The Daily brief: July 20, 2011
Radioactive Earth | Scientists are one step closer to knowing exactly how radioactive the earth is thanks to an experiment that was run partly by Stanford researchers. The project measured neutrinos, a...
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Wolf Leads Pack | Contemporary Jewish Museum Director Connie Wolf ’81 has been named the new director of the Cantor Arts Center. Wolf will be replacing current director Tom Seligman on January 1,...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: July 25, 2011
Fragment Sleep, Memory Follows | Keep this in mind next time you try to pull an all nighter before a test: a Stanford study found that fragmented, or interrupted, sleep can lead to memory troubles. To...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: July 27, 2011
Jedibots | The evil scientists at Stanford are at it again with Jedibot, a Kinect-powered robot that weilds a lightsaber and can fend off attacks. Check out the video here. Inner Scientists | Children...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: July 29, 2011
Law & Order: Real Life | The Law School’s drive to give its graduates more real-life experience is gathering growing attention, as seen in today‘s San Francisco Chronicle. Currently, faculty are...
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Science in School | The National Academy of Science recently issued a framework for K-12 science education in the U.S., spelling out, for the first time, specific information that students should learn...
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California Crunch | Students at California public universities may have to take several more years to complete a typical four-year bachelor’s program due to the state’s increasingly dire budget woes....
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Best Colleges | Stanford ranked 5th in Forbes’ annual “Best Colleges” list, rising from sixth place in 2010. The Farm ranks first in the West, second among research universities and fourth among...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 5, 2011
Jet Blue 101 | Jet Blue Airlines will team up with the Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design in a workshop aimed to enhance the carrier’s relationship with business...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 8, 2011
A Look at Longevity | As the population of baby boomers continues to age, the legacy of Stanford’s eighty-year Longevity Project continues to be seen. The project, which has followed approximately...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 10, 2011
Ghostwriting Busters | Two articles published by PLoS Medicine Tuesday outlined strategies to combat ghostwriting biased drafts of papers for publication in medical journals, a practice that several...
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Stanford Solar Car Project
Stanford Solar's Car's XENITH will be unveiled Thursday, August 11. (Courtesy of Stanford Solar Car Project) The group's most advanced model will be raced this fall in Australia. (MEHMET INONU/The...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 11, 2011
Million Dollar Alum | While many college applicants would consider themselves pretty lucky to beat a 7% acceptance rate, one Stanford alum named Joan Ginther PhD ’75 probably wouldn’t bat an eyelash....
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 12, 2011
Facebook Zombies | You have no control over who you friend on Facebook, and assistant professor in computer science Jure Leskovec is setting out to prove it using grant money from Microsoft. Leskovec...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 15, 2011
MBA Arms Race | Admissions to the nation’s top business programs, including Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, are becoming increasingly like an arms race to stand out from the crowd. Time to...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 17, 2011
GSB Outsourced? | An increasing number of graduate students come from China thanks to its thriving economy, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The Graduate School of Business is also...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 19, 2011
One Boss, Two Boss | The days of PHB are waning as more workers are adapting to reporting to a team of several bosses as companies flatten and reorganize their organizational structure. Management...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 22, 2011
Open Access | Two more computer science classes join the Artificial Intelligence class in opening its doors to the public after tens of thousands of people have signed up. Since the announcement,...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 24, 2011
Board of Trustees | The University’s Board of Trustees elected two new members, Ronald B. Johnson ’80 and Victoria Browne Rogers ’83, to the board. They will begin their five year terms starting Oct....
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 25, 2011
Virtual Classroom, Real Interest | More than 100,000 people have signed up for Artificial Intelligence and two other Stanford classes that will be open to the public, and the numbers continue to rise....
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 26, 2011
Cardinal goes Green | Stanford ranked fifth in a list of the most “green” universities compiled by Sierra magazine. The list, called the “coolest schools,” picked the University of Washington as its...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 29, 2011
Microbe DNA | The next time a food poisoning outbreak on the magnitude of this summer’s e. coli score occurs, scientists might be able to identify the culprit sooner. In an interview with the New York...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: August 31, 2011
Drug Discoveries | Stanford and Scrippes Research Institute scientists have found a set of compounds that might prove capable of treating diseases caused by the abnormal folding of the protein...
View ArticleThe Daily brief: September 1, 2011
College Town | Real estate in areas surrounding colleges and universities are better investments, according to an analysis done by the San Francisco Chronicle’s “On the Block” real estate blog. The...
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GSB Colors | Diversity in business schools come in many colors, and Stanford’s own Graduate School of Business ranked as one of the top LGBT-friendly schools, according to Campus Pride. The ratings...
View ArticleSenate confirms Election Commissioner
The 13th Undergraduate Senate convened for its first meeting of the 2011-12 academic year Tuesday, confirming Adam Adler ’12 as its new Elections Commissioner and discussing several upcoming bills....
View ArticleStanford committed to NYC proposal, Purdue drops bid
University President John Hennessy emphasized Stanford’s commitment to its proposal for a New York City (NYC) applied sciences campus in a recent, joint interview with the Stanford Report, Stanford...
View ArticlePolice Blotter
This report covers a selection of incidents from Sept. 29 through Oct. 4 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety (SDUPS) bulletin. During this period, a number of bike thefts occurred...
View ArticleCCNY venture starts
Stanford University, the City University of New York (CUNY) and City College of New York (CCNY) announced Tuesday morning the creation of “Stanford@CCNY,” a joint venture serving as an East Coast test...
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This report covers a selection of incidents from Oct. 5 through Oct. 12 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin. During this period, several vehicle burglaries occurred...
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