Subject: March 2007 - Financial aid infusion; Internet overhaul; a Stanford legend retires

From: "@Stanford" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:55:03 -0700 (PDT)

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March 27, 2007:

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NEWS
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Financial-aid infusion aimed at middle-income families
In response to a survey of parents of current students showing that middle-income families are struggling to pay the cost of a Stanford education, the University has committed an additional $5 million in financial aid for the 2007-08 academic year to help ease their financial burden.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/february21/aid-022107.html

Alumni couple pledge $75 million
Jerry Yang, '90, a University trustee and co-founder of Yahoo! Inc., and Akiko Yamazaki, '90, a director of the Wildlife Conservation Network in Los Altos, pledged $75 million to support multidisciplinary programs. The bulk of the gift - $50 million - will be used to cover construction costs for the new Environment and Energy Building, which eventually will serve as the hub for environmental studies on campus.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/february21/donors-022107.html

Lokey donation to help fund stem-cell building
Lorry I. Lokey, the founder of Business Wire and a passionate supporter of education and science, will give a minimum of $33 million to help build a home for Stanford's Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/february28/med-lokey-022807.html

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RESEARCH
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The trouble with talent
Psychologist Carol Dweck has shown that people who believe intelligence is static struggle to overcome adversity, while those who see achievement as a product of effort shrug off setbacks and keep climbing. What are the implications for school, business and society?
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/marapr/features/dweck.html

Say hello to the robot valet
Mounted on a modified Segway Human Transporter, the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Robot - STAIR, for short - is still learning to grasp wine glasses, but researcher Andrew Ng expects it will one day perform a wide range of routine household chores. “I think the revolution in robotics will come when we can have a single robot that can clean up your living room after a dinner party, fetch an item and assemble an IKEA bookshelf.” http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/marapr/farm/news/stair.html

Diet study tips scales toward Atkins 
The case for low-carbohydrate diets is gaining weight. Researchers at the School of Medicine have completed the largest and longest-ever comparison of four popular diets, and the lowest-carbohydrate Atkins diet came out on top. Atkins dieters not only lost more weight than the other participants, but also experienced the biggest reduction in cholesterol and blood pressure levels.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/march7/med-diet-030707.html

Overhauling the Internet
A broad-based team of Stanford researchers is launching a new program called Clean Slate Design to examine how the Internet can better meet communication needs. 
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/march14/clean-031407.html

One more way we’re just like monkeys
Why do humans and their primate cousins get more stress-related diseases than any other member of the animal kingdom? The answer, says Stanford neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky, is that people, apes and monkeys are highly intelligent, social creatures with far too much spare time on their hands.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/march7/sapolskysr-030707.html

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FEATURES
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Zimbardo signs off with farewell lecture
Psychology Professor Emeritus Philip Zimbardo capped a 50-year teaching career on March 7 with a memorable lecture on the psychology of evil, the subject of his forthcoming book The Lucifer Effect. He announced plans to shift his gaze to what he called “the banality of heroism.”
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/march14/zimlect-031407.html

KZSU turns 60, and rocks the house
They've held blues marathons and electronica marathons, often timed to the solstices. So there was little surprise when the DJs and managers of KZSU, 90.1 FM stereo, decided to throw a 60-hour marathon, to celebrate 60 years of airtime.
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/marapr/farm/news/kzsu.html

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SPORTS
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Men's swimming coach suspended
Director of Athletics Bob Bowlsby announced March 9 that Skip Kenney, head men’s swimming coach, is suspended with pay, pending an investigation into allegations that Kenney expunged names from the Cardinal record book. 
http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/030907aaa.html

The latest Cardinal scores
http://gostanford.collegesports.com/

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IN MEMORIAM
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Ronald Hilton, a professor emeritus of Romance languages and a prolific writer and scholar on international affairs, died February 20 at his Stanford home. He was 95.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/march7/hilton-030707.html

The Rev. B. Davie Napier, dean of the chapel and professor of religion at Stanford from 1966 to 1972, died on February 24 at Pilgrim Place, a retirement community for church professionals in Southern California. He was 91.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/march7/napiersr-030707.html

More obituaries: 
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/people/    

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ON THE MOVE
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Jonathan Dorfan, who has served as the director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) for nearly eight years, has announced he will step down this fall.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/march14/dorfan-031407.html

Sally Benson, a staff scientist and former deputy director for operations at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has been named to the newly created position of executive director of the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP).
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/february28/bensonsr-022807.html

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HEARD ON CAMPUS
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"I'm never going to study evil again." 
-Philip Zimbardo, at his final lecture on March 7. 

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