Stanford headlines for the week of March 2009

Some building projects move forward
Athletics announces reductions in staff
Reunited at Parents' Weekend
Backing Obama gives some voters license to favor whites over blacks, study shows
Fermi telescope captures gamma-ray burst
Powell: 'We are still the nation people look to'
Stanford researcher uses cell phones to make music
Students, alumna awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Honors & Awards
Senate will convene Thursday
Inventive students focus on bike safety
Tools for battling climate change
Thinking Twice: Terror
New 'bioscaffold' technique may help stem cells build solid organs
To be or to be something different? Key proteins guide stem cell's fate
Medical school 'orphans' need identification
Clinical study recruiting both typically-developing and autistic youngsters
Quick Study: Sex, women and the brain
Should healthy people take drugs to think better?
AIDS more than a virus? Global health expert Peter Piot will discuss what drives epidemic during March 11 visit
Packard Children's Hospital develops device to extend infants' lower jaws
Medical center people
Housing
Ph.D. Orals
Nomination period for Amy Blue Awards ends March 23
Composer brings inventive show to Stanford
Cardinal Chronicle
Meet five extraordinary Stanford scholarship recipients