2007 News Releases
Below you will find an index to the 2007 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 27
December 21
- Stanford University reports FY 2007 financial results
- Sam Karlin, influential math professor, dead at 83
December 20
December 18
- Stanford's nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones
- Stanford organizational behavior pioneer Harold Leavitt dies at 85
December 15
December 14
December 12
December 11
December 10
December 7
- Stanford's Chris Field is one of 25 researchers chosen to represent U.N. climate panel at Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
- Stanford researchers develop a quantum
- Two Stanford students, both musicians, nab prestigious Marshall Scholarships
December 6
December 5
- By joining forces, wind farms can produce reliable—and inexpensive—power
- Albert Bandura honored with 2008 Grawemeyer Award for Psychology
- Stanford researchers say climate change will significantly increase impending bird extinctions
December 4
- Service for Ralph Keller, longtime career center director, to be held in Memorial Church
- Staring at the sun
December 3
- Edmund Chang, consulting professor in geological and environmental sciences, dead at 72
- 'One more entertaining feast': Twain's long-lost play debuts on Broadway
- Stanford launches program to prepare diverse doctoral students for academic careers
November 28
November 20
- One current, two former students awarded 2008 Rhodes Scholarships
- Gene H. Golub, noted computer scientist who helped make it possible for computers to solve engineering and science problems, dead at 75
November 15
November 14
- Hohmann, Novinson win student journalism award for Daily reporting
- A handheld river may help detect explosives, toxins
November 9
November 7
- Tricks of bacterial infection come to light
- Calculating risk: Kyoto University expert to talk on earthquakes and other disasters
- Stanford Historical Society wins governor's historic preservation award
- All-female SpelBots robotics team members to visit campus
November 6
November 5
- MEDIA ADVISORY
- MEDIA ADVISORY: First-ever conference on behavior, energy and climate change to be held Nov. 7-9
- Junior the robotic car drives in traffic, finishes second in national contest
- Drama Department presents 'The Mineola Twins' by Pulitzer-winning playwright
October 31
- Chasing Einstein down a hole
- John Ford, longtime head of Stanford development, to retire at beginning of year
- Media X researchers to explore fusion between virtual, real worlds
October 30
October 29
October 25
October 24
- Stanford selects New York firm to design 900-seat concert hall
- Project aims to identify real fixes for healthcare system
October 22
- Schama to speak on abolition of slave trade on Oct. 29
- Acclaimed one-woman play on Rwandan genocide, 'Miracle in Rwanda,' comes to Stanford
- Leading philosopher Habermas to deliver Richard Rorty memorial lecture Nov. 2
October 17
- President of World Wildlife Fund to deliver lecture on using global markets to 'Save the Earth'
- A small green guide that puts big sustainable choices within arm's reach
- Peninsula Boys and Girls Clubs to honor several youth programs tonight
- Outnumbered: Women in math and science uncomfortable in minority
- Light shone within brains of mice reveals secrets of sleep-wake cycle
- Grant funds effort to generate heart tissue with stem cells
October 16
- Memorial service to be held for Ronald Bracewell
- Stanford conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of 'Doctor Zhivago'
- William Bonner, professor emeritus of chemistry, dead at 87
October 15
October 12
October 8
October 4
October 3
- Philip Glass, Leonard Cohen team up in West Coast premiere of 'Book of Longing'
- Stanford and George Mason to launch $7 million history education project
- Albert Camarillo and family to be recognized with La Familia Award
October 2
October 1
September 28
September 26
September 25
September 24
- Stanford to celebrate 50th anniversary of Fairchild with panel discussion
- Results of course evaluations made available to students
- It's all in the spin: Quantum physics cools down computers
- Stanford acquires historic audio archive; includes interviews with Dalai Lama, Joseph Campbell, Buckminster Fuller
September 21
September 19
September 12
- Stanford expands distance learning worldwide
- Men shed light on the mystery of human longevity, study finds
September 10
September 5
August 31
- Diverse panel to discuss future of energy at Stanford Sept. 5
- Media Advisory: Stanford to host Sept. 5-9 environmental journalism conference
August 29
- Conservationist R. Michael Wright named managing director of the Natural Capital Project
- Police report spate of stolen laptops, urge community to take basic steps to protect property
August 28
August 21
August 20
- Saroyan International Prize for 2008 linked with writer's centennial
