Stanford headlines for the week of February 13, 2008

Metaverse U conference to bring leading thinkers on virtual worlds, Second Life
Discrimination against blacks is linked to dehumanization, according to paper
Beating new path to quantum secrets with tiny drums
Social sciences, humanities research center joins Stanford
Researchers make first direct observation of 3-D molecule folding in real time
New department is launched in the School of Earth Sciences
Comings and Goings…
Honors & Awards
James Gere, civil engineer, dead at 82
Faculty Senate approves committee to examine use of honorific titles
The need for fossil fuels will last for decades, according to BP’s chief scientist
Vantage Point: Innovation funds help to strengthen graduate education
Visiting scholars at Media X give free seminars
Vice Provost for Graduate Education launches two funds, seeks grant proposals
Doctors cater to gynecologic needs of teens, young girls
Hypnosis helps doctors zero in on kids' seizures
Postdoc group to present career skills workshops
Campus blood drives make it easy to donate
Medical center people
Colleagues mourn passing of Steven Leibel, expert in cancer radiotherapy
Timeline: 100 years of history at the School of Medicine
A century of building medical excellence
Surgery: Doctors pay attention to the new “germ theory”
Birth: Maternal death rates improve
Pediatrics: Children no longer isolated
Medical research: A fruit fly becomes the model for genetics
Pain control: Crude anesthetics replaced by comprehensive anesthesia
Medical education: A revolution in education improves training
Infectious disease: Antibiotics tame bacterial infection, but face challenges
Medical imaging: Unsafe X-rays refined to computerized images
Faculty Senate minutes - February 7, 2008 meeting
Report of the President to the Board of Trustees
Ph.D. Orals
Housing
Bike race to close roads this weekend
Bill Gates to speak on campus Feb. 19 in Memorial Auditorium
Cardinal Chronicle
Forum to be held for 40th birthday of White Album