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2010 ROUNDTABLE AT STANFORD
Generation Ageless: Longevity and the Boomers
Consequences for our world and ourselves
Join
moderator Tom Brokaw and panelists John Hennessy, Laura Carstensen,
Sandra Day O'Connor, Barry Rand, Sheryl Sandberg and Robert Sapolsky
for
a discussion of the global implications of an aging world population.
October 23, 9:30-11 am, Maples Pavilion, $10, Free with Stanford ID.
To purchase tickets on-line, please click here.
The first 50 people to respond will receive two free tickets.
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CHALLENGE SUCCESS FALL CONFERENCE
Walking the Talk: Aligning Actions and Values for Youth Well-Being
Wendy Mogel, Ph.D., internationally known clinical psychologist
and author of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee and
The Blessing of a B Minus,   along with
Challenge Success co-founders: Denise Pope, Ph.D.,
Madeline Levine, Ph.D., and Jim Lobdell, M.A.
Speakers will present practical ideas to help families
define success for youth on their
own terms and align
their actions accordingly. Two high school
students will
also offer their perspectives on what success means to
them, the
pressures they face, and their coping strategies.
Friday, October 15, 7-9 pm, Memorial Auditorium, Free
Please RSVP.
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 MUSIC
Harmony for Humanity: Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert
Stanford Music faculty and students honor the slain Wall Street Journal reporter and Stanford alumnus.
Oct 7, 8 pm Memorial Church, Free
Piano Students of Thomas Schultz
October 8, 8 pm, Campbell Recital Hall, Free
Jieun Oh, flute
October 9, 2:30 pm, CCRMA Stage, The Knoll, Free
Thomas Schultz, piano
October 10, 2:30 pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, $10, seniors $9, students $5, Stanford students free
Kronos Quartet
Awakening: A Meditation on 9/11
Oct 13, 8 pm, Memorial Auditorium, $19-68, Stanford students $10
Punch Brothers, Featuring Chris Thile
Oct 15, 8 pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, $19-42, Stanford students $10
Laura Decher Wayte, soprano with Nathalie Fortin, piano, and Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord
October 17, 2:30 pm, Campbell Recital Hall, $10, seniors $9, students $5, Stanford students free
Masterclass with Laura Decher Wayte
October 18, 4:15 pm, Campbell Recital Hall, Free
Informance with Shubha Mudgal
Engaging one-hour program of performance and conversation
Oct 19, 6 pm, Community School of Music and Arts, Free
Shubha Mudgal
Oct 20, 8 pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, $19-42, Stanford students $10
Rinde Eckert
October 22, 8 pm, CCRMA Stage, The Knoll, Free
St. Lawrence String Quartet
with Stephen Prutsman, pianist
October 24, 2:30 pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, $22 - $50, Stanford students $10
Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely
Oct 29, 8 pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, $19-42, Stanford students $10
Glass Wave in Concert: Literature Amplified
October 29, 8 pm, Cubberley Auditorium, Free
Stanford New Ensemble
October 30, 8 pm, Campbell Recital Hall, Free
Halloween Concert
The Stanford Wind Ensemble and the Stanford Symphony Orchestra present a chilling evening of works in the spirit of All Hallow's Eve.
October 31, 8 pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, $10, seniors $9, students $5
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LECTURES
Imagining the Smart Home
October 4, 12 noon, Encina Hall, 2nd Floor, East
Conference Room, Free
Teaching and Talking About Race
Oct 4, 12 noon, CERAS 100B, Free, Please RSVP
 Architect and Design Visionary, Neri Oxman
October 4, 6 pm, Building 550 Atrium, Free
Facts are Subversive
A discussion of the missions, boundaries and pitfalls of
nonfiction
October 6, 5 pm, Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall, Free, RSVP required
The Cosmic Distance Ladder - A Public Talk by Terence Tao
October 6, 7:30 pm, Cubberley Auditorium, Free
Recovering Value from Waste and Wastewater
October 8, 12:15 pm, Yang & Yamazaki Environment &
Energy Building, Rm 111, Free
 Doctor and Patient: Lost in Translation
Pauline W. Chen, surgeon and author of Final Exam: A
Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality
October 11, 5:30 pm, Li Ka Shing Center, Paul Berg Hall,
Free
 Power: How to Get It, Use It and Keep It
Breakfast Briefing with Jeff Pfeffer
October 13, 7:30 am, Stanford Faculty Club, $60
America and The Pill: A History of Promise, Peril and Liberation
October 21, 5 pm, Bldg 200, Rm 307, Free
Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter
October 28, 4:15 pm, Oak Room, Tresidder Union, Free
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GLOBAL TOPICS
 Celebrating Mexico: The Grito de Dolores and the Mexican Revolution, 1810|1910|2010
Exhibition on display through January 11, 2011, Green Library, Free
 Innovating the New Arab Woman
October 4, 2 pm, Wallenberg Learning Theater, Free, Registration required due to limited seating
Iran, Israel and the Middle East: A View from Tel Aviv
October 5, 6:30 pm, Bldg 200, Rm 305, Free
Literary Trends in Contemporary Iran
October 8, 6:30 pm, Bldg 200, Rm 305, Free
Behind Bars and Backstage in China: The Extraordinary Life of Ying Ruocheng
October 14, 12 noon, Encina Hall, 3rd Floor, Free
The Urban European Caf� as a space of Jewish Modernism
October 18, 12 noon, Bldg 360, Free
 U.S. - Mexico Relations: Intertwined Fates
U.S. Ambassador Carlos Pascual '80
October 20, 4:30 pm, Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall,
Free
Empowerment in Exile: Twenty Years of Transforming Lives Through Education
October 20, 7:30 pm, Bldg 420, Rm 41, Free
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FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar
This weekly event brings innovation leaders from business,
finance, technology, education and philanthropy to share their
insights with aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world.
