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Provost John Etchemendy is asking the Stanford community to focus its ingenuity and energies on increasing efficiency on campus, and to submit ideas and vote on suggestions offered online by their colleagues. Suggestions already have started pouring into Stanford's new online "suggestion box."
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Converting to electricity and hydrogen powered by wind, water and solar energy would reduce world power demand by 30 percent, says
Mark Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering, who is part of a research team that has mapped out a blueprint for powering the world by 2030.
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Friends and family plan to gather at Stanford Friday, Nov. 6, to remember Kai Lai Chung, professor emeritus of mathematics, who died of natural causes on June 1. He was 91. A mathematician who specialized in statistics, Chung was remembered as an inspirational teacher known for his strong opinions and gift for illustrating complex principles, as well as his love of travel and languages.
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- 2009 Roundtable: free tickets, live webcast:
The event, which takes place Saturday, Oct. 24, at 9:30 a.m. at Maples Pavilion, will be moderated by Charlie Rose. Tickets are free for faculty, staff and students; just take your Stanford ID to the Stanford Ticket Office. The Roundtable also will be webcast live.
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