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Self Description

November 2011: "Located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University is recognized as one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions.

Leland and Jane Stanford founded the University to "promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization." Stanford opened its doors in 1891, and more than a century later, it remains dedicated to finding solutions to the great challenges of the day and to preparing our students for leadership in today's complex world."

http://www.stanford.edu/about/

December 2002: "On October 1, 1891, Stanford University opened its doors after six years of planning and building."
http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/history/begin.html#Birth
"With an estimated 7.2 to 1 student-to-faculty ratio...Stanford offers three undergraduate degrees--Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Sciences (B.S.), and Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (B.A.S.)..."
http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/facts/undergraduate.html#program
",536 students in 63 departments and programs are pursuing postbaccalaureate degrees in seven schools: Business, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Humanities and Sciences, Law and Medicine."
http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/facts/graduate.html

Third-Party Descriptions

November 2011: "Elite universities such as Harvard, Yale and Stanford give aid to families earning as much as $200,000, which less-selective schools say puts pressure on them to also offer grants to higher-income families. Education experts say such subsidies mean less help for lower- and middle-income students, who fall deeper into debt to pay tuition."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2011-11-24/college-aid-tax-credits-students/51388212/1

August 2011: "The usage of Native American imagery in college athletics has been a long-simmering controversy. Such schools as Stanford University and New York's St. John's University, elected to drop their nicknames (the Stanford Indians became the Cardinals in 1972, then the Cardinal in 1981; the St. John's Red Men became the Red Storm in the mid-'90s), while others, like the University of North Dakota, balked."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/14/north.dakota.mascot.fight/index.html

June 2011: "WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a drug company over Stanford University in a patent dispute concerning a test to measure the amount of H.I.V. in a patient’s blood."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/us/07bizcourt.html

April 2010: "Congress established the federal Privacy Protection Act in 1980 to protect newsrooms after authorities raided Stanford University’s Stanford Daily in 1971. The law went into effect two years after the Supreme Court ruled against editors and the newspaper who sued, charging their First and Fourth Amendment rights had been violated."

http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/after_police_raid_jmu_editor_gets_crash_course_on_privacy_act/55202/

May 2009: "Institutions facing fat deficits have risked the wrath of students, parents and alumni and cut scholarships and teams. The University of Cincinnati wiped out scholarships for three men’s sports: track, cross-country and swimming. Stanford University told its fencing teams to look for other financing."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/sports/04colleges.html

