2005 News Releases
Below you will find an index to the 2005 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.
December 16
- Stanford University reports FY2005 financial results
- Stanford chemist Eric Hutchinson, who designed official university heraldry, dies at 84
December 15
December 12
- Stanford University statement on one-day strike
- Stanford Management Company CEO Mike McCaffery to resign
December 7
- Researchers urge better understanding of true costs of industrial poultry and hog production
- Rene Girard to be inducted into the French Academy this month
December 6
- San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth reveals new insights into the 'earthquake machine'
- NASA gives Gravity Probe B team scientific achievement award
- Students strut their engineering stuff on Chasing Nature
- Enhancements to graduate education proposed
December 5
- Field scientists go digital with Stanford's ButterflyNet software
- Boyd Paulson Jr., Stanford engineering professor and affordable-housing advocate, dies at 59
- Robots can travel more safely with new software
December 2
December 1
November 29
November 28
- The Rev. J. Bryan Hehir to deliver Drell Lecture on nuclear weapons politics, ethics
- Four Stanford students chosen for Marshall Scholarships
November 23
- Kennell Jackson, historian of Africa and longtime resident fellow, dead at 64
- Researcher injured in laboratory explosion
- Statement by Stanford University responding to SEIU Local 715 and its call for a strike vote
November 21
November 18
November 17
November 16
- Lecture series on energy and the environment begins Nov. 29 with a panel on the future of oil
- CNN correspondent to join Confronting Katrina panel
November 15
- Musical training helps people process language more efficiently
- Kenneth Arrow named 2004 National Medal of Science winner
- Road to prosperous life brings Bienenstock full circle
November 9
November 8
November 7
- Architectural design major builds excitement among 'fuzzies' and 'techies' alike
- Researchers create faster, more efficient laser for communications
- Princeton astrophysicist Spergel to show 'baby pictures' of the universe at Bunyan Lecture
November 4
November 1
October 31
- Nov. 13 memorial set for physicist Marvin Chodorow
- Computer scientists create 'light field camera' banishing fuzzy photos
October 27
- Six professors elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- LOCKSS Alliance grows to 50 members since 2004
October 25
- Scientists discover new method for creating high-yield single-walled carbon nanotubes
- Tsakopoulos family endows new professorship at Stanford
- Dead Man Walking author to discuss capital punishment at Aurora Forum
- DNA size may be a crucial factor in genetic mutations, study finds
October 24
- Radiologist contributed to landmark study showing even low levels of radiation are unsafe
- Stanford innovation helps 'enlighten' silicon chips for better use in electronics
October 21
- Hans Samelson, renowned mathematician, dead; Nov. 6 memorial service set
- Marvin Chodorow, klystron pioneer and first chair of Applied Physics, dies
- Symposium on western water issues to be held at Stanford
- Stanford researchers to participate in new NIH Center for Protein Folding Machinery
October 20
October 19
- Cool fuel: Engineers advance fuel cell technology
- Class confronts race and poverty in the wake of Katrina
- Exhibit celebrates photographer and graphic designer Herbert Matter
- Stanford's Black Community Services Center to honor St. Clair Drake
- Stanford pushes to become leader in clinical legal education
October 18
October 17
- First director appointed for Stanford's new Ultrafast Science Center
- Selective logging causes widespread destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, study finds
October 13
October 12
October 11
- Sudden change in social status triggers genetic response in male fish, study finds
- Stanford's HighWire Press releases millionth free journal article
- Auto engineers from Stanford, GM and Bosch team up to make leaner, cleaner engines
- $25 million gift endows Stanford's Overseas Studies Program
- Institute launched to bring "design thinking" to product creation
October 9
October 4
- Stanford to unveil newly renovated hub for nanotech research
- Historic Red Barn opens doors to public for "Stanford Barn Day—The Legacy Continues"
- Conference to explore the social construction of ignorance
- Nobel physics winner Haensch has long connection to the Farm
October 3
- Putting relativity to the test, NASA's Gravity Probe B experiment is one step away from revealing if Einstein was right
- Disruptions in foreign oil likely, study finds; may affect fuel prices more than Katrina and Rita
- Satellite technology allows scientists to track warm sharks in cold polar seas
