Stanford headlines for the week of October 11, 2006

Alumnus Jay Precourt commits $30 million to fund energy efficiency institute
Bings give $50 million to build new concert hall on campus
President announces Stanford Challenge
One week, two Nobels: Roger Kornberg wins in chemistry
Hoover National Security Affairs Fellows named for 2006-07
Experts to discuss problems, promise of financing California’s public schools
Detainee treatment topic of conference
Interdisciplinary working groups to help shape direction of International Initiative
Volunteer leadership played an essential role in campaign's committees
Improving face-lifts: Beauty more than skin deep
Oct. 18 talk to discuss poverty, cancer, injustice
NIH leader to lecture on diversity in biomedicine
New research reveals unreported hospital errors
It’s the pits: New approach is turning surgery inside out
Gadgets, gizmology and gumption
Quick study: A glowing reception
Nobel 2006: Not just Nobels, but a spate of awards highlights years of excellence in research at the School of Medicine
Nobel 2006: Kornberg relied on SLAC expertise and technology
Nobel 2006: A primer on Kornberg’s work, or RNA 101
Nobel 2006: Dot-med column gives numbers for the medical school’s Web site
Ph.D. Orals
Housing
2007 Open Enrollment meeting calendar
Board of Trustees elects Isaac Stein for five-year term
American visual artists are focus of Leo Holub photo exhibition
Cardinal Chronicle
Students to present research, creative and public-service work