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Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) Organization Jun 27, 2011
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Center for Biomedical Ethics Organization Feb 9, 2005
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Center for Internet and Society Organization Nov 23, 2004
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Center for Law and the Biosciences Organization Aug 6, 2007
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Chilling Effects Clearinghouse Source Jan 8, 2004
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Hoover Institution Organization Jan 16, 2004
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute Organization Oct 29, 2006
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics Organization Mar 3, 2008
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Stanford Center for Internet and Society Organization Feb 10, 2008
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Stanford Constitutional Law Center Organization Aug 24, 2006
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Founder/Co-Founder of Stanford Research Institute (SRI) Organization Apr 14, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Michelle Alexander Esq. Person May 23, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. William Van Alstyne Esq. Person Jan 16, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Michael Arrington Person May 20, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Kenneth Arrow Person
Student/Trainee (past or present) John Atcheson MBA Person Oct 17, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Amy Bach Esq. Person Oct 20, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Ben A. Barres MD, PhD Person Aug 4, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Rich Barton Person Dec 28, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Sen. Max Baucus Esq. Person Jan 11, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) William F. Baxter Jr., Esq. Person Mar 18, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Stefan Bechtold Person
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Barry Behr Person Sep 4, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Daryl Bem Ph.D. Person Jun 26, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Ben S. Bernanke Ph.D. Person Apr 28, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Senator Jeff Bingaman Person May 15, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Steven M. Block Person Oct 14, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Nick Bloom Person Oct 4, 2009
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Derek Curtis Bok Esq. Person Feb 22, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Michael J. Boskin Ph.D. Person Apr 21, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. David W. Brady Person Jan 12, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Karen Breslau M.A. Person Aug 12, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Timothy F. Bresnahan Person Sep 21, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Justice Stephen G. Breyer Person Dec 21, 2005
Student/Trainee (past or present) Sergey Brin Person Aug 13, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Patrick M. Byrne Ph.D. Person Jun 2, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Clay Calvert Esq., Ph.D. Person Aug 24, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Clayborne Carson Person Oct 29, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Professor Fred H. Cate J.D. Person Feb 8, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Sapna Cheryan Ph.D. Person Apr 19, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Steven Chu Ph.D. Person May 26, 2010
Student/Trainee (past or present) Sen. Frank Forrester Church Esq. Person Jan 3, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Dr. Celine Coggins Ph.D. Person May 22, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Jason Cole Person Dec 25, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Kathleen Coll Person Jun 22, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Senator Kent Conrad MBA Person Feb 15, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. William Damon Person Apr 17, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Ambassador John J. Danilovich Person Feb 27, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) John J. Donahoe Person Dec 28, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. John J. Donohue III, Esq. Person Jul 31, 2003
Student/Trainee (past or present) Calvin "Cal" M. Dooley Person Apr 15, 2010
Student/Trainee (past or present) Gov. Jim Doyle Esq. Person May 29, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Darrell Duffie Ph.D. Person Dec 12, 2010
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. David A. Dunning Ph.D. Person May 26, 2010
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Ebbe B. Ebbesen Ph.D. Person May 17, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) John Daniel Ehrlichman Esq. Person Dec 2, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Lieutenant General Karl W. Eikenberry MA Person Sep 9, 2009
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Liran Einav Person Sep 28, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Kathleen Eisenhardt Person Mar 19, 2004
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Paula England Person Jun 17, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Anthony Falzone Esq. Person Feb 10, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Marcus Feldman Person Sep 24, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Leon Festinger Ph.D. Person Sep 10, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) George Fisher Person
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Jeffrey L. Fisher Esq. Person Apr 17, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Candace Fleming MBA Person Apr 19, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Richard Thompson Ford Esq. Person Sep 10, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Milton Friedman Person
Student/Trainee (past or present) Lloyd Frink Person Nov 3, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Senator Bill Frist M.D. Person Oct 14, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Professor Victor R. Fuchs Ph.D. Person Nov 24, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Alan M. Garber Person
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. William Gould IV, Esq. Person Oct 3, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Jennifer Stisa Granick Esq. Person Jan 19, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Henry "Hank" T. Greely Person Aug 6, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Steven R. Grenadier Person Jul 20, 2004
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Samuel R. Gross Esq. Person Jun 13, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Professor Joseph A. Grundfest Person Jul 27, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Robert E. Hall Person Sep 28, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Sen. Mark O. Hatfield Person May 31, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Erika Check Hayden Person May 25, 2010
Student/Trainee (past or present) Thomas B. Heffelfinger Esq. Person May 14, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Michael Heise Esq. Person Oct 20, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Robert Hohman Person Dec 28, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Mark Holodniy M.D. Person Jun 8, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Bell Hooks Ph.D. Person Mar 26, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) President Herbert Clark Hoover Person
