2012 News Releases
Below you will find an index to the 2012 news releases from Stanford University.
You also can search the complete library to locate releases by specific criteria. This library contains releases dating from 1991 to the present.
December 21
- Stanford football fans near and far catch Rose Bowl fever
- Made in translation: Stanford scholar explores Italian-Chinese collaborations in fashion
- Stanford operations research expert Arthur Veinott dies at 78
December 19
- Authors sharing their royalties make a big difference for first-time authors at Stanford University Press
- Zinn's influential history textbook has problems, says Stanford education expert
December 18
- Students from across campus bring Beethoven to Bing
- Export American natural gas? Not so fast, says Stanford economist
December 17
- Checking in with the Chocolate Heads, Stanford's student movement band
- Stanford education experts help launch a new rigorous curriculum for English language learners
December 14
- Stanford offers early admission to 725 students
- Stanford University reports FY 2012 financial results
December 13
December 12
December 11
- Infants process faces long before they recognize other objects, Stanford vision researchers find
- Bracing for another long-range rocket test by North Korea
- The archives of Road & Track magazine come to Stanford
December 7
- Teaching in the streets of Istanbul, Stanford historian urges students to look beyond the monuments
- Stanford population biologist calls for realignment of human activity and natural systems
December 6
- Stanford researchers find clues to the Baltic Crusades in animal bones, horses and the extinct aurochs
- Stanford scholar finds that Russia's most infamous tsars weren't so terrible after all
December 5
December 4
- Schools resegregate after being freed from judicial oversight, Stanford study shows
- Stanford School of Engineering names new engineering heroes
December 3
- Stanford launches new center to advance 'information age of genomics'
- iStanford for iPad released
- Titan, Saturn's largest moon, icier than thought, say Stanford scientists
- Himalayas and Pacific Northwest could experience major earthquakes, Stanford geophysicists say
November 30
November 29
- Stanford's Bill Lane Center for the American West moves into news
- Stanford scientists develop new technique for visualizing blood flow
- Six Stanford scholars named to American Association for the Advancement of Science
November 28
- Chinese typewriter anticipated predictive text, finds Stanford historian
- International mural artist creates a space for Stanford students to celebrate their Latin American identities
November 27
- Stanford researchers show a better way to curb TB in prisons
- Podcast of Stanford course offers religious perspectives on war and peace
November 26
November 21
November 20
November 19
- At Stanford, 'The Science of MythBusters' teaches the scientific method
- Stanford professor correctly called 332 electoral votes for Obama
November 18
November 16
- Stanford expert: 'Black swans' and 'perfect storms' become lame excuses for bad risk management
- Stanford scholars discuss Asia-Pacific policy during Obama's second term
November 15
- Stanford School of Education course tackles challenges of digital learning
- Stanford physicists take first step toward quantum cryptography
- Stanford Libraries acquire the archives of leading environmentalist William McDonough
November 14
November 13
November 12
- Stanford expert: Energy efficiency wins big in California election, but debate looms over dividing $2.5 billion
- Superstorm Sandy shows climate change isn't science fiction, top U.N. official tells Stanford audience
November 11
- Stanford scientist: Climate change threatens freshwater source for billions
- Stanford's touch-sensitive plastic skin heals itself
November 8
November 7
November 5
November 2
- Millionaire migration a myth, say researchers at Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality
- Stanford students in D.C. get opportunity for hands-on democracy
November 1
October 31
- Stanford scientists build the first all-carbon solar cell
- Disaster relief helps the incumbent, Stanford research shows
October 30
October 29
- The end of cheap oil calls for a balanced approach to energy production, Stanford scientists say
- The presidential candidates on education: Stanford experts analyze the details
October 26
October 24
- Study shows Stanford alumni create nearly $3 trillion in economic impact each year
- Chi-Chang Kao named SLAC director
- Stanford researchers measure impact of football concussions
- What does Obamacare actually do, you ask? You're not alone, says Stanford pollster
October 23
October 22
October 19
October 18
- Stanford researchers use solar power to study wild elephants in Africa
- Stanford biologists watch RNA fold in real time
October 17
October 16
October 15
October 12
- Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality unveils new 'Recession Trends' website
- Stanford's 'Another Look' to discuss the best books you've never read
- Universities suffering from near-fatal 'cost disease'
October 11
- Ceremonial turning of the soil delights the Anderson family and guests
- Stanford studies up for Nov. 6 election
October 10
October 9
- Stanford scholar studies a time when books reigned
- Stanford's first-of-its kind energy facility will help it cut carbon emissions in half
October 8
- Grammar and syntax make their MOOC debut in course taught by Stanford scientist
- Scratching the surface: Stanford engineers examine UV effects on skin mechanics
October 7
October 4
- Stanford artist Terry Berlier makes art from trash, and from a twisted home
- Tanner Lectures at Stanford: Is technology the answer for 'cost disease' in higher education?
