lectures, readings & talks


Simulating Quantum Transport with Atoms and Light
Tuesday, February 9, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Hewlett Teaching Center Rm. 201
Free and open to the public
The Anatomy of a Shear Instability
Tuesday, February 9, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Building 300, Room 300 Refreshments served at 4:00pm

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African American Arts Winter Lecture Series: Leigh Raiford
Tuesday, February 9, 2010.  5:00 PM.
Annenberg Auditorium
Free and open to the public
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Ethical Considerations in Service Experiences
Tuesday, February 9, 2010.  7:00 PM.
Jackson Lounge, Branner Hall, 655 Escondido Road
free and open to the public
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Terry Castle Reads from "The Professor and Other Writings"
Tuesday, February 9, 2010.  7:30 PM.
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94133
Free and open to the public.
A3C Speaker Series: Intelligent Insurance
Wednesday, February 10, 2010.  12:00 AM.
A3C Clubhouse, 2nd Floor Old Union, A3C Couchroom
Free
Breakfast Briefings: Leadership for Innovation
Wednesday, February 10, 2010.  7:30 AM.
Stanford Faculty Club 439 Lagunita Ave
$60.00 General Public $55.00 Stanford Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumni
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What Matters to Me & Why featuring Jim Steyer
Wednesday, February 10, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Common Room in the CIRCLE - 3rd Floor Old Union
Free and open to the public
EESS Winter 09-10 Seminar Series: Jay Famiglietti, UC-Irvine
Wednesday, February 10, 2010.  12:15 PM.
Yang and Yamazaki Energy and Environmental Building, Room 111
Free and open to the public
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Albie Sachs - Former Justice, South African Constitutional Court - "Does the Law Have a Sense of Humor?"
Wednesday, February 10, 2010.  4:00 PM.
Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall
The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP at this link: http://humanrights.stanford.edu/events/registration/6047/
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David Salesin; Computer Science Department Distinguished Computer Scientist Lecture
Wednesday, February 10, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Gates Computer Science Building B-3, Basement, NEC Classroom
open to public
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Art Focus Lecture: The First Modernists: Cezanne to Picasso
Ongoing every week from February 3, 2010 through February 24, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way Stanford, CA 94305-5060
Cantor Arts Center Members: $95 Non-Members: $110
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The Energy Seminar
Wednesday, February 10, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Building 420 (Jordan Hall), downstairs in Room 40
free and open to all
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Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture - Panel of Young Entrepreneurs
Wednesday, February 10, 2010.  4:30 PM.
Skilling Auditorium
Free & open to the public
Stalin and Genocide
Wednesday, February 10, 2010.  5:30 PM.
Stanford Humanities Center Levinthal Hall
RSVP on-line: http://fce.stanford.edu/events/registration/6009/
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From the Innovator's Workbench - Robert Langer
Wednesday, February 10, 2010.  5:30 PM.
Vidalakis Dining Room, Schwab Residential Center, Graduate School of Business
Stanford Faculty, Staff and Students: Free; Stanford Alumni: $35 online/$40 at the door; Standard Ticket: $45 online/$60 at the door
Reading by author, Richard Powers
Wednesday, February 10, 2010.  8:00 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium
Free and open to the public
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Islamic Studies Workshop
Thursday, February 11, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Encina Hall West, Room 208
Free and Open to the Public
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Symbolic Systems Forum - Samuel McClure
Thursday, February 11, 2010.  4:15 PM.
380-380C

