The Inauguration Ceremony on Friday coincides with the second day of Reunion Homecoming. Tickets are required for the inauguration, which is a private event for the Stanford community, including faculty, students, alumni and staff.
A tiny micro-balloon that fits inside a fruit fly intestine could help scientists understand the forces or nutrients responsible for signaling the intestine to grow or shrink in response to food. Part of a series on tiny answers to biology's biggest questions.
Free science education software, available to anyone with virtual reality gear, holds promise for spreading awareness and inspiring action on the pressing issue of ocean acidification.
Hadron therapy, which relies on beams of charged particles including protons and heavier ions such as carbon, is expected to increase cancer cure rates because it can be used to treat larger tumors or those resistant to conventional radiotherapy.
Nick Cave’s Soundsuits are part sculpture, part costume. Made of a myriad of discarded and disused materials, they are designed to be worn and moved in, concealing the wearer’s race, gender and age.
Comprehensive information about medical, dental and vision plans for 2017 is now available. Stanford will offer its free employee-only coverage through Kaiser Permanente HMO in 2017, a change from last year’s Stanford Health Care Alliance (SHCA). Rates will increase for employees that choose plans other than Kaiser for employee-only coverage. SHCA rates for employees and pre-65 retirees have decreased from the rates initially published in September.
Sophisticated micro-targeting may win elections but finding commonalities is critical to moving the country forward, says long-time political strategist Mike McCurry.
The separation of church and state is fundamental, yet a dose of values and the Golden Rule might enhance political discourse and community, says political strategist Mike McCurry, professor of public theology at Wesley Theological Seminary.
Social media and data analytics have revolutionized elections, but in the end, it’s the candidates that matter, says David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s campaign manager.
To help move Stanford toward fully inclusive leadership, the university should provide training, networking opportunities and mentorship for aspiring as well as newly appointed leaders, according to a new report by the Task Force on Women in Leadership.
The speakers at the Oct. 13 meeting included Margot Gerritsen, an associate professor of energy resources engineering; Russell Berman, a professor of German studies and of comparative literature; and Brian Cook, a senior assessment and evaluation analyst. Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne spoke briefly at the start of the meeting.
Efforts to adopt effective marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean, a global commons containing the world’s most pristine marine ecosystems, are being thwarted by political infighting and fishing interests.
The first large-scale map of rainfall declines revealed by signatures in ancient soil could help researchers better understand profound regional and global climate transformation.
Researchers were able to predict with 80 percent accuracy whether antidepressants would help patients by analyzing their brain function and personal history.
Stanford student-athletes gain perspective on their own lives while serving others for three weeks overseas as participants in the Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement Program.
Twenty-five new fellows and their partners have been accepted into the Distinguished Careers Institute, a three-year-old program designed to help experienced leaders reinvent their lives and careers with social impact in mind.
New insights into the movement of droplets could further the performance of microfluidic chips for biomedical research, and suggest a novel approach for controlling the manufacturing of nanomaterials.
This election has brought the issue of race back into our national dialogue; it’s time to have a broader conversation about whether we’re living the way we want to, says Stanford English Professor Paula Moya.
View Q&A with Paula Moya (PDF)
Stanford is gradually expanding Stanford in New York, a three-year pilot program, to encompass an entire academic year, with each quarter focused on some of New York City’s strengths: arts, architecture, design and urban studies; media and finance; the global city.
An advisory committee of faculty and students is inviting input from the campus community on Stanford’s policies and practices around issues of sexual violence.
A memorial service will be held Oct. 8 for Professor Emeritus Solomon Feferman, one of the leading mathematical logicians of the 20th century. He died July 26 at his Stanford home at the age of 87.
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Professor Emeritus William J. Perry has long been educating people about the threat of nuclear disaster. His latest effort is a free online course that includes some of the world’s foremost nuclear experts.
While trust in politicians and institutions may be at an all-time low, we trust one another more than ever. Perhaps, suggests communication Professor Jeff Hancock, this will help us rebuild trust more broadly.
View Q&A with Jeff Hancock (PDF)
By year’s end, a new solar plant will be providing 50 percent of Stanford’s electricity and the campus will be getting 65 percent of its total electricity from renewable sources.
