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Scientists stop brain cancers’ growth by suppressing signal molecule
The absence of a signaling molecule produced by the brain’s nerve cells stops the growth of certain brain tumors, according to a recent study by a group of researchers at Stanford’s School of Medicine....
View ArticleScientists find environmental factors can override biological aggression in mice
A small set of nerve cells is known to trigger aggressive behavior in male mice, but Stanford researchers have discovered that environmental factors can actually override this biological activation of...
View ArticleGSB researchers develop better model for predicting hospital waits
Researchers at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) have developed a more accurate method to predict hospital wait times. The researchers’ new model surpasses standard practices by taking a...
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Pediatrics gets $5.2 million for sickle cell research
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Matthew Porteus was recently awarded a $5.2 million grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to develop cutting-edge sickle cell anemia...
View ArticleStanford Humanities Center hosts largest program of its kind in the U.S.
As of this fall, the Stanford Humanities Center’s cohort of fellows is the largest of any humanities institution in the U.S. Founded in 1980 to support advanced research in areas ranging from history...
View ArticlePsychologists explore how people conceive of human experience
“Is a beetle capable of experiencing joy?” and “Is a robot capable of experiencing guilt?” were just some of the unusual questions that Stanford psychologists posed to participants in a recent research...
View ArticleUniversity libraries update research tool for digital resources
The Stanford University Library (SUL) made updates to its SearchWorks research tool in early September, seeking to better meet students’ research needs by improving library search functions to find...
View ArticleFaculty Senate talks long-term planning, ‘Diversity in the Field’ initiative
In its first meeting of the academic year, Faculty Senate received updates on long-range planning, a recap of President Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s first year and a debrief from executive leaders of the...
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Q&A: Carol Dweck, first winner of the Yidan Prize
Carol Dweck (Courtesy of Mark Estes) Carol Dweck, Stanford’s Lewis and Eaton Professor of Psychology, is the inaugural recipient of the Yidan Prize for Educational Research. Dweck’s research has...
View ArticleResearchers break ground harnessing VR for psychiatry
Researchers at Stanford are breaking new ground in psychiatric uses of virtual reality (VR), applying the technology to help patients suffering from mental illnesses such as phobias, obsessive...
View ArticleSuing an academic critic isn’t only wrong, it’s also unjust
Stanford’s research is once again at the center of one of the hottest debates in clean energy policy – but this time, for all the wrong reasons. Earlier this fall, leading atmospheric scientist and...
View ArticleInternships, traveling and service galore
The beginning of a new year makes us ask ourselves plenty of questions. What resolutions will we keep? What are our hopes for the new year? And most importantly, what the heck are we doing this summer?...
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Stanford releases white papers synthesizing long-range planning submissions
On Thursday morning, Stanford’s long-range planning Area Steering Group (ASG) white papers were officially released and made viewable to Stanford affiliates. The 37 papers represent the efforts of four...
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Stanford Refugee Research Project explores ways University can aid refugee...
Launched in Aug. 2017, the Stanford Refugee Research Project (SRRP) explores how Stanford can have a positive impact on the refugee crisis in the Middle East. The campus-wide initiative — which focuses...
View ArticleMillennials less likely to own homes, marry and start families than older...
Although millennials generally meet certain life milestones later than earlier generations did, they don’t necessarily do so by choice, new research from the Stanford Center on Longevity suggests....
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Former president Hennessy named chairman of Alphabet, Inc.
On Feb. 1, former University President John L. Hennessy was named chairman of the board of Alphabet, Inc., the parent company of Google. Hennessy has been a board member since 2004, but he has also had...
View ArticleClassy classes: Introductory neuroscience course is ‘insane in the brain’
When Katherine Gjertsen ’21 and her classmates dissected a sheep brain during section for PSYCH 50: Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience, she said she was delighted. “It was insane in the brain,”...
View ArticleStudent group protests Apple over “addictive devices”
Stanford Students Against Addictive Devices (SSAAD) staged a protest on Saturday outside of the Palo Alto Apple store on University Avenue. The student protesters claimed that Apple is failing to take...
View ArticleQ&A: Ryan Perkins on his experience as Stanford’s first South Asian and...
Stanford’s first South Asian and Islamic Studies librarian, Ryan Perkins, has traveled the world to collect some of the rarest materials related to Indian, Pakistani and Persian history. After coming...
View ArticleHewlett-Packard co-founder considered in renaming of Palo Alto middle school
At next Wednesday’s Palo Alto Unified School District Board meeting, two names will be recommended to replace the names of Jordan Middle School and Terman Middle School, respectively. Among the nine...
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