Stanford headlines for the week of February 15, 2006

University fields record number of applications
Three scholars elected to National Academy of Engineering
Kenneth Arrow receives the National Medal of Science
$30 million gift jump starts effort for environment
Study: Side effect warnings may deter prescription compliance
Honors & Awards
Newsweek bureau chief named winner of journalism award
Health center staffer Carole Pertofsky has a message: 'Lighten up!'
Ethics@Noon explores movement of gay rights into national consciousness
Outgoing NASA Ames center director Hubbard accepts visiting scholar post
Biases must be tackled to achieve gender equity in mathematics, scholars argue
United States must innovate or abdicate, leaders warn
Medical school takes step to cultivate future leaders in medicine
Farmworkers' dilemma: Not eating what they grow
Pump sustains boy for 234 days until heart arrives
Senate to meet today
Tiny stature + big heart + Packard Children's experts = an astounding birth
Medical Center People
The Shumway legacy: Stanford physician revolutionized cardiothoracic surgery
The Shumway legacy: Colleagues' remembrances
The Shumway legacy: When the whole world was watching Stanford Hospital
The Shumway legacy: Milestones in the surgeon’s career at Stanford
Faculty Senate minutes - February 9, 2006 meeting
Memorial Resolution: Rodney R. Beard
Memorial Resolution: Bruce A.D. Stocker, M.D
Memorial Resolution: Henry Taube
Report of the President to the Board of Trustees
Ph.D. Orals
Housing
Workshop to focus on Excel tools for science, engineering
Employees considering retirement urged to attend workshops
Flushing of water systems to begin soon
Cardinal Chronicle
New software system for research administration considered