Student/Trainee (past or present) Rep. Stephen Horn Person Sep 6, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Shanto Iyengar Person Oct 27, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Alan D. Jagolinzer Person Oct 31, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. C. Richard Johnson Ph.D. Person May 15, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Bradley W. Joondeph Esq. Person Apr 26, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Timothy Josling Person Dec 31, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Dr. Olivia Judson Ph.D. Person May 16, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) John Kamm Person Feb 18, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Terry Lynn Karl Person Nov 3, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Saul Kassin Ph.D. Person Apr 9, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Ron Kasznik Person Dec 29, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Dacher Keltner Ph.D. Person May 17, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Person
Student/Trainee (past or present) Ben Klasky Person
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Arthur Kleinman M.D. Person Apr 27, 2010
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Nancy F. Koehn Ph.D. Person Jul 14, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Charles Kolstad Ph.D. Person Jul 17, 2010
Organization Executive (past or present) Prof. Larry D. Kramer Esq. Person Jun 25, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Edward P. Lazear Person Jan 25, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Edward A. Leland Person
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Mark A. Lemley Esq. Person Jan 13, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Laurie L. Levenson Esq. Person Sep 5, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Brian Levin Esq. Person Feb 16, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Richard C. Levin Person Jul 12, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Jason E. Lewis Person Jun 15, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Kenneth D. Lewis Person Jun 20, 2009
Student/Trainee (past or present) Greg Lukianoff Esq. Person Jul 2, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Heather MacDonald Esq. Person May 7, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Jennifer "Jenny" S. Martinez Person Apr 30, 2004
Student/Trainee (past or present) Jonathan R. Mayer Person Sep 3, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Senator Jeff Merkley Person May 31, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Dr. Alan G. Merten Ph.D. Person Aug 17, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Debra E. Meyerson Person Sep 7, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Arvind Narayanan Ph.D. Person Jun 1, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Neil W. Netanel Esq. Person May 9, 2010
Financial Recipient from (past or present) Student/Trainee (past or present) William H. Neukom Esq. Person Mar 16, 2013
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Helen Nissenbaum Ph.D. Person Apr 12, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Geoff Nunberg Person Nov 1, 2005
Student/Trainee (past or present) Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Person Dec 21, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Barbara Olshansky Esq. Person Dec 16, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Michael Oriard Ph.D. Person May 24, 2010
Student/Trainee (past or present) Larry Page Person Aug 13, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) William J. Perry Person Jul 27, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Joan Petersilia Ph.D. Person Apr 29, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Jeffrey Pfeffer Person
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Judge Richard A. Posner Person Jan 19, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Sean F. Reardon Ph.D. Person Feb 10, 2012
Student/Trainee (past or present) Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Esq. Person Sep 27, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Rob Reich Ph.D. Person Sep 7, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Deborah Rhode Esq. Person Jun 18, 2011
Organization Executive (past or present) Ms. Condoleezza Rice Person May 5, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Ronald E. Rice Ph.D. Person Nov 16, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Ambassador Susan E. Rice Ph.D. Person Jun 17, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Anthony D. Romero Person Sep 6, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Lee D. Ross Ph.D. Person Sep 10, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. William G. Ross Esq. Person Jul 4, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) James Rucker Person Mar 6, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Russell Rumberger Person May 23, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Christian Sandvig Ph.D. Person Jul 12, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Robert Sapolsky Ph.D. Person Mar 3, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Scott Sayare Person Dec 25, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Jane S. Schacter Esq. Person Aug 4, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Alan F. Schatzberg M.D. Person Jul 14, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Myron S. Scholes Person Apr 6, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori M.Div., Ph.D. Person Dec 4, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) George P. Schultz Ph.D. Person Dec 2, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Secretary of State George P. Schulz Person Feb 6, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Steven Semeraro Esq. Person Jul 3, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Derek Shaffer Esq. Person Aug 24, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Carol Loeb Shloss Ph.D. Person Nov 27, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Vitaly Shmatikov Ph.D. Person Apr 22, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. John B. Shoven Ph.D. Person May 6, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) George Pratt Shultz Person Jan 9, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Douglas O. Staiger Ph.D. Person Dec 27, 2010
Student/Trainee (past or present) Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Ervin Staub Ph.D. Person Jun 20, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Shelby Steele Person
Organization Executive (past or present) Prof. Kathleen M. Sullivan Esq. Person Aug 21, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Robert I. Sutton Ph.D. Person Jul 5, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Aaron Swartz Person Feb 14, 2009
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Jay 'Marty' Tenenbaum Person Oct 17, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Peter Thiel Esq. Person Aug 13, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) John Thornton Person Jun 24, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) C. Peter Timmer Person May 20, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Robert F. Turner Person
Student/Trainee (past or present) Tracey Pettengill Turner Person May 20, 2010
Student/Trainee (past or present) Eric Tyson Person Jan 11, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Kent Walker Esq. Person Dec 1, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Mark S. Weiner Esq. Person Mar 1, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Robert Weisberg Esq. Person Jun 21, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Nathan J. Winograd Esq. Person May 20, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Senator Ron Wyden Esq. Person Jan 18, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Director/Trustee/Overseer (past or present) Jerry Yang Person Apr 28, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Gwen Yeo Ph.D. Person May 2, 2010
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Kimberly Yuracko Esq., Ph.D. Person Mar 14, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Philip G. Zimbardo Person Nov 22, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Eric Zitzewitz Person Dec 29, 2006