Wednesdays, 4:30 pm, NVIDIA Auditorium, Free
- 10/6: Chi-Hua Chien, Partner KPCB, and Dan Rosensweig, CEO of Chegg
- 10/13: Mark Suster, VC and Serial Entrepreneur
- 10/20: Thomas Prescott, President and CEO, Align Technology, Inc.
- 10/27: Ann Miura-Ko, Partner, FLOODGATE
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ETHICS & PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy Talk
The program that
questions everything...except your
intelligence. Join Stanford professors Ken Taylor and John Perry for live tapings of this weekly one-hour radio
series: - 12 noon: The Moral Cost of Free Markets, with Debra Satz
- 3 pm: Abortion, with Cynthia Gorney
October 17, The Marsh Theater, San Francisco, $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
ETHICS @ Noon
Join
us each week as Stanford faculty tackle important questions of ethics
that arise in private and public life. Feel free to bring your lunch.
Location: Bldg 110, Rm 112 10/1: Parenting and Politics in Deafness
10/8: Not Love but Justice: Social Science, Education, and "the Race Problem" in Mid-Century America,
10/15: Ethics and Global Medicine: Dilemmas Faced by Medical Students and Researchers Who go to Work in Poor Countries 10/22: Overcoming Student Resistance to Requirements 10/29: Immigration as a Human Right
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SYMPOSIA
25th Annual Johnson Symposium in Organic Chemistry
Featuring seven Nobel Laureate speakers
October 8-9, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, $285, Discounts available for Stanford alumni and current students.
A Symposium: Can Literature Help Real Animals
October 20, 3 pm, Bldg 460, The Terrace Room, Free
 Beckman Symposium: Diseases of the Brain
October 25, 9 am - 4:30 pm, Berg Conference Center, Li Ka
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PARENTING
Heart to Heart: A Seminar on Growing Up
Two
evening seminars for kids ages 10-12 and their parents; Classes are
available in October, November and December. Please see website for
dates and registration information. $75.
Before the Birth Classes
Please see website for the full schedule of classes offered by Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
Pediatric Weight Control Program
This family-based, group behavioral and educational program promotes
lifelong healthy eating and exercise habits for overweight children,
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RELIGION &
SPIRITUAL LIFE
University Public Worship
Ecumenical Christian worship featuring choir and organ music with speakers and preachers from diverse religious traditions.
Sundays, 10 am, Memorial ChurchCompline
A reflective 30-minute service of hymns and chant sung in the tranquil candlelit ambiance of Memorial Church. All religious and non-religious backgrounds welcome. Sundays, 9-9:30 pm, Memorial Church. - 10/3: Valley Presbyterian Church - 10/10: Early Music Singers - 10/17: Palo Alto High School - 10/24: Stanford student ensemble - 10/31: All Saints Episcopal
Evening Labyrinth
As twilight deepens into evening, experience the serenity of walking the labyrinth in the candle-lit ambiance of Memorial Church
October 12, 5:30-7 pm |
NEWS FOR NEIGHBORS
Stanford will hold a campus-wide evacuation drill on October 7. This will include sounding of seven outdoor warning sirens. For more information, please click here.
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NEED DIRECTIONS?
Directions and parking information can be found on Stanford's on-line map.
Many visitor parking places are metered, so don't forget quarters. More tips are available at http://parking.stanford.edu.
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EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL
It's fall, and that means that it's time for the annual Stanford Red Barn Festival, benefitting the student-athletes of the Stanford Equestrian Team! Events include a "just for fun" pairs class, the Student-Alumni Challenge, the Stanford Team Invitational, wine-tasting and more.