September 30
September 28
- Visiting physicists, political scientists seek global security solutions
- Researchers reveal how different parts of the brain compete in making decisions
- Next-generation global positioning technology is goal of new Stanford center
September 27
September 22
September 20
September 19
- Media advisory: Convocation ceremony to be held Sept. 20
- Ants, not evil spirits, create devil's gardens in the Amazon rainforest, study finds
September 14
- Miniature microscope allows biomedical researchers to observe tissue deep inside live subjects
- Nobel laureates and officials to discuss the future of the Nobel Prize
- Stanford Institute for International Studies gets new name, launches new programs
- Hurricane Katrina prompts outpouring of assistance from all over campus
- Interactive online books now available through TechPort training courses
September 12
September 7
September 6
- Romanian students come to Stanford to learn to make their country's first citizen-built satellites
- Stanford helps with hurricane-recovery efforts
September 4
September 1
August 25
- Christopher Field named first faculty director of Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
- Gold bowties may shed light on molecules and other nano-sized objects
August 24
August 18
August 15
August 11
August 8
August 3
August 2
August 1
July 29
July 27
- The dish on Makin' Hay: Sculpture draws mostly rave reviews
- Scientists develop nanotech-laser treatment that kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue
July 20
July 19
July 13
- Transatlantic partnership to create virtual medieval library
- Stanford Summer Theater to present Harold Pinter Festival
- Internet pioneer Vint Cerf to headline Stanford conference on Net's future
- Stanford security experts unveil defenses against 'phishing' attacks
July 12
July 11
- Robotic car qualifies for semifinals
- Team from Rocky Mountain News awarded Risser Prize; reporter for Sioux Falls Argus Leader cited
June 29
- Yale University dean chosen to lead Stanford admission and financial aid office
- Stanford launches Center for Computational Earth and Environmental Sciences
June 28
June 23
June 21
June 20
June 15
- Graduate engineers design a 'smart' ankle brace to reduce falls of the elderly
- Ham radio club uses Field Day to practice emergency communications
June 13
June 11
June 9
June 8
- Benjamin Paul, founding father of medical anthropology, dead at 94
- Honors Cooperative Program celebrates 50 years of educating professionals
June 7
- ADVISORY: Media registration required for Commencement
- Trustees approve plan to renovate Stanford Stadium
- Five new members elected to Board of Trustees
June 6
June 3
May 26
May 25
- Stanford software brings precision and practicality to nanotechnology
- SLAC goes Hollywood: Physicists featured in NOVA documentary on Einstein's famous equation
- Global Climate and Energy Project to hold first research symposium
- George B. Dantzig, operations research giant, dies at 90
May 24
- Holy trinitrotoluene! Professor and cartoonist team up to create cartoon chemistry textbook
- Authorities investigating unauthorized access to Career Development Center computer system
May 20
May 18
- Engineering dean delivers state of school address, outlines strategic initiatives
- Heavy metal meets world-class research: Welcome to the Machine Shop
- Stanford announces its entry in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
- Archimedes manuscript yields secrets under X-ray gaze
May 16
May 11
- Spring marks success of Stanford's black science and engineering students
- Stanford Institute for International Studies to be renamed this fall
- Stanford Institute for International Studies to be renamed this fall
May 9
- Engineering means business at EDAY '05
- Gravity Probe B mission, testing Einstein's theory of gravity, completes first year in space
- Stanford physicist Francis Everitt awarded NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
- Newsweek editor to deliver 17th annual John S. Knight Lecture
May 5
- Mosaic mouse technique offers a powerful new tool to study diseases and genetics
- Mosaic mouse technique offers a powerful new tool to study diseases and genetics
May 4
- Precision psychiatry: Engineering therapies for better mental health
- Twelve journalists selected as 2005-06 U.S. Knight Fellows
May 3
May 2
April 28
- Wayne S. Vucinich, father of East European studies, dead at 91
- Stanford Launches International Initiative with $94 Million in Gifts
April 27
- Germ risk assessment expert to deliver Shah Family Lecture
- Community Partnership Award winners to be honored on May 3
- Avishai Margalit, Hebrew University scholar, to deliver Tanner Lectures
April 26
April 25
- UC-Irvine student dies
