Harumi Befu, professor emeritus of anthropology, dies at 92
Harumi Befu, a professor emeritus of anthropology in Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences who challenged and exposed stereotypes about Japanese people and their culture, died Aug. 4. He was 92.
The developmental psychologist will be presented with a 2023 lifetime achievement award by the Association for Psychological Science for her efforts to foster the careers of students and postdocs.
New book probes blackness in ancient Greek literature and art
In her new book, Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity, Stanford’s Sarah F. Derbew challenges the notion that modern understandings of race can simply be applied to classical literature and art.
Shanto Iyengar to co-lead political survey of thousands of Americans
Shanto Iyengar is co-leading an effort to survey thousands of Americans before and after the 2024 presidential election, a period that will likely be marked by extreme volatility and uncertainty in U.S. politics.
The former associate director of Stanford’s Food Research Institute, Gotsch was a technology evangelist best known for his research on irrigation development in South Asia and use of mathematical models to study agricultural policy.
Amir Safavi-Naeini named 2022 Moore Inventor Fellow
The award will provide Safavi-Naeini with $825,000 over three years as he leads an effort to invent a device to rapidly identify proteins in cells accurately.
A new major that offers two tracks – a Bachelor of Science as well as a Bachelor of Arts – aims to help students become versatile and nimble data scientists of the future.
Stanford Impact Labs funds partnerships to combat social ills
Stanford Impact Labs is funding eight new partnerships, including projects to reduce partisan animosity, decrease racial and economic segregation in public schools, and lift the veil on tax havens.
Three Stanford faculty members elected to the British Academy
Jennifer Eberhardt, Margaret Levi, and John R. Rickford are among the 85 fellows newly elected to the British Academy, the U.K.’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences.
Heaviest neutron star to date is a ‘black widow’ eating its mate
Stanford and UC Berkeley researchers have been studying black widow systems for more than a decade, hoping to discover just how large these neutron stars can grow.
Mapping electric fields to help unravel how enzymes work
A probe developed by Stanford researchers reveals previously unknown structure of electric fields inside an enzyme’s active site, yielding clues to the source of enzymes’ power.
Psychology Professor Jennifer Eberhardt has received the 2022 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing About Science for her accomplished record in applying rigorous scientific methods to the behavioral study of race and for her exceptional storytelling.
Ten exceptional scholars who are conducting award-winning research in the fields of the life sciences, mathematics, and physical sciences share what they hope to achieve as Stanford Science Fellows.
Marcus Feldman receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The professor of biology was honored by the Society for the Study of Evolution for contributions to our understanding of human population genetics and cultural evolutionary theory.
Matthew O. Jackson receives the 2021 Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Matthew O. Jackson, professor of economics, receives the Frontiers of Knowledge Award for research that reveals the role of networks in economic and social life.
Dan Jurafsky receives 2022 Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
Stanford's Dan Jurafsky, professor of linguistics and of computer science, has received the 2022 Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences.
New review process considers ethical ramifications of research
An interdisciplinary team of Stanford researchers develop ethics and society review to prompt researchers to consider proactively the ethical and societal impacts of their research and how to mitigate potential harms.
Lerone A. Martin on what we know – and don’t know – about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lerone A. Martin, the new faculty director of Stanford’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, discusses why access to information about King is more important than ever.
George Hardin Brown, professor emeritus of English in the School of Humanities and Sciences and renowned medievalist, died Nov. 6 in Sacramento, California. He was 90.
Stanford’s Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity —
Paula Moya named CCSRE director
As institutions of higher learning across the country address this moment of racial reckoning, Moya shares her determination for Stanford and CCSRE to remain leaders in race studies.
Lerone A. Martin appointed new MLK Institute director
Lerone A. Martin is the second faculty director appointed in the history of Stanford’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, following Clayborne Carson’s retirement in 2020.
New study uses crowdsourcing to strengthen American democracy
The Strengthening Democracy Challenge will bring together academics, practitioners, and industry experts to identify solutions for pressing political problems.
It’s all in the folding: how cells pack in oversized DNA segments
A new study reveals key details about how bacterial cells manage to pack in chromosomal DNA a thousand times longer than the cells themselves, and — even more amazingly — do so in a highly organized manner.