October 10, The Stanford Red Barn, $10 for horse show, $50 for Wine and Equine (includes Show admission)
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FILM SCREENINGS
Medusa's Raft, followed by Q&A with Filmmaker Karpo Godina
October 7, 6:30 pm, Annenberg Auditorium, Free
Compassion Rising
With Q&A moderated by the Rev. Scotty McLennan, Dean for Religious Life.
October 11, 7:30 pm, Cubberley Auditorium
Witnessing Disaster in China: Screening of 1428 and Q&A with Director Du Haibin
October 12, 7 pm, Bldg 260, Rm 113, Seating is limited, Free
 Ethics and War Series: War Photographer
October 14, 7:30 pm, Annenberg Auditorium, Free
Ethics and War Series: The Changing Face of Photojournalism, the Changing Face of War
October 28, 5:30 pm, Bldg 320, Rm 105, Free 13th United Nations Association Film Festival
Screenings and panel discussions at Stanford, and in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and San Francisco
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READINGS & BOOK SIGNINGS
 Painting at the Edge of the World: The Watercolours of Tony Foster
October 1, 4-6 pm, Stanford Bookstore, Free
Writer's Showcase: A Writer's Studio Faculty Reading
October 11, 7:30 pm, Jordan Hall (Bldg 420), Rm 40, Free
 Deborah Eisenberg
Reading
October 18, 8 pm, Cubberley Auditorium, Free
The Sexual Politics of Meat: A 20th Anniversary featuring lecture and slideshow by author, Carol Adams
October 19, 8 pm, Bldg 260, Rm 113, Free
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SPORTS
Football
10/9 v. USC, 5 pm
10/23 v. Washington State, Time TBA
Women's Soccer
10/3 v. Santa Clara, 1 pm
Free poster and autograph session
with the team.10/15 v. Washington State, 5 pm
10/17 v. Washington, 12 pm
 Men's Soccer
10/2 v. Cal, 7 pm
10/15 v. UCLA, 7:30 pm
10/17 v. San Diego State, 2:30 pm Free poster and
autograph session with
the team.10/29 v. Washington, 7 pm,
Wear your Halloween costume
and receive $2 admission. The
best costume will win a prize.
10/31 v. Oregon State, 1 pm
On October 15 and 17, one ticket is good for both the Men's and Women's Soccer games.
 Women's Volleyball
10/1 v. Oregon State, 7 pm
10/2 v. Oregon, 7 pm
10/15 v. Washington, 7 pm
Free T Shirts for first
500 fans.10/16 v. Washington State, 7 pm
Autograph night! Food & Fun Family
Pack (4 general admission tickets,
4 hot dogs, and 4 sodas for $28)10/22 v. Cal, 7 pm
Alumni Night: $6 general admission
tickets with homecoming badge.
Men's Volleyball
10/24 Reunion Weekend Tournament, 10:30 am
10/29 v. Pepperdine, 3 pm
Men's Basketball
10/23 Cardinal & White Scrimmage, Time TBA
Field Hockey
10/8 v. Harvard, 5 pm
10/24 v. Pacific, 1 pm
Women's Lacrosse
10/1 v. Cal, 5 pm
10/16 v. Fresno State, Saint Mary's & UC Davis
Women's Swimming & Diving
10/1 v. San Jose State, 2 pm
10/15-16 Stanford Invitational
10/23 Alumni
Meet, 9 am
Men's Swimming & Diving
10/9 v. UC Santa Cruz, 10 am
10/23 Alumni
Meet, 9 am
Men's Water Polo
10/9 v. USC, 3 pm
10/23 Alumni Game, Time TBA
Men's Tennis
10/15-19 ITA Northwest Regional Championships
Women's Tennis
10/22-25 ITA
Northwest Regional Championships
Softball
10/22 v. Saint Mary's, 7 pm
10/28 v. San Jose State, 6 pm
Wrestling
10/29 Wrestle-Offs, 6:30 pm
Sailing
10/2 -10/3 v.
Bryson Women's
10/23-24 Gasher
Alumni Regatta
10/30-31 Women's Pacific Coast Championships
Team Cardinal Kid's Club is now accepting new members
for the 2010-11 season. Membership is only $25 and includes a Team Cardinal T-shirt, membership card and free admission to most Stanford sporting events.
