• What does it take to be a great leader?

University mourns loss of three Business School students

Three students from the Graduate School of Business lost their lives when the car in which they were riding Friday evening apparently careened down a cliff off Highway 1 near Big Sur, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office confirmed today.

Panel raises speculation of stock market closure in face of financial crisis

Economic theory mixed with gut speculation Friday as a group of economists took stock of the world’s gloomy financial situation.

Stanford researchers launch Short Attention Span Science Theater website

Researchers at Stanford University have launched Short Attention Span Science Theater—an interactive website featuring short video segments, called "microdocs," that are designed to make science understandable.

Stanford spent more than $2.1 billion in Santa Clara, San Mateo counties in 2006, study says

A new economic impact study prepared by an independent consulting firm shows that Stanford, the largest employer in Silicon Valley in 2006, made $3.8 billion in direct expenditures that year, and spent more than half that sum in neighboring Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

Avant-garde director Robert Wilson: 'What we see can be as important as what we hear'

Robert Wilson—considered by many to be the foremost living director and stage designer—was at Stanford last week to present the first of the Presidential Lectures in the Humanities and Arts of the 2008-09 academic year.

Circadian clock may be critical to learning and memory

The circadian rhythm that quietly pulses inside us all, guiding our daily cycle from sleep to wakefulness and back to sleep again, may be doing much more than just that simple metronomic task, according to Stanford researchers.

8,900 people expected for Reunion Homecoming

Reunion Homecoming 2008 runs Oct. 9-12 on campus, with hundreds of individual events and programs scheduled for alumni and their families.

Paul Ehrlich discusses new book on human evolution

Earlier this year, Paul Ehrlich, the Bing Professor of Population Studies, and Anne Ehrlich, a senior research scientist in biology, released their latest book, The Dominant Animal (Island Press). The book explains where human beings came from, where we are and where we are headed.

• Stanford's Paul Ehrlich discusses his new book

Touring Y2E2

Sen. Barbara Boxer took a tour of the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building on Monday afternoon, accompanied by one of the building’s namesakes, Yahoo! Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang, and Professor Jeffrey Koseff, co-director of the Woods Institute for the Environment.

• Senator Barbara Boxer, at Y2E2, says she will not back off supporting environmental initiatives

Free flu immunizations to begin Mondays at Vaden Health Center

Starting on Oct. 13, Vaden Health Center will hold flu immunization clinics every Monday afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m. during the fall quarter. The last one will be held on Dec. 8, and no clinic is scheduled for Nov. 24.