Stanford headlines for the week of January 16, 2008

$25 million Packard Foundation grant establishes Center for Ocean Solutions
Stanford poverty center launches new magazine that focuses on policy debates
Martin Luther King Day celebrated with new encyclopedia, guest speaker, events
Professor wins Academy Award for cyber-fluids
Price changes way people experience wine, study finds
Sam Karlin, mathematician who improved DNA analysis, dies
Longtime campus resident, community activist dead at 98
Memorial for Harold Leavitt set for Feb. 14
Community invited to attend forum on Stanford athletics
New emergency notification system to send blanket voice, e-mail, text messages
Relatively few charity dollars go to neediest, study finds
Memorial for Cornell Feb. 15
Honors & Awards
Series features films, talks exploring the ethics of food and the environment
Vaughn C. Williams is elected trustee
Packard Children's posts performance data on Web site
Listening to the heart of a woman reveals new data
Center of Excellence wins grant to help students
Agreement signed to launch Taiwan program
Kids raise real money to help hospital emergency care
Quick study: Weight-loss surgery has increased in adolescents, who have often turned to non-pediatric institutions
Media monitor
Medical center people
The drummer's beat
Beckman symposium on cancer stem cells
Faculty Senate to meet today
Ph.D. Orals
Housing
Cardinal Chronicle
Journalism credentials earn close colleagues dual distinction
Zuancho in Kyoto