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In an effort to tackle the threat of climate change, Stanford has developed an ambitious, long-range, $250 million initiative to sharply reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Under the plan, the cogeneration plant, which burns natural gas to create steam heat and generate electricity, will shut down in a few years.
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Joseph C. Martz, a nuclear materials scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is Stanford's first William J. Perry Fellow in International Security. Martz has a background in nuclear weapons design and a commitment to solving international security problems. The university established the fellowship in 2007 to celebrate the 80th birthday of William Perry, former U.S. secretary of defense.
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Zakary L. Tormala's research flies in the face of logic. If you’re an expert and make your points with confidence, people will be far more convinced than if you sound uncertain. Right? Well, no — at least not when it comes to consumers, as the associate professor of marketing discovered in research he did with Uma R. Karmarkar, a doctoral candidate in the Graduate School of Business.
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- Woods Institute celebrates 5th anniversary:
Join President John Hennessy at a symposium Wednesday highlighting the major accomplishments of the Woods Institute during its first five years, along with a discussion on the future of environmental research.
- Vaden flu shot clinic today: Vaden Health Center will administer seasonal flu vaccines for free to high-risk students, faculty, staff and retirees, and to high-risk spouses and domestic partners for $24 today from 3 to 6 p.m.
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Heard on campus: "Upon my acceptance into Stanford, when I informed my grandmother of the news, her initial reply was that this was '...the first minute of my someday,' as in the song We Shall Overcome . . ."
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