The speakers at the Nov. 10 Faculty Senate meeting included Persis Drell, dean of the School of Engineering; Provost John Etchemendy; and Sean Bogle, associate director of the Office of Community Standards, who encouraged faculty to volunteer for the office’s judicial process.
New maps of the geologic forces contributing to earthquakes in Texas and Oklahoma could help reduce the likelihood of manmade temblors associated with wastewater injection.
Stanford faculty members Burton Richter, Dan Reicher and Frank Wolak, who are experts in energy policy, law and infrastructure, discuss the future of energy under a Donald Trump presidency.
Seven Stanford energy and environmental policy scholars – Rob Jackson, Charles Kolstad, Deborah Sivas, Noah Diffenbaugh, Chris Field, Katharine Mach and John Weyant – suggest what a Donald Trump presidency could mean for such issues as U.S. participation in international agreements, environmental regulation and the Keystone Pipeline.
Stanford Law School Professors Nathaniel Persily and Michael McConnell weigh in on the future of the Supreme Court and the exercise of executive power under a Donald Trump presidency.
Stanford economists John Taylor and John Cochrane offer their thoughts on the state of the U.S. economy and job growth and how it may look under President-Elect Donald Trump.
Rick Moyer, who joined the Stanford community in 2006 as chief audit executive, was recently named senior associate vice president and chief risk officer in the Office of Audit, Compliance, Risk and Privacy.
Neutrinos from the sun carry information about its fiery core but they are extremely hard to detect. Now, Stanford researchers may have found a much easier and less expensive way to study these elusive particles.
Stanford climate expert comments on opportunities and obstacles for advancing the Paris Agreement, an ambitious global climate pact that recently went into force.
Elizabeth Zacharias joined Stanford a little over a year ago as vice president for human resources. She offers advice to other newly hired staff members and outlines her plans for human resources management at Stanford.
An accomplished academic leader and longtime member of the Stanford community, Drell will become the university’s chief academic officer and chief budgetary officer. She will assume the role Feb. 1.
The legacy of Occupy Wall Street is influencing both business and politics, says Steve Callander, a professor of political economy at Stanford Graduate School of Business. View Q&A with Steve Callander (PDF)
Stanford professors with expertise in unmanned aerial systems envision a drone-powered future that is overwhelmingly positive. But there are likely to be many safety, privacy and nuisance concerns as well.
Statistician Susan Holmes has been working in data science before it was a field. Now her research visualizing and interpreting data reliably is becoming increasingly important as more fields are producing vast amounts of data.
Inspired by the rebirth of Old Chem into the Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Stanford professors discuss the future of science education at Stanford.
International mechanisms in which companies earn valuable credits for offsetting greenhouse gas output are subject to inaccurate self-reporting and need third-party monitoring, according to researchers who highlight a case study in Kenya.
Intergenerational mobility has stalled in the United States, leading to widespread voter frustration about the economy, says Emmanuel Saez, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Education is central to reducing inequality and increasing mobility. Stanford economics professor Raj Chetty says we should increase support for schools that effectively serve large numbers of disadvantaged youth.
To combat inequality, the next administration should improve housing voucher policy and change our tax policy to spread wealth more equally, says Stanford economics Professor Raj Chetty.
People devalue physical spaces associated with black Americans and are more willing to pollute them, says new research co-authored by psychology Professor Jennifer Eberhardt.
Stanford scholars explain what has worked and what they think should be changed in the Affordable Care Act, and what the next administration should consider doing about health care reform.
A new poll of California voters by Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center and the Hoover Institution also shows State Attorney General Kamala Harris leading Rep. Loretta Sanchez in the U.S. Senate race, with a large percentage of voters still undecided.
New research shows that ride-share users wait longer for pickups and are more likely to have their rides canceled if they appear to be African American.
