Stanford headlines for the week of November 15, 2006

Hoover Institution is awarded the National Humanities Medal
Can we know the audience from the dance?
Integrating work and family matters to Dean Pamela Matson
Many views of the environment expressed at conference
Scholars learn to communicate plainly the science of climate change
Honors & Awards
Failure is essential to generating new ideas, Premji says
Researchers study how technology shapes the ways in which students learn
X-ray laser pulse captures image of nanoscale object
Ongoing crisis in academic-journal pricing is the focus of recent colloquium
Ludwig Fund gives $20 million for cancer research
To slow AIDS in Russia, treat HIV-infected drug addicts
Nov. 28 panel, film on children's health in Africa
Musen honored for open-source software
Medical faculty senate to meet this evening
Barking up the right tree? Study to evaluate pine extracts
Cox named interim chair of pediatrics as effort to hire new chief delayed
Nobel laureate to give lecture on olfactory system
Medical center people
Herzenberg accepts Kyoto Prize
At annual staff dinner, dean presents two stellar employees with Spirit Award
'Big Game' blood drive kicks off
Tickets on sale now for bloodmobile fundraiser
Mahood, Horowitz are helping to lead graduate education
Book says differences in corporate cultures can make business mergers difficult
'Red Queen' of competition improves organizations
Faculty Senate minutes - November 9, 2006 meeting
Ph.D. Orals
Staff who manage property encouraged to attend event
Housing
Campus-wide winter shutdown scheduled to begin Dec. 20
Cardinal Chronicle
Laboratory designer given O’Neill Award for exceptional work
Munill makes sure books all over the world are within reach