2001 News Releases
Below you will find an index to the 2001 news releases from Stanford University.
You also can search the complete library to locate releases by specific criteria. This library contains releases dating from 1991 to the present.
January
- Biological warfare: an emerging threat in the 21st century: 1/01
- Poet, physician Rafael Campo to read from work: 1/01
- Exhibit showcases Cantor Arts Center's new acquisitions: 1/01
- Santa Clara County Superior Court judge named vice provost for campus relations : 1/01
- Menlo Park honors Stanford Linear Accelerator Center for near-zero Emissions: 1/01
- Top researchers give overview on developments in genetics: 1/01
- Top Stanford genetics researchers to hold public forum Jan. 20: 1/01
- General Motors to fund $3 million work systems lab at Stanford: 1/01
- Former NLRB chair reflects on challenges faced in Washington: 1/01
- Technology pioneer William R. Hewlett dead at 87: 1/01
- Service for William Hewlett planned for Saturday, Jan. 20 at Stanford's Memorial Church: 1/01
- Technology pioneer Hewlett dies, memorial planned for Saturday: 1/01
- Events celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. set for this month at Stanford: 1/01
- Randall Livingston, Open TV executive, named vice president and chief financial officer of Stanford University: 1/01
- Elaine Ray named director of Stanford News Service: 1/01
- Stanford literature professor to serve as a top official of Modern Language Association: 1/01
- Stanford philosophers to speak at symposium in remembrance of influential philosopher: 1/01
- How worlds collide: Geophysicists revive the great plate debate: 1/01
- Lake Titicaca study sheds new light on global climate change: 1/01
- Hennessy removes 'acting' from General Counsel Debra L. Zumwalt's title: 1/01
- Lake Titicaca study sheds new light on global climate change: 1/01
- Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Woman Warrior, to speak on campus Wednesday: 1/01
- First anniversary of student-built satellite in space: 1/01
- Elisabeth Stenbock-Fermor, former Stanford assistant professor and Russian emigre, dead at 101: 1/01
- Natural History of Selborne exhibit, interrupted by Loma Prieta earthquake, on view again after more than a decade: 1/01
February
- Ann Arvin appointed associate dean of research: 2/01
- Literary theorist Gayatri Chakrovorty Spivak to speak on "Human Rights and the Humanities": 2/01
- Historian Stewart Gillmor to speak on life as a graduate student under Fred Terman: 2/01
- Thirteen electrical engineering professors at Stanford win Third Millennium medals: 2/01
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- Open-house welcome for new dean for religious life set for Feb. 14: 2/01
- Scientists discover a major cause of global warming ordinary soot: 2/01
- Kenneth Sherwin, pioneering laser technician, dead at 80: 2/01
- New dean for religious life aims to nurture 'common moral language' among faiths: 2/01
- Donoho tops list of most-cited mathematical scientists: 2/01
- Physicists publish first results from the B Factory at Stanford: 2/01
- Trustees set tuition, room and board rates for 2001-02: 2/01
- Spivak lectures on 'Human Rights and the Humanities': 2/01
- Stanford and SGI (Silicon Graphics) announce new partnership in biomedical supercomputing : 2/01
- Elephant-sized collaboration can't yet budge the Standard Model: 2/01
- Wanted: 'Civic scientists' to inform the public, press and policy makers: 2/01
- Card tricks and mathematics: applying the magician's trade to numerical dilemmas: 2/01
- Counting words to make words count: Statistics optimize communication: 2/01
- Passport, please: a global strategy to curb invasive species: 2/01
- Registration for spring Continuing Studies courses starts March 5: 2/01
- Distinguished Spanish judge to discuss need for international criminal court, participate in colloquium: 2/01
- Celebration of recently published Jewish American literature anthology set for Feb. 28: 2/01
- Writer Hanif Kureishi to talk about work, answer questions at film screenings: 2/01
- Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient and Anil's Ghost, to visit campus: 2/01
- Stanford sponsors conference on conflict in Colombia: 2/01
- Leading China scholar Michel Oksenberg dies : 2/01
- Cioffi, Gast and Nur elected to the National Academy of Engineering: 2/01
- William Loran Crosten, longtime head of Music Department, dead at 91: 2/01
