thursday, november 20, 2008

TIAA-CREF One-on-One Investment Counseling Session
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  9:00 AM.
Alumni Center, Lodato Room
Make reservations online at www.tiaa-cref.org/moc. No cost to participant.
"Let's Meet for Lunch" Event at the Stanford Bookstore
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  11:00 AM.
Stanford Bookstore's Computer Department, Top Level

CTL's Award-Winning Teachers on Teaching series: Prof. David W. Beach, Mechanical Engineering-Design
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  12:00 PM.
Hartley Conference Center, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building
Open to the public. No registration required.
Center for Healthy Weight Research Seminar
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  12:00 PM.
Clark Center S362
Free and open to Stanford faculty, staff, students, alumni and the general public.
Regenerative Medicine@Stanford Seminar
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  12:00 PM.
Munzer Auditorium, B060 Beckman Center
Open to the public
Maternity And Child Care Benefit Seminars
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  12:00 PM.
Benefits Office, 320 Panama Street, Bambi Modular, Conference Room 6
Enroll thru STARS. No cost to participant.
Reading/discussion of "The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse" by author Professor Richard Thompson Ford
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  12:45 PM.
Stanford Law School, Robert Crown Law Library, 2nd floor Reference Lounge
Free and open to all.
TECH EXPRESS: Stanford Email and Calendar
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  2:00 PM.
Turing Auditorium (Polya Hall, Room 111)
The Tech Express is a series of user-friendly brown-bag sessions on computing at Stanford. These sessions, led by knowledgeable IT Services staff or other IT professionals, are intended to meet the needs of Stanford staff, but are open to all.
"Closing the Barn Door after the Horses Have Fled: 'Planning' in the New West"
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  3:00 PM.
Environment and Energy Building (Y2E2) Room CR101
Free and open to the public
On the Possibility of Animal Empathy
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  4:15 PM.
Clark Center Auditorium

History and Philosophy of Science talk by Bas van Fraassen, San Francisco State University
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  4:15 PM.
Lane History Bldg 200 room 205
free and open to the public
Symbolic Systems Forum - Kenneth Arrow, Economics Department
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  4:15 PM.
380-380C

Film and War Memories in Asia: Yamato (JAPAN)
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  5:15 PM.
Philippines Conference Room, Encina Hall, 3rd Floor
Free and open to the public. RSVP REQUIRED by 11/19 at: http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/registration/5473/
MIX, Third Thursdays at the Cantor Arts Center
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  5:30 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, on the north side of campus off Palm Drive at Museum Way and Lomita Drive
Free admission, cash bar, free parking
Studio Lecture: Ward Shelley
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  5:30 PM.
Nathan Cummings Art Building, AR2
Free and open to the public
Student Grief and Bereavement Group
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  5:30 PM.
Vaden Health Center, 2nd Floor Education Room
Free and open to all Stanford students.
Media X Lecture Series - Arthur Bienenstock: The Next President and Science Policy
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  6:00 PM.
Peter Wallenberg Learning Theater - Bldg 160, Room 124
Free and open to the public. Parking on campus is free after 4pm.
"The Time of Your Life": A 100th Birthday Celebration for William Saroyan
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  7:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education
FREE; no registration required Open to the public
Robber Barons Sketch Comedy Fall Show!
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  8:00 PM.
Campbell Recital Hall
Admission is $6 at the door, $5 for anyone who joins the Facebook Fan Page by 12:01 AM on November 20th. For more details, please go to http://www.robberbaronscomedy.com/shows/fall2008
CCRMA Fall Concert
Thursday, November 20, 2008.  8:00 PM.
CCRMA Stage
FREE

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.
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.
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.
Gaieties 2008: Dazed and Cal-fused
Ongoing every day from November 19, 2008 through November 21, 2008.  8:00 PM.
Memorial Auditorium
Tickets $10 students ($7 for Wednesday's show) $15 Faculty, Staff & Alumni $20 General Admission
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