2009 News Releases
Below you will find an index to the 2009 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 21
December 18
- Stanford University reports FY2009 financial results
- Stanford technology helps scholars get 'big picture' of the Enlightenment
- Seven new AAAS fellows elected from Stanford
December 16
- Obama's first year: Stanford's David Brady looks back
- Global warming could harm U.S. wine, corn production, Stanford scientists say
- Falling through the cracks: Stanford researchers track the lost water of Napa Valley vineyards
December 15
December 14
- Stanford admits 753 early applicants
- Going vertical: Stanford researchers advise fleeing tsunamis by moving up, not out
- Stanford researchers: Ethanol results in higher ozone concentrations than gasoline
December 10
December 8
December 7
- Venture capitalist Ram Shriram elected to Board of Trustees
- At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery
- Media Advisory: Stanford climate researchers at Copenhagen talks available for comment
December 4
- Stanford's Dostoevsky biographer concludes acclaimed series
- Stanford conference on Afghanistan, Pakistan draws passion, anger
December 2
December 1
- Q&A: Hoover's Henriksen on Obama's expected troop increase in Afghanistan
- Four Stanford alums named Marshall Scholars; one wins Mitchell
November 23
November 19
November 12
November 11
- Stanford study: Earth's early ocean cooled more than a billion years earlier than thought
- 'Quirky, off-kilter' Stanford author gets $50K award
November 10
November 4
November 3
- Karla Lemon, accomplished Stanford conductor, dead at 55
- Tags reveal white sharks have neighborhoods in the North Pacific, Stanford researchers say
November 2
October 28
October 27
- Stanford researchers awarded $6.27 million to study energy efficiency and human behavior
- Poet Robinson Jeffers and wife, Una, 'tell their own story' in newly published letters
October 24
October 23
October 21
- 'Chant camp' comes to Stanford with early music ensemble Anonymous 4
- Stanford Management Company exploring possible secondary sale
October 19
- Stanford moves aggressively to cut energy use, reduce carbon impact
- Study: Shifting the world to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2030 - here are the numbers
October 14
- Stanford center leads discussion on retooling California constitution
- Stanford scholars discuss the future of the essay at Litquake festival
October 13
October 12
October 9
October 8
October 6
- Stanford to test outdoor siren warning system on Oct. 15
- U.S. Department of Education grant aids emergency planning
October 1
September 30
September 28
September 25
September 23
September 18
September 17
- Cantor showcases Stanford faculty artists, photographers, sculptors, printmakers and filmmakers
- Futurity, an online outlet for research news, is launched by Stanford and other leading universities
- Q&A: Stanford’s David Holloway on Obama’s missile defense plan
September 3
September 1
August 25
August 24
- Media multitaskers pay mental price, Stanford study shows
- Stanford researchers grow nanowire crystals for 3-D microchips
August 21
August 14
August 13
- Former diplomat Ronald P. Spogli elected to Board of Trustees
- Stanford undergrads work to create bacteria that would detect and treat intestinal diseases like an internal mini-doctor
August 12
August 5
- Cantor exhibition spotlights Asian acquisitions from Zhou dynasty to modern East Asia
- Lefty or Righty? A new hold on how we think
July 31
July 23
July 16
July 14
July 13
July 10
- Light-absorbing nanowires may make better solar panels, Stanford researchers say
- Marcia McNutt, Stanford geophysicist, to be nominated to head U.S. Geological Survey
July 8
June 26
June 17
June 14
June 10
June 8
June 6
June 3
June 2
June 1
May 27
- Following is an excerpt from Michel Serres' 'The Parasite' (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982):
- Michel Serres, one of France's 'immortels,' tells the 'grand recit' at Stanford
May 26
- Economist Garth Saloner to head Stanford's Graduate School of Business
- New grants promote arts at Stanford
- Stanford's Woods Institute awards new round of Environmental Venture Projects
May 20
May 19
- Real or forgery? Scholars gather at Stanford to debate origin of ancient Chinese text
- Stanford scientists find heat-tolerant coral reefs that may resist climate change
May 18
May 13
May 12
- Database detailing thousands of Martin Luther King Jr. documents goes online
- French professor, author and world soccer expert dies at 87
- Current MFA exhibition is collaborative, inflatable
- Scientists urge world leaders to respond cooperatively to Pacific Ocean threats
- Continuing Studies summer registration begins May 18
May 11
May 8
- High-pressure compound could be key to hydrogen-powered vehicles
- Experts gather at Stanford for public forum on energy efficiency
May 7
May 6
- Framework for managing land crisis to be focus of Boething Lecture at Stanford