- Stanford English Professor John Felstiner co-edits Jewish American Literature, translates poems and prose of Paul Celan: 2/01
March
- Genetic engineering speeds development of new antibiotics: 3/01
- Rare meteorites rekindle controversy over birth of the solar system: 3/01
- Stanford realigns library collecting responsibilities : 2/01
- Experts discuss school reform in California: 3/01
- A chance to see our vibrant universe: 3/01
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- News conference Tuesday to announce major donation to Stanford University by BroadVision founder and CEO: 3/01
- McLennan to be formally installed as dean for religious life: 3/01
- Hennessy holds forum on university future Thursday: 3/01
- BroadVision CEO and his wife to donate $15 million to fund particle astrophysics and cosmology institute: 3/01
- Freeman Dyson to deliver the annual Drell Lecture on March 14: 3/01
- Elephants pick up good vibrations á through their feet: 3/01
- Stanford and Cal computer scientists enter into unique collaboration: 3/01
- Do old glaciers cause new earthquakes in New Madrid, Missouri?: 3/01
- Bio-X symposium to feature pioneers in cancer therapy: 3/01
- Brauman receives National Academy of Sciences award: 3/01
- Conference on S. Ansky starts this weekend at Stanford: 3/01
- For Monet, Giverny was a site for poor eyes: 3/01
- Harry Mosher, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies at 85: 3/01
- Faster nanowires may advance nanotechnological applications for detecting glucose, hormones or DNA: 3/01
- Carly Fiorina to speak at Stanford's 110th Commencement: 3/01
- Teresa Rasco named Director of WorkLife Office : 3/01
- Freeman Dyson envisions biotech solutions to rural poverty: 3/01
- Luis Esteva to present the second annual Shah Family Lecture: 3/01
- "The Gilded Age: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum" opens at Cantor Arts Center March 28: 3/01
- Two magnets are cheaper than one: Stanford engineers construct an inexpensive MRI scanner: 3/01
- Hennessy names Howard Wolf president of Stanford Alumni Association: 3/01
- Stanford hosts two national conferences for black physicists: 3/01
- Stanford offers admission to 2,416 for the Class of 2005 : 3/01
- Alfred Grommon, professor emeritus of English and education, dead at 90: 3/01
April
- Black physicists share strategies for success with students: 4/01
- Sharon Long appointed dean of School of Humanities and Sciences: 4/01
- An affair of the art: White Plaza to come under control of the Muses April 6: 4/01
- Award-winning poet John Ashbery to read at Stanford: 4/01
- American Library Association honors Louise Addis as first library webmaster in U.S.: 4/01
- Housing and Dining Services head Keith Guy to retire: 4/01
- Vice Provost Jim Montoya to take College Board post: 4/01
- Jeffrey Mass, a leading authority on Japanese medieval history, dead at 60: 4/01
- Drama Department to stage Quartet, based on Dangerous Liaisons: 4/01
- Richard Rorty: Philosophy, politics don't mix: 4/01
- Aging in the 21st Century: An Intergenerational Dialogue: 4/01
- Stanford sponsors conference on the constitutional right to bear arms: 4/01
- Symposium addresses use of technology to close the educational achievement gap: 4/01
- Stanford sponsors lecture series on Ukraine: 4/01
- Russian, U.S. students break down stereotypes and promote social entrepreneurship at "Democratic Partners" leadership conference: 4/01
- Stanford co-hosts conference commemorating 1906 earthquake: 4/01
- Stegner Fellows for 2001 selected from a field of more than 1,100 applicants: 4/01
- Tom Gunning to discuss development of early cinema: 4/01
- Exhibit on Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher opens April 22 at Green Library; Kircher conference set for April 27-28: 4/01
- O'Leary, Stansky to speak at Founders' Day: 4/01
- Trustee Gregor G. Peterson, longtime Stanford supporter, dead at 68: 4/01
- Computer technology enlisted in effort to assemble pieces of 1,500-year-old jigsaw puzzle: 4/01
- Sloan fellowships awarded to two Stanford researchers: 4/01
- The Prisoner's Dilemma: Does industry demand for software virtuosos siphon talent from computer science education?: 4/01
- Bernheim, Gordon, Ross win Guggenheim awards: 4/01
- History, law scholars discuss Second Amendment, guns in U.S.: 4/01
- Speedy camera-on-a-chip unites image capture and processing: 4/01
- Astronaut and physicist Loren Acton to deliver Bunyan Lecture: 4/01
- Got methane? Economic modelers assess greenhouse gas trade: 4/01
- Stanford's top cop to retire after 30 years on the beat: 4/01
