Stanford headlines for the week of July 23, 2008

Annual public meeting on health and safety scheduled for July 22
Leatherback turtles’ route may offer roadmap to salvation
New round of environmental projects focuses on ocean, freshwater sustainability
Development vs. paradise lost: assessing the costs
New life given to ancient Egyptian texts stored at Stanford for decades
Honors & Awards
Comings and Goings
Publications, commercial spot win awards for excellence
Decision Support Services renamed
Partnership with veterans facility puts former soldiers on the road to recovery
No frontrunner among ideas for new SLAC name
Musical journey
Plants can be factories making vaccine to treat cancer
Stalking the netherworld of sleep
Café program presents talk on blood-donor rule
Annual bipolar education day to update community
Birthday celebration planned for William Dement
Dark-skinned mice lead researchers to protein linked to bone marrow failure
Tying up loose ends of the human genome: A team boosts gene-probe efficiency
Presti named to endowed professorship in urology
Medical center people
Housing
Ph.D. Orals
Cardinal Chronicle
Staff salary program for fiscal year ’09 announced
Survey affirms Stanford’s reputation as a great place to work
Scott rolls back to campus with a passion for cycling, a safety plan for the future