Stanford headlines for the week of May 28, 2008

Multicultural Springfest is a hit with Stanford staffers
Scholar explores mystery of the ‘music-evoked frisson’
Stanford project promises more accurate measure of poverty in U.S.
Faculty Senate, Steering Committee to meet Thursday
Douglas Skoog, analytical chemist, textbook author, dies at 89
Smoking-related ills take big toll on the poor, targeted by marketers
New grants awarded to fund innovative ways of integrating arts into teaching
Faculty projects in humanities win presidential grants
Hughes institute picks four on faculty
Water quality data and water quality report for 2007
When we allow cars to compete with people for food
Honors & Awards
Program examines how to feed world without wrecking it
Carbon nanoribbons hold out possibility of smaller, speedier computer chips
Summer registration open for Stanford Continuing Studies
This diplomat negotiates tensions with deft touch
Survey takes health snapshot of nail salon workers
Expert to talk on how insomnia haunts people
Blood center launches 'Grateful Life' blood drive
5 Questions: Hodes on the struggles of being a doctor in Ethiopia
Harry Buncke, microsurgery pioneer who trained many, dies at 85
Medical center people
Bedside to bench, new program helps MDs earn PhDs
Media monitor
Housing
Ph.D. Orals
Students’ prototype counters quiet creep of hybrid cars
Cardinal Chronicle