- Household ant invasions are determined by weather, not pesticide use, new study finds: 4/01
- Stanford junior awarded Truman scholarship for "making a difference": 4/01
- Stanford's annual spring dance concert kicks off May 4: 4/01
- Stanford conference invites young people to discuss aging: 4/01
- Mobilized messages catch people on the go: 4/01
- Symposium to examine significance of 'everyday' in art, architecture: 4/01
- Distinguished author Stuart Dybek to read from work May 7: 4/01
- Corporate sponsorship of athletics raises ethical issues in campus debate: 4/01
- Award-winning lesbian performer to visit Stanford May 9-10: 4/01
May
- Psychologist puts the 'real' into reality TV: 5/01
- Knight journalism fellows named at Stanford: 5/01
- Solar physicist Art Walker dies at 64: 5/01
- Stanford powwow planned: 5/01
- Field and Prescott elected to National Academy of Sciences: 5/01
- Stanford marine lab to dedicate new microscopy center honoring pioneer cell biologist: 5/01
- David Gilbarg, mathematics professor emeritus, dies at 82: 5/01
- Stanford professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 5/01
- Hewlett Foundation announces $400 million gift to Stanford University: 5/01
- Schneider ponders whether scientists should advocate public policy: 5/01
- Stanford sophomore conducts pioneering research on prison staff who work with executions, presents findings to the American Psychiatric Association: 5/01
- Childhood Depression Awareness Day is May 8; Stanford conducts research on the subject: 5/01
- Dorothy Allison to speak as Tanner Lecturer at Stanford: 5/01
- Sims to deliver Boething Lecture on saving urban forests: 05/01
- Linguist Joseph Greenberg dies at age 85: 5/01
- Now at Memorial Church: compline services, a nightcap for the soul and spirit: 5/01
- Stanford engineers explore technology 'beyond innovation' at Entrepreneurs Day: 5/01
- Deregulation will cause significant fluctuations in electricity prices, new study reveals: 5/01
- New book examines Europe's ethnic cleansing in historical perspective: 5/01
- Feminist studies plans reunion for its 20th anniversary: 5/01
- David C. Regnery, professor of biological sciences, dies at 82; 5/01
- Jose Padilla: Ethnic poor 'have been given a half plate of their due': 5/01
- Sign-ups for Continuing Studies summer courses start May 21: 5/01
- Humanities Center selects fellows for 2001-02 academic year; 5/01
- Stanford hosts its first undergraduate psychology conference: 5/01
- Steven Chaffee, professor emeritus of communication, dead at 65: 5/01
- Tiny protein molecules are big players in solving the mystery of brain function: 5/01
- Stanford admits diverse group of transfer students: 05/01
- International Knight Fellows named: 5/01
- Scientists find solution to a mystery surrounding Alzheimer's, Huntington's and other neurological diseases: 5/01
- John Bender to take helm of Stanford Humanities Center; 5/01
- Three professors elected to American Philosophical Society: 5/01
- Here's a dilemma Dorothy Allison wants you to think about: 5/01
- Fire causes damage to CDC: 5/01
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June
- Child care grant program announced: 6/01
- 100 years after death, Nietzsche's popularity keeps growing: 6/01
- Stanford researcher is using science to save the oceans: 6/01
- Upcoming Lively Arts season includes world premieres: 6/01
- Microphone array necklace aids the deaf in discerning speech: 6/01
- Beyond slogans: Researchers, students and alumni venture to the Amazon in search of alternatives to rainforest destruction: 6/01
- Stanford Symphony Orchestra to end season with Stravinsky, Mozart: 5/01
- Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley to speak at Class Day: 5/01
- Korean specialist to join Stanford's faculty: 6/01
- 13th-century texts alter view of medieval scholasticism, Stanford professor says: 6/01
- Memo to 'alpha' company leaders: If you want to leave a lasting monument, better be more beta-like: 6/01
- Stanford University and Stanford Microdevices resolve name dispute: 6/01
- Rosencranz authors the definitive textbook on environmental law in India: 6/01
- New software streamlines the search for disease-causing genes: 6/01
- Batykyan, a 'selfless' student, dies after battle with cancer:7/02
- Six weeks of syncopation: Stanford Jazz Festival starts June 30: 6/01
- Health lecture series planned: 6/01
- Walking proteins need to rock and roll, new study finds: 6/01