- Twelve U.S. journalists awarded Knight Fellowships at Stanford
May 5
May 4
- Stanford researchers chart response to swine flu with online survey
- Stanford's online high school adds grades seven, eight and nine
May 1
April 28
- Stanford scholar illuminates forgotten life of Isaac Rosenfeld
- Stanford completes sale of $1 billion of taxable bonds
April 22
- Stanford exhibition, symposium spotlights 'The First Hebrew City'
- Stanford researchers seek low-cost solutions to Africa's sanitation crisis
April 21
- Stanford plans upcoming debt offering
- World's most powerful X-ray machine debuts at SLAC
- California high school exit exam gets a failing grade in Stanford study
April 16
April 15
- Cool product: $20 artificial knee for patients in the developing world
- Nanoribbons from sliced open nanotubes: new, faster, more accurate method from Stanford researchers
April 14
April 8
April 7
- Earth Day founder Denis Hayes at Stanford April 14
- Panel to discuss energy independence, climate change
April 3
April 2
April 1
- Stanford admission rate of 7.6 percent most competitive in university's history
- In the spirit of John Muir, walking from San Francisco to Yosemite Valley
- It's a hot ticket: Free Stanford course on developing software for iPhone and iPod touch comes to iTunes U
- Stanford's 50-year-old archive celebrates sound
- In new book, Felstiner asks: 'Can poetry save the Earth?'
March 31
- Infinite universes popping out of nothingness: Tufts cosmologist gives the 2009 Hofstadter physics lecture at Stanford
- Documentary honors gifted Stanford alumna who died homeless
March 24
March 18
- Clark W. Reynolds, Stanford economist who focused on Latin America, dead at 74
- Summit on April 4 to define public service goals over the next decade
March 17
- Stanford researchers develop biodegradable substitutes for wood, plastic bottles and other common materials
- New exhibition balances art and technology
March 16
- Lorenz Eitner, founding spirit behind Stanford's museum and art department, dies at 89
- Speedier flexible electronics possible with new fabrication process
- AAA maps of California find their way to Stanford library
March 11
- Kosuke Ishii, known for teaching manufacturing design, is dead at 51
- $10 million gift endows graduate interdisciplinary program on the environment
March 10
March 9
- NATO expert Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall joins national security team
- Woods Institute names 19 Leopold Leadership Fellows
March 5
March 4
March 3
- Innovative composer brings world premiere to Stanford on March 7
- Two current students and alumna awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships
March 2
February 25
February 24
- Push to improve K-12 education takes root in local high school's backyard
- Psychological headwind keeps women, minorities from sprinting ahead of their peers, study finds
- Three Stanford researchers awarded Sloan Fellowships
- Reversing ecology reveals ancient environments
- History Professor James Campbell: Will history bring us together or drive us apart?
February 20
February 18
- Cantor's passion for Rodin: Complete collection on display for the first time ever
- Using X-rays to tease hidden secrets from dinosaurs and old documents
- Stanford researcher spotlights antebellum artists who protested slavery
February 17
- Climate change likely to be more devastating than experts predicted, warns top IPCC scientist
- Needed: women and minorities as physical scientists
- Engineers create intelligent molecules that seek-and-destroy diseased cells
- When fish farms are built along the coast, where does the waste go?
- Media often fails in its coverage of global warming, says Stanford climate researcher
- Provocative historian of the Middle Ages to speak at Stanford
- Stanford honors Miles Davis' landmark 'Kind of Blue'
- Statement from Stanford University regarding Stanford Financial Group
February 14
February 13
- Ariel Levite to deliver 2009 Drell Lecture: "A Moment of Truth for Nuclear Energy"
- When it comes to elephant love calls, the answer lies in a bone-shaking triangle
February 12
February 11
February 9
February 5
February 4
February 2
- Global Climate and Energy Project broadens access to its technology; new director announces $5.6 million in research awards
- For social phobics, it's easier to shrug off violent images than a scowling face
January 30
January 28
January 27
January 26
January 16
- Stanford researchers show adaptation plays a significant role in human evolution
- Rixford Snyder, 'Dean of the Danube,' dead at 100
January 15
January 14
- Graduate student Ketaki Gokhale awarded Daniel Pearl Internship
- Buildup to World War II explored in Hoover Institution exhibit
January 13
- Dogs, cats and mountain photography featured in library exhibitions
- Justice Anthony Kennedy to give Commencement address
January 12
January 9
January 6
- Life on Earth got bigger in two, million-fold leaps, says Stanford researcher
- Program that teaches entrepreneurship to engineers wins recognition