Stanford headlines for the week of March 18, 2009

Kosuke Ishii, known for teaching manufacturing design, is dead at 51
Woods Institute names 19 Leopold Leadership Fellows
Condoleezza Rice cites regret over immigration
Lorenz Eitner, founding spirit behind museum and Art Department, dies at 89
iStanford 2.0 released
HumBio instructor, students rap about science on YouTube
Stanford, Samsung engineers report new way of making flexible electronics
Historical AAA maps of California find their way to Stanford library
Research team develops faux wood that can biodegrade
Honors & Awards
Scientist testifies on federal waiver to regulate auto exhaust
Noted criminologist Joan Petersilia takes Law School post
Letter to the editor: RAs should serve as intellectual leaders
Stanford-owned luxury hotel to open April 2
First woman with computer science PhD wins top award
Gayton Germane, transportation management expert, dead at 88
Clark W. Reynolds, economist inequality expert, dead at 74
Immune cells play surprising role in cystic fibrosis
'Frog doctor' to lead comparative medicine department
State stem cell institute slows its pace of funding
Vantage Point: Rushing my son to surgery has me following in my father's footsteps
Podcast features Morton on gastric bypass surgery
Faculty senate to discuss grading and biochemistry
Doctors do blog about ER
Stanford dermatology department celebrates 50-year anniversary
Packard Children's neonatologist Yael Kaniel dies at age 31
Quick Study: Picking good eggs
Medical center people
Housing
Ph.D. Orals
New exhibition balances art, technology
Symposium to focus on AIDS, poverty’s impact on African youth
Cardinal Chronicle
Lecture series to focus on race and faith
Cantor fundraiser to feature fine arts, antiques