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• STANFORD NEWS: Stanford Management Company Report Issued

  - 2008-09-23

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The Stanford University Merged Pool MP generated a 6.2 percent investment return for the 12 months ended June 30, 2008, according to the Stanford Management Company SMC. The MP is Stanford's primary investment pool and includes most of the university's endowment and expendable funds, as well as...

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• The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS).(noted & quoted)(Brief article)

  - 2008-05-01

  The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services ALCTS announced that Victoria Reich is the recipient of the 2008 Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award. Currently, Reich is the director (and co-founder) of the LOCKSS Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe Program at Stanford University ...

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• Rice's spokesman denies speculation she hopes to be VP

  - 2008-04-07

  WASHINGTON AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will return to Stanford University when President George W. Bush steps down in January, her spokesman said Monday, denying rumors she sought political office. "If she's actively seeking the vice presidency, then she's the last one to know about it,"...

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• Gov. Schwarzenegger Cancels Talk at Hoover Dinner for Conference on Nuclear Weapons

  - 2007-10-24

  After-Dinner Panel Still Scheduled; Features Henry Kissinger, William Perry, Sam Nunn STANFORD, Calif. -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will not attend tonight's Hoover Institution dinner at the Stanford University Faculty Club, as was earlier planned. He and his staff alerted Hoover Institution officials that he must be in Southern...

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• Big Oil U Pilloried on 'Boston Legal' Season Premier

  - 2007-09-26

  To: EDUCATION EDITORSContact: John M. Simpson of Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, +1-310-392-0522, ext. 317, +1-310-292-1902, cell SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ABC's popular show "Boston Legal" took its plot for the season premier from the controversy surrounding Big Oil's growing influence on the nation's colleges and...

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• SEVERE TRAUMA AFFECTS CHILD'S BRAIN FUNCTION.

  - 2007-09-01

  The first study to examine brain activity patterns in severely traumatized children showed their brains function differently than those of healthy children, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children.s Hospital. The study hints at the biological underpinnings of...

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• Severe Trauma Affects Kids' Brain Function, Say Stanford/Packard Researchers

  - 2007-07-26

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The first study to examine brain activity patterns in severely traumatized children showed their brains function differently than those of healthy children, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The study hints at the biological underpinnings of the disorder...

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• 'Star Trek'-Type Scanning May Reveal Genetic Activity of Tumors, Stanford Study Shows

  - 2007-05-21

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Peering into the body and visualizing its molecular secrets, once the stuff of science fiction, is one step closer to reality with a study from researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The research team...

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• Stanford Pumps Life into Effort to Build India's Emergency Medical System

  - 2007-05-09

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Though it's the world's second-most-populous nation, India has never had a coordinated system for responding to medical emergencies. Now the Stanford University School of Medicine is entering into a partnership with an Indian enterprise to help the country bring a sweeping 911-type emergency response system to life....

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• Express Scripts Announces the Nomination of Woodrow A. Myers to Board of Directors.

  - 2007-04-24

  M2 PRESSWIRE-24 April 2007-Early Watch: Express Scripts Announces the Nomination of Woodrow A. Myers to Board of DirectorsC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24042007 Market Gainer is quickly emerging as the one stop shop for international small-cap investors looking to stay a step...

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