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$12 Million Gift from Real Estate Investor Ed Dowd Advances the Role of Arts in Education at Â鶹´«Ã½

Ed Dowd, a veteran real-estate investor, financier, and CEO who has learned the healing qualities of art, has donated $12 million to Â鶹´«Ã½ to help build a grand, three-story art and art history facility on campus by 2016.

Tickets to be Released for Dalai Lama’s Â鶹´«Ã½ Visit

Tickets for the Dalai Lama’s first visit to Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Despite Improving Economy

Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties and Â鶹´«Ã½ will release new data Friday that shows the “meal gap” in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties grew by 4 percent in the past year.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama to speak at Â鶹´«Ã½

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ and Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.

Sixteen Global Social Entrepreneurs Selected for Â鶹´«Ã½’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 Â鶹´«Ã½.

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 Â鶹´«Ã½, beginning January 27.

Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½’s President’s Speaker Series on Jan 15. The event begins 7:30 pm at Â鶹´«Ã½’s Mayer Theatre and will explore the important relationship between sports franchises and their neighbors.

Â鶹´«Ã½ Professors Available to Discuss GMOs

Two professors from Â鶹´«Ã½ can discuss the science and hype about the food and crops altered by genetically modified organisms (GMOs).