wednesday, november 12, 2008

Stanford Breakfast Briefings: Managing Risk and Reward in an Innovation Portfolio
Wednesday, November 12, 2008.  7:30 AM.
Stanford Faculty Club 439 Lagunita Ave
$58.00 General Public $48.00 Stanford Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumi
Worshiping Walt: The Whitman Disciples
Wednesday, November 12, 2008.  12:00 PM.
Building 240-201

Ukraine Again Mired in Political Turmoil
Wednesday, November 12, 2008.  12:00 PM.
Philippines Conference Room, Encina Hall Central C330 (3rd floor)
Free and open to the public. Online RSVP required: fce.stanford.edu
EESS Seminar Series: Noah S. Diffenbaugh - Socio-Climactic Analysis, Modeling, and Prediction: A Climate Dynamics View of Earth System Science
Wednesday, November 12, 2008.  12:15 PM.
Yang and Yamazaki Energy and Environmental Building, Room 111
Free and open to the public
Woods Energy Seminar
Wednesday, November 12, 2008.  4:15 PM.
Building 420 (Jordan Hall), Room 40
free and open to the public
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture - Tom Kelley
Wednesday, November 12, 2008.  4:30 PM.
Kresge Auditorium
free and open to the public
In the Name of Their Mothers
Wednesday, November 12, 2008.  5:00 PM.
Koret Pavilion at the Ziff Center, Hillel at Stanford University
Free and open to the public.
Conversations at the Stanford Humanities Center with Robert Harrison
Wednesday, November 12, 2008.  6:00 PM.
Stanford Humanities Center, 424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford
Conversations at the Stanford Humanities Center is open to the public. The cost to attend is $50 per person (includes dinner) and pre-registration is required. Please contact Zoe Bower at 650.724.8155 or zbower@stanford.edu.
Stanford Pioneers in Science with Robert Sapolsky
Wednesday, November 12, 2008.  7:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education
FREE; no registration required Open to the public
Urban Bush Women and Compagnie Jant-Bi
Wednesday, November 12, 2008.  8:00 PM.
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University
Tickets: $25/$34/$40; Premium: $60 (adult), $12.50/$17/$20; Premium: $30 (Stanford student)
Durer to Picasso
Ongoing every day from November 12, 2008 through February 15, 2009.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive
Open Wed-Sun 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. The Center is closed November 27, December 24, and December 25, 2008.

ongoing

Call for volunteers! - Village Rental Co-op (VRC)
Ongoing every day from October 22, 2008 through June 30, 2009.  6:00 AM.
We are located in the basement of Abrams, a mid-rise building in Escondido Village: http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=10-063
Anyone affiliated with Stanford in any way - including students, non-student spouses or partners, and staff - is welcome to volunteer. We are always happy to welcome friendly, enthusiastic, committed individuals to join us.
Children's Book Fair
Ongoing every day from November 9, 2008 through November 15, 2008.  8:00 AM.
Stanford Bookstore
Free. Open to the public. Free parking on weekends.
Stanford Art Spaces
Ongoing every weekday (M-F) from October 31, 2008 through January 8, 2009.  9:00 AM.
Paul Allen Center for Integrated Systems at 420 Via Palou and Psychology at Building 420
Free
Polish Heroes: Those Who Rescued Jews
Ongoing every weekday (M-F) from October 29, 2008 through December 5, 2008.  10:00 AM.
Koret Pavilion at the Ziff Center, Hillel at Stanford University, 565 Mayfield Ave.
Free and open to the public. Hillel is open 10am-10pm M-Th and 10am-5pm on Fri.
Lukas Felzmann-Ghostpile Exhibition
Ongoing every day from November 4, 2008 through December 14, 2008.  10:00 AM.
Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery
Free and open to the public
Goltzius and His Circle
Ongoing every day from October 8, 2008 through March 15, 2009.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive
Open Wed-Sun 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. The Center will be closed on November 27, December 24, and December 25, 2008.
Contemporary Glass - new ongoing exhibition
Ongoing every day from July 9, 2008 through December 31, 2008.  11:00 AM.
See details for exact dates and times. Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita
Open Wed-Sun 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free.
EESS Autumn Seminar Series
Ongoing every week from October 1, 2008 through December 3, 2008.  12:15 PM.
Yang & Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building, 473 Via Ortega, Room 111, Stanford, CA 94305
Free and open to the public
Wednesday Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture
Ongoing every week from October 17, 2007 through January 2, 2010.  02:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
Tours every Wednesday at 2 pm, Saturday at 11:30 am and Sunday at 3 pm Tours do not require a reservation. Call 723-3469 for large groups. Groups meet in the main museum lobby.
Health Risk Assessment - Free $150!
Ongoing every day from January 14, 2008 through December 31, 2008.
Online
FREE
American Primers & Readers: Featuring the Words and Collection of Richard L. Venezky
Ongoing every day from September 15, 2008 through December 31, 2008.
Peterson Gallery, Green Library Bing Wing.
free