed Source: news-service.stanford.edu Stanford researchers launch Short Attention Span Science Theater website - Researchers at Stanford University have launched Short Attention Span Science Theater?an interactive website featuring short video segments, called "microdocs," that are designed to make science understandable.... Stanford spent more than $2.1 billion in Santa Clara, San Mateo counties in 2006, study says - A new economic impact study prepared by an independent consulting firm shows that Stanford, the largest employer in Silicon Valley in 2006, made $3.8 billion in direct expenditures that year, and spent more than half that sum in neighboring Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.... Circadian clock may be critical to learning and memory - The circadian rhythm that quietly pulses inside us all, guiding our daily cycle from sleep to wakefulness and back to sleep again, may be doing much more than just that simple metronomic task, according to Stanford researchers.... 8,900 people expected for Reunion Homecoming - Reunion Homecoming 2008 runs Oct. 9-12 on campus, with hundreds of individual events and programs scheduled for alumni and their families.... Paul Ehrlich discusses new book on human evolution - Earlier this year, Paul Ehrlich, the Bing Professor of Population Studies, and Anne Ehrlich, a senior research scientist in biology, released their latest book, 'The Dominant Animal' (Island Press). The book explains where human beings came from, where we are and where we are headed.... Educators say pushback against progress continues racial split in U.S. - 40 years ago, the Kerner Commission Report helped breed a new political and social will to address issues like poverty, racism and education inequality. But educators and policy experts who gathered last week at Stanford said much of that will has eroded and, with it, many achievements that peaked in the country's schools by the mid-1970s.... New executive director for Haas Center announced, expected to start in April - The Haas Center for Public Service has announced that Thomas Schnaubelt, dean for community engagement and civic learning at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, will be the center's new executive director, starting in April 2009.... Biosafety panel?s approval process for protocols to go online - The university's procedure for submitting research protocols that require approval by the Administrative Panel on Biosafety (APB) will soon switch from a paper-based system to one that is done entirely online.... Web of sustainability - The Sustainable Stanford website has been completely rebuilt and now pulls together information on the vast array of programs, achievements, events and activities on campus devoted to sustainability.... Conference on managing set for Nov. 10 - Employees who manage people, project teams or programs at Stanford are invited to register for an all-day conference to be held on Monday, Nov. 10, at the Arrillaga Alumni Center.... National security fellows announced - A State Department diplomat and officers from the Air Force, Army and Marines compose the 2008-09 crop of National Security Affairs Fellows at the Hoover Institution.... Nobel winners? theory was confirmed at SLAC - The Nobel Prize in physics, awarded Tuesday to one American and two Japanese scientists, has a direct connection to Stanford and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.... Touring Y2E2 - Sen. Barbara Boxer took a tour of the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building on Monday afternoon, accompanied by one of the building?s namesakes, Yahoo! Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang, and Professor Jeffrey Koseff, co-director of the Woods Institute for the Environment.... Free flu immunizations to begin Mondays at Vaden Health Center - Starting on Oct. 13, Vaden Health Center will hold flu immunization clinics every Monday afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m. during the fall quarter. The last one will be held on Dec. 8, and no clinic is scheduled for Nov. 24.... Copyright © 2008, The Veggie Lady - Free Organic Gardening Advice. All Rights Reserved. |