Stanford headlines for the week of September 28, 2005

Discussion to mark 50th anniversary of Shockley Semiconductor Lab
Incoming students get big welcome (and a thunderstorm)
Psst, you’re a genius -- don’t tell anybody yet: Harbury named MacArthur Fellow
Embrace your opportunities, Hennessy tells Class of 2009 in welcome remarks
Campus hurricane response update
Ants, not evil spirits, create poisonous devil’s gardens in the Amazon rainforest
New spin on semiconductors: 'Orbitronics' advances silicon-based computing
First of two alignments for recreational trails approved by county
Following creative paths both 'circuitous and serendipitous'
David Kennedy wins Hoagland Prize for Undergraduate Teaching
Honors & Awards
Munger project construction likely for January, provost says
Areas of brain linked to risky, risk-averse financial choices, researchers find
High school students join Stanford, others to launch worms into space
Undergraduates contribute to national journal on Mark Twain
New center will work to enhance global positioning technology
In Print and On the Air
Stöhr appointed to direct synchrotron radiation laboratory
Center for International Security and Cooperation welcomes new science fellows
2005-06 National Fellows, Security Affairs Fellows named at Hoover Institution
Interactive online books now available through TechPort
Nominations sought for Marsh award
Provost reminds staff, faculty to take harassment training
'3 Books': Distinguished authors talk about what the writing process can reveal
Deadline nears for $1,000 staff prize
Expanded office for cancer clinical trials
New drug found to be effective for rheumatoid arthritis
Test could offer improved way to help assess risk of breast cancer recurrence
The four the merrier: It's quadruplets
Kirkegaard to become new chair of microbiology and immunology
Medical center people
5 Questions: Scandling on Stanford's top-ranked kidney transplantation program
Technique offers hope for gene therapy
Grant awarded to study how youths find, develop purpose
Sulfurous shipwreck
Housing
Russia must accept that Latvia is a sovereign nation, foreign minister says
New procurement card system set to debut
IT manager, minority staff advocate bids farewell after 36 years
Cardinal Chronicle