Stanford headlines for the week of September 27, 2006

‘Out of the blue,’ a MacArthur award for aeronautics scholar
New journalism fellowship funded
Audit, compliance chief Steve Jung to step down in October
Ted Koppel to moderate roundtable on global threats
New students arrive on campus
Prepared text of John Hennessy’s address at Convocation on Sept. 19, 2006
Vehicle-access restrictions aimed at creating safer zone for walkers, cyclists
In future, drivers can expect more multilevel parking
Top National Institutes of Health prize goes to 3 scientists
Pioneer of digital subscriber line wins prestigious fellowship
Honors & Awards
Best-selling authors share vivid memories at roundtable talk for Class of 2010
Social science researcher to overhaul survey methodology with $2 million grant
Department of Petroleum Engineering adopts new name, expanded mission
Equality, market focus of conference
New DVD documentary goes inside Intel
Block: Advances in single-molecule research 'revolutionary, not evolutionary'
Viral spheres could help deliver a new class of vaccines
Bureaucracy obscured path to 9/11
Hennessy cites example of George Washington’s courage in welcome remarks
International studies proposals sought
Boggs appointed director of Program in Human Biology
Discovery may lead to new class of diabetes drugs
Gleevec may be effective therapy for rheumatoid arthritis, researchers find
Schizophrenia-Bipolar Education Day: Oct. 1
Medical school to host conference on U.N. goals
Voilá! New laboratory tool makes proteins vanish faster
Drug industry swag
Ready for some all-nighters? Grad students’ blogs record anxiety, excitement
Medical center people
RSVP by Oct. 2 for Dean's Dinner
Emphasis on cancer stem cells grows with recruitment of second top scientist
Dot-Med
Housing
Ph.D. Orals
Cardinal Chronicle
Comings & Goings
Exhibit puts spotlight on the theatrical Charles Dickens