2002 News Releases
Below you will find an index to the 2002 news releases from Stanford University.
You also can search the complete library to locate releases by specific criteria. This library contains releases dating from 1991 to the present.
December 19
December 17
December 12
December 11
- Thai Buddha statue presented to Center for Buddhist Studies
- Making music, with Èlan, in elementary school or Carnegie Hall
- Former Lithuanian president to visit campus next month
December 10
- MAP/Ming Visiting Professorship addresses energy and environment; Joel Swisher chosen as first recipient
- Stanford student wins Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in England
December 9
- Engineers work on their SUNTANS as they track waves and beaches
- New associate dean and director of financial aid named after nationwide search
December 6
December 5
December 4
- Beyond the Dead Sea Scrolls: Ancient artifacts found in Judean Desert
- Author, alumnus discusses award-winning novel The Hours
December 2
November 21
November 20
November 19
- MEDIA ADVISORY: MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY ON CLIMATE AND ENERGY INITIATIVE
- Funding is approved for next-generation light source
- Researchers create DNA "nanocircles" to probe the mystery of aging in human cells
- Internship program to honor slain journalist Daniel Pearl
- Registration starts Monday for Continuing Studies offerings
November 18
November 15
November 13
- Polluted beach closures influenced by full moons and sunlight, surfer-engineer discovers
- Aurora Forum to focus on American ideals, aspirations
November 12
November 7
- Press symposium to feature Overholser, Patterson, Rosenstiel
- Entry deadline looms for Saroyan Writing Prize
- Iraq -- War or Diplomacy? Options and Implications for U.S. Policy
November 6
- Guadalupe ValdÈs argues to expand the definition of giftedness
- Puppets, actors share stage in production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
- Archimedes scholar finds something to holler 'Eureka!' about
- Bio-X to fund 21 new interdisciplinary research projects
- German and U.S. laboratories to collaborate on X-ray free-electron lasers
- Stanford changes early admission program
November 1
- Bilingual children should be viewed as an asset, not a liability, expert argues
- Panel to discuss ethical issues in "War on Terrorism"
October 30
October 29
- Stanford walks to raise money for diabetes research
- Maya Lin cancels Nov. 5-6 appearances at Stanford
- Stanford Alumni 'Bringing It Home' for upcoming dance concert
October 25
October 24
October 23
- Wonderfest science festival returns to campus Nov. 2-3
- William Shockley: Still controversial, after all these years
October 21
- Despite lower carbon dioxide emissions, diesel cars may promote more global warming than gasoline cars
- Bob Beyers, longtime Stanford News Service director, dies at 71
- Folding@home scientists report first distributed computing success
- Stanford declares support for Palo Alto Library bond measure
October 18
- Experts to debate future agenda of global economic policy
- John Brauman to receive Linus Pauling Medal for achievements in chemistry
October 17
- Trustees elect Robert Bass, John Morgridge to board
- Future of learning to take center stage at newly renovated Wallenberg Hall
October 16
- Community reading project presents serial Great Expectations
- Alumni Education offers three community reading programs: 10/02
- Ten scholars named 2002 Terman Fellows
October 15
October 14
October 11
- Faculty fellowship program named in honor of Bass family; Eight new fellows selected
- Recent work by art faculty on view in T. W. Stanford Gallery
October 10
October 9
- Stanford Law School launches Center for E-Commerce
- Efforts to establish Islamic studies program gain ground
- Scholars examine "New Studies on Rodin"
- IRWG holds national search for new director
- Stanford recycling program wins top national award
- Former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher to discuss civil liberties concerns in the wake of terror attacks
- Supreme Court justices to preside over reargument of historic case about presidential power in times of crisis
- FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III to speak at Stanford on finding the right balance between security and freedom
October 8
- Oswalda Deva, longtime library employee, dies at 91
- Jazz concert series kicks off Sunday in Campbell Recital Hall
October 7
- World physics community gathers for 40th anniversary of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
