Stanford headlines for August 2011

Stanford psychologists find that jokes help us cope with horrifying images
'The war will never end': Saddam's regime in Hoover Institution archives
Ditch the cookbook: Stanford's biology pilot project shows benefits from nontraditional lab class
High school students defy expectations through Stanford College Prep experience
Stanford economist: How do we 'get off this path of deficits as far as the eye can see?'
Stanford researcher explores whether language is the only way to represent numbers
Small poetry press founded by Stanford lecturer garners critical attention
PG&E to begin work today
Stanford's Cantor Arts Center spotlights six millennia of African art
Stanford scholars examine gap between America's civil, military societies
Abraham Verghese in, football out, at this year's New Student Orientation
Stanford economist predicts 'large, short-run recession'
Powered by the sun and Stanford ingenuity
Scientists must leave the ivory tower and become advocates, or civilization is endangered, says Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich
Wall Street rollercoaster: Stanford expert tries to make sense of a careening marketplace
Resident advisers and ResEd staff collaborate on creation of new RA class
Blink of an eye: Stanford researchers are redefining how the brain plans movement
Hone computer skills, learn new ones at Third Annual Techie Festival
Faster organic semiconductors for flexible displays can be developed quickly with new method, say Stanford researchers
Free computer science courses, new teaching technology reinvent online education
Students of all ages practice lifelong learning at Stanford Continuing Studies
Parasite uses the power of sexual attraction to trick rats into becoming cat food
Hoover's Soviet-era posters join acclaimed exhibit at Art Institute of Chicago
New method detects emerging sunspots deep inside the sun, provides warning of dangerous solar flares, say Stanford researchers
Lee Schipper, dedicated to energy efficiency and environment, dies at 64
See the new sights on campus with this self-guided tour
What happens next in Libya? Stanford expert weighs outcomes
Stanford students, fresh off the Farm and going global
Board of Trustees welcomes two new members
Stanford center in D.C. fine following East Coast quake
Stanford geophysicist offers insight into the Virginia earthquake
Stanford archive shows origins of Martin Luther King's 1963 'I have a dream' speech
Vintage racecars reveal new insights into man and machine
Preserving 4 percent of the ocean could protect most marine mammal species, study finds
Pawn, a musical written, produced and starring Stanford students
Record of Steve Jobs' early career lies boxed in Stanford University's Silicon Valley Archives
Social media adds new dimension to alumni experience
Extracting natural gas from shale can be done in an environmentally responsible way, says Stanford researcher on government panel
Stanford experts: how 9/11 has changed the world
Trails issue may be nearing resolution