Soros Fellowships awarded to six students and alums

Three current Stanford Medical School students and three undergraduate alumni are among this year's recipients of Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, which recognize the achievements of  young immigrants or children of immigrants.

Memorial services for Al Roderigues planned for this week

Longtime assistant men's volleyball coach Al Roderigues died Friday of cancer. There will be a visitation this evening from 5-7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Church at 703 C Street in Union City, and a mass in his honor on Thursday, March 25, at 10 a.m. A campus memorial is being planned.

Scientists explore what really makes us unique

The key to human individuality may lie not in our genes but in the sequences that surround and control them, according to research by scientists at Stanford School of Medicine and Yale University. Michael Snyder, chair of genetics at Stanford, is lead author of two recent papers on the subject.

Campus Announcements »

• Pregnant?: Learn about income and health care benefits during the period you're away from work, and when and how to apply for them, at the maternity and childcare benefits seminar at noon Thursday, March 25, in the Bambi Modular, Conference Room 6 (320 Panama St.). Open to faculty and staff, the session will include information about the Child Care Subsidy Grant. Sign up through STARS via Axess.

Students and parents pick Stanford as the NUMBER ONE DREAM COLLEGE in Princeton Review survey . . .

Events »

• Noon March 25
  Momfulness — Parenting with Mindfulness and Compassion

In the News »

• New York Times 3.21.10
  Education first, beating UConn a close second

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