October 2
- Stanford Roundtable discusses your brain, your life and brain science in the 21st century
- Stanford's Blas Cabrera wins prestigious Panofsky Prize for dark matter work
October 1
- In a series of gatherings, Stanford discusses the ethics of wealth
- More than 200 pianos make music accessible and nearly inescapable at Stanford
September 28
September 27
- Stanford researchers wire kelp forests off California coast
- Stanford Management Company releases 2012 results
- Medieval exhibition spotlights Stanford Libraries' manuscript collection
- Tropical rain may have formed Utah's Great Salt Lake, says Stanford researcher
September 26
September 24
- When it comes to policy, moderate politicians keep their mouths shut, says Stanford political scientist
- More authority means less stress, say Stanford and Harvard psychologists
September 23
September 21
- Stanford scholars search for documents from the Chinese workers who built the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad
- Stanford freshmen start school Sept. 24; first class to experience university's new Thinking Matters requirement
September 17
September 14
- Offshore wind energy could power entire U.S. East Coast, Stanford scientists say
- Stanford faculty awarded $2.2 million for innovative energy research
September 12
- Ocean acidification and interspecies competition could transform ecosystems, Stanford research shows
- Foreign students get a leg up on language and culture at Stanford
September 11
September 10
September 7
- Stanford announces 16 online courses for fall quarter
- This is your brain on Jane Austen, and Stanford researchers are taking notes
September 5
- Are you ready for some football? Stanford researchers ask why
- Stanford Board of Trustees elects Laurene Powell Jobs to five-year term
September 4
August 30
- Largest private map collection of 'California as Island' comes to Stanford
- Stanford takes landmark step in online learning, appoints new vice provost
August 29
- Stanford researchers' cooling glove 'better than steroids' – and helps solve physiological mystery, too
- Obama administration's immigration reform initiative could reduce crime, Stanford economist finds
August 23
- Stanford's new surfing robot opens ocean to exploration
- Stanford students head to Africa for service and research
- Stanford researchers discover the 'anternet'
August 21
August 20
August 15
August 14
August 13
- Stanford researchers investigate the emotional side of autism
- Shelley, Stanford's robotic racecar, hits the track
- Stanford Board of Trustees elects RoAnn Costin to a five-year term
- Ocean health scores 60 out of 100, Stanford assessment finds
August 8
- How low can you go? Stanford experts weigh in on the tone of 2012 presidential race
- Stanford physicist wins prestigious Dirac Medal
August 7
August 6
- Stanford linguists seek to identify the elusive California accent
- Stanford researchers solve plant sex cell mystery
August 2
- Greed was different in the Middle Ages, says Stanford's Laura Stokes
- Q&A: Stanford experts on Kofi Annan's resignation as Syria envoy
August 1
- Stanford announces Pac-12 Networks fall schedule, urges Cardinal fans to request channel from providers
- Stanford researchers dive into the mechanical aspects of living cells
- Authors Daniel Orozco, Elisabeth Tova Bailey win Stanford's 2012 Saroyan Prize for Writing
July 31
- Climate change could open trade opportunities for some vulnerable nations, Stanford researchers say
- Stanford physicist wins $3 million fundamental physics prize
- New exhibition at Stanford's Cantor showcases the art of protest in 19th-century France
July 27
- Bernard Muir named athletic director at Stanford University
- Q&A: Stanford terrorism expert Martha Crenshaw on Olympic security
July 26
July 25
- Update: Seven undergraduates among dozens of Cardinal athletes competing in Olympic Games
- Design and mechanical engineering share a seat in Stanford's Product Realization Lab
- Lens turned on museum guards in new exhibit at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center
- Stanford-affiliated nonprofit sets standard for AIDS education
July 24
- Mary Elizabeth Magill named dean of Stanford Law School
- Stanford scientists use microbes to make 'clean' methane
July 23
July 19
- Marine reserves aid ecosystem recovery after environmental disasters, Stanford study finds