- Phi Beta Kappa speakers celebrate a life of the mind: 6/01
- Stanford Haas Center's 'untold story' documents community service activities: 6/01
- Lab brings a scientific model to humanistic research: 6/01
- Senior Malia Villegas wins Sterling Award for service: 6/01
July
- Physicists find a new, striking difference between matter and antimatter :7/01
- Professor Gregory Loew appointed deputy director of SLAC :7/01
- Knight Fellows explore global threats to free speech: 7/01
- Evolution in an afternoon: Scientists speed the development of enzymes that break down toxic chemicals : 7/01
- Stanford health policy experts offer new health insurance proposal : 7/01
- Paul Ehrlich named Eminent Ecologist for 2001 : 7/01
- Globalization conference to be held at Stanford : 7/01
- Selection of Oliveiras' nearly 100 art gifts on view: 7/01
- 'Corot to Picasso' shows development of modern European art; 7/01
- Physicists find a new, striking difference between matter and antimatter :7/01
- Ionesco's The Chairs opens July 19 at Stanford ; 7/01
- MEDIA ADVISORY: School of Engineering to host nanotechnology symposium July 19 ; 7/01
- Search continues for missing student : 7/01
August
- Yearlong sequences highlight fall Continuing Studies offerings: 8/01
- Risk experts hold international summit aimed at mitigating Pacific Rim disasters: 8/01
- Students race Route 66 in world's longest solar car challenge: 8/01
- Graduate housing stipend program expanded: 8/01
- Two journalists added to Knight Fellowships' 2001 roster :9/01
- Science, Technology and Society: a major for the 21st century :8/01
- Smashing apples and targeting Tupperware: Science is hands-on during 'Bring Our Boys to SLAC Day' :8/01
- Scientists map the complete genome of an important agricultural bacterium :8/01
- Columbia official named vice provost for student affairs: 8/01
September
- Salamander tunnel opens beneath Junipero Serra Boulevard : 9/01
- Statement by President John Hennessy on Jim Clark's stem cell announcement: 8/01
- Stanford helps launch new charter high school serving East Palo Alto and Menlo Park: 9/01
- Lights, camera, action: Film studies rolling at Stanford : 9/01
- New tactic employed in promoting undergraduate education : 9/01
- Rosemary Leute, graduate student administrator, dies at 64 : 9/01
- Carl Djerassi reflects on the Pill as it nears its 50th birthday :9/01
- Former Religious Studies Professor Robert McAfee Brown Dead at 81
- PRESS ADVISORY: 09/01
- Stanford scientist compares impact of World Trade Center attack to a nuclear bomb explosion: 9/01
- Panel of Stanford experts to discuss terrorism: 9/01
- Music Department launches new chamber music initiative :9/01
- Naturally Dangerous debunks scientific legends with surprising facts about food, health and the environment:9/01
- Hong Kong Ballet's Oct. 5 performance at Stanford canceled :09/01
- Bizarre new protein blocks a real-life terminator, Stanford researchers find : 09/01
October
- Stanford's Channel 51 to go off the air Oct. 31 :10/01
- Stanford invites its neighbors to Community Day
- Panel to discuss crossroads of technology, politics, culture :10/01
- nobel turns 100 : 10/01
- How the prize changed Stanford's winners : 10/01
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- Lee Cronbach, pioneer in education psychology, dead at 85 : 10/01
- Lee Cronbach, pioneer in education psychology, dead at 85 : 10/01
- Stanford's Spence wins Nobel Prize for economics: 10/01
- Habitat Restoration Day planned at Dish area :10/01
- Second Sunday Jazz Series returns Oct. 14 :10/01
- Stanford Law School panels to address questions raised by events of Sept. 11 :10/01
- Stein Visiting Writer Vikram Seth to read from work Oct. 17 :10/01
- New Web magazine spotlights Stanford science, technology :10/01
- BENAZIR BHUTTO, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN, TO SPEAK AT STANFORD :10/01
- Stanford launches campus-wide Environmental Initiative: 10/01
- 'Genetic Shopping' debate should set off some fireworks :10/01
- Symposium to honor retirement of Professor Gil Masters :10/01
- Information session on MLA Program set for Thursday : 10/01
- Photographer Nicholas Nixon to speak Saturday; reception, open house will follow : 10/01
- Scowcroft, former Creative Writing director, dies at 85 :10/01
- UN Film Festival brings timely documentaries to Stanford :10/01
- Stanford program examines human diversity of sexuality, gender :10/01
- Scholars discuss technology in light of terror attacks :10/01
