SUMC in the News (10/12/06)
Press release
Anna Deavere Smith's performance at Stanford examines health and the human body
Well-known actor and playwright Anna Deavere Smith will perform "Let Me Down Easy," a new, one-woman show that pays homage to the human body, Oct. 25-26 at the Roble Studio Theater. The Oct. 25 performance is co-sponsored by the School of Medicine's Office of Diversity and Leadership.
Print media coverage
Jerusalem Post, 10/12/06
It's in the genes
This lengthy article discusses the work and life of Roger Kornberg, the Mrs.
George A. Winzer Professor in Medicine, who last week was awarded the 2006 Nobel
Prize in Chemistry. Kornberg's father, Arthur, the Emma Pfeiffer Merner
Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus, is also quoted. An article on Roger
Kornberg also appears in the Harvard Crimson, and today's Stanford Dailyincludes a piece on both Kornberg and Andrew Fire, professor of pathology and of
genetics, who received the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Washington Post, 10/12/06
From a backyard pond to genetic innovation
This article focuses on Craig Mello, the University of Massachusetts scientist
who shared last week's Nobel Prize with Andrew Fire. Fire is referenced
here.
New York Daily News, 10/12/06
Shopping till they drop
This article references a recent Stanford study that found that as many as 1 in
20 Americans may have compulsive buying disorder, a condition marked by binge
buying and subsequent financial hardship.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/12/06
Stanford searches for way to buy new bloodmobile
Edgar Engleman, professor of pathology and medicine, and Michelle Bussenius,
spokesperson for the Stanford Blood Center, comment in this article on the
center's need for a new bloodmobile.
Palo Alto Weekly, 10/12/06
Health notes
This column mentions three upcoming SUMC events: a lecture on eating disorders
at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, a breast-cancer survivor celebration at
the Stanford Cancer Center and a Packard talk on poverty and health.
United Press International, 10/11/06
Not only does skin sag, so do facial bones
According to a Stanford study, aging facial bones can be a roadblock to a
youthful face. David Kahn, assistant professor of plastic and reconstructive
surgery, is quoted here and in a Palo Alto Online News article.
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