Stanford linguist Dan Jurafsky and colleagues have found that products in Japan sell better if their advertising includes polite language and words that invoke cultural traditions or authority.
Most of Stanford’s 2017 Safety, Security & Fire Report is devoted to promoting personal safety and crime prevention on campus. The report, which is required under federal law, provides data on campus crimes, including sexual offenses, alcohol arrests and burglaries.
A Stanford project including new housing, retail and office space along El Camino Real in Menlo Park is a step closer to reality with the city council’s support.
William Miller was a scholar of Silicon Valley who shared his knowledge of entrepreneurship throughout the world and particularly in Asia. He also was one of the early contributors to the application of computation in math, science and business.
Jeffrey S. Raikes, who joined the Stanford University Board of Trustees in June 2012, took the helm as chair in July and will lead his first meeting of the board this fall.
Professor of Medicine Marcia Stefanick explains why considerating sex and gender differences in research and treatment would improve medical care for everyone.
High-grade gliomas, a group of aggressive brain tumors, cease growing in mice if a signaling molecule called neuroligin-3 is absent or its activity is blocked with drugs, a Stanford team has shown.
Left- and right-handed versions of molecules can be hard to tell apart but can have devastatingly different effects. The Dionne lab is developing an optical filter to sort these molecules, which could lead to purer and safer drugs and agrichemicals.
Conversational software programs might provide patients a less risky environment for discussing mental health, but they come with some risks to privacy or accuracy. Stanford scholars discuss the pros and cons of this trend.
Stanford University Press’s digital publishing program gives scholars an extraordinary opportunity to publish and peer review their interactive scholarship.
Award winners are selected based on their initiative, leadership and involvement in projects that embody the spirit of genuine partnership and benefit the overall community.
Charles Kronengold’s research fills a void in scholarship on genres like soul, funk and disco and artists like Aretha Franklin and Earth, Wind and Fire.
The New Graduate Student Orientation program is designed to help new graduate students make connections – with people, places and resources – across the entire campus.
Members of the Stanford Class of 2021, transfer students and their families came to campus for move-in day, Convocation and the start of New Student Orientation. View the slide show.
The annual prize recognizes unheralded individuals who have made significant contributions to global sustainability. Andrij and Roman Zinchenko won for their work supporting and promoting sustainable energy innovation.
Pedro de Lemos was the first curator of the Stanford Art Gallery, which is celebrating its centennial this year. An exhibition honoring de Lemos’ leadership and art is scheduled to begin in October.
Stanford scholar Shai Bernstein explored the impact of private equity firms during the financial crisis of 2008 and found that they appeared to be helpful rather than harmful amid the economic turmoil.
Stanford will welcome new undergraduates to campus Tuesday on “move-in day,” which is also the first day of New Student Orientation. The day will culminate with the 127th Opening Convocation Ceremony, which will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Inner Quad Courtyard.
Stanford scholars are addressing the future of how we work, with technology platforms and policies to protect workers’ rights and help employers properly assess employee qualifications as part of Stanford’s Cyber Initiative.
A new web portal puts four years of California drought data into an interactive format, showing where regions met or missed water conservation goals. The idea is to motivate awareness and conservation.
It’s the first to employ AI to help the grid manage power fluctuations, resist damage and bounce back faster from storms, solar eclipses, cyberattacks and other disruptions
Brick kilns are ubiquitous in South Asia, as is the pollution they produce. An interdisciplinary team is now combining satellite data and political persuasion to track kilns, raise public awareness and incentivize kiln owners to use cleaner technologies.