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How Next Generation Leaders Are Using Philanthropy to Impact Civil Society
Thursday, February 11, 2010.  5:00 PM.
Toyon Residence Hall lounge
PACS hosted free event, reception to follow Please RSVP
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Readings & Discussion of "A New Literary History of America" (Harvard University Press)
Thursday, February 11, 2010.  5:00 PM.
Terrace Room, 4th Floor, Bldg. 460 (Margaret Jacks Hall) 450 Serra Mall, Stanford
Free and Open to the Public.
The US-Israel Relationship Today: Historical and Personal Perspectives
Thursday, February 11, 2010.  5:30 PM.
Bechtel Conference Center Encina Hall 616 Serra Street Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305
RSVPs for this event are required through the web link listed above, and will be strictly enforced at check-in. Space is limited and RSVPs will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
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Artist Talk: Berni Searle
Thursday, February 11, 2010.  5:30 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive
Free
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The World in Japanese
Thursday, February 11, 2010.  6:00 PM.
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. NO RSVP NECESSARY.
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Stephen Schneider (Biology, Stanford)
Thursday, February 11, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Annenberg Auditorium, 435 Lasuen Mall
This event is free and open to the public.
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Widespread Adaptive Evolution of Gene Expression in Yeast
Friday, February 12, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Boatworks Lecture Hall, Pacific Grove

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Ethics@Noon: Making Ethical Distinctions: Precise Decision Language
Friday, February 12, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar (main quad)
Free and open to the public.
A tale of 10/18 Microbes: Elucidating Microbial Community Dynamics and Diversity in Activated Sludge
Friday, February 12, 2010.  12:15 PM.
Yang & Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building, Room 101

TECH BRIEFING: Getting Started in Data Visualization using JMP
Friday, February 12, 2010.  2:00 PM.
Turing Auditorium (Polya Hall, Room 111)
Open to everyone - faculty, staff, and students - and no registration required. Your opportunity to get technology updates from and ask questions of subject-matter experts.
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Hal Buell: Defining Moments in Photographic History
Monday, February 15, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building
Free and open to public.
The Evolving Intersection of Physics and Biology
Tuesday, February 16, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Hewlett Teaching Center, Rm. 201
Free and open to the public
EESS Winter 09-10 Seminar Series: Oliver Chadwick UC-Santa Barbara
Wednesday, February 17, 2010.  12:15 PM.
Yang and Yamazaki Energy and Environmental Building, Room 111
Free and open to the public
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New Approaches for Ocean Conservation - Mike Sutton
Wednesday, February 17, 2010.  2:30 PM.
Y2E2 Room 299
Free and Open to all. Refreshments served.
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The Energy Seminar
Wednesday, February 17, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Building 420 (Jordan Hall), downstairs in Room 40
free and open to the public
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Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture - Rashmi Sinha and Jonathan Boutelle, SlideShare
Wednesday, February 17, 2010.  4:30 PM.
Skilling Auditorium
Free & open to the public
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African American Arts Winter Lecture Series: Huey Copeland
Wednesday, February 17, 2010.  5:00 PM.
Cummings Art Building, AR2
Free and open to the public
From Greystone Quarry to Stone River: A History of Stanford Sandstone *NEW Date
Wednesday, February 17, 2010.  5:15 PM.
History Corner, Main Quad (Building 200, Room 2)
Free
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George Schaller: A Naturalist in the World's Wilderness
Wednesday, February 17, 2010.  7:00 PM.
Bishop Auditorium, Graduate School of Business "GSB"
Free and open to the public. Reception follows.
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THE CLARA SUMPF YIDDISH LECTURE SERIES - Naomi Seidman -"The Rise of the Jewish Novel and the Sexual Transformation of Ashkenaz " (in English)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010.  8:00 PM.
Levinthal Hall - Stanford Humanities Center - 424 Santa Teresa Street
Free and open to the public
A3C Speaker Series: From Scholarship to Service
Thursday, February 18, 2010.  12:00 AM.
A3C Clubhouse, 2nd Floor Old Union, A3C Couchroom
Free
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THE CLARA SUMPF YIDDISH LECTURE SERIES - Naomi Seidman -"The Yiddish Gospel of Matthew [Di bsure toyve loyt Matye] (in Yiddish)
Thursday, February 18, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg. 460) - Terrace Room
Free and open to the public
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Meet the Artist: Vusi Mahlasela
Thursday, February 18, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Pigott Theater, Stanford Drama Department 551 Memorial Way Stanford, CA 94305