- Migration study concludes that sweeping management changes are needed to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna
April 20
April 19
- UC-Irvine student remains critical after Sunday pool incident
- Ultra-fast X-ray pulses reveal how a solid melts into a liquid
- SLAC B-Factory Resumes Operations
- Designing women: Conference explores gendered innovations in science and engineering
- YWCA to provide sexual assault services at Vaden
- GATT Digital Library: 1947-1994 is released
April 16
April 12
- Experts to discuss direct democracy in California and its implications for the nation
- J. Myron Jacobstein, longtime law professor and law librarian, dead at 85
April 11
April 8
April 6
- Stanford Center for Professional Development launches certification program in computer security
- Elizabeth G. Cohen, founder of 'Complex Instruction,' dead at 73
- Book festival to celebrate campus authors, others
April 4
- SLAC technician and racquetball enthusiast Clyde L. Barker dies
- Stanford engineering class aims to ensure fresh water for tsunami victims
- Tibet's Dalai Lama to visit Stanford Nov. 4-5
March 31
March 30
- Jeremy Isenberg will present a civil engineer's perspective on homeland security at the Blume Lecture on April 7
- Ophthalmologists and physicists team up to design 'bionic eye'
- Stanford Events Executive Director Lois Wagner to retire in August
- Conference to explore how feminist scholarship has revolutionized knowledge
March 28
March 24
March 22
- Stanford University and Rosewood Hotels & Resorts plan small luxury hotel in Menlo Park
- Stanford to host symposium on new techniques in biomedical imaging March 25-26
March 16
March 15
March 14
March 11
- Santa Cruz Avenue to be closed until after Thanksgiving
- Ford, Shell promoted to new development roles
- Ford, Shell, promoted to new development roles
- Chemical engineer Kao explores antibiotic synthesis with DNA chips
March 9
March 8
March 7
March 4
March 1
- Fighting terrorism: It takes a village
- Stanford researchers among hundreds protesting U.S. germ research policy
February 28
February 25
- Bill Lane makes a gift of $5 million to endow Stanford's Center for the Study of the North American West
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center victorious in lawsuit brought by former employee
February 19
February 18
February 17
February 16
- New fellowship aims to foster, support democracy abroad
- Terrorism, technological advances highlighted at economic summit
- Stanford to issue periodic private property notices on Saturday, Feb. 19
February 15
- Charles Yanofsky named National Medal of Science winner
- String theorist explores dark energy and our unique 'pocket' of the universe
February 14
- Five Stanford professors elected to National Academy of Engineering
- In 2003-04, Bay Area newspapers chose more trivial stories than before but still beat local newscasts, according to Grade the News
February 10
- The Global Climate and Energy Project awards $9 million to researchers at Stanford and collaborating institutions
- 'Quantum Diaries' reveal the secret lives of modern physicists
February 9
February 8
- In wake of Harvard president's comments, Stanford professors discuss gender in math, science and engineering education
- Board of Trustees approves tuition rate hikes
February 7
February 4
February 2
- The state of the black community 50 years since : Progress or regress?
- Gender in math, science and engineering: Stanford researchers discuss the evidence
- New study analyzes how urban high school students got turned on to math
- New study analyzes how urban high school students got turned on to math
February 1
- Poet Sekou Sundiata brings his story about illness, recovery to stage
- Two dorm intrusions reported over the weekend, one suspect arrested
January 31
January 28
January 26
- David Demarest appointed vice president for public affairs
- Richard Zare awarded the 2005 Wolf Prize in chemistry
January 24
- Korea Foundation gives $2 million for professorship at Stanford
- Senate approves academic calendar revision
January 20
January 19
- Ohio building designer David Lenox named Stanford University Architect
- Historic Selma-to-Montgomery march pictured in campus photo exhibit
- Entries sought for Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism
January 18
January 14
January 11
- New lensless imaging technique opens door to nanoscale world
- Discovering Dickens community reading project returns with Hard Times
- Campus events to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
January 6
- Stanford to hold noontime vigil today for tsunami victims
- Silicon Valley visionary Steve Jobs to deliver Stanford Commencement address
- Business and investment law expert William C. Lazier dead at 73