Stanford headlines for the week of January 17, 2007

Niraj Sheth named Pearl Memorial Journalism Intern
Kailath to get electrical engineering society’s highest award
Stanford physics researchers theorize a new state of matter in semiconductors
Large herbivores can play critical role in maintaining ecosystem health
Dream team
On the golf tee or the pitcher’s mound, brain dooms motion to inconsistency
Herrmann, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, dies
Isolde Field, longtime staffer, dead at 81
Honors & Awards
School of Earth Sciences outreach program puts children in geologists' shoes
New study questions 'biodiversity hotspot' approach to wildlife conservation
Assisting NASA in biology mission, Stanford helps E. coli visit the final frontier
Pediatric-focused Cyberknife opens at Packard
No proof that growth hormone therapy makes you live longer, study finds
School's faculty senate will hear LKC update
Stanford partners with Swedish brain center
Foundation gives Kim grant for study of carcinoid tumors
Media monitor
Study will test antidepressant that may help smokers quit
Bethard describes her experiences as a chemotherapy patient in journal essay
Bioengineering, developmental biology departments have new leadership
Medical center people
Housing
Ph.D. Orals
Update on recommended workplace policy changes now online
New roles for Rabinovitz, Bible; Sullivan joins News Service
Cardinal Chronicle