Stanford headlines for the week of August 24, 2005

Voting-system project gets grant
The target of death threats, Colombian journalist to spend 2005-06 as research fellow
Knit together
Behind method for activating adult stem cells, a shaggy-mouse story
Four graduate students to appear in premiere of Chasing Nature
Honors and Awards
First-time teachers often choose jobs near hometown
Reminder on giving to Stanford
The once-mighty slide rule makes a comeback (among scholars and collectors)
High schools fail to prepare kids
Team receives grant to study artificial cell membranes
No gender gap in speed dating: Looks matter to women too
Nominations sought for Marsh O’Neill Award
Newsstand: Stanford Business
Survey measures effect of children's brain tumor treatment
Neuroethics program calls for proposals
Smokers in movies tend to be bad guys
Fluorescent probe may aid early cancer detection
Summer camp for future immunologists involves serious research
Robotic technique shows promise in performing complex weight-loss surgery
Bone marrow transplant patients celebrate survival
Media monitor
5 Questions: Humphreys on substance abuse in Iraq
Professor Rodney R. Beard, pioneer of preventive medicine, dies at 93
Medical center people
Housing
Climate and Energy Project awards more than $11 million in research grants
Ph.D. Orals
Cardinal Chronicle
Wellness Q & A
Memorial for Dorothy B. Holbrook, former secretary to the dean of student affairs, set for Aug. 28