- Distinguished Yale scholar to discuss Wright Morris photography
October 3
October 2
- Pulitzer Prize-winning poet to read from work Oct. 9
- Bio-X launches biosciences seminar series on Oct. 10
- Researcher to discuss findings of estrogen, progestin trial
- Rodin's The Thinker returns to Stanford campus after a year abroad
September 26
- Synchrotron lab Director Hodgson wins E. O. Lawrence Award
- Memorial service for George Curts scheduled for Oct. 10
September 25
- Veteran journalist joins Institute for International Studies
- Causes of world's civil wars misunderstood, researchers say
September 24
September 19
September 18
- Study casts doubt on validity of standard earthquake-prediction model
- Tim Stearns named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
September 13
September 12
- International commission chaired by Law Professor John H. Barton releases report on intellectual property Rights in developing countries
- Stanford Law School launches new graduate degree for international lawyers to focus on science/technology and corporate governance
September 11
September 10
- Karl Brown, pioneer of linear accelerators to treat cancer, dies
- Morton Mitchner, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, dies
September 9
- Rolling choral requiem, memorial set for Sept. 11
- Lively Arts Informances bring performers, public together
- Passion marks 33rd season of Stanford Lively Arts
September 5
September 3
- Stanford launches new research center on democracy, development and law
- Cosmologist Andrei Linde awarded Dirac Medal for theoretical physics
August 23
August 22
August 21
August 16
August 14
August 12
August 7
- Stanford to host bioinformatics and Internet conferences in August
- Continuing Studies serves up Steinbeck, science, special events
- Motherhood and the development of the nation-state
- On the path to a virtual violin, musician creates the vBow
August 2
- Robert C. North, expert in quantitative analysis and international conflict, dies
- Computational geneticists revisit a mystery in evolution
August 1
July 23
- From theory to certainty: BABAR announces new result on charge parity violation
- Stanford researchers consider the future of work
- School of Engineering to host novel materials symposium Aug. 1
- Impact of pesticides on farmworker children is focus of new EPA-funded study
- A midsummer's night "ping": Computer music concert July 25
- Remarkable, if unsung, art on exhibit around campus
- Philosophy Institute teaches kids how to think, reason
July 22
July 15
- Historic building to host high-tech Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning
- Wallenberg Hall to house state-of-the-art technology
- Stanford expands its groundbreaking child care grant subsidy program
Ju;y 12
July 10
July 9
- Journal blurs lines between poetry, criticism and translation
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards undergraduate biosciences grant to Stanford
- Reuters Fellows bring the digital revolution to the favela
- First national tour of Hannelore Baron artwork visits Cantor
July 8
- Fire season starts July 17 at Stanford Summer Theater
- Symposium to examine what draws theater to incendiary topics
- Stanford Law School to launch civil rights clinic under direction of newly appointed professor
July 3
June 28
June 27
June 24
June 21
June 20
- Gordon Earle named vice president for public affairs at Stanford
- Brains of outgoing people react more positively to happy faces than those of shy individuals, study shows
June 19
June 18
June 17
- Cantor Center for Visual Arts will be open the Fourth of July
- Lost in unfamiliar territory? Phi Beta Kappas urged to let their hearts and minds be their guide
- Information Age elite welcome SLAC computing expert as newest member
June 14
June 13
- MEDIA ADVISORY: COMMENCEMENT LOGISTICS
- Jazz workshop celebrates 30 years of education, concerts
- Mooney to receive 2002 Blue Planet Prize in recognition of pioneering ecological research
June 12
- Identity matters: Paula Moya on learning from experience
- Students design cool technology for poor countries
- Tibetan monks to create sand mandala in campus gallery
June 11
June 10
- Popular listserv aims to prepare academics for faculty jobs
- Stanford Symphony Orchestra to play Carnegie Hall
June 6
June 5
- Giant loops in the solar atmosphere may trigger Sun's magnetic poles reversals, new study reveals
- Prominent economist Tibor Scitovsky dead at 91
June 4
June 3
- Harden McConnell named winner of 2002 Welch Award in Chemistry
- Students design cool technology for poor countries