Stanford headlines for the week of September 24, 2008

Q&A: Stanford financial economist Darrell Duffie discusses government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Assistance offered for students affected by Hurricane Ike
Welcome, frosh!
Stanford’s presidential home goes solar
Hennessy exhorts new students to pursue education with energy, determination
Poll shows some Democrats' racial views could hurt Obama in close election
John Hennessy welcomes new students to Stanford
Newark, N.J., mayor, alum Cory Booker returns to campus for Thursday talk
Online resources go mobile with student-developed iPhone applications
Bacteriologist wins Lasker Award
Pioneer in field of managing large construction projects dies
Longtime curator at Hoover dead at 85
Susan Farrell, admissions staffer for 14 years, dies
Avant-garde director, artist to give Presidential Lecture
University scores high for sustainability in national study
Fifth annual conference addressing student stress set for Friday and Saturday
A whole new stage for White Plaza
Law school votes to drop letter grades; revamped system begins this quarter
Role of race, class, faith, gender in 2008 election is focus of free course
Honors & Awards
Thinking Twice: Iraq
Services center for students opens
Business School officially breaks ground for new 360,000-square-foot campus
Stanford Management Company report is issued
Tom Brokaw to moderate Oct. 11 roundtable on leadership
Writers share insights about their craft, field questions at Three Books forum
NIH promotes risk-taking research with new awards
Scientists confirm existence of elusive muscle stem cell
Blood center launches third bloodmobile
Hospital employees vote for union representation
Heads up: DNA study taps into evolution of beer yeasts
Researchers find enzyme that could prevent tissue damage
Rogue molecular signal tied to some leukemias
Three professors named to lead neuroscience programs
Medical center people
Chris Field elected to serve as co-chair for Nobel Prize-winning climate-change group
Housing
Documentary on stress, featuring Robert Sapolsky, airs tonight on KQED-TV
Golder to begin as director of residential education in January
New homepage launched
Cardinal Chronicle