Stanford headlines for the week of October 4, 2006

Oct. 12 memorial service set for Nobel laureate Schwartz
Andrew Fire shares Nobel Prize for discovering how RNA can switch off genes
Education School to cover teacher loans
In high resolution, images show how life's chemistry organizes in cells
Hotmail co-founder helping India to create forward-looking city
Honors & Awards
Nominations sought for O’Neill award
Nonbinding early admission programs are fair
Comings & Goings
In Print and On the Air
Sharks, whales, giant tuna to be featured topics at marine center open house
Barnum Family Center makes debut in renovated building
Radiologists as artists: Critics love mummy scans
No gender gap on compulsive buying, study finds
Top biologists to speak at evolution symposium
Online workshop teaches how to manage diabetes
Quick study: Building bones
New professor to lead study on genetics of depression
Medical center people
Media monitor
Andrew Fire shares Nobel Prize for discovering how double-stranded RNA can switch off genes
Nobel 2006: Award highlights need for NIH funding
Nobel 2006: The ABCs of RNA
Nobel 2006: RNAi research flourishing at School of Medicine
Ph.D. Orals
Housing
University’s contributory retirement plan has broad participation
Employees urged to apply for health-care subsidy before the Oct. 6 deadline
Rigoletto under the stars
Cardinal Chronicle