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Authors Nicole Krauss, Kiyo Sato win 2008 Saroyan Prize
Two very different female writers are this year's recipients of the third William Saroyan International Prize for Writing (also known as the Saroyan Prize). Stanford University Libraries, in partnership with the William Saroyan Foundation, announced the winners during a ceremony today at Stanford.
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Three Books program explores youth, choice, self-identity
Three very different explorations of self-identity were mailed to incoming Stanford students several weeks ago as part of this year's "Three Books" program. The authors will appear together Sept. 17 on a panel during New Student Orientation.
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Stanford's "autonomous" helicopters teach themselves to fly
Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers.
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UC-Davis communications chief to lead university communications at Stanford
Lisa Lapin, chief communications officer for the University of California-Davis, has been appointed assistant vice president for university communications, David Demarest, Stanford's vice president for public affairs, announced Thursday.
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Beijing Olympics mark best-ever performance by Stanford athletes
Stanford athletes raked in 25 medals during this month’s Olympic Games, breaking a university record. The total haul by current and former members of the Cardinal roster included eight gold, 13 silver and four bronze medals.
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Nathaniel Gage, 'giant among educational researchers,' dead at 91
Nathaniel "Nate" Lees Gage, a Stanford professor emeritus of education who has been called the "father of modern research on teaching," died Aug. 17 at Stanford Hospital. He was 91.
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Q & A: Freeman Spogli Institute's Gail Lapidus discusses conflict in Georgia
In an interview with 'Stanford Report', Gail Lapidus, a senior fellow emerita at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, discussed the buildup to the crisis in Georgia, its toll on the region and the role of the United States.
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Biologists say individual actions are key to ensuring biodiversity, healthy future
Preserving a substantial amount of biodiversity is critical to a healthy future, but how best to do that has been a subject of ongoing debate. A multi-pronged approach is the only way humanity can pull it off, according to Stanford biologists Paul Ehrlich and Robert Pringle.
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Method could help fight drug-resistant diseases
Stanford researchers have developed a method to get around one of the most common forms of drug resistance. To do it, they took a tip from nature.
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Longtime Political Science Department staffer dead at 89
A memorial Mass will be celebrated in Los Altos on Friday, Sept. 5, for Ann Elizabeth Rafferty, a longtime university employee who died Aug. 2, 2008, of chronic pulmonary occlusion. She was 89.
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