Stanford headlines for the week of March 22, 2006

18 environmental researchers named 2006 Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellows
Library acquires Tel Aviv collection
New system accounts for uncertainty of data and sourcing
Bioengineering professor hopes to mimic the brain on a chip
Annual Humanities Center Book Celebration fetes, roasts authors and musicians
Hennessy joins George Lucas, Robert Birgeneau in receiving award
Institute to study politics, poverty
Nobel laureate James Cronin to give lecture on cosmic rays
Founders' Celebration set for April 10
Honors & Awards
Comings & Goings
U. S. Commerce Secretary pushes Competitiveness Initiative
Fred Kavli Building opens to explore challenges in astrophysics and cosmology
Alan Bersin to discuss obstacles to high school reform, prospects for change
In Print and On the Air
Justice past and present
Volunteers needed for panic study
Foundation leader opts to step down
And the envelope, please: Imagine the Academy Awards for medical students
Human research protection program wins accrediting group's highest rating
Alzheimer's study needs volunteers
Diagnosing kids at risk of blindness: Instead of logging miles, doctor logs on
Bednarski, pioneer of new cancer therapies, dies at 47
A farewell, with sadness and laughter, to a legend in medicine
Medical center people
Housing
Ph.D. Orals
Life sciences may be key to high-tech breakthroughs, venture capitalist says
New Yorker writer Trillin brings light touch to weighty subjects
Cardinal Chronicle