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$12 Million Gift from Real Estate Investor Ed Dowd Advances the Role of Arts in Education at ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½

Ed Dowd, a veteran real-estate investor, financier, and CEO who has learned the healing qualities of art, has donated $12 million to ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ to help build a grand, three-story art and art history facility on campus by 2016.

Tickets to be Released for Dalai Lama’s ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Visit

Tickets for the Dalai Lama’s first visit to ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ will be released for public sale Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 9 a.m. The event entitled “Business, Ethics, and Compassion: A Public Dialogue” will take place at the Leavey Event Center Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. and is sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ and Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.

Where the Rebound Ends: New Report to Show Continued Growth in “Meal Gap” in ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ and San Mateo Counties Despite Improving Economy

Second Harvest Food Bank of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ and San Mateo Counties and ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ will release new data Friday that shows the “meal gap” in ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ and San Mateo counties grew by 4 percent in the past year.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama to speak at ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Feb. 24 for a day of discussion entitled “Compassion, Business, and Ethics: A Dialogue with the Dalai Lama.” The event is co-sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ and Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.

Sixteen Global Social Entrepreneurs Selected for ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½’s Pioneering GSBI® Accelerator

Sixteen social entrepreneurs and their organizations have been chosen for the 12th annual Global Social Benefit Institute (GSBI®) Accelerator program at ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½.

Intel Economist, former Fed and White House Economist, Joins Business School Leadership

Carolyn Evans, a senior economist at Intel Corp., has been named senior assistant dean for graduate business programs in the Leavey School of Business at ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½, beginning January 27.

ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ hosts A Conversation with 49ers CEO Jed York

Celebrating another successful season, 49ers CEO Jed York will discuss the future of his team and their move south in ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½’s President’s Speaker Series on Jan 15. The event begins 7:30 pm at ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½’s Mayer Theatre and will explore the important relationship between sports franchises and their neighbors.

ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Professors Available to Discuss GMOs

Two professors from ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ can discuss the science and hype about the food and crops altered by genetically modified organisms (GMOs).