Program in History & Philosophy of Science Colloquium, Bertie Mandelblatt
Thursday, February 18, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Lane History Building 200, Room 307
Free and open to the public
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Symbolic Systems Forum - Michael Ramscar
Thursday, February 18, 2010.  4:15 PM.
380-380C

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Distinguished Lecture with Brian Rose; " Talking to the Troops about the Archaeology of Iraq and Afghanistan"
Thursday, February 18, 2010.  5:30 PM.
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center

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Ann Blair, Harvard University: "Methods of Information Management in Early Modern Europe"
Thursday, February 18, 2010.  05:30 PM.
Margaret Jacks Hall (Building 460), Terrace Room (Room 426)
Free and open to the public
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New Security Challenges in Central Asia
Thursday, February 18, 2010.  7:30 PM.
History Corner, Building 200, Room 303
The Silk Road Foundation, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford
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Designing a Path to Sustainable Development
Thursday, February 18, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Memorial Auditorium
This event is free and open to the public; however, tickets must by reserved. w/ a Stanford ID, tickets available on Jan 15. For all others, tickets available on Jan 22. Tickets at Stanford Ticket Office.
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A conversation (in Hebrew) with the author Haim Be'er
Friday, February 19, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 260- Room 237

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A Tribute to Lawrence R. Blinks: Ions, Light, and Algae
Friday, February 19, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Boatworks Lecture Hall, Pacific Grove

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Ethics@Noon: "Mass Incarceration and Its Unintended Consequences for Children, Communities, and Democracy"
Friday, February 19, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor seminar
Free and open to the public.
The Role of flow and mixing in determining reaction rates in the subsurface
Friday, February 19, 2010.  12:15 PM.
Yang & Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building, Room 101

TECH BRIEFING: Apple Presents
Friday, February 19, 2010.  2:00 PM.
Turing Auditorium (Polya Hall, Room 111)
Open to everyone - faculty, staff, and students - and no registration required. Your opportunity to get technology updates from and ask questions of subject-matter experts.
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Performing the Modern: The Politics of Culture and the Arts in Early 20th-Century China
Friday, February 19, 2010.  7:45 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium,485 Lausen mall
Symposium is free and open to the public
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Performing the Modern: The Politics of Culture and the Arts in Early 20th-Century China
Saturday, February 20, 2010.  10:00 AM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Dr, Stanford University
Symposium is free and open to the public. Please note evening musical performance is $10 for general admission and $5 for students.
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Performing the Modern: The Politics of Culture and the Arts in Early 20th-Century China
Sunday, February 21, 2010.  10:00 AM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Dr, Stanford University
Symposium is free and open to the public.
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Reflexive Modeling and Systemic Risk in Merger Arbitrage
Monday, February 22, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Terman Engineering 217
Free and Open to the Public
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39th Annual Linus Pauling Lecture ~ Christopher T. Walsh, Harvard Medical School
Monday, February 22, 2010.  4:00 PM.
James H. Clark Center Auditorium
FREE
Program in History & Philosophy of Science Colloquium, Catherine Wilson
Monday, February 22, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Lane History Building 200, Room 305
Free and open to the public
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The Roger W. Heyns Lecture in Religion and Community featuring Jim Wallis
Monday, February 22, 2010.  7:00 PM.
Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building, 435 Lasuen Mall
Free tickets are available at the Stanford Ticket Office located at Tresidder Memorial Union, 459 Lagunita Drive on the Stanford campus. Hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Fridays and 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
The Onset of Collective Behavior in Cell Populations of the Social Amoebae
Tuesday, February 23, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Hewlett Teaching Center, Rm. 201
Free and open to the public
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Biodesign Roundtable: How will Comparative Effectiveness Impact Medical Device Innovation?
Tuesday, February 23, 2010.  5:00 PM.
Vidalakis Dining Hall, Schwab Residential Center
Event is free and open to the public
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Persian in Pakistan: Many Dimensions of a Cultural Relationship
Tuesday, February 23, 2010.  6:00 PM.
Pigott Hall, Building 260, Room 113
Free and open to the public
Reading by poet, Kay Ryan
Tuesday, February 23, 2010.  8:00 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium
Free and open to the public
Disappointments In Relationships- And What to do About Them
Wednesday, February 24, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Mariposa House, 585 Capistrano Way 1st Floor Conference Room

