thursday, november 13, 2008

Student Discount Day at the Stanford Bookstore--Shorts
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  8:00 AM.
Stanford Bookstore

A3C Speaker Series: Thinking Ahead: How to choose a major
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  12:00 PM.
Asian American Activities Center

Regenerative Medicine@Stanford Special Seminar
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  12:00 PM.
Clark Auditorium
Open to the public
History's Greatest Heist: The Bolshevik Looting of Russia
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  12:00 PM.
Encina Hall West, Room 208
Free and open to the public
Thursday Tour: Durer to Picasso
Ongoing every week from November 13, 2008 through February 15, 2009.  12:15 PM.
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.
Mini-Symposium on History of Medicine in China and Japan
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  3:15 PM.
Building 50, Room 51A, Anthropology Conference Room
Free and Open to the public
Symbolic Systems Forum - Ge Wang, Music Department
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  4:15 PM.
380-380C

deLeeuw Memorial Lecture: Marcus W. Feldman (Stanford)
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  4:15 PM.
Building 370, Room 370. (Reception before talk at 3:00pm in the Math Courtyard)
Free and open to all
Asia and the Globalization of Technology Development: IP Challenges and Solutions
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  4:15 PM.
Skilling Auditorium
Public welcome at no charge : Light refreshments
A Premiere Film Screening of "Heroes and History: Lessons for Leadership from Tolstoy's War and Peace"
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  5:00 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education Building (485 Lasuen Mall)
Free. Open to the public.
Film and War Memories in Asia: Blue Swallow
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  5:15 PM.
Philippines Conference Room, Encina Hall, 3rd Floor
Free and open to the public. RSVP REQUIRED by 11/12 at: http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/registration/5471/
Dining Room, Home, Tomb, Decaying Hole and Empty Room
Ongoing every day from November 13, 2008 through November 15, 2008.  5:30 PM.
Stanford Mausoleum
Tickets: $5 Students; $10 Faculty, Staff and Senior Citizens; $15 General. Purchase tickets at the door or online at http://drama.stanford.edu
Art History Lecture: Michael W. Cole
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  5:30 PM.
Nathan Cummings Art Building, AR2
Free and open to the public
Medicare, Medigaps, HMOs and the new Prescription Benefits for Seniors
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  7:00 PM.
Stanford Health Library, 2-B Stanford Shopping Center
No Fee. For reservations call (650)498-7826.
Dan Barker - "Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists"
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  7:00 PM.
Main Quad Building 420, Room 41
Free and open to the public.
The Yuezhi. Origin, Migration, and the Conquest of Bactria
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  7:30 PM.
Building 380, Room 380Y (downstairs)
Free and open to the public.
"Life after Death in Judaism" by Professor Alan F. Segal, Barnard College
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  7:30 PM.
History Corner(Building 200- Room 002)
Free and open to the community
Messiaen Centenary
Thursday, November 13, 2008.  8:00 PM.
Memorial Church, Stanford University
Tickets: $44 (adult); $22 (Stanford student)

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.
Thursday midday Eucharist
Ongoing every week from September 18, 2008 through December 18, 2008.  12:10 PM.
Side Chapel, Memorial Church
Students, Staff, Faculty, Tourists . . . All Are Welcome.
Health Risk Assessment - Free $150!
Ongoing every day from January 14, 2008 through December 31, 2008.
Online
FREE
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.
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