Stanford headlines for the week of October 25, 2006

UN film festival begins today, focuses on global human rights
Author of No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam to speak on campus
U.S. has bungled its moral leadership, Amanpour says
Global Climate and Energy Project announces $1.15 million in research awards
Forum examines technologies aimed at reducing greenhouse gases
SESAME to open: Particle accelerator spurs Middle East science partnership
Two-day science festival returns Nov. 4
Edward Colby, university’s first music librarian, dead at 94
Mexican immigration panel discussion set for Oct. 30
Committee on Research, director of athletics reports to be presented at senate
IRS ruling allows charitable trusts to be invested in university endowment
Santa Clara County court rules against Committee for Green Foothills lawsuit
In Print and On the Air
War journalist, Jarhead author to discuss effects of combat
Military Commissions Act a ‘poisoned chalice,’ scholar warns during symposium
Open Enrollment begins tomorrow, ends Nov. 15
For weary physicians and nurses, short naps can make big difference
Study expands understanding of the origins of cancer stem cells
Packard Children's wins kudos for patient safety
Nov. 5 fun run against pulmonary hypertension
5 questions: Deavere Smith on her new play about the frailty, resilience of the human body
Women bioscientists still face challenges to upward mobility, top NIH official says in campus talk
A running laboratory: Marathon to test more than speed
Media monitor
Krasnow takes over as chair of biochemistry department
Housing
Ph.D. Orals
Tracing counterculture, cyberculture roots
Cardinal Chronicle