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What Matters to Me & Why featuring Deborah Golder
Wednesday, February 24, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Common Room in the CIRCLE - 3rd Floor Old Union
Free and open to the public
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A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America
Wednesday, February 24, 2010.  12:00 PM.
The Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall (Building 460-4th floor)
Open to Stanford students and faculty. RSVP requested: jan.hafner@stanford.edu
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(Post)Modernism and Consumer Culture in Contemporary Chinese Literature
Wednesday, February 24, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Okimoto Conference Room; Encina Hall East Wing, 3rd Floor
Free and open to the public.
EESS Winter 09-10 Seminar Series: V. Ramanathan, UC-San Diego
Wednesday, February 24, 2010.  12:15 PM.
Yang and Yamazaki Energy and Environmental Building, Room 111
Free and open to the public
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The Energy Seminar
Wednesday, February 24, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Building 420 (Jordan Hall), downstairs in Room 40
free and open to all
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Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture - Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford — Steve Case
Wednesday, February 24, 2010.  4:30 PM.
TBA
Free & open to the public
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Health Care Disparities and Health Care Reform
Wednesday, February 24, 2010.  7:00 PM.
320-105, Braun Hall, "Geo Corner"
Free. Open to Public. Reception follows.
Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century Politics with an 18th-Century Brain
Wednesday, February 24, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium in School of Education Building
FREE; no registration required Open to the public
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George Lakoff: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century Politics with an 18th-Century Brain
Wednesday, February 24, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education
Free and open to public.
A3C Speaker Series: Fuzzy Vision, Clear Path: Asian Americans in the Liberal Arts
Thursday, February 25, 2010.  12:00 AM.
A3C Clubhouse, 2nd Floor Old Union, A3C Couchroom
Free
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Islamic Studies Workshop
Thursday, February 25, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Encina Hall West, Room 208
Free and Open to the Public
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Gayatri Spivak, Columbia University: "Aesthetic Education in the Age of Globalization"
Thursday, February 25, 2010.  04:00 PM.
Margaret Jacks Hall (Building 460), Terrace Room (4th floor)
Free and open to the public
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Reading & Signing with Herant Katchadourian
Thursday, February 25, 2010.  6:00 PM.
Stanford Bookstore (White Plaza) Main Level, Foreign Language Section
Free & open to the public.
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Killer at Large (film); faculty talk back with Christopher Gardner (Stanford Prevention Research)
Thursday, February 25, 2010.  7:00 PM.
Annenberg Auditorium, 435 Lasuen Mall
This event is free and open to the public.
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Environmental Humanities Project Seminar: "Water Library"
Friday, February 26, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg 460): Terrace Room (4th Floor)
RSVP to justin5@stanford.edu
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Alexander Agassiz's Thalassography With a Century of Hindsight: Embryology and Ecology in the Deep West-Indian Fauna
Friday, February 26, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Boatworks Lecture Hall, Pacific Grove

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Ethics@Noon: "Assessing Othello's Risk of Cardiac Disease - The Role of Race as a Source of Health Disparities"
Friday, February 26, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar (main quad)
Free and open to the public.
Climate change and air quality in California
Friday, February 26, 2010.  12:15 PM.
Yang & Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building, Room 101

