SUMC in the News (10/27/06)
Print media coverage
Stanford Daily, 10/27/06
Reporters recall horrors of the battle
This article discusses an Aurora Forum talk entitled "The Truth of War." The talk was moderated by David Spiegel, the Jack, Samuel and Lulu Willson Professor in Medicine, and featured former New York Times war correspondent Chris Hedges and author Anthony Swofford. The three are pictured here.
New York Sun, 10/27/06
$1.3 billion drive is set at Cornell
Cornell's medical school plans to raise $1.3 billion to build a new biomedical
research center to bring on more research scientists. The five-year fund-raising
drive is part of a $4 billion capital campaign at the university. Although SUMC
is not referenced, this article may be of interest to readers.
San Francisco Chronicle, 10/26/06
CAT scans find lung cancer early - death rate falls
A new study shows that patients whose tumors were spotted early by CAT scans and
who received immediate treatment were likely to survive lung cancer. Heather
Wakelee, assistant professor of medicine, provides comment in this article.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/26/06
Anna Deavere Smith returns with 'Let Me Down Easy'
Well-known actor and playwright Anna Deavere Smith performed "Let Me Down Easy," a new, one-woman show that pays homage to the human body, at Stanford this week. Her Oct. 25 performance was co-sponsored by the School of Medicine's Office of Diversity and Leadership.
Broadcast media coverage
ScienceUpdate.com, 10/24/06
This piece discusses a Stanford study that found nearly as many men as women
experience compulsive buying disorder, a condition marked by binge buying and
subsequent financial hardship. Lead author Lorrin Koran, emeritus professor of
psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was interviewed.
http://www.scienceupdate.com/newsite/index.php# (audio and transcript)
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