Stanford headlines for the week of September 13, 2006

City College of New York administrator headed to Farm as new dean of students
Patricia Gumport tapped for new position of vice provost for graduate education
Stanford Schools Corporation opens new local elementary school
University will return to bargaining table today with SEIU Local 715
Former university general secretary Daryl Pearson dead at 87
Negotiations between university and union end with a win-win agreement
University and union reach agreement
An artificial cornea is in sight, thanks to biomimetic hydrogels
Health-care plan options changing, along with new benefits and rules, for 2007
New policy limits drug industry access
Melvin Schwartz, Nobel Prize winner in physics, dead at 73
Honors & Awards
Variety of orientation events planned
New online alcohol education program seeks to reduce risks for new students
Global climate changes may alter the timing of plant growth, scientists say
Federal approval sought for habitat conservation plan
Vantage Point: University offers competitive benefits and salaries
$25 million gift for bench-to-bedside research
More than pretty faces for brain region, study finds
Free clinics looking for physicians to volunteer
Celiac sprue conference takes place Sept. 16
Medical center people
Study of manatee bones offers new insights into evolution
Quick study: Death probes
5 Questions: DeAngelis on conflicts of interest
Stethoscopes, studying, donuts: Student blogs record first days of school
Continuing education ready to start fall classes
Media monitor
Housing
Ph.D. Orals
Cardinal Chronicle
Hitchhiker’s guide to the valley
University places Stanford Band on indefinite provisional status