College guides such as U.S. News and World Report rank colleges and universities inaccurately, causing many schools, including Stanford, to consider withdrawing from U.S. News' annual survey. Software Saviors A group of Stanford researchers estimates that there are two million software professionals in the United States and perhaps six million worldwide, and that they are not enough to write and maintain the complex sequences of instructions in today's computerized world. More women interested in math and science and more students with a strong interest in the arts are among the trends noticed this year by Stanford admission officials. A wandlike instrument can selectively shrink the soft tissue in the upper airway that blocks air passages. Two new centers have been designed to capitalize on existing and emerging technologies at Stanford.
Vietnamese patients are far more stoic in their attitude toward pain than American patients.
When college sports fans, analysts and coaches begin to focus on each year's outstanding athletes, more and more, their attention lands squarely on Stanford. For the first time in NCAA history, a single university has won six national championships in one year. The men's tennis victory over Georgia turns into the sixth NCAA jewel in Stanford's crown. In swimming, golf and fencing, Stanford athletes excel in Atlanta. Curve A professor's passion for technology is applied to the Policy Analysis and Evaluation Program.