Stanford headlines for the week of December 3, 2008

Rehnquist papers offer peek inside Supreme Court
Quantum computing spins closer
Recent Stanford graduate awarded 2009 Rhodes Scholarship
Accreditation team to visit campus
Obama transition teams draw on Stanford faculty
Two Stanford seniors awarded Marshall Scholarships
Environmental Venture Projects grant deadline is Jan. 9
Stanford, SRI celebrate the dawn of interactive computing
Retiring president of Johns Hopkins to join Board of Trustees
Diane Peck appointed vice president of human resources
Thinking Twice: Education
Hospitals synchronize series of kidney transplants
14 drugs identified as needing study for off-label use
Multimedia microbes in Dec. 9 performance piece
New pediatric surgery center most advanced on West Coast
Web site enables scientists to analyze proteins pro bono
Study shows no benefit from drug widely used to prevent premature labor
New findings with old twist: Cell movements totally modular, study reveals
Study charts evolution of yeast as ongoing clone war
Discovery of virus in lemur could shed light on AIDS
Professorship devoted to sleep and respiratory study
Stanford beats Cal in record-setting annual blood drive
Medical center people
Housing
Ph.D. Orals
More investment-advice sessions available
Business offices issue winter shutdown instructions
Retirement plan rules to change Jan. 1
Land-use study wins planning commission support
Honors & Awards
Cardinal Chronicle
Q&A: South Asia security expert discusses terrorist attacks in Mumbai