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• Stanford Medical School Severely Restricts Industry Funding of Continuing Education for Physicians

  - 2008-08-26

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The Stanford University School of Medicine will no longer accept support from pharmaceutical or device companies for specific programs in continuing medical education, as industry-directed funding may compromise the integrity of these education programs for practicing physicians, officials said. The action on CME builds on a...

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• Stanford School of Medicine Breaks Ground for New Education Facility with Support from Philanthropist Li Ka-Shing

  - 2008-04-28

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The Stanford University School of Medicine has started building its first new home in 50 years. The modern, five-story building will be known as the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge after its major benefactor, Hong Kong entrepreneur Li Ka-shing, a longtime supporter of Stanford...

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• Stanford University Law Professor Lawrence Lessig Sets Sights on Corruptive Influence of Money in Politics

  - 2008-03-20

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• Update: AMIA Announces Stanford University as Newest 10x10 Program Partner

  - 2007-07-30

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• Rice to visit Silicon Valley, promote science education

  - 2007-05-22

  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday will visit James Flood School in Menlo Park and Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto as part of a two-day trip to California during which she will host the Australian minister for foreign affairs, Alexander Downer. The Silicon Valley stop will include...

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• Bosch Endows Engineering Chair at Stanford University

  - 2007-05-16

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• Six vie for three seats on Menlo Park Council

  - 2006-10-17

  MENLO PARK -- In Menlo Park, projected budget shortfalls and controversial issues such as privatization of city services and adding sports fields to Bayfront Park have drawn out a contentious field of candidates split into two distinct camps. In one corner, incumbents Lee Duboc and Mickie Winkler...

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• Ideology blackens schooling research.

  - 2005-10-04

  Byline: Bernard Lane Oct 04, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- US academic Terry Moe says education research is often of poor quality and biased by ideology. Moe,...

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• Education Conference: Transforming Our Schools for Effective Teaching and Learning at Stanford University, Nov. 4, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

  - 2004-10-19

  Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Oct. 19 AScribe Newswire -- John Morgridge, Chairman of Cisco Systems, will give the keynote address at the "Coming of Age for Educational Leadership: Transforming Our Schools for Effective Teaching and Learning" conference to be held...

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• New Study Shows How Current K-12 and Postsecondary Policies Undermine College Success

  - 2003-02-25

  News Advisory: On March 4, the Bridge Project at Stanford University, in conjunction with the Institute for Educational Leadership, will release national findings about well-intended institutional, state and national policies that hinder the adequate preparation of high school students for college. The report, called Betraying the College Dream: How...

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