Stanford headlines for the week of December 8, 2004

Five students and recent graduates win Marshall Scholarships
Contests motivate top students in large courses, says award-winning professor
Ma, Ax to discuss importance of art on campus scene
Humanoid robot comes to campus
Grounds Services supervisor dies at 47
Participants sought for Community Day
Church labyrinth 'crosses religious and cultural boundaries'
Senate approves revised conflict-of-interest policy
Hundreds flock to hear update on changes to retiree medical plan
Honors & Awards
University scholars play prominent role in charting reforms for United Nations
Some services scaled back during break
Graduate Education Commission needs variety of representation
Cosmologist to ponder the alpha and omega of the universe
Jan. 31 is deadline for biennial Saroyan writing prize entries
In Print & On the Air
Wedding Project explores black social dancing
Swain to lead professoriate committee
Cristina Dobleman hired to lead university's risk management office
Obesity linked to hormonal changes, lack of sleep
Scientists closer to identifying cells that could rebuild muscle
New approach to marrow transplants
American Indian pre-med workshop
Vantage Point: Criminalizing science will undermine economy—and democracy
Byron Brown Jr., influential biostatistician, dies at 74
Stem cells show promise in lab--and at polling place
Genetic screening could allow for more personalized cancer treatments
Imaging advances reveal cellular details
Younger children benefiting from new cardiac devices, complex heart surgery
Childhood obesity recognized as a severe health crisis
New immunology findings point to treatments for asthma, arthritis and cancer
2004 in review: Glances at advances in medical school research
New advisor helps students to explore career options
Media monitor
St. Laurent dies 20 years after heart transplant
Medical center people
Faculty Senate minutes - December 2, 2004 meeting
Memorial Resolution: William E. Brigham
Memorial Resolution: Lucio Ruotolo
Ph.D. Orals
Housing
Wilbur Dining's Jeff Rosen wins university's version of Iron Chef
Cardinal Chronicle / weekly campus column