The Stanford Daily

Author: Ada Yee

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Genetics prof. wins Kyoto Prize

By Ada Yee
NEWS| Genetics Prof. Len Herzenberg accepted the Kyoto Prize last month for his contributions to biotechnology, including his pivotal role in developing the Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorter (FACS) machine that has transformed both the research and medicine.

Video game console wars intensify

By Ada Yee
NEWS| Hundreds of people are hitting the streets. Long lines are snaking through our nation’s cities. We sit on the brink of economic warfare.

Researchers discover possible stress cure

By Ada Yee
NEWS| Around midterm season, students know all too well how stress can impede their abilities to learn and remember.

Friends of The Daily see applicant spike

By Ada Yee
NEWS| This year, the Friends of The Stanford Daily, the newspaper’s alumni organization, awarded an unprecedented seven scholarships to reporters and staff.

Scientist receives top NASA award

By Ada Yee
NEWS| While Stanford students bask in the sunny climes here on Earth, Stanford scientists are busy understanding how the sun causes a different kind of weather — namely, solar flares and magnetic storms.

CASA raises grad issues with GSC

By Ada Yee
NEWS| Last night, the Graduate Student Council (GSC) heard the concerns from two cultural and social anthropology (CASA) students about changes in graduate life.

Law school lecturer addresses Senate

By Ada Yee
NEWS| The recent Congressional push for new immigration legislation has garnered widespread media attention, and yesterday, students and activists nationwide protested current guest worker program proposals.

ASES holds seventh international summit

By Ada Yee
NEWS| Forty students from 10 nations across the Asia-Pacific region will visit campus this week to learn about global entrepreneurship and network with Stanford students during a summit hosted by Stanford’s Asia-Pacific Entrepreneurship Society (ASES).

Concert showcases disabled musicians

By Ada Yee
NEWS| Sunday night in Dinkelspiel Auditorium, pianist Yea-Ji Kim delivered a cascading rendition of Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu to match her flowing sunset-colored dress.

Design school project teaches bike safety

By Ada Yee
NEWS| Passing through White Plaza last Thursday, students may have noticed a terrible bike accident or some unfortunate fellow moaning that he shouldn’t have been wearing earphones.

Paintball ticket vendor accused of fraud

By Ada Yee
NEWS| For months, students have been saying that a man outside the Stanford Bookstore representing Creative Marketing has been selling phony paintball tickets.

Liberal art colleges offer students full-rides

By Ada Yee
NEWS| As the quarter slowly lurches into gear, many students return to campus bearing stories of siblings or friends who mailed off college applications over the break.

New hormone can suppress appetite

By Ada Yee
NEWS| A college student’s concern with weight, diet and exercise may seem like nothing out of the ordinary; however, Americans everywhere have become increasingly alarmed about the rise of national obesity rates.

Blood center celebrates off-campus relocation

By Ada Yee
NEWS| Imagine sitting back in a comfortable, auto-reclining chair to watch a DVD, check your e-mail and, while you’re at it, save a life.

Israeli prof takes pro-Palestinian stance in speech

By Ada Yee
NEWS| “The situation as we have it now is very worrying,” said Ilan Pappe, a historian and professor from Haifa University in Israel yesterday afternoon.

"Saving Face" director talks to students about movie

By Ada Yee
NEWS| Director and writer Alice Wu has attended many question and answer sessions about her film, “Saving Face,” but until Saturday night, she had never given a talk about her work.