Staff News
Department manager honored with 2008 Marsh O’Neill Award
Peche Turner, the administrative manager of the Computer Science Department, is the recipient of the 2008 Marsh O' Neill Award. She will be honored at a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Faculty Club.
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Parking and Transportation Services (P&TS) has added another trophy to its display case, this time winning an Excellence in Motion award from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
Department chair creates room for moms
Since adopting a policy in 2005 that provides 12 weeks of support for pregnant graduate students, Chemistry Department administrators have been fielding a set of relatively new questions from expectant mothers: "Is this like maternity leave?" and "Will I be able to maintain full-time status while I'm away?"
Ghost trackers
More than 100 staff, faculty and students turned out Friday for the 1.5-mile Halloween Monster Mash Walk at Cobb Track. The event was part of the Pac-10 Fitness Challenge.
University issues new Acts of Intolerance Protocol
Stanford has issued a revised policy outlining how the university will respond to "acts of intolerance," defined as acts that adversely and unfairly target a person or group on the basis of one or more actual or perceived characteristics: gender or gender identity, race or ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, nationality and age.
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All are invited to a buffet lunch Friday, Nov. 7, hosted by the Asian Staff Forum to welcome newly hired and re-hired staff.
Electoral college students
On Monday, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom spoke outside Old Union at a rally for Barack Obama and in opposition to state Proposition 4, the Abortion Waiting Period and Parental Notification Initiative, and Proposition 8, which would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry.
All urged to update contact information for Nov. 14 emergency-notification test
Students, staff and faculty are being urged to update their contact information prior to the next test of the university's emergency-notification system, AlertSU, on Nov. 14.
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Civil and environmental engineering Professor GREGORY DEIERLEIN is on a team of American experts that is helping improve education, research and practices in the field of earthquake engineering in Pakistan.
Provost discusses how economic downturn could affect university
Financial uncertainty has affected every sector of the national and international economy—including higher education. In the following interview, Provost John Etchemendy talks about the impact of the economic downturn on the university's fiscal outlook and budget planning.
Open Enrollment for health, life insurance benefits starts Friday
Open Enrollment begins Friday, Oct. 24, and runs through Friday, Nov. 14. During this time, benefits-eligible employees can make changes to health and life insurance plans for the upcoming calendar year, and retirees can make changes to their medical and dental coverage.
Exercise competition among Pac-10 campuses begins Monday
Last fall the Farm took first place in the inaugural Pac-10 Fitness Challenge, and boosters in Stanford's Physical Education, Recreation and Wellness office want nothing less than a repeat.
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Stanford researchers will be explaining their work to 300 science writers this week for the annual meeting of the National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. For instance, CLIFFORD NASS will tell scribes how they may be manipulated by their own talking cars.
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Remembering all that jazz over those lazy summertime lunches outside Tresidder? Well, the Stanford Jazz Workshop has brought back the free jam sessions this fall. The performances have been brought indoors, back to where they are said to have started 37 years ago—at the CoHo.
Effort under way to make computing on campus 'green'
These days, the sustainability movement seems to have seeped into every facet of the university. The cause is championed in classes and dorms, kitchens and lecture halls, and now, your desk.
