Staff News
10.8.08Free flu immunizations to begin Mondays at Vaden Health Center
Starting on Oct. 13, Vaden Health Center will hold flu immunization clinics every Monday afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m. during the fall quarter. The last one will be held on Dec. 8, and no clinic is scheduled for Nov. 24.
Conference on managing set for Nov. 10
Employees who manage people, project teams or programs at Stanford are invited to register for an all-day conference to be held on Monday, Nov. 10, at the Arrillaga Alumni Center.
8,900 people expected for Reunion Homecoming
Reunion Homecoming 2008 runs Oct. 9-12 on campus, with hundreds of individual events and programs scheduled for alumni and their families.
New executive director for Haas Center announced, expected to start in April
The Haas Center for Public Service has announced that Thomas Schnaubelt, dean for community engagement and civic learning at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, will be the center's new executive director, starting in April 2009.
Biosafety panel’s approval process for protocols to go online
The university's procedure for submitting research protocols that require approval by the Administrative Panel on Biosafety (APB) will soon switch from a paper-based system to one that is done entirely online.
Web of sustainability
The Sustainable Stanford website has been completely rebuilt and now pulls together information on the vast array of programs, achievements, events and activities on campus devoted to sustainability.
Cardinal Chronicle
Although familiar to many staffers, the e-mail application Eudora is on its way out. And while more testing now seems needed on the new calendar system that will replace Sundial, it too eventually will be eclipsed. Fortunately, Technology Training Services has announced a revised schedule of free, hands-on classes and lectures this quarter.
Comings and Goings
Joyce Dickerson has been tapped to serve as director of "Sustainable IT," a new effort at the university that bridges the operational arms of facilities and information technology.
Cardinal Chronicle
Please pull out the earbuds and listen up. Whether you're in a car or on a bike, you can be cited for having both ears plugged up—just like you can for not stopping at a stop sign or traffic light.
Group tennis lessons offered to faculty, staff, students
Small group tennis lessons for faculty, staff and graduate students, as well as members of their families, will be offered this quarter beginning Saturday, Oct. 4, and Wednesday, Oct. 8.
Annual police report shows strong enforcement of alcohol laws
University police have issued the 2008 Stanford Safety and Security Report, which includes statistics on crimes committed on campus over the past year.
Online resources go mobile with student-developed iPhone applications
A project now under way at Stanford illustrates how integral high-tech innovation is at every level of the university: Stanford is in the beginning stages of making several of its core web-based systems and services available to students as applications on Apple's iconic iPhone.
Susan Farrell, admissions staffer for 14 years, dies
Susan Jane Farrell, an admissions staff member in various departments from 1993 to 2007, died on Sept. 11 at Stanford Hospital during treatment for leukemia. Farrell, who last worked in admissions and student services for the PhD program in the Graduate School of Business, was 64.
New homepage launched
Last month’s debut of the redesigned Stanford homepage marked the first major overhaul of the university’s top-level website in five years. The project began in late 2007 and was a collaborative effort between the Office of University Communications and the Office of Undergraduate Admission & Financial Aid.
Documentary on stress, featuring Robert Sapolsky, airs tonight on KQED-TV
Stress: Portrait of a Killer, a co-production of National Geographic and Stanford University, is scheduled to premier tonight, Sept. 24, on PBS. (KQED Channel 9 is scheduled to broadcast the documentary at 8 p.m.) Robert Sapolsky, a professor of biology and of neurology and neurological sciences at Stanford, is featured. Sapolsky has spent years studying stress in humans and baboons.
