Stanford headlines for the week of May 31, 2006

Working together for the community
Arrillaga gives $100 million to Stanford in largest single gift ever from individual
Campus officials discuss emergency response tactics for flu pandemic
Professor aids China’s nascent anti-smoking efforts
Professor Gilbert Sorrentino, avant-garde novelist, dead at 77
Stephen Hinton named senior associate dean for humanities
Faculty Senate to hear report on 2006-07 budget, degree in human genetics
Honors & Awards
Feeling the beat: Symposium explores the therapeutic effects of rhythmic music
Springular sensation
Scientists identify 'finger' that triggers tumor suppression
In Print and On the Air
Senior wins two-year Merage fellowship
Study: Immigration patterns change church communities
Ten honored with 2006 Gores, Dinkelspiel, Cuthbertson awards
Newsstand: Stanford Business
Ssssay doctor, what’s up with ssssssnakes?
Symposium on behavioral genetics
Talk will shed light on medical imaging
RNAi gene therapy: Two steps forward, one step back
Doctors miss signs of anxiety, depression in low-income Latino children
A celebration of transplants
Media monitor
Advocates for stem cell research to gather at Stanford for national summit
Quick study: One on breast cancer and MRIs, another on cholesterol and tumors
Letters
Medical center people
Housing
Ph.D. Orals
Vantage Point: Compensation and benefits programs attract and retain staff
Progress report on workplace-policy recommendations issued
Cardinal Chronicle
University telephone service restored