Stanford headlines for the week of April 8, 2009

Cases pile up as public defenders stung by budget
Meet them in St. Louis
Foreign journalists awarded Knight Fellowships
Evidence of a subsurface sea of hydrocarbons on Titan
Sneider: North Korean missile launch for internal propaganda
For Nobel laureate Robert Laughlin, the writing life beckoned
Building dedication marks new chapter for Stanford Daily
Social networking shifts car-sharing into high gear
Dorms to be less crowded under housing master plan
Honors & Awards
Panelists will address climate change, energy independence
International-project teams awarded presidential grants
Faculty, NGOs discuss AIDS relief programs in Africa
Students to be charged mandatory health fee
Sustainability festival set for April 14
A cappella group wins recording awards
Talking politics
Cohen guides school through tough economic times
Saudi Arabian foundation presents Faisal Prize to Levy
Longevity will be focus of April 15-16 conference
Beckman Symposium to cover global disease
Study first to show AIDS relief effort saved 1 million lives
Stanford hospital appoints VP for clinical services
Cancer patients need better cardiac care, study shows
Yale scientist recruited to chair genetics department
Medical center people
Housing
Ph.D. Orals
Home video
Supervisors must complete mandated harassment training
Cardinal Chronicle