Katz appointed to new strategic planning position
Roberta Katz, the former senior vice president of Netscape Communications, will become the University’s associate vice president of strategic planning starting Monday, according to The Stanford Report. President John Hennessy selected the former alumna for the newly created position to coordinate and assist faculty and deans throughout many of [...]

Physicists moved steps closer to explaining the reason for solely matter comprising our universe following an Aug. 2 experiment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. The results of the BaBar experiment at SLAC, the laboratory owned by the Department of Energy and run by Stanford, announced striking differences in the behavior of matter versus [...]

The Democratic National Convention offered a chance for party loyalists, lobbying groups and an entire new generation of voters — including Stanford students — to rally behind presidential hopeful John Kerry. The four-day event took place at the Boston Fleet Center from July 26 through July 29 and included the faces of a handful of [...]

A group of Stanford alumni have taken a step toward stopping the spread of serious disease, including HIV, during surgical procedures. Special Devices Medical Incorporated recently developed a new line of surgical instruments meant to prevent sharp injuries.
The company, headed by CEO Joseph Spranza, has spent the last three years working intensively to bring safer [...]

When Whitney Laughlin was a college counselor at the Native American Preparatory School 10 years ago, the only post-secondary programs that were available for native students were either career-oriented or focused entirely on recruitment.
“There wasn’t really anything for really motivated students that wanted to go further than community college,” Laughlin said.
The problem existed on the [...]

Every year over 100,000 tourists and prospective students stream through Stanford campus, often attending a campus tours or stopping by Hoover Tower for the sweeping view; of these, approximately 60 percent come during the summer, and the busiest time of the summer is the first two weeks of August.
“Visitors come with a wide range of [...]

I love being a Giants fan. I love hating the Dodgers because it’s so ludicrously easy to root against them. Coming into the trade deadline, the division leaders chose to make a deal so shortsighted it is sure to make their fans long for the days when only the Bums’ on-the-field actions prevented them from [...]

The U.S. Olympic volleyball team, led by dominating Stanford alum Logan Tom, enacted some revenge on the Cuban squad on Sunday to capture a bronze medal at the World Grand Prix in Italy. Cuba, the Olympic gold medal team in the last three Games, defeated the U.S. 3-2 in the first round of the competition [...]

California and San Jose State joined Stanford at Monday’s Bay Area football kick-off luncheon, and while both teams wear blue and gold, they present quite a contrast.
Cal, ranked No. 15 nationally in the pre-season media poll, will battle national No. 1 Southern California for the Pacific-10 Conference’s Bowl Championship Series berth. The Golden Bears were [...]

At this year’s Bay Area college football kickoff luncheon, Stanford head coach Buddy Teevens and several of his players spoke with enthusiasm about spring practice, summer conditioning and an improved attitude as the 2004 season approaches.
August breeds optimism, so while the Cardinal has not forgotten the last two painful years, it believes that this is [...]