Scientists learn how brains process images of faces

Psychiatrist Allan Reiss, left, and psychologists Kalanit Grill-Spector and Golijeh Golarai have come to a better understanding of what's behind the facial fixation common among those who have Williams syndrome, a genetic condition.

Scientists decry political assaults on climate researchers

Fifteen Stanford faculty members are among the 255 prominent scientists who signed a letter published in the May 7 issue of Science that decries "the recent escalation of political assaults on scientists in general and on climate scientists in particular." The signers are all members of the National Academy of Sciences, and 11 of them are Nobel laureates.

Classics students tackle credit, debt and Aristophanes

Finance, credit, debt and the futility of a liberal education. These contemporary topics will be on stage this weekend with the new Stanford Classics in Theater production of The Clouds. The play will be performed Friday and Saturday, May 14 and 15, at 8 p.m. in Annenberg Auditorium.

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• Countdown to Commencement: Stanford's 119th Commencement is a month away. As the university transitions away from printed materials, please look to the web for all of your Commencement information needs.

BAO RESEARCH GROUP spinoff C3Nano wins $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize . . .

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• 4 p.m. May 13
  Honoring Lives, Remembering Losses: An Interfaith Grief Memorial

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