TECH BRIEFING: Windows 7 for Techies
Friday, February 26, 2010.  2:00 PM.
Turing Auditorium (Polya Hall, Room 111)
Intended for power users, Expert Partners, and those with IT responsibilities, but open to everyone - faculty, staff, and students - and no registration required. Your opportunity to get technology updates from and ask questions of subject-matter experts.
The Hume Writing Center - Parents Weekend, Open Mic
Friday, February 26, 2010.  8:00 PM.
The Hume Writing Center Building 460, Room 020 (basement of Margaret Jacks Hall)
admission is free
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Music and the Brain Forum: Petr Janata, Ph.D.
Monday, March 1, 2010.  5:30 PM.
CCRMA Stage, The Knoll
Free and open to the public. Limited seating - please arrive early.
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An Evening with Chris Anderson
Monday, March 1, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education
Free and open to public.
Troubadours Art Ensemble Collaborative Workshop
Tuesday, March 2, 2010.  3:30 PM.
CCRMA stage

An End to the Drought of Quantum Spin Liquid
Tuesday, March 2, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Hewlett Teaching Center, Rm. 201
Free and open to the public
On Pathways to Turbulence in Strongly-Stratified Flows
Tuesday, March 2, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Building 300, Room 300 Refreshments served at 4:00pm

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The Energy Seminar
Wednesday, March 3, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Building 420 (Jordan Hall), downstairs in Room 40
free and open to all
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Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture - Polly Sumner, Salesforce & Elizabeth Tinkham, Accenture
Wednesday, March 3, 2010.  4:30 PM.
Skilling Auditorium
Free & open to the public
A3C Speaker Series: In the Life of a Med School Student
Thursday, March 4, 2010.  12:00 AM.
A3C Clubhouse, 2nd Floor Old Union, A3C Couchroom
Free
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Bio-X Seminar, Geometry, Genetics, and Evolution
Thursday, March 4, 2010.  3:15 PM.
Clark Center Auditorium

Program in History & Philosophy of Science Colloquium, Katherine Brading
Thursday, March 4, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Lane History Building 200, Room 013
Free and open to the public
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Symbolic Systems Forum - Kwabena Boahen
Thursday, March 4, 2010.  4:15 PM.
380-380C

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Art Focus Lecture: The Art of Curating
Ongoing every week from March 4, 2010 through March 18, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way Stanford, CA 94305-5060
Cantor Arts Center Members: $75 Non-Members: $90
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The Riddle of the Mohammad Nari Stele
Thursday, March 4, 2010.  7:30 PM.
History Corner, Building 200, Room 303
Free and open to the public
Troubadours Art Ensemble Colloquium
Friday, March 5, 2010.  9:00 AM.
Terrace Room, 4th floor, Margaret Jacks Hall (Building 460)

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Environmental Writing in Four Dimensions: Science, Journalism, History, Fiction
Friday, March 5, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg. 460, Room 426)

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Using Marine Biology as Inspiration for Under-Represented Students: A Success Story from San Diego
Friday, March 5, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Boatworks Lecture Hall, Pacific Grove

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Meet the Artist and Film Discussion: Terence Blanchard
Friday, March 5, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Pigott Theater, Stanford Drama Department 551 Memorial Way Stanford, CA 94305

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Ethics@Noon: When Philosophy is Unethical
Friday, March 5, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar room (main quad)
Free and open to the public.
Hand hygiene, stored water quality, and health among households in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Friday, March 5, 2010.  12:15 PM.
Yang & Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building, Room 101

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Mobilities and Possibilities: Gender and Embodiment in Urban Egypt
Friday, March 5, 2010.  12:15 PM.
Building 50, Colloquium Room
Free and Open to the Public
TECH BRIEFING: Secure Email at Stanford
Friday, March 5, 2010.  2:00 PM.
Turing Auditorium (Polya Hall, Room 111)
Open to everyone - faculty, staff, and students - and no registration required. Your opportunity to get technology updates from and ask questions of subject-matter experts.
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Kurt Beyer, "Grace Murray Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age"
Monday, March 8, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Encina Hall Central, 2nd Floor Conference Room
Free and Open to the Public
How I Write - GWYNETH LEWIS
Monday, March 8, 2010.  7:00 PM.
Stanford Humanities Center
Free
Mixing and Dispersion in Stably Stratified Turbulence
Tuesday, March 9, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Building 300, Room 300 Refreshments served at 4:00pm