Articles and Resources

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Nov 26, 2011 $5.3B goes to students who government says don't need it

QUOTE: Elite universities such as Harvard, Yale and Stanford give aid to families earning as much as $200,000, which less-selective schools say puts pressure on them to also offer grants to higher-income families. Education experts say such subsidies mean less help for lower- and middle-income students, who fall deeper into debt to pay tuition.

 USA TODAY
Aug 14, 2011 North Dakota, NCAA spar over mascot

QUOTE: The University of North Dakota is one step closer to retiring its nickname and mascot, but changing the school's 90-year-old Native American moniker -- the Fighting Sioux -- has not been without complications.

 CNN (Cable News Network)
Jun 06, 2011 Supreme Court Rules for Drug Firm in a Patent Dispute

QUOTE: The “general rule,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority in a 7-to-2 decision, is that “rights in an invention belong to the inventor,” even if created on an employer’s watch.

 New York Times
Jun 21, 2010 In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That

QUOTE: the tactic getting the most attention — and the most controversy — is the sudden, deliberate and dubiously effective grade inflation, which had begun even before the legal job market softened.

 New York Times
Apr 21, 2010 After police raid, JMU editor gets crash course on privacy act

QUOTE: Congress established the federal Privacy Protection Act in 1980 to protect newsrooms after authorities raided Stanford University’s Stanford Daily in 1971....Subpoenas are the established method for authorities to request photographs or other material from newsrooms...

 Daily Progress
May 03, 2009 Universities Cutting Teams as They Trim Their Budgets

QUOTE: Colleges have dismissed athletic staff, reduced hours for pools and practice courts, and increased equipment and facility fees....Institutions facing fat deficits have risked the wrath of students, parents and alumni and cut scholarships and teams. The University of Cincinnati wiped out scholarships for three men’s sports: track, cross-country and swimming. Stanford University told its fencing teams to look for other financing.

 New York Times
May 18, 2008 Doctors Say ‘I’m Sorry’ Before ‘See You in Court’

QUOTE: For decades, malpractice lawyers and insurers have counseled doctors and hospitals to “deny and defend.” Many still warn clients that any admission of fault, or even expression of regret, is likely to invite litigation and imperil careers. But with providers choking on malpractice costs and consumers demanding action against medical errors, a handful of prominent academic medical centers, like Johns Hopkins and Stanford, are trying a disarming approach.

 New York Times
Feb 04, 2008 Some Campuses Decide Tobacco Company Money Is ‘Tainted’

QUOTE: [Officials at a Texas university] decided two months ago to draw a line, and refuse all tobacco money for student groups, as well as for faculty research. “What it came down to for us was the ethical dimension,” said [one official]. “The leadership of the school felt that in some sense it was tainted money, that it is money gotten from a product that is significantly harming people.”

 New York Times
Oct 22, 2007 The Curse of Chief Wahoo: Enabling Racist Imagery

QUOTE: How do we make sense of a community that embraces its team even though a sign of that enthusiasm is deemed offensive? Are [certain sports teams] fans enablers of a corporate marketing tradition that ignores certain racial sensibilities in order to grow a brand and build profits?