- Stanford researchers produce first complete computer model of an organism
- Stanford researcher to expand DNA database by adding Latin Americans
July 18
- Lloyd B. Minor named dean of the Stanford School of Medicine
- Stanford researcher maps melodies used in Holocaust to control prisoners
- Stanford-SLAC team uses X-ray imaging to observe running batteries in real time
July 17
July 12
- Hunting with fire appears to benefit Australia's small-mammal populations, say Stanford researchers
- Stanford's George Shultz on energy: It's personal
July 10
July 9
July 5
- Stanford professor leads exploration of the work of actor, playwright Sam Shepard
- Stanford summit brings together leaders in social sciences
- Stanford students question scholars about a new era of Earth's history – the Anthropocene
July 3
- Fiction books give a boost to the brain, says Stanford professor
- Research findings on foreign aid retracted
July 2
June 29
June 28
June 27
- See John Cage's plexigrams at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center and hear his music in Campbell Recital Hall
- Stanford researchers synthesize printable, electrically conductive gel
June 26
- Stanford scientists develop ultrafast nickel-iron battery
- Four scholars with Stanford affiliations awarded 2012 Soros Fellowships
June 25
- New building, new faculty demonstrate ambitious growth plans for Stanford's Department of Art and Art History
- Stanford scholar reveals influence of German philosophers on current ideas of sex, marriage
June 22
June 21
June 19
- Carbon capture and storage likely to cause earthquakes, say Stanford researchers
- Stanford's free online iPhone and iPad courses return with peer-to-peer help, a first for iTunes U
- Q&A: Stanford scholar on Egypt's interrupted revolution
June 15
June 14
June 13
- Stanford researchers discover the African cichlid's noisy courtship ritual
- With some help from Stanford and SLAC, an orbiting telescope sees the universe's X-rays
June 12
June 11
June 7
- Earth may be approaching 'tipping point,' Stanford scientist says
- NASA mission, led by Stanford biologist, finds massive algal blooms under Arctic sea ice
- Stanford research reveals the intimate side of boxing
June 6
- Stanford researchers help predict the oceans of the future with a mini-lab
- Stanford engineers discover neural rhythms drive physical movement
June 5
- Stanford anthropology team prepares fractured, historic objects for art gallery debut
- Stanford Live, Bing Concert Hall will elevate the live performance experience on campus
- Stanford physicists make new form of matter
June 4
June 1
- New interactive database lets Stanford scholars map a mindset
- Caught on tape: The nightlife of animals at Stanford's Jasper Ridge preserve
May 30
May 29
May 27
- 'Unzipped' carbon nanotubes could help energize fuel cells and metal-air batteries, Stanford scientists say
- Richard W. Lyman, Stanford's seventh president, dead at 88
May 24
May 23
May 22
- Cloak and swagger: Engineers use plasmonics to create an invisible photodetector
- Stanford Shakespeare Company's Romeo and Juliet brings the feuding families of Verona together for a eulogy
May 21
- Stanford scholars examine big money's influence on elections
- Planned Parenthood president speaks to Stanford on mobilizing for reproductive health in the 21st century
May 18
- Stanford alumnus Jeffrey Raikes to join university's Board of Trustees
- Tony Blair urges Stanford students to help out in Africa
May 17
- Stanford scientists document fragile land-sea ecological chain
- Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium announces $7.5 million in grants to lower the cost of large-scale solar power
- Stanford's Eavan Boland defines what it means to be a 'woman poet'
May 16
- The fluid nature of art in Nigeria's Benue River Valley comes alive at Stanford
- Q&A: Professor David Plank on the budget and California's K-12 education system
May 15
- Wild blue yonder: Engineers tackle challenges of hypersonic flight
- Stanford professor, IT specialist create interactive map of the Roman Empire
May 14
May 11
May 10
May 9
May 8
- Stanford humanities PhD students pitch their talents to high-tech executives
- Support for climate change action drops, Stanford poll finds
- Stanford study shows no evidence that international health aid is wasted
