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• Why Aren't There More Female Leaders in Technology?

  BNET - 2009-08-03

  At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, an innovation panel discusses ways to encourage women to join the computer industry. Many women come to the industry through other sides of the business--like marketing--and need mentoring and encouragement to find their inner geeks. Panelists include Marissa Mayer, vice president of search...

  Tags: Women, Leader, Industry, Gender And Diversity, Productivity, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, AlwaysOn Summit, Stanford University, Computer Science

• Stanford University and Innovations for Learning Team to Bring Revolutionary $50 Handheld Computer to Latin America

  - 2008-07-01

  CHICAGO & PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Stanford University's School of Education and Innovations for Learning, a Chicago-based nonprofit, have entered into a social entrepreneurship collaboration to bring the $50 Teachermate Handheld Computer to extremely underserved indigenous children in Latin America. Teachermate is a compact mobile learning tool that resembles...

  Tags: computer, entrepreneurship, Handhelds, HARDWARE, innovation, mobile, PRODUCTIVITY, Stanford University, team

• Certess TAB Member David Dill to Present on New Trends in Functional Verification at DVClub Luncheon

  - 2008-05-20

  CAMPBELL, Calif. -- David Dill, professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and Certess Technical Advisory Board Member, will present on new trends in functional verification at the DVCon luncheon in Milpitas, CA on May 22, 2008. The event is free, with lunch provided by sponsors Cadence,...

  Tags: Cadence Design Systems Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., PRODUCTIVITY, Stanford University

• Eli Blatt Joins The Brookeside Group to Further Expand the Company's Business and Software Development Team

  - 2007-06-11

  Blatt, a PhD candidate in Anthropological Sciences at Stanford University, will be applying his expertise in human behavior towards The Brookeside Group's research into Customer Loyalty ACTON, Mass. -- The Brookeside Group Inc., a management consulting firm that provides tools and techniques for improving customer loyalty, is pleased to...

  Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SALES, Stanford University, technique, tool

• Stanford Opens Realistic Surgical Simulation Center

  - 2007-05-29

  STANFORD, Calif. -- A new simulation facility at the Stanford University Medical Center will give medical residents, staff and students a first chance to experience surgery without the high stakes of a real operation. The Goodman Simulation Center at Stanford is now open and complements other simulation facilities at...

  Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Stanford, Stanford University, surgery, training

• URBAN COWBOY

  - 2007-04-06

  A little taste of Texas comes to the Cow Palace via the 62nd Grand National Rodeo, Horse and Stock Show today through April 14. The first Wrangler Pro Rodeo Tour highlights this year's event, dubbed "Action With Attitude." Cowboys and cowgirls can enjoy bareback riding, steer wrestling,...

  Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Stanford University

• Severe PTSD Damages Children's Brains, Stanford/Packard Study Shows

  - 2007-03-05

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Severe stress can damage a child's brain, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The researchers found that children with post-traumatic stress disorder and high levels of the stress hormone cortisol were likely to experience a decrease in the size...

  Tags: HEALTHCARE, PRODUCTIVITY, researcher, SOFTWARE, Stanford, Stanford University

• Cleft Palate in Fetal Mice Prevented by Treating Mother, Stanford/Packard Study Finds

  - 2007-02-11

  Research May Pave Way to New Methods of Preventing Birth Defects in Humans STANFORD, Calif. -- Mice engineered to have cleft palates can be rescued in utero by injecting the mothers with a small molecule to correct the defect, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and...

  Tags: defect, HARDWARE, Mice, molecule, mouse, PRODUCTIVITY, protein, Stanford, Stanford University

• BuilConn: Cisco's Connected Real Estate Roundtable

  BNET - 2006-10-01

  Center For Integrated Facility Engineering CIFE research shows that Virtual Design and Construction emerges in phases: visualization, followed by computer-based data integration and finally automation of design, construction, and operational activities. This white paper lays out some of the owner requirements to support IP- and computer-based integration of building systems....

  Tags: Stanford University, Cisco Systems Inc., Connected Corp., Productivity

• Taking cancer personally helps in the treatment.

  - 2006-03-15

  Byline: Jill Margo Mar 15, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Personalised treatment regimes may be more effective than standard chemotherapy against cancer, says a US...

  Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Stanford University