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"Theocracy's Limits: Iran at the Precipice of its Contradictions"
Tuesday, March 9, 2010.  6:00 PM.
Pigott Hall, Building 260, Room 113
Free and open to the public
Breakfast Briefings: Leading in A Connected World
Wednesday, March 10, 2010.  7:30 AM.
Stanford Faculty Club 439 Lagunita Ave
$60.00 General Public $55.00 Stanford Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumni
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The Energy Seminar
Wednesday, March 10, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Building 420 (Jordan Hall), downstairs in Room 40
free and open to all
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“Paradigm and Personality in the Lives of Khudaydad: The Domestic Life of a 16th-Century Asian Saint"
Wednesday, March 10, 2010.  5:15 PM.
Encina Hall West, Room 208
Free and Open to the Public
As Old as the University Itself: The History of Asian Americans at Stanford *NEW Date
Wednesday, March 10, 2010.  5:15 PM.
Oak East Lounge, Tresidder Union
Free
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Stanford Pioneers in Science: Stanley N. Cohen
Wednesday, March 10, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education
Free and open to public.
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Islamic Studies Workshop
Thursday, March 11, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Encina Hall West, Room 208
Free and Open to the Public
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Whitopia vs. ObamaNation: America's Demographic Future in a “Post-Racial” Age
Thursday, March 11, 2010.  4:00 PM.
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center 424 Santa Teresa Street Stanford, CA, 94305
Free and open to Stanford faculty and students. RSVP is required by emailing cnqueen@stanford.edu.
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Mosaic Seascapes: Unicellular Eukaryotes and the Marine Carbon Cycle
Friday, March 12, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Boatworks Lecture Hall, Pacific Grove

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Ethics@Noon: "Cultural Prostitution in Collecting Antiquities: Why Buying, Selling Someone Else's History Is Fraught With Problems"
Friday, March 12, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar room (main quad)
Free and open to the public.
TECH BRIEFING: Drupal 7: What's New?
Friday, March 12, 2010.  2:00 PM.
Turing Auditorium (Polya Hall, Room 111)
Open to everyone - faculty, staff, and students - and no registration required. Your opportunity to get technology updates from and ask questions of subject-matter experts.
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Environmental Humanities Project Seminar: "Cultural Ecosystem Services: Can We Value the Intangible?"
Tuesday, March 16, 2010.  4:00 PM.
Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg 460): Terrace Room (4th Floor)
RSVP to justin5@stanford.edu
The Urban Ocean Observatory - Observations and Forecasting in New York and New Jersey Waters
Tuesday, March 16, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Building 300, Room 300 Refreshments served at 4:00pm

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"The Islamic Republic and Religious Diversity"
Tuesday, March 16, 2010.  6:00 PM.
Pigott Hall, Building 260, Room 113
Free and open to the public
TECH BRIEFING: Open Source - Revolutionize Your Research: Zotero and LibX
Friday, March 19, 2010.  2:00 PM.
Turing Auditorium (Polya Hall, Room 111)
Open to everyone - faculty, staff, and students - and no registration required. Your opportunity to get technology updates from and ask questions of subject-matter experts.
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Art Focus Lecture: Innovations in Ink Painting: Late Qing Dynasty to Contemporary China
Wednesday, March 24, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way Stanford, CA 94305-5060
Cantor Arts Center Members: $25 Non-Members: $30
TECH BRIEFING: Drupal Workshop - Introduction to Content Types, Fields (CCK), and Views
Friday, March 26, 2010.  2:00 PM.
Turing Auditorium (Polya Hall, Room 111)
Open to everyone - faculty, staff, and students - and no registration required. Your opportunity to get technology updates from and ask questions of subject-matter experts.
Time of Realization: The Roots of the Stanford Peace Movement in the 1960s and 1970s
Thursday, April 1, 2010.  5:15 PM.
Oak East Lounge, Tresidder Union
Free
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The View from Dunhuang: Dharani Ritual Practice and Its Texts
Thursday, April 1, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Building 260, Room 113
Free and Open to the public
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Ethics@Noon: What is immigrant integration? (And Why Does the Question Matter?)"
Friday, April 2, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar room (main quad)
Free and open to the public.
Ian Duncan Book Discussion
Friday, April 2, 2010.  3:30 PM.
English Department Terrace Room (Bldg. 460, Room 426)
Free and open to the public
The Uncle of the Atom Bomb: Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Up
Tuesday, April 6, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Hewlett Teaching Center, Rm. 201
Free and open to the public
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Art Focus Lecture: Art Deco
Ongoing every week from April 7, 2010 through April 14, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way Stanford, CA 94305-5060
Cantor Arts Center Members: $50 Non-Members: $60
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Symbolic Systems Forum - Rachel Habbert
Thursday, April 8, 2010.  4:15 PM.
380-380C