 Poynter Online
May 16, 2007 SEC Scrutiny of Stock Plans Could Spell Trouble for General Counsel

QUOTE: A popular vehicle for insider executives at public companies to sell their stock, 10b5-1 plans were devised by securities regulators as a defense against insider trading allegations -- as long as executives create them at a time when they don't possess any material, nonpublic information. But these kinds of arrangements have come under fresh scrutiny. A recent Stanford University study showed that executives who use the plans tend to do better than colleagues who don't. The study also found plan users tend to make sales in advance of negative news.

 Recorder
Feb 28, 2007 Patently Bad Move Gags Critics

QUOTE: Guess what? Radio frequency identification tags are insecure. But don't demonstrate the technology's problems at a security conference. If you do, HID Global, a manufacturer of access-control devices, might sue you for patent infringement.

 Wired
Feb 11, 2007 Doctors and Drug Makers: A Move to End Cozy Ties

QUOTE: The new initiative, called the Prescription Project, is an outgrowth of an article published in January 2006 in The Journal of the American Medical Association in which a coalition of scholars and doctors proposed that academic medical centers across the country take the lead in restricting interactions between doctors and the health care industry.

 New York Times
Dec 06, 2006 Voting-Booth Feng Shui

QUOTE: After analyzing data from Arizona’s 2000 general election, the Stanford researchers found that voters were more likely to support raising the state sales tax to support education if they voted in schools. This bias remained even when results were controlled for voters’ political views and demographics. In a follow-up laboratory study...Voters were less likely to support stem-cell initiatives when presented with images of a church.

 New York Times
Sep 07, 2006 Is it fair to compare 'war on terror' to cold war? Bush likens the conflict to previous struggles, but analysts say the analogies can go only so far.

QUOTE: But such analogies go only so far and can actually hinder understanding if they obscure the differences in the current situation or act to cover up missteps in current policy.

 Christian Science Monitor
Sep 05, 2006 One Route Seems Closed, So Lawyers Try Different Lawsuit in Stock-Option Scandal

QUOTE: As the number of companies caught up in the options-backdating scandal continues to grow, many plaintiffs’ law firms are looking to see if the latest round of corporate greed and malfeasance offers them an arena for possible payoffs. But so far, law firms that represent shareholders are struggling to find a foothold— and a payday for the investors and for themselves.

 New York Times
Aug 23, 2006 Tempting Data, Privacy Concerns

QUOTE: they balanced a chronic thirst for useful data against concerns over individual privacy...The AOL incident has set off a flurry of divergent opinions in the academic community over the appropriateness of using the data for academic research.

 New York Times
Aug 23, 2006 State, in Response to Critics, Adds to List of Unsafe Schools

QUOTE: The report, based on 2003 test scores, thrust the Education Department into the center of the heated national debate over school choice. It also drew a barrage of criticism from supporters of charter schools, the fastest-growing sector in public education...proponents of charter schools have long argued that students at these institutions would show progress far greater than those at neighborhood schools.

 New York Times
Aug 22, 2006 What Organizations Don’t Want to Know Can Hurt

QUOTE: The leaders of corporations and other institutions, it turns out, are not always hungry for more information. Investigations can be costly. They can assign blame. They can uncover things that might give ammunition for lawsuits.

 New York Times
Aug 11, 2006 Two Resign, but Athletics Is Cleared at Auburn

QUOTE: Auburn University announced Thursday that two heads of departments have resigned from their positions because of academic irregularities...several of the academically at-risk athletes who took directed-reading courses with Petee also took classes with Witte. He said that their grades in classes with Petee and Witte were significantly higher than their grades in other classes.

 New York Times
Jul 13, 2006 Male Scientist Writes of Life as Female Scientist: Biologist Who Underwent Sex Change Describes Biases Against Women

QUOTE: After he underwent a sex change...another scientist...was heard to say, "Ben Barres gave a great seminar today, but then his work is much better than his sister's"...many men are unconscious of the privileges that come with being male, which leaves them unable to countenance talk of glass ceilings and discrimination.

 Washington Post

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