University offers admission to 2,424 students for Class of 2008

By Julie Lein
NEWS| The Office of Undergraduate Admission announced yesterday that a total of 2,424 students have been admitted to the Class of 2008.

Grad student dies over break in car accident

By Michael Miller
NEWS| First-year School of Education graduate student Amir Lopatin died last Thursday in a car accident near Las Vegas at the age of 28.

News talk show host to speak at SIG event

By Melanie Corbett
NEWS| Prominent Bay Area news analyst and scholar Dr. Michael Krasny will speak on Thursday about the relationship between politics, public policy, public service and journalism.

Stanford couple adopts child through alternative service

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| University staff members Mario Acquesta and Valerie Beeman began the journey to adopt their nine-year-old daughter, Diana, in 2002.

Students raise concerns with University’s investments

By Shamala Gallagher
NEWS| Stanford students joined students from four other universities on March 2 to request more information about the social and environmental effects of investments by the world’s fourth-largest hedge fund, San-Francisco-based Farallon Management LLC.

Educators Corner encourages entrepreneurship

By John Shapiro
NEWS| Where can you hear CEOs, venture capitalists and successful entrepreneurs share their experiences and advice, 24 hours a day?

Pollution causing mass extinction

By Tania Rojas
NEWS| If you thought our basketball season was intense, get ready for March Madness on a mass extinction scale. Right now, the score is 5-1, nature vs.

A billionaire looks to the stars, funds new telescope

By Geoff Koch
NEWS| NASA’s Mars missions have garnered all the headlines lately. But while the Spirit and Opportunity rovers search for microscopic life on the Red Planet, the Mountain View-based SETI, or Search for Extraterrestrial Institute, recently announced what may be the most significant news in decades in the search for intelligent life beyond Earth.