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Stanford news from around the Web for Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/09/01/the-daily-brief-sept-1-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>The Daily brief: Aug. 31, 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[Stem cell research ... Cardinals at the US Open ... High Speed Rail woes ... Hennessy and the AAU ... Water filtering ... Stanford news from around the web for Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/31/the-daily-brief-aug-31-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>The Daily brief: Aug. 30, 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[Sophomore College begins... Andrew Luck fronts New York Times sports section... Harbaugh cancels team meetings for movie night... Dalai Lama tix go on sale... Clifford Nass research on sweet-talking computers... Fall course guide... Stanford news from around the Web for Monday, Aug. 30, 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/30/the-daily-brief-aug-30-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>The Daily brief: Aug. 27, 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[Bloomberg set to speak on campus... John Mayer compares HuffPo to Stanford Law alum?... Caltrain nixes weekend cuts idea... New trustees named... Stanford scholars talk Beck rally... Football team elects captains... Wie has hole-in-one... Schneider memorial date set... Pakistan floods fundraising gets underway... Stanford news from around the Web for Friday, Aug. 27, 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/27/the-daily-brief-aug-27-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>The Daily brief: Aug. 26, 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[The origin of black holes, construction of new East Campus dining hall, a look at world fights during summertime and the Card's Rose Bowl prospects.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/26/the-daily-brief-aug-26-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>The Daily brief: Aug. 25, 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[Stanford touts Dish... District gains from charter closure... Hospital expansion ruffles feathers... Stanford news from around the Web for Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/25/the-daily-brief-aug-25-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>The Daily brief: Aug. 24, 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[Tablo, stem cells, green initiatives, geckos, artificial noses, and genes.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/24/the-daily-brief-aug-24-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>The Daily brief: Aug. 23, 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[Charter school scores... CourseRank sale... Hospital amenities and interim CEO... Flood relief... Rice and Spike Lee... Public service law... Stanford news from around the Web for Monday, Aug. 23, 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/23/the-daily-brief-aug-23-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>The Daily brief: Aug. 19, 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[ASSU Pakistan meeting on Friday ... Cardinal athletes on the national front ... Stanford GSB wins silver ... Stand up more ... Space travel (ooh) ... Stanford news from around the web for Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/19/the-daily-brief-aug-19-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>M. Tennis: Klahn earns U.S. Open berth</title> <description><![CDATA[Following his NCAA singles title this past May, Stanford sophomore Bradley Klahn has won a wild-card berth to enter the men’s singles draw of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, held from Aug. 30 to Sept. 12 in Flushing, N.Y...]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/19/m-tennis-klahn-earns-u-s-open-berth/</link> </item> <item><title>Outside Lands: Hit out of the (Golden Gate) Park</title> <description><![CDATA[The recyclable wine glasses have all been picked up and the steel fences have been removed. So ends San Francisco’s third annual Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. Last weekend, the city’s iconic Golden Gate Park was flooded with young and old music lovers drawn to the eclectic lineup of feel-good Further, mainstream Kings of Leon, electronic Basshunter and media darlings Phoenix.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/19/outside-lands-hit-out-of-the-golden-gate-park-2/</link> </item> <item><title>The Daily brief: Aug. 18, 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[Stanford students are coordinating on-the-ground flood relief in Pakistan this week.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/18/the-daily-brief-aug-18-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>The Daily brief: Aug. 17, 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[French lecturer Nelee Langmuir dies at 78 ... Memorial schedule for BIll Lane ... Finding Jupiter starts to make it in the real world ... The other side of rankings ... Stanford news from around the web for Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/17/the-daily-brief-aug-17-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>Chu dedicates SLAC laser</title> <description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu joined politicians and scientists for a ceremony at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory on Monday to dedicate a new scientific instrument, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS).]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/17/chu-dedicates-slac-laser/</link> </item> <item><title>The Daily brief: Aug. 16, 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[Historic Silicon Valley... Three-strikes project win... SLAC dedication... Jared Cohen to Google... Hospital expansion... Andrew Luck training... Prop. 8 stay... iPad costs... CEO truthiness... Romance research... Outside Lands... Billionaires... Stanford news from around the Web for Monday, Aug. 16, 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/16/the-daily-brief-aug-16-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>The Daily brief: Aug. 13, 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[Stanford is sixth in Forbes' college rankings ... Obama to honor NCAA champs ... Caltrain discusses cutbacks ... Helmet motivation ... Stanford news from around the web for Friday, Aug. 13, 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/13/1042043/</link> </item> <item><title>This Column Sent from my iPhone: Maybe You Should Repair Your Soles First</title> <description><![CDATA[If there is one thing that exasperates me more than self-righteous old people, it's psych studies that claim to justify said self-righteousness...]