Stanford headlines for the week of February 21, 2007

Alumni couple Yang and Yamazaki pledge $75 million to the university
Faculty headliners at AAAS
The American West via Avedon's lens
Paul Teicholz awarded Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology
New financial-aid program aims to help students from middle-income families
Plans to build new homes for Stanford Daily, police move ahead
Community Day set to return April 15 with new attractions
Senate to hear findings of five-year study on student writing
Scholar explores role of science in public decisions about weapons systems
A new accelerator technique doubles the energy of a particle in just 1 meter
International Policy Studies to launch expanded master's program in the fall
Public agrees global warming exists but also divided over severity of problem
Tobacco companies obstructed science, history Professor Robert Proctor says
Global impact of livestock production focus of recent event
Forum tackles question: Why read books?
Design approved for medical school's 'front door'
Stanford gets $7 million in state stem cell grants
School's faculty senate will meet tonight
Concert will explore Gershwin's music, illness
$1 million autism grant will benefit Hallmayer
Stem cell transplants explored as possible treatment for hearing loss
Greenberg describes long road to developing effective avian flu vaccination strategies
RNAi shows promise in gene therapy
Media monitor
Hallmayer on the genetics of autism
Housing
Cardinal Chronicle
Staff workshop on retirement benefits set