Stories published in 2021

News articles classified as Stories published in 2021

Stanford Report —

A message on winter quarter return protocols

Provost Persis Drell and Russell Furr, associate vice provost for Environmental Health & Safety, outline the protocols for returning to campus from the upcoming winter break.

Stanford Report —

Four Stanford students named Schwarzman Scholars

Four Stanford students who have been named Schwarzman Scholars will spend the 2022-23 academic year at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where they will earn a one-year master’s degree in global affairs and participate in a leadership program.

Stanford Report —

Stanford part of Chan Zuckerberg Biohub future plans

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced that it will continue to support the CZ Biohub, a 5-year-old Bay Area research collaboration between Stanford University, UC Berkeley and UCSF, through 2031.

Stanford Medicine —

COVID-19 vaccine effective in people with cancer

The Moderna and Pfizer BioNTech vaccines prevented COVID-19 infection in cancer patients, particularly in those whose treatment concluded more than six months before vaccination, say researchers at Stanford, Harvard and the VA.

Stanford Report —

Helping low-income renters avoid eviction

In anticipation of a looming housing and evictions crisis following COVID-19-based eviction moratoria expiring, Stanford's legal community undertook several projects to help low-income residents in the local area and California.

Stanford Report —

Annual Title IX Report: Message to the community

In a message to the community, Provost Persis Drell and Vice Provost for Institutional Equity, Access and Community Patrick Dunkley discuss the Annual Title IX/Sexual Harassment Report.

Bird-like robot perches and grasps

With feet and legs like a peregrine falcon, engineers have created a robot that can perch and carry objects like a bird.

Stanford Report —

Exploring Campus Public Safety course set for winter quarter

Exploring Campus Public Safety offers 1 unit of credit to students and is open to the entire Stanford community. The course includes lectures, discussions and hands-on activities across a wide range of public safety topics.

Time crystal in a quantum computer

A team of researchers including ones from Stanford and Google have created and observed a new phase of matter, popularly known as a time crystal.

A simpler design for quantum computers

Graduate student Ben Bartlett and Shanhui Fan, professor of electrical engineering, have proposed a relatively simple quantum computer design that uses a single atom to manipulate photons and could be constructed with currently available components.

Stanford Engineering —

How to make artificial intelligence more meta

Chelsea Finn, an expert on AI and robotics, says that the latest trend in her field is teaching AI to look inward to improve itself in this episode of The Future of Everything.