- Jessica Riskin: Historian of science looks at automata and the quest for 'artificial life' :10/01
- Committee to advise on Dish recreation use named :10/01
- Archaeologist's discovery makes a joyful noise :10/01
- Hoover Institution and SIEPR host conference on the California energy crisis :10/01
- Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass to read work Thursday :10/01
- Cantor Center exhibit looks at contemporary South African art :10/01
- Astrobiologist and national security expert Christopher Chyba named 2001 MacArthur Fellow :10/01
- Cantor Center exhibit looks at contemporary South African art :10/01
- Betting on climate change: Alaskan gambling contest yields treasure trove of scientific data :10/01
- Author Mary Gordon to read, discuss work :10/01
- Recognizing racism matters, says Stanford administrator LaDoris Cordell :10/01
- Psychologist Ernest R. Hilgard, hypnosis pioneer, dead at 97 :10/01
- Faculty Senate approves new environmental degree program :10/01
- Race, ethnicity research institute gets $5 million boost :10/01
- Faculty Senate approves revised tenure clock extension :10/01
- Medical technology will be topic of free program Saturday :10/01
- Scott awarded Whitaker grant to improve a minimally invasive treatment for breast cancer :10/01
- Stanford scientists discuss the nature of human nature at Bay Area science festival :10/01
November
- Seven Stanford scholars elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science :11/01
- "The Good News About the New, New Economy": Roundtable discussion scheduled for Monday at Stanford :11/01
- Continuing Studies to hold series on terror attacks, aftermath :11/01
- Eminent literary critic Sir Frank Kermode to speak at Stanford :11/01
- Eighteen months of planning for campaign's road show :11/01
- 'Think Again' tour makes inaugural stop in Portland, Ore. :11/01
- Stanford's HighWire Press loads record number of free online articles
- Stanford scientists to probe inner workings of remarkable microbe
- Structural engineer to discuss impact of the World Trade Center collapse
- Jane Stanford Time Capsule Contest :11/01
- New detector to monitor neutrinos from nuclear reactors :11/01
- Local ACLU director to discuss racial profiling in the wake of Sept. 11 :11/01
- Alberta Siegel, child development expert and first tenured female medical faculty member, dead at 70 :11/01
- Stanford's Continuing Studies Program serves up diverse courses, free programs :11/01
- Fitting a classroom onto a dime: 11/01
- Former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt to speak on 'An Environmental Agenda for the 21st Century': 11/01
- New Biofilm Research Center will explore the wonderful world of slime: 11/01
- Structural engineer to discuss impact of the World Trade Center collapse: 11/01
- Carnegie Institution of Washington launches new ecology department at Stanford: 11/01
- Environmental program reunion showcases the rewards of interdisciplinary study: 11/01
- Go beyond 'evil' in analyzing terror attacks, Zajonc says: 11/01
- David Abernethy wins award for volunteer service: 11/01
- Stanford political scientist Michael McFaul takes a revolutionary new look at Russian politics: 11/01
- McFaul takes knowledge of Russia to the Oval Office: 11/01
- Exhibition at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center features "Men at Work": 11/01
- SLAC to host symposium celebrating 10th anniversary of first website in America: 11/01
- Director emeritus of the Hoover Institution, longtime University of California Regent, dead at 77: 11/01
December
- Psychology Professor David Rumelhart wins Grawemeyer Award :12/01
- Scientists study how the lobster's nose knows: 12/01
- Structural engineer describes what went wrong inside the World Trade Center on Sept. 11: 12/01
- Campus asked to debate principles of distance education: 12/01
- Some of Stanford's distance learning projects: 12/01
- Beware of leap year when predicting climate change, warns researcher: 12/01
- Stanford creates memorial scholarships to honor alumni killed Sept. 11: 12/01
- MEDIA ADVISORY: 12/01
- Three Stanford students named Rhodes and Marshall scholars: 12/01
- Census 2000 project finds compelling trends in race, ethnicity: 12/01
- Stanford offers admission to 558 Early Decision applicants: 12/01
- Campus reacts to events of Sept. 11 with courses in a range of fields: 12/01
- Internet law pioneer and former Yahoo! General Counsel John Place named executive director of Stanford's Center for Internet and Society: 12/01