Stanford headlines for the week of February 28, 2007

Enter 'Junior': Stanford team's next-generation robot joins DARPA Challenge
Student-organized conference seeks to air new perspectives on clean energy
Scientists elucidate the origin of the darkest galaxies in the universe
$33 million Lokey donation will help fund stem cell building
Parents visit kids, go back to school over two-day event
Presidential Fund awards $1 million in second round of grants
Philip Zimbardo to deliver final Stanford lecture on March 7
Panel to explore how entrepreneurs can address global issues
Three students, one alumna receive prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Extracurricular writing 'extraordinarily important' to undergraduates, study finds
March 26 deadline for submitting Wallenberg grant proposals
Registration now open for spring Continuing Studies courses
Strong fundraising supports university's ambitious initiatives
Behind the News
Scrutinize retirement funds, senate urges
Behaviorial sciences center hosts talks
Sally Benson named executive director of Global Climate and Energy Project
Anatomy professor Lawrence Mathers dies at 62
Drug improves learning in Down syndrome mice
Abrams honored for work to prevent nuclear war
Students lend hand at Oakland health forum
Study shows garlic fails to lower 'bad' cholesterol levels
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Medical student is the visionary behind a global effort to conquer blindness
Code green: Stanford Medicine probes health effects of environmental crisis
Medical center people
Faculty Senate minutes - February 22, 2007 meeting
Memorial Resolution: Keith Mann
Ph.D. Orals
Housing
New York Times correspondent to speak on Iraq war's 'fronts'
WorkLife Office urges women to make time for talk on Tuesday
Cardinal Chronicle
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