- Registration for Continuing Studies autumn courses has begun
August 17
- Los Angeles Times reporter wins Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism
- Nancy Hofstadter, widow of Nobel laureate in physics, dead at 87
- Jay Fliegelman, leading figure in American studies, dies at 58
August 14
August 7
August 2
July 31
July 30
July 25
- Diversified imports can help stabilize natural gas supplies, new study finds
- Arts grants bring filmmaker Herzog, play 'Miracle in Rwanda' to Stanford
July 17
July 13
July 11
- Forum on new media and political campaigns
- Modern redux of classic experiment illuminates nanoscience of 'plasmonics'
July 10
July 9
July 6
July 5
July 2
- Satellite images reveal link between urban growth and changing rainfall patterns
- Dish recreation area to remain closed
June 27
June 21
June 20
- Americans support government-imposed standards on energy and fuel companies to combat global warming, poll reveals
- BP Foundation awards $7.5 million to Stanford for research on energy markets
June 18
June 17
June 13
- What is 'writing,' anyway? July workshops study scripts, deciphering and language classification
- Africa's forgotten stories on stage at Stanford
- Loving v. Virginia provides roadmap for same-sex marriage advocates
June 12
June 11
- Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming
- Richard Rorty, distinguished public intellectual and controversial philosopher, dead at 75
June 6
June 5
June 4
- Senior in civil engineering wins American Dream fellowship
- Algorithm could help chipmakers work with tangles of nanotubes
- Clayman Institute announces fellows for 2007-08
May 30
May 29
May 25
- MFA exhibition spotlights old movies, drunken businessmen, spinning TVs and the Apocalypse
- Memorial scheduled June 9 for Ardis Oglesby
- Stanford investigates two cases involving allegations that individuals falsely claimed affiliation with university
May 24
- Have something to donate? Let the Charitopia website help you find an interested charity
- Allegations that nonstudent lived in campus housing under investigation
May 23
- New exhibition highlights the 'artful' Tuareg of the Sahara
- Stanford researchers offer free solar monitors to classrooms to encourage worldwide interest in science
May 22
May 21
- Innovation policy for the next U.S. president to be subject of all-day forum
- Teenage obsession with 'success' bad for mind and spirit, panelists say
- Some forest birds can survive in agricultural countryside with limited habitat conservation, study finds
May 16
- Ravenswood English seeks to expose English-learners to rich language
- Leading Chinese playwright to debut English-language production of 'Sand on a Distant Star'
- In the Alps, hunting for Hannibal's trail
May 15
- 2007 Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development announced
- Cantor Arts Center spotlights 'living tradition' of American Indian art
- May 24 memorial set for physicist and X-ray optics pioneer Albert Baez
May 14
- MEDIA ADVISORY: Are newspapers becoming an anachronism? News executives to discuss the future of newspapers at symposium tonight
- Carbon joins the magnetic club
May 11
May 10
- Political scientist Stephen Krasner and retired Gen. John Abizaid return to Stanford
- Symposium to explore the challenge of paying for good journalism
May 9
- Former Peruvian president to lecture at Freeman Spogli Institute
- Psychologists to discuss stress in students
May 8
- Conference to focus on murders, disappearances of women in Mexico, Guatemala, Canada
- Bestselling author Daniel Levitin to speak at Symposium on Music, Rhythm and the Brain
May 7
May 4
May 2
- Spring quarter classes on South Asia focus on themes ancient and modern
- Peter Piot, head of UNAIDS, to discuss AIDS as pandemic and agent for change
- Study confirms the risk of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke at sidewalk cafes and other outdoor settings
- Five Stanford professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 1
- 12 U.S. journalists awarded Knight Fellowships
- Web services 'wizard' may help computers do people's work, scientist says
- Climate change a threat to Indonesian agriculture, study says
April 30
April 27
April 25
- Physicist John Harris to deliver Hofstadter Lecture on quark-gluon plasma
- Announcing 2007-08 season, head of Lively Arts describes vision for innovative programming
- Baroness Ruth Deech to discuss 'Women, Ethics and Embryos'
- Stanford to lead new $105 million Army supercomputing research center
- Spreadsheets that use logic instead of math may revolutionize data management, scientists say
April 23
April 20
April 18
- Media Advisory: Pool Broadcast and still photography will be provided for service in support of Virginia Tech
- Ethanol vehicles pose a significant risk to human health, study finds
April 17