May 7
May 4
- Despite questions over U.S.-Afghan pact, Stanford professor remains optimistic
- Actress and author Anna Deavere Smith brings 'grace' to Stanford
May 2
- Stanford students share the entrepreneurial spirit with women just out of prison
- Controversial author Martin Amis coming to Stanford on May 7
May 1
- Stanford scholar tracks meditation's migration from ancient Buddhist monasteries to your local yoga class
- Use of public and private dollars for scaling up clean energy needs a reality check, say Stanford scholars
April 30
- Bejeweled: Stanford nanotech gets boost from nanowire decorations
- Where does that creative spark come from? Stanford's Tina Seelig has some ideas
April 27
April 25
April 24
- Helmut Krawinkler, expert on structural design and earthquake engineering, dies at 72
- Stanford researchers work with Hawaii's largest landholder to plan an ecological future
- Mantis, published by Stanford students, translates a world of poetry
April 23
- Stanford's Community Partnership Awards recognize work of DreamCatchers, Canopy, InnVision and Stanford Project on Hunger
- Stanford's Frost Amphitheater roars back with Modest Mouse on May 19
- Stanford Medical School professor to receive 2012 Roland Volunteer Service Prize
April 20
April 18
April 17
April 13
April 12
April 11
- Stanford musicologist Stephen Hinton gets inside the music of Kurt Weill
- Alan Harvey to direct Stanford University Press
- Thomas Cover, acclaimed information theorist and electrical engineer, dies at 73
April 10
April 9
- Renowned Stegner Fellowship program announces 2012-2014 fellows
- D.C. Boot Camp: Stanford grad students do basic training in the nation's capital
- Stanford arts looking ahead to 2016
April 6
- Tickets go on sale April 9 for 'TEDxStanford: Illumination'
- At your service: Stanford's entrepreneurship concierge
- At Stanford, Bill Gates says foreign aid is threatened, but big ideas can turn the tide
April 5
April 4
- Innovation: Stanford student's robotic invention moves toward a business
- Stanford author Adam Johnson on truth and totalitarianism in North Korea
April 3
April 2
- Stanford on iTunes U hits new milestone
- Where the wild winds blow: Stanford engineers use weather models to site offshore wind farms
- Stanford study to try cold cash and social game to relieve rush hour traffic
March 30
- Stanford economist narrows China's education gap with research, technology and policy
- Interpreting an artist's intent involves a team of experts at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center
- Stanford sends notification to Class of 2016
March 29
- Q&A: Stanford's Dr. Jay Bhattacharya explains what's at stake over health care
- Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project awards $8.4 million to develop innovative energy technologies
March 28
- Learning how to speak 'American'
- Now, brought to the big screen by physicists at SLAC: the universe
- Dean Larry Kramer to leave Stanford Law School to lead Hewlett Foundation
- Stanford engineers find elusive plasmons in tiny metal particles, a boost to nanotechnology
- Stanford computer models show that small dams on Mekong River tributaries could have catastrophic impact on fish and people
March 26
March 21
- From glovebox to archive: Private collector gives huge trove of road maps to Stanford
- Stanford robots clash in class finale
- Stanford opens research center at Peking University
March 19
- Innovative Stanford class project turns urban studies students into filmmakers
- Brook H. Byers will join Stanford's Board of Trustees in April
- Stanford marine biologists search for the world's strongest coral
March 15
March 14
- Your brain is older than you think, say researchers from Stanford and the University of Chicago
- Artist takes performance to new heights at Stanford biological preserve
- Stanford researchers create exotic electrons that may lead to new materials, devices
March 12
- DuPont joins Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project
- Former Sen. Russell Feingold discusses how corporations threaten democracy
March 9
- Stanford visiting artist Ellen Lake creates a cultural paradox across decades
- An exploration of human and electronic sound on Stanford's CCRMA Stage
March 7
- Trans-Atlantic bond between the Keats brothers was a poetic inspiration, Stanford scholar says
