Stanford headlines for the week of May 27, 2009

Economist Garth Saloner to head Stanford's Graduate School of Business
Siegfried Hecker on recent nuclear and missile tests by North Korea
University, service workers jointly attend seminar on better labor negotiations
Michel Serres, one of France's 'immortels,' tells the 'grand récit' at Stanford
Nominations sought for awards for exceptional freshmen in the Class of 2012
Faculty Senate to meet Thursday
Robert Byer wins IEEE Photonics Award for work with lasers
Larry Gibbs, environmental health and safety director, named fellow of AIHA
New grants promote arts at Stanford
Following is an excerpt from Michel Serres' 'The Parasite' (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982):
Stanford's Woods Institute awards new round of Environmental Venture Projects
Water quality data and water quality report for 2008
Thinking Twice: Can Western Civilization Survive?
Getting to the heart of health care for the poor
50th anniversary event will include Dean's Medals awards
Faculty asked to fill out AAMC survey by June 30
Fathman receives grant to further study T cells
Medical center people
Packard surgeon helps Vietnamese counterparts keep up with latest techniques
Shhhhh: Stanford Hospital team works to keep things quiet in patient units
Packard 'dynamic duo' installs 10,000th child car seat
Ph.D. orals
Classifieds
Cardinal Chronicle
Stanford Students provide dairy goats for impoverished communities