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/13/this-column-sent-from-my-iphone-maybe-you-should-repair-your-soles-first/</link> </item> <item><title>Oh! Sweet Nuthin&#8217;: Best Fresh</title> <description><![CDATA[Western art isn't completely devoid of transitory or temporary media. But artists have been known to spend days on end wrapped in felt, fur and lard, locked in a room with a coyote...]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/13/oh-sweet-nuthin-best-fresh/</link> </item> <item><title>Hard Summer made having a great time easy</title> <description><![CDATA[This year’s festival, featuring major dance and electro acts like Erol Alkan, Major Lazer and Crystal Castles, seemingly went off without a hitch, not only because of the minimal arrests and speedy, yet thorough, security line, but because of the consistently incredible musical performances and the collective great time had by the 10,000 people attending.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/12/hard-summer-made-having-a-great-time-easy/</link> </item> <item><title>OUTSIDE LANDS PREVIEW 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[As Grateful Dead devotees and cardigan-wearing teenagers spill out of the BART, the scaled-down festival, entering its third year in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, will still be figuring out its niche in the otherwise well-established Bay Area music scene. Think of this Saturday and Sunday as the fest’s soul-searching period: all the bands and elements of success are there, but whether they all gel after this weekend is another story.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/12/outside-lands-preview-2010/</link> </item> <item><title>Diversity remains ongoing struggle</title> <description><![CDATA[The composite picture of socioeconomic diversity at Stanford is a patchwork, both in the data available and the efforts made to achieve it.The first class of students at Stanford, in 1891, famously required no tuition. Among the ranks of the Farm’s “pioneer class” was a young man born in an Iowa village, the son of a blacksmith and a minister, who at the time of his admission was orphaned and living in Oregon.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/12/diversity-remains-ongoing-struggle/</link> </item> <item><title>Students find new ways to study abroad</title> <description><![CDATA[Due to financial problems, the University announced last year that it would be placing its three-week undergraduate overseas seminars on hold for 2010 -- a decision that has caused students to look to other sources and programs in order to travel abroad.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/12/students-find-new-ways-to-study-abroad/</link> </item> <item><title>PETE could improve solar tech</title> <description><![CDATA[Stanford engineers have found a new method for converting sunlight into electricity, which could significantly improve existing photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/12/pete-could-improve-solar-tech/</link> </item> <item><title>Police Blotter</title> <description><![CDATA[This report covers a selection of incidents from July 28 to Aug. 10, as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/12/police-blotter-124/</link> </item> <item><title>Patterson to become new director of Admission</title> <description><![CDATA[Stanford has hired Bob Patterson, currently the deputy director of undergraduate admission at UC-Berkeley, as the Farm's new director of Admission. Patterson begins his new post on Sept. 13.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/12/patterson-to-become-new-director-of-admission/</link> </item> <item><title>University, Dept. of Energy sign new lease for SLAC</title> <description><![CDATA[The University signed a new lease with the Department of Energy (DOE) on Aug. 4, extending a contract originally signed in 1962. The signatory parties agreed that the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) National Accelerator Laboratory will continue to function on University land for another 33 years.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/12/university-dept-of-energy-sign-new-lease-for-slac/</link> </item> <item><title>Stanford prof. working to find “stress vaccine”</title> <description><![CDATA[After 30 years of research into cures for stress, neuroscience Prof. Robert Sapolsky has discovered a possible vaccine-like treatment for chronic stress, devising a genetically engineered formula to influence the chemistry of the brain to counteract hormones that cause stress in the human body.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/12/stanford-prof-working-to-find-%e2%80%9cstress-vaccine%e2%80%9d/</link> </item> <item><title>Divide and conference: The future of the Pac-12</title> <description><![CDATA[After the confusion of June’s conference expansion bonanza, the Pac-10 will now officially become the Pac-12 when Colorado and Utah join the league, which is expected to be in 2011. This much is known. What remains to be seen is how this new conference will function, particularly with respect to the most popular and lucrative college sport--football...]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/12/divide-and-conference-the-future-of-the-pac-10/</link> </item> <item><title>Beyda: Giants could make it a special year for spurned SF sports fans</title> <description><![CDATA[If you’re a San Francisco sports fan having waited since 2003 to see a professional team make it to the playoffs, you may be in for a Giant surprise this fall...]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/12/beyda-giants-could-make-it-a-special-year-for-spurned-sf-sports-fans/</link> </item> <item><title>All-Sports Camp gives kids a chance to play on the Farm</title> <description><![CDATA[“Great!” “Really, really good.” “I like everything about it.” ...Such was the praise Stanford's All-Sports Camp won this week--its eighth and final of the summer--from a handful of its 6- to 12-year-old campers...]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/08/12/sports-camp-gives-kids-a-chance-to-play-on-the-farm/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
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