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Medicine and the Muse: An Arts, Humanities and Medicine Symposium featuring Malcolm Gladwell
Thursday, April 8, 2010.  5:00 PM.
New Medical School Building: The Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge
Free and open to the public
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Art + Invention Speaker Series: Ann Carlson and Mary Ellen Strom
Thursday, April 8, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium
Free and Open to All.
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Elinor Ostrom (recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics / Political Science, Indiana University)
Thursday, April 8, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Annenberg Auditorium, 435 Lasuen Mall
This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
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Ethics@Noon: Foreign Aid and Poverty
Friday, April 9, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar room (main quad)
Free and open to the public.
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Presidential Lecture by Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland (1990 - 1997)
Monday, April 12, 2010.  7:00 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford University
Free and open to the public
The Light Fantastic: Birth of the X-Ray Laser and a New Era of Science
Monday, April 12, 2010.  8:00 PM.
Geology Corner, Rm. 105, Bldg. 320 (Braun Hall in Quad)
Free and open to the public
Birth of the X-Ray Laser: Movies of the Dyanmic Worlds of Atoms and Electrons
Tuesday, April 13, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Hewlett Teaching Center, Rm. 201
Free and open to the public
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The War on Karma
Tuesday, April 13, 2010.  7:00 PM.
Old Union, 3rd Floor, The Sanctuary
Free and Open to the public
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School of Education Cubberley Lecture, Diane Ravitch, introduced and interviewed by Linda Darling-Hammond
Wednesday, April 14, 2010.  5:30 PM.
Stanford University Cubberley Auditorium 485 Lasuen Mall
Free and open to the public.
Tanner Lectures: Mark Danner (author and Professor of Journalism, Berkeley)
Wednesday, April 14, 2010.  5:30 PM.
Bldg 320, Room 105
This is event if free and open to the public.
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Symbolic Systems Forum - Mehran Sahami
Thursday, April 15, 2010.  4:15 PM.
380-380C

Tanner Lectures: Mark Danner (author and Professor of Journalism, Berkeley)
Thursday, April 15, 2010.  5:30 PM.
Bldg 320, Room 105
This is event if free and open to the public.
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Buddhist Tantras on their Origins
Thursday, April 15, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
Free and Open to the Public
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Ethics@Noon:Does Religion Do More Harm than Good?
Friday, April 16, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar room (main quad)
Free and open to the public.
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Symbolic Systems Forum - Joel Brandt
Thursday, April 22, 2010.  4:15 PM.
380-380C

