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Institutions RSS FeedsEquatorial belt faces major food crisis by 2100, study finds - Rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, leave half of the world?s population facing serious food shortages, according to a study published in the Jan. 9 edition of the journal 'Science'....Feed Source: news-service.stanford.edu Provost discusses budget challenges - Provost John Etchemendy answers questions about the budget challenges facing Stanford University.... Oversight committee on student mental health named - Greg Boardman, vice provost for student affairs, and Ira Friedman, director of Vaden Health Center, will serve as co-chairs of a committee that will monitor the university's progress implementing the recommendations of the Student Mental Health and Well-Being Task Force.... Campus emergency siren system to be installed - The university is preparing to install an outdoor siren system that would be activated during an emergency.... Stanford appoints full-time doctor for work-related injuries - Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) has announced the appointment of Dr. Patrick O'Callahan as Stanford's first full-time physician devoted to treating workplace injuries and illnesses.... University reports fiscal year 2008 financial results - Stanford University reported its financial results for fiscal year 2008, which ended Aug 31, 2008.... Resident fellow Thom Massey, champion of multicultural education, dies at 61 - Alumnus and Associate Dean of Multicultural Education Thomas James Massey, a cherished member of Stanford's student affairs division known to many across campus simply as "Thom," died unexpectedly in his cottage on campus over the winter break. Massey, also a pillar of the university's black community for decades, was 61.... Entrepreneurship program wins recognition - Two directors of the entrepreneurship program in Stanford's School of Engineering won the National Academy of Engineering's top award for teaching this week.... Six Stanford scholars named AAAS fellows - Five Stanford scientists and the university librarian have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon members of the association by their peers.... Life on Earth got bigger in two, million-fold leaps - Earth's creatures come in all sizes, yet they (and we) all sprang from the same single-celled organisms that first populated the planet. So how on Earth did life go from bacteria to the blue whale?... Munger residence nears completion; other projects move forward - The Stanford University Board of Trustees recently gave concept and site approval to a 900-seat, $145-million concert hall to be built on triangular plot of land near Frost Amphitheater.... Yoko Ono to speak at Stanford - Avant-garde artist, musician and activist Yoko Ono, Lennon's widow, will be visiting campus Jan. 14 to give a lecture, "Passages for Light," at 7 p.m. in Dinkelspiel Auditorium. The lecture is open and free to Stanford students, faculty and staff with a current Stanford ID.... Reforestation helped trigger Little Ice Age, researchers say - The power of viruses is well documented in human history. Swarms of little viral Davids have repeatedly laid low the great Goliaths of human civilization, most famously in the devastating pandemics that swept the New World during European conquest and settlement.... Stanford celebrates as Milton turns 400 - To celebrate John Milton's 400th birthday, students and scholars convened Dec. 4 in the Terrace Room of Margaret Jacks Hall to read 'Paradise Lost''s 11,000 lines in 10 hours flat.... Heather Wimmer, director of athletics investment fund, dead at 47 - Heather Lani Wimmer, who worked for Stanford Athletics as executive director of the Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation Investment Fund, died Nov. 22 of brain cancer. She was 47.... Copyright © 2009, Unselfish Marketers Link Exchange. All Rights Reserved. |