Medical center offers matching funds to aid Haiti effort

The Medical School, the Department of Medicine and Stanford Hospital & Clinics have offered a dollar-for-dollar challenge grant of $25,000 to support patient care at Hopital Albert Schweitzer in Port-au-Prince, which withstood the Jan. 12 quake and is functioning as a major treatment center. Read more.

Q&A with Byron Reeves on avatars in the workplace

Byron Reeves, professor of communication and co-founder of the H-STAR Institute at Stanford, spoke with the News Service about avatars at work, the ethical questions they raise and the "secret sauce" that makes them so appealing. Read more.

How VanDerveer put women's basketball on the map

Coach Tara VanDerveer took the Cardinal women's basketball team from doormat to dynamo and helped boost women's athletics. But as far as she's concerned, it's still a work in progress.  In the latest issue of Stanford magazine, VanDerveer talks about her nearly 25 years on the Farm. Read more.

Campus Announcements »

• Hennessy testifies at congressional hearing today: At 10:30 this morning in the Fisher Conference Center at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, President John Hennessy will testify at the open hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The topic of the hearing is "The Impact of U.S. Export Controls on National Security, Science and Technological Leadership." The hearing will be webcast live.
• University creates Haiti Earthquake website: The page, launched Thursday, provides information about campus fundraising efforts – and links to organizations collecting donations. Visit the website.

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• 3 p.m. Jan. 15
  King Institute Open House

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