April 16
April 14
April 12
April 11
- Salman Ahmad brings 'Sufi Rock 'n' Soul' to Stanford
- Ancient coral reef tells the history of Kenya's soil erosion
- Professor Patricia Burchat followed her bliss to physics and teaching
- Race remains central issue in America today, economist argues
April 9
April 6
April 4
- Gordon Parks photography retrospective sheds light on social issues
- Don Kennedy to discuss K-12 science education; President Hennessy to launch public education initiative
- MEDIA ADVISORY
- Conference on race, inequality and incarceration
April 3
April 2
- Stanford launches Copyright Renewal Database
- A 'traffic light' for neurons means 'go' for improving brain research
March 30
March 28
- Eight international Knight fellows announced for 2007-08
- Paul Cohen, emeritus professor and winner of world's top math prize, dies at 72
March 27
March 26
March 22
March 21
- Computational Earth and Environmental Science Center and Carnegie Institution to collaborate on global environmental research
- 'Getting Results: The Next Generation of Women Scientists'
March 20
March 15
- Humanities Center fellow wins poetry award from National Book Critics Circle
- Marni Goldman, associate director of science outreach, dead at 37
March 14
- New program aims to overhaul the Internet
- Failure to meet United Nations global sanitation target could affect millions of the world's poorest, expert warns
March 13
March 12
- Jonathan Dorfan to step down as SLAC director
- Exhibit showcases fine press books by California printers
- Scientists explain source of mysterious tremors emanating from fault zones
March 8
March 7
March 6
March 2
- Professor speaks about 'brave new world' of classroom technology
- Mobile devices: Meet the persuader in your pocket
February 28
- Three students, one alumna receive prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarships
- MEDIA ADVISORY
- Ronald Hilton, professor emeritus of Romance languages, dead at 95
- B. Davie Napier, dean of Stanford chapel during turbulent 1960s, dies at 91
February 27
February 26
- Students organize 'Energy Crossroads' conference to address clean energy
- MEDIA ADVISORY
- Public invited to attend lectures at Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
February 21
- Avedon's 'In the American West' photographs on view at the Cantor Arts Center
- New financial-aid program aims to help students of middle-income families
- International Policy Studies program endowed, expanded
February 17
February 16
- Cellulosic ethanol: Fuel of the future?
- Nobel laureate Burton Richter to speak about future of particle physics
February 15
February 14
- For the first time, Stan Lai adapts popular Chinese play in English
- Board of Trustees sets tuition for 2007-08
- Teicholz awarded top construction engineering prize
- Scientists will discuss creating a culture of sustainability Feb. 19 at AAAS
February 13
- Public agrees global warming exists, but divided over seriousness of problem
- Steering atoms toward better navigation, physicists test Newton and Einstein along the way
- Tobacco companies obstructed science, history professor says
- Scholar explores the question of who speaks for science
February 12
- Four professors elected to National Academy of Engineering
- Scientists elucidate the origin of the darkest galaxies in the universe
- New accelerator technique doubles particle energy in just one meter
- AAAS panel will focus on the impact of livestock production on the environment and humanity
- Enter "Junior": Stanford team’s next-generation robot joins DARPA Urban Challenge
February 9
- Law clinic files amicus brief in climate change lawsuit against Bush administration
- Universe offers 'eternal feast,' cosmologist says
- Computer science trouble lies in education, not jobs, Stanford professor says
February 8
February 7
February 6
February 5
January 30
January 26
January 25
- The Shia revival and politics in the Middle East
- UPDATE: Police identify body of missing Stanford graduate student
January 24
- Bush's proposal to send more U.S. troops to Iraq a deadly mistake, experts say
- Cosmologist Andrei Linde to deliver public talk at space symposium
- Stanford at top of its class in campus-greening practices and endowment policies, report says
January 23
- Colleagues mourn death of pioneering geneticists David and Dorothy Perkins
- Stanford police searching for missing student
January 22
January 19
January 17
January 16
- Isolde Field, longtime member of Mathematics Department, dies at 81
- Big vegetarian mammals can play a critical role in maintaining healthy ecosystems, study finds
- George Herrmann, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, dies at 85
January 11
January 10
- Film screening, discussion of Who Killed the Electric Car? set for Jan. 16
- Martin Luther King Jr. questioned issues of faith, new volume reveals