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CCSRE gets new executive director, 13 fellows

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Elizabeth Wahl, who was associate director of the Stanford Humanities Center from 2002 to 2005, took the helm as executive director of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity last month. She succeeds Dorothy Steele, who left Stanford during the summer.

Faculty Senate Minutes for Oct. 22 [PDF]

At its meeting on Thursday, the Faculty Senate heard reports on undergraduate education and on electronic dissertations. The minutes also include memorial resolutions for Bernard Siegel and Alexander George.

Newly published love letters tell couple's story

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The 1,000-page first volume of the Collected Letters, published by Stanford University Press, is an "epistolary autobiography" of one of America's greatest poets, Robinson Jeffers. The volume includes correspondence between Robinson and Una, who was his married lover before she was his wife. It also includes letters Una wrote to her jilted husband.

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  • What Matters to Me and Why:Economist and health policy expert Victor Fuchs is the first speaker this year in the popular series that explores what's important in life. The event is today, Wednesday, at noon, on the third floor of Old Union in the Center for Inter-Religious Community Learning and Experiences
  • Deadlines for retirement investment decisions: If you opened a brokerage account with Fidelity BrokerageLink, your eligible account balances will move Nov. 2. To start contributing to funds offered through the brokerage account with your first paycheck in November, call Fidelity before Nov. 9 at 1 (888) 793-8733 and press option 2.
 
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There were no golden statuettes, slinky gowns or red carpet, but there was a bit of off-screen drama on the closing night of the 12th annual United Nations Association Film Festival . . .


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