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Art Focus Lecture: Sashiko & Other Traditional Japanese Techniques in Modern Guise
Thursday, April 22, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way Stanford, CA 94305-5060
Cantor Arts Center Members: $25 Non-Members: $30
Garrett Stewart Book Discussion
Thursday, April 22, 2010.  5:00 PM.
English Department Terrace Room (Bldg. 460, Room 426)
Free and open to the public
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Ethics@Noon:"Sustainable Development or Shuffle Deck Chairs on the Titanic: The (Difficult) Choice is Ours"
Friday, April 23, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar room (main quad)
Free and open to the public.
Reading by poet Edward Hirsch
Monday, April 26, 2010.  8:00 PM.
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
Free and open to the public
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2010 Sant Lecture in Earth Systems: Peter Gleick on Climate Change, Water, and Conflict
Tuesday, April 27, 2010.  3:30 PM.
McCaw Hall, Arrillaga Alumni Center
Free and open to the public, no registration required. Light refreshments to follow.
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Art Focus Lecture: Mediterranean Mosaic: Ancient & Medieval Sicily
Ongoing every week from April 29, 2010 through May 13, 2010.  4:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way Stanford, CA 94305-5060
Cantor Arts Center Members: $75 Non-Members: $90
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William Kennedy (Advisor, US Millennium Challenge Corporation)
Thursday, April 29, 2010.  7:00 PM.
Annenberg Auditorium, 435 Lasuen Mall
This event is free and open to the public.
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Ethics@Noon:"Ethics and Global Medicine: Dilemmas Faced by Medical Students and Researchers Who go to Work in Poor Countries"
Friday, April 30, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar room (main quad)
Free and open to the public.
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The Art and Iconography of a Thai Buddhist Temple
Saturday, May 1, 2010.  1:00 PM.
Building 200, Room 002
Free and Open to the Public
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Harry Camp Memorial Lecture by Tzvetan Todorov
Monday, May 3, 2010.  5:00 PM.
Stanford Humanities Center, 424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford University
Free and open to the public
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Harry Camp Memorial Seminar by Tzvetan Todorov
Tuesday, May 4, 2010.  4:00 PM.
Stanford Humanities Center, 424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford University
Free and open to the public
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Art + Invention Speaker Series: Laurie Anderson
Tuesday, May 4, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Pigott Theater, Memorial Hall
Free and Open to All. Limited searing: arrive early.
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Harry Camp Memorial Lecture by Tzvetan Todorov
Wednesday, May 5, 2010.  7:00 PM.
Stanford Humanities Center, 424 Santa Teresa Street Stanford University
Free and open to the public
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Harry Camp Memorial Seminar by Tzvetan Todorov
Thursday, May 6, 2010.  4:00 PM.
Stanford Humanities Center, 424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford University
Free and open to the public
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How Was the Pure Land Painted in Dunhuang?
Thursday, May 6, 2010.  5:15 PM.
Encina Hall West, Room 208
Free and Open to the Public
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Ethics@Noon: Tamar Shapiro (Philosophy)
Friday, May 7, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar room (main quad)
Free and open to the public.
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“What Modern Catholic Theology Can/Should/Must Make of Buddhism.”
Thursday, May 13, 2010.  5:15 PM.
TBA
Free and Open to the Public
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Iran-Iraq War on screen
Thursday, May 13, 2010.  6:00 PM.
Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall
Free and open to the public
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Trouble the Water (film)
Thursday, May 13, 2010.  7:00 PM.
Annenberg Auditorium, 435 Lasuen Mall
This event is free and open to the public.
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Ethics@Noon: The Ethics of Genetically Modified Foods in a New Green Revolution
Friday, May 14, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar room (main quad)
Free and open to the public.
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Vaclav Smil (Environment & Geography, University of Manitoba)
Thursday, May 20, 2010.  7:00 PM.
Annenberg Auditorium, 435 Lasuen Mall
This event is free and open to the public.
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Visions of Otherworldly Splendor: The Aesthetic of zhuangyan
Thursday, May 20, 2010.  7:30 PM.
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
Free and Open to the Public
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Ethics@Noon: Allegra McLeod (Post Doctoral Fellow, Center for Ethics in Society & Program on Global Justice )
Friday, May 21, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110. 1st Floor Seminar room (main quad)
Free and open to the public.
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Ethics@Noon: "Criminalizing Immigration Policy"
Friday, May 28, 2010.  12:00 PM.
Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar room (main quad)
Free and open to the public.