Photo contest highlights scenes from around the globe
This year’s Stanford Global Studies photo contest highlights the work of students who ventured abroad for research, language study, fieldwork, and internships.
A look at the economic risks of global trade changes
As trade fractures into geopolitically aligned blocs, future economic growth is in danger, the International Monetary Fund’s Gita Gopinath told a Stanford audience.
Penelope Van Tuyl, Victor Madrigal, and Madika Bryant are this year’s recipients of the award, which recognizes staff who are exceptionally passionate about their work and supportive of their colleagues. President Saller will present the awards at a ceremony on Thursday.
A search has begun for the next dean of the GSB, and Professor Peter DeMarzo will serve as interim dean beginning Aug. 1, when Dean Jonathan Levin becomes Stanford’s president.
The court at Maples Pavilion, on which VanDerveer's women's basketball teams won 531 games, will be known as Tara VanDerveer Court in honor of the NCAA's all-time winningest coach. A women's basketball assistant coachship will also bear her name, Stanford Athletics announced yesterday.
Stanford Medicine delivers new treatment to cancer patients
Cell-based therapies are widely used to treat blood cancer, but Stanford Medicine recently became the first in the nation to use the same method to treat solid tumors.
Reich explains his new role serving as senior advisor to the U.S. AI Safety Institute and how he’ll use his background as a philosopher to approach his work.
The universe doesn't care about you, but that's okay. In 'Mind Magic,' James Doty explains how your attention can be redirected in a way that can change your brain and help you realize your goals.
Academic Council meeting focuses on building capacity for civil discourse
University leaders discussed the importance, and difficulty, of fostering an environment conducive to the open and respectful debate of diverse ideas at the 2023-24 Annual Meeting of the Academic Council.
Corporate governance is what matters most to investors
Big investors believe climate change will impact their portfolios in the coming years, a new report finds, but climate considerations aren’t driving their investment decisions.
A new report finds racial and economic segregation among schools has grown steadily in large school districts over the past 30 years – an increase that appears to be driven by policy decisions, not demographic changes.
Charlotte Pera to co-lead Sustainability Accelerator
The veteran philanthropic and nonprofit leader will become the first executive director of the Doerr School of Sustainability’s highest-profile initiative.
Mental health assessments that go beyond ‘How often do you feel blue?’
Stanford Medicine researchers are developing artificial intelligence tools that provide a more accurate picture of a person’s mental health and flag those who need help.
The seventh and largest cohort to date comprises students from 30 countries who will pursue degrees in 45 graduate programs across all seven schools at Stanford.
Envisioning the future for Palestinians and Israelis
Former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Israeli Professor Alon Tal discussed the feasibility of a two-state solution as part of Democracy and Disagreement, a spring quarter course that brings experts with opposing viewpoints together to model civil discourse.
A new book by Angela Garcia describes a troubling type of underground residential treatment program that has emerged to help Mexico City’s poor survive drug violence.
People with gas stoves breathe unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide
A new study finds people in households with gas stoves are breathing unhealthy levels of a pollutant linked to childhood asthma, even in rooms far from the kitchen.
How Karl Deisseroth’s lunches for a group of scientists, physicians, engineers, and students produced a silo-busting program to probe neuropsychiatric disease.
Three teams win Pac-12 championships, Stanford baseball clinches the series over Cal, and Joshua Karty is drafted by the LA Rams. Catch up on the latest athletics news.
Remembering Clayton Bates, champion of equity in STEM
The professor emeritus of materials science and engineering was an expert in photoelectronics and a pioneering advocate for Black students in the sciences.
A Stanford Medicine-led effort to map the molecular changes linked to exercise and health offers the broadest picture yet of why, in the health arena, sweat is king.
