All Stories

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Stanford Report —

Summit kicks off Earth Month at Stanford

The Living Laboratory Partnership Summit convened students, faculty, and staff Tuesday to celebrate the great work and collaborations making Stanford more sustainable.

Stanford Engineering —

The future of computer music

“The worry isn’t just that we as artists would be replaced by generative AI,” says Ge Wang. “It’s that we might be replaced by something far more generic and far less interesting.”

Stanford Athletics —

The Farm report

Track and field wraps up the Stanford Invitational, men’s tennis picks up two ranked wins, and beach volleyball extends their winning streak. Catch up on the latest Athletics news.

Stanford Graduate School of Business —

How to avoid a conflict spiral

Disagreement doesn’t have to involve negative emotions, says Julia Minson. Simply stating your desire to hear the other person’s perspective can help keep things cool.

Stanford Medicine —

Generative AI develops potential antibiotics

By creating recipes for drugs that target antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a new model is teaching scientists about “a chemical space humans just haven’t explored before.”

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability —

What does a just environmental future look like?

Race and socioeconomic status are often at the forefront of conversations about environmental justice, but other aspects of identity also play a role in who suffers most from climate change.

Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

Swifties study lyrics as literature

Taylor Swift’s songwriting will be the subject of scholarly debate this spring in a new course initiated and shaped by students.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory —

SLAC completes the LSST Camera

Once in place atop the Rubin Observatory’s telescope in Chile, the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy will generate an enormous trove of data that will help researchers understand dark energy and other mysteries of the universe.

Symmetry Magazine —

Engineering the world’s largest digital camera

Assembling a digital camera the size of a car requires designing solutions to technical problems that never existed before. “There are a lot of subsystems,” says Tim Bond, head of the integration and test team. “You have to divide and conquer.”

Symmetry Magazine —

The world’s largest astronomical movie

A complete image of the southern sky will be stitched together every few days for 10 years, creating a stop-motion movie of tens of billions of stars and galaxies.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory —

How big is 3,200-megapixels?

It would take nearly 400 ultra-high-definition TV screens to display an LSST Camera image full size, and the resolution is so high you could spot a golf ball from 15 miles away.

Stanford Graduate School of Education —

When cultural norms conflict in college advising

Stanford scholar Emily Schell identified “culturally mismatched” behaviors between undergraduates and advisors, along with more supportive approaches.

Stanford Medicine —

Keto diet could improve severe mental illness

A small clinical trial found that a ketogenic diet helped offset the metabolic side effects of antipsychotic drugs used to treat patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Stanford Alumni Association —

Elaine Treharne receives the Richard W. Lyman Award

The humanities professor is recognized for her work with Stanford alumni, including speaking at Reunion Homecoming and leading Travel/Study trips across the globe.

Stanford Medicine —

Are long COVID sufferers falling through the cracks?

Researchers say the lingering symptoms are often misdiagnosed by doctors and dismissed by employers or loved ones. The results can be devastating for patients and the economy.

Stanford Report —

Michael Genesereth on giving teens tools for thought

The computer scientist says there’s not enough emphasis on teaching logic early. His latest effort to educate teens on the subject – which is broadly useful and crucial in computer programming – involves a new international olympiad at Stanford this spring and summer.

STANFORD magazine —

How to find your people

Friendship and community are all around us, says Jamil Zaki. “It’s not that we have to go hunting for them. But we do have to invest in them.”

Stanford Athletics —

Cardinal punches ticket to Sweet 16

Women’s basketball advances to the Sweet 16, men’s wrestling secures two All-America honors, and women’s water polo beats Arizona State in their home opener. Catch up on the latest Stanford Athletics news.