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HEALTH LIBRARY TALKS
Sex and Gender Differences in Human Health and Disease
October 4, 12 noon, Li Ka Shing Center, Rm 304/305, Free
Medicare, Medigaps, HMOs and Prescription Benefits for Seniors
October 7, 7 pm, Free, Please RSVP
 New Insights into Breast Cancer Treatment and Survivorship
October 7, 7 pm, Arrillaga Alumni Center, Free, Please RSVP
Athletically Focused Health Screening
October 9, 10 am - 12 noon, Stanford Health Library in Stanford Shopping Center
October 20, Redwood City Public Library, Free
Sex Disparities: Causes and Remedies
October 11, 12 noon, Li Ka Shing Center, Rm 304/305, Free
 Current Treatment for Ankle Arthritis
October 13, 7 pm, Free, Please RSVP
Nutrition and Supplements for Fitness and Health
October 14, 7 pm, Free, Please RSVP
Always Dynamic: Women Physicians Report on Lessons in Work-Life Balance
October 18, 12 pm, Li Ka Shing Center, Rm 304/305, Free
Living Well with Chronic Conditions: A Stanford Self-Management Program
Mondays, October 18 - November 22, 1:30-4 pm, Free, Pre-registration required
 Starting an Exercise Program - How Your Doctor Can Help!
October 21, 7 pm, Free, Please RSVP
The Truth about Health Reform: A Good Start for Women
October 25, 12 noon, Li Ka Shing Center, Rm 304/305, Free
Pink ribbon photo (c) istockphoto.com/skodonnell.Ankle photo (c) istockphoto.com/David Marchal |
HEALTH IMPROVEMENT CLASSES
Easing Your Journey Through Loss
Six Mondays beginning October 4,
7 pm, $200
Seasonal Flu - Why You Should or Should Not be Immunized
October 5, 12 noon, On-line Webinar, $25
Positive Psychology: The Pursuit of Happiness
Five Tuesdays beginning October 5,
7 pm, $236
Enrich Your Life with Organic Gardening
Four Wednesdays beginning October 6, 5 pm, Stanford Community Farm, $110
Safe and Confident Bicycle Commuting 201: Bicycle Handling Skills Clinic
October 6, 5 pm, $40
Stop Dragging Your Feet: Care and Treatment for Common Foot Problems
October 7, 12 noon, $25
CARES: Compassion, Awareness and Relationship Skills to Ease Stress
Introduction: October 8, 12 noon, $25
Six week class beginning October 19, 5:45 pm, $255
Sitting Comfortably at Your Computer
October 8 & 29, 12 noon, plus one individual appointment at your computer, $130
Everybody's Doin' the Locomotion: How to Take the Train
October 13, 5:15 pm, $25
Boost Your Metabolism
October 14, 12 noon, $25
 Safe & Confident Bicycle Commuting 101 + Get Ready for Winter
October 20, 5:15 pm, $40
Harmonica for Optimal Breathing
Four Thursdays beginning October 21, 12 noon, $80
Moving Your Way to a Good Night's Rest
October 21, 5:30 pm, $25
Get Active!
October 22 plus two additional individual sessions, 12 noon, $60
Take Care of Your Eyes: It Makes Sense, Part I
Four week class beginning October 22, 12 noon, $100
Forgetfulness or Alzheimer's?
October 26, 12 noon, On-line Webinar, $25
Computers and Our Souls: Preserving the Human Element
October 28 and November 18, 12 noon, $40
Registration required for all classes unless otherwise noted.
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ART
Vodoun/Vodounon: Portraits of Initiates
 25 compelling diptychs by the Belgian photographer Jean-Dominique Burton, who pairs black-and-white portraits with color photographs for a sensitive portrayal of Vodoun practitioners and their sacred shrines.
Opens October 13, Cantor Arts Center, Free
Ceremonial Blessing
October 13, 5-5:30 pm, Meet at Stone River sculpture in front of the Center, Free
Exhibition Featuring Heike Liss: "Home is When I Belong"
On view through October 15, Artist's reception October 5, 5-6:30 pm
The Clayman Institute, Serra House, 589 Capistrano Way, Free
Faisal Abdu'Allah: The Art of Dislocation
On view through November 14, Reception October 1, 5 - 7 pm
Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery, Free
Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas
 This is the first major American exhibition to present a comprehensive examination of the dynamic visual arts associated with water spirits.
On view through January 2, Cantor Arts Center, Free.
Lecture: "Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and Other Divinities in Africa/Diaspora"
October 28, 6 pm, Cantor Arts Center Auditorium, Free
Go Figure!
This
installation features a variety of contemporary figurative paintings
and sculptures in diverse media including bronze, clay, glass and wood.
Cantor Arts Center, Free.
Buildings on Paper: Architectural Drawings
Like
the structures that they define, architectural drawings can be both
functional and aesthetic. The 10 drawings displayed here include major
works by Frank Lloyd Wright and Victor Postolle (a 19th-century French
architect).
On view through October 17, Cantor Arts Center, Free.
For information on tours and additional art exhibits, please visit The Cantor Arts Center.
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His
Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit Stanford on October 14 & 15. A
limited number of tickets for the following events are still available. 
