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Stanford University

Type: Organization

Name: Stanford University

Nationality: United States

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

China Investment Corporation

Bidders eye Stanford University assets

Stanford University has received bids totalling more than $1bn for investments that it put up for sale last month, a figure at the high end of the school’s early expectations, reports the WSJ.$ But some of the bids feature tough conditions that could ... [FT Alphaville - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Stanford University, China Investment Corporation, Goldman Sachs Group Inc

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Tech mishaps and the human problem

Behind every tech problem is a human problem – and if you don’t dig into it and figure out how solve it, your company will never progress. Serial entrepreneur Eric Ries, in this entrepreneurial though leader lecture given at Stanford University, notes ... [Venturebeat - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Chris Morris, Entrepreneur, CNNMoney.com

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents

Sports Illustrated Heisman Tour presented by Nissan

at Stanford University: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CAThe Sports Illustrated Heisman Tour is making its stop at the Stanford vs. Cal game! Meet Stanford football legends Darrin Nelson and Steve Stenstrom. Get your photo with the Heisman Trophy placed ... [San Francisco Chronicle - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Steve Stenstrom, Darrin Nelson, Stanford University

First Reported 37 mins ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)

It's a wrap: Creatively use recycled or natural wrappings this season

Red and green have been the favorite holiday gift wrap colors since the 14th century. But this year, the front-running colors are green -- and green."Green" as in money-conscious and eco-friendly. Most gift wrap gets thrown out, so why spend a lot on ... [Individual.com - 37 mins ago]

Entities: Recycling, Recyclable, Stanford University

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Carol Bartz

How to Improve the Performance Review Process

Associated Press Does your juggle ever get in the way of a good performance review? The onset of this chilly month never fails to remind me of a bleak memory: A bad performance review. A few years back, I spent a little too much time enjoying ... [WSJ.com: The Juggle - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Jeffrey Pfeffer, Carol Bartz, San Francisco Giants, Stanford University, BusinessWeek

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Biology)

International Business Machines Corp

IBM Brain Model Exceeds Scale of a Cat's Cortex

IBM says it's made significant progress toward creating a computer system that simulates and emulates the brain’s abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition, while rivaling the brain’s low power and energy consumption and compact ... [IBM Systems - 11/19/2009]

Entities: International Business Machines Corp, Synapse, Computer Simulation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Biology)

Charles Grassley

U.S. Sen. Grassley: Continues effort for transparency about drug company money

WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked leading medical schools to describe their policies on ghostwriting as part of his continuing effort to shed light on financial ties between the pharmaceutical industry and medical professionals.“I’m interested ... [IowaPolitics.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Charles Grassley, Plagiarism, Allegation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Number of Doctorates Rose Slightly in 2008, in Summary of Delayed NSF Report

By David GlennExactly 48,802 people, a number equal to the population of were awarded doctoral degrees in the United States in 2008, according to a released on Thursday by the National Science Foundation.That figure was up 1.4 percent from 2007 — the ... [Chronicle of Higher Education - 11/19/2009]

Entities: David Glenn, Taxonomy, United States

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Shifting blame is socially contagious

New study from University of Southern California and Stanford University finds blame spreads rapidlyMerely observing someone publicly blame an individual in an organization for a problem – even when the target is innocent – greatly increases the odds ... [EurekAlert! - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Richard Nixon, Stanford University

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Bids on Stanford assets top $1 bln

From WSJ: Stanford University has received bids totaling more than $1 billion for its large block of hard-to-sell investments that it put up for sale last month, a figure at the high end of the school’s early expectations, according to people familiar ... [Opalesque - 23 hours ago]

Entities: China Investment Corporation, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Declination, Stanford University

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Biology)

IBM Simulates Feline Brain

IBM says its making significant progress toward developing a computer system that works like the human brain.At a recent supercomputing conference, IBM said its cognitive computing team has made great strides in â€œlarge-scale cortical simulation and ... [Red Orbit - 11/19/2009]

Entities: International Business Machines Corp, Computer Simulation, Diffusion, Neuron, Stanford University

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Video: Payroll Tax

Discussing alternative stimulus plans, with Michael Boskin, Stanford University and Steve Moore, The Wall Street Journal. (CNBC)Wall Street Journal - Michael Boskin - United States - Stanford University - Education ... [MSNBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Michael Boskin, Stanford University, Taxes, Steve Moore

Quotes

...There are those who are convinced that SSDs will indeed outnumber hard drives in the IT business at some point in our lifetimes, however. "Five years from now? No. Ten years from now? I'd say, 'Not really.' Thirty years from now-well, things may be quite different by then" venture capitalist Mike Speiser of Sutter Hill Ventures told a capacity audience during a roundtable discussion Nov. 17 at Stanford University

Stakeholders Talk Future of SSDs at VLAB Roundtable [eWeek - 3 hours ago]

...genetic elements -- the 'jumping genes' that won corn geneticist Barbara McClintock a Nobel Prize in 1983 -- is perhaps the best-known example. "The fact that example after example of these unexpected phenomena are also at workwork in mammals suggests that scientists interested in things like human diseases would be well served to pay attention to what's happening in plants, and in corn in particular" said Virginia Walbot, a molecular geneticist at Stanford University

Scientists find secrets from mapping corn genome [Washington Post - 11/20/2009]

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Blogs

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Tech mishaps and the human problem [Venturebeat - 1 hour ago] Behind every tech problem is a human problem – and if you don’t dig into it and figure out how solve it, your company will never progress. Serial entrepreneur Eric ...
Tech mishaps and the human problem [Venturebeat - 17 hours ago] Behind every tech problem is a human problem – and if you don’t dig into it and figure out how solve it, your company will never progress. Serial entrepreneur Eric ...
ScienceOnline2010 - introducing the participant... [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 11/19/2009] Continuing with the series (I get more and more feedback that people love this) introducing, a few at a time, the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference. ...
How to Improve the Performance Review Process [WSJ.com: The Juggle - 11/19/2009] Associated Press Does your juggle ever get in the way of a good performance review? The onset of this chilly month never fails to remind me of a bleak ...
Bidders eye Stanford University assets [FT Alphaville - 11/19/2009] Stanford University has received bids totalling more than $1bn for investments that it put up for sale last month, a figure at the high end of the school’s early ...

Audio/Video

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AP Poll: Experiences Shape Health Care Views [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/17/2009]
AP Poll: Americans Conflicted About Health Care [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/16/2009]
AP Poll: Americans Conflicted About Health Care [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/16/2009]
AP Poll: Americans Conflicted About Health Care [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/16/2009]
Why Is Maj. Nidal Hasan Still the "Alleged... [Slate Magazine - 11/14/2009]

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