Editorial Board: Is MATH 51 everything you want from a Stanford education?
Stanford bills itself as giving its students one of the best educations in the world. While that may be true, it’s hard to feel that way when you’re, say, a freshman slogging through Math 51. Or Chem...
View ArticleCARTA use leads to lower grades, Stanford report finds
Using CARTA to plan class schedules lowers students’ grade point average (GPA), according to a paper published by a group of Stanford professors. Researchers divided students into two random groups....
View ArticleAmid drone program controversy, students boycott Google internships
Student activist group the Stanford Solidarity Network (SSN) has released a petition calling on Google to pledge not to pursue any future contracts with the military, adding that until such a...
View ArticleMagnus on ethics in bioengineering research: ‘Society is…pushing science to...
David Magnus Ph.D. ’89 is the director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and the Co-chair of the Ethics Committee for the Stanford Hospital. The Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics...
View ArticleOffice of Technology Licensing Director Katharine Ku retires after 27 years...
Katharine Ku retired Thursday after 37 years of service in the Office of Technology Licensing (OTL). The OTL oversees the release of Stanford-based technologies “for society’s use and benefit while...
View ArticlePiech monitors student code in ‘Pensieve’ personal research project
Computer science researcher and lecturer Chris Piech ’10 M.A. ’11 Ph.D. ’16, who currently teaches the introductory computer science course CS 106A: Programming Methodologies, has implemented a new...
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Physicist named Stanford vice provost and dean of research
Kathryn Moler ’88 Ph.D. ’95, a material physicist and senior associate dean of natural sciences in the School of Humanities and Sciences, has been named vice provost and dean of research, Provost...
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Director of Stanford Cyber Initiative discusses ethical implications of tech...
Allison Berke is the executive director of the Stanford Cyber Initiative, where she manages the program’s research, education and outreach work. Stanford Cyber Initiative conducts research related to...
View ArticleResearchers work to ensure data validity amid rise in online studies
Amid the growing use of online survey platforms to conduct research, Stanford labs are working to both increase the number of participants in their experiments and, at the same time, reduce the...
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Research examines ethics of machine learning in medicine
David Magnus, director Center of Bioethics, Stanford, in front of Rodin’s Gates of Hell.(Courtesy of Stanford Medicine/Steve Fisch Photography) According to a March perspective piece by three Stanford...
View ArticleExamining money and diversity in paid studies on campus
Fliers recruiting participants for research studies conducted by the Graduate School of Business (GSB) Behavioral Lab, the psychology department, the Laboratory for Social Research and more can be...
View ArticleErtharin Cousin talks food insecurity, conflict and climate change
After a year as the Payne Distinguished Lecturer at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), food security trailblazer Ertharin Cousin gave one last talk in Paul Brest Hall on...
View ArticleDinneny Lab examines plant growth
Led by plant biology associate professor José Dinneny, the Dinneny Lab explores plant growth in relation to environmental stressors, particularly investigating how plants’ roots sense water...
View ArticlePresident and Provost commit to international need-blind admissions, announce...
A commitment to need-blind admissions for international students, increased faculty diversity and an 80 percent carbon-free, zero-waste campus by 2030 were among the prominent issues presented by...
View ArticleArchive of Recorded Sound demos century-old music players
On Wednesday afternoon, the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound held an open house to commemorate 60 years of its establishment. Sound archives librarian Frank Ferko introduced the history of recorded...
View ArticleStanford researchers uncover the high levels of dangerous tapeworm infection...
A recent Stanford study led by infectious diseases instructor at the Stanford School of Medicine John Openshaw has uncovered high levels of tapeworm infections among elementary schoolers in the western...
View ArticleStanford researchers uncover complex neural pathways associated with...
A recent Stanford research report provides new details on the workings of Parkinson’s disease that may carry implications for future treatment and for similar ailments. The team, led in part by biology...
View ArticleFaculty Senate approves PI waivers for Med School, discusses FLI needs
In its Thursday meeting, the Faculty Senate approved a permanent implementation of the principal investigator (PI) waiver program at the Stanford School of Medicine, which will allow post-doctoral...
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‘Doing ambiguity’: a Q&A with Lily Zheng
Since graduating last spring, Lily Zheng ’17 M.A. ’18 has worked for the DGen Office and as a diversity consultant. Now, she’s getting ready to publish her first book, coauthored with Alison Ash...
View ArticleAndraka named Truman scholar
Jack Andraka ’19, a double major in electrical engineering and anthropology who has developed medical devices to address a range of public health concerns, was named a 2018 Truman Scholar on April 12....
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