- Silicon Valley poised to play role as Japan restructures power industry
- Q&A: Margot Gerritsen on the critical need for energy literacy in the US
March 6
- Stanford offers more free online classes for the world
- Stanford's Quake-Catcher Network detected Monday's tremor 10 seconds before the shaking reached campus
March 5
March 1
- Google Waltz Lab teaches Stanford students to think on their feet
- Sea turtles surf an ocean highway to safer habitat, Stanford research suggests
February 29
February 28
February 27
February 23
February 22
- Rare Judeo-Spanish memoir gives a voice to the people of a lost culture
- Swimming through the blood stream: Stanford engineers create wireless, self-propelled medical device
- Highlights from Stanford's Native American paintings collection are showcased in Memory and Markets: Pueblo Painting in the Early 20th Century
February 17
February 16
- State-owned oil companies increase price volatility and pollution, but rarely get used as geopolitical weapons, says Stanford researcher
- President Obama gives the National Humanities Medal to Stanford literary scholar Ramón Saldívar
- Look for new roles for older citizens in an aging America, says Stanford's Laura Carstensen
- International interactive artist Camille Utterback delivers public lecture as part of the new Mohr Visiting Artist Program at Stanford
- New Stanford unit seeks educational initiatives for middle and high school students
February 14
February 13
- Stanford study finds widening gap between rich and poor students
- Stanford engineers weld nanowires with light
- Getting to the 'heart' of the matter
February 10
February 9
- Stanford Dance reconstructs Anna Sokolow's signature work Rooms
- Stanford study suggests girls can 'rewire' brains to ward off depression
February 7
- Stanford geophysicist: More environmental rules needed for shale gas
- As Chinese courts announce 'guiding cases,' Stanford Law School helps to spread the word
- Newark Mayor Cory Booker will be Stanford's 2012 Commencement Speaker
- Stanford raises undergraduate tuition 3 percent for the 2012-13 school year
- Stanford's Revs Program sponsors film series celebrating cars and car culture
- Stanford engineers' nanoshell whispering galleries improve thin solar panels
February 3
February 2
- New generation explores cultural changes through Asian music at Stanford festival
- Q&A: Stanford's Philip Taubman on an unlikely effort by a group of former statesmen to rid the world of nuclear weapons
February 1
- Walker Evans' iconic photos of the Great Depression at Cantor Arts Center
- Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation, Stanford researchers say
January 30
- Columbia Journalism School and Stanford School of Engineering announce a joint $30 million gift from David and Helen Gurley Brown
- How we see our galaxy's black hole without actually seeing it: Stanford's 2012 Bunyan lecture by astronomer Andrea Ghez
January 27
- Four decades - and counting - of feminist journalism
- The feminist struggle continues, Gloria Steinem says, encouraging a Stanford audience toward 'one new subversive thing'
January 26
- Stanford software allows aero-engineering students to focus on aircraft design instead of computer code
- Stanford University proposes reimagining undergraduate education
January 25
- Stanford scholars reflect on Arab Spring
- Multitasking may harm the social and emotional development of tweenage girls, but face-to-face talks could save the day, say Stanford researchers
January 23
- Elliott Levinthal, Stanford professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, dead at 89
- Advice from Socrates and Plato: Stanford's 2012 Tanner Lectures explore ancient philosophies as ways of life
- Gloria Steinem: Still angry, still funny, still tireless
January 18
January 13
- Stanford's Clayborne Carson on the meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
- Railroad hyperbole echoes all the way down to the dot-com frenzy
January 12
- Stanford University names Wiley Hausam managing director of Bing Concert Hall
- Take a tour of the virtual future at Stanford
January 11
January 9
- Stanford physicist Burton Richter's moderate approach to climate change
- Stanford University symposium, exhibits, talk by Gloria Steinem commemorate Ms. magazine's 40 years