featured events for september 2008

Spared from the Storm: Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art
Ongoing every day from June 4, 2008 through October 5, 2008.  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

HOTEL RWANDA (US, 2004, 121 mins)
Wednesday, September 3, 2008.  7:00 PM.
Stanford University, Building 260 (Pigott Hall), room 113
Free and open to the public.

William Saroyan Centennial Celebration - Reception & Concert
Friday, September 5, 2008.  3:00 PM.
Green Library East (3:00-4:30) Kresge Auditorium (5:30-6:30)
Free to the public

The Gloomy Prospect Wins: Statistical Significance and Population Stratification in Genome Wide Association Studies
Monday, September 8, 2008.  4:00 PM.
Munzer Auditorium, Beckman Center
free and open to all

118th Opening Convocation Ceremony
Tuesday, September 16, 2008.  4:15 PM.
Inner Quad Courtyard

A Celebration of Spiritual Life at Stanford
Wednesday, September 17, 2008.  12:55 PM.
Lomita Mall
All are welcome and encouraged to attend this free event.

Three Books
Wednesday, September 17, 2008.  7:15 PM.
Memorial Auditorium and Piggott Theater
The event is free and open to the public, but event-goers who are not incoming Stanford students will have to watch the discussion via simulcast at Piggott Theater, which is next to Memorial Auditorium.

Media X Workshop: Workgroup Protocols for Networked Teams
Friday, September 26, 2008.  8:30 AM.
Wallenberg Hall - Bldg 160
Fee (see website at URL above).

Biobanking, Bioethics and the Law
Friday, September 26, 2008.  9:15 AM.
Stanford Law School, Room 290
free for students; $30 for non-students (see registration URL)

SOS -- Stressed Out Students Conference
Friday, September 26, 2008.  7:30 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University Campus
Free plenary session, open to all. RSVP via stanford.edu/dept/SUSE/sosconference/index.htm.