News around the web

Stanford researchers question whether biofuel is the answer to U.S. energy independence
David Lobell, who studies the interactions between food production, food security, and the environment at Stanford, pointed out, “one of the risks with biofuels is that alternatives don’t get explored ...”
Mention of David Lobell in Peninsula Press on May 14, 2012

China has banished Bo but not the 'bad emperor' problem
Francis Fukuyama: "For more than 2000 years, the Chinese political system has been built around a highly sophisticated centralised bureaucracy, which has run what has always been a vast society through top-down methods. What China never developed was ... "
Mention of Francis Fukuyama in Financial Times on May 10, 2012

The European Revolt Against Reality
Josef Joffe: "Forget for a moment François Hollande, who sent Nicolas Sarkozy packing on Sunday. Set aside, too, the triumph of the radical left and the neo-Nazis in Greece who together captured one-third of the vote. Look instead at Europe's real mess: the ..."
Mention of Josef Joffe in Wall Street Journal on May 9, 2012

Rosamond Gifford speaker Abraham Verghese mixes medicine with writing
“My real calling to medicine came because of a book,” said Verghese, an internist, novelist and memoirist at this season’s final Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series in Syracuse Monday evening.
Mention of Abraham Verghese in Syracuse.com on May 8, 2012

Six Stanford faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
James Fearon is among six Stanford faculty members who have been elected to receive one of the highest honors for an American scientist in recognition of their achievements in original research.
Mention of James Fearon in Stanford University News on May 3, 2012

Is The Internet Closing Our Minds Politically?
A group of experts faced off on the motion "When It Comes to Politics, the Internet Is Closing Our Minds" at an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate on April 17 in New York City.
Mention of Evgeny Morozov in NPR on April 25, 2012

Why Hillary Clinton Should Join Anonymous
Evgeny Morozov: "It's hard to deny the intellectual ambiguity of “Internet freedom” when among its staunchest defenders are idealistic hacktivists from Anonymous and hard-nosed diplomats from the U.S. State Department—two groups that otherwise disagree on everything else. Ironically, both may end up ..."
Mention of Evgeny Morozov in Slate Magazine (blog) on April 23, 2012

"Turing's Cathedral" by George Dyson – review
Evgeny Morozov gives a positive account of George Dyson's history of the modern computer.
Mention of Evgeny Morozov in The Guardian (blog) on March 25, 2012

Germany Reformed Its Social Model. Europe Can, Too
Josef Joffe: "Forget Europe’s debt disaster for a moment and look instead at a few numbers that dramatize the underlying problem."
Mention of Josef Joffe in Bloomberg on April 16, 2012

Ask Stanford Med: Stefanos Zenios taking questions on health-care innovation and entrepreneurship
Later this month, business and government leaders, entrepreneurs, academics and students will gather at Stanford for the 2012 Healthcare Innovation Summit to examine the forces shaping the future of health care and discuss practical solutions to some of our toughest health-care problems.
Mention of Stefanos Zenios in Scope (blog) on April 9, 2012