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First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Stanford humanities scholars harness the power of crowdsourcing

In a process known as crowdsourcing, researchers at Stanford's Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis are incorporating the knowledge and resources of the public into three digital humanities research projects. ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Crowdsourcing

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Stanford visiting artist Robert Henke to perform a 'musical machine'

Robert Henke, Stanford's 2013 Mohr Visiting Artist, will perform a computer-driven musical performance Thursday and Friday at the Bing Concert Hall Studio. The piece comprises sounds Henke recorded at and around Stanford. ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - 21 hours ago]

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Frogs in California harbor deadly amphibian pathogen, Stanford study finds

The African clawed frog, which were brought to the U.S. a century ago, harbor a fungal infection that is decimating amphibian populations worldwide, according to a School of Medicine study of these frogs in California. ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 17 2013]

Entities: Amphibian, Pathogen, African Clawed Frog, Mycosis

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Faculty Senate explores the future of the doctoral degree

At Thursday's Faculty Senate meeting, a panel discussed new initiatives designed to prepare PhD candidates for today's job market, including a program that would expose them to careers as high school teachers. ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 17 2013]

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Stanford engineers' new nanoscavenger purifies water, gets retrieved by magnet

Stanford engineers have developed a synthetic nanoparticle to be used in water purification that, unlike its peers, can be quickly and completely removed magnetically after it does its job disinfecting, depolluting and desalinating contaminated water ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 17 2013]

Entities: Nanoparticle, Desalination, Disinfection

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Stanford adds two new freshman living, learning programs

ITALIC, which will focus on the arts, and SIMILE, which will concentrate on science, will open in the fall, offering freshmen a new way to combine living and learning in a thematic, residence-based educational program while meeting undergraduate requ ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 17 2013]

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Earth's iron core is surprisingly weak, Stanford researchers say

The researchers used a diamond anvil cell to squeeze iron at pressures as high as 3 million times that felt at sea level to recreate conditions at the center of Earth. The findings could refine theories of how the planet and its core evolved. ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 16 2013]

Entities: Iron

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Stanford professor and former NASA official on the Kepler space telescope

Consulting Professor Scott Hubbard helped guide the Kepler mission when he served as director of NASA Ames Research Center. He explains how NASA might bring the planet-hunting spacecraft back online. ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 15 2013]

Entities: NASA, Scott Hubbard

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Evolution shapes new rules for ant behavior, Stanford research finds

Biologist Deborah M. Gordon's decades-long study of the collective behavior of harvester ant colonies has provided a rare real-time look at natural selection at work. ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 15 2013]

Entities: Evolution, Natural Selection, Biologist

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

The music of the Arab Spring finds a home on the Stanford campus

Stanford scholars broadcast Middle Eastern music and culture on two KZSU radio shows, Arabology and Mediterraneans: Music of the Middle East, North Africa, and Beyond. ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 15 2013]

Entities: Arab Spring

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Q&A: Steven Chu on returning to Stanford, his time as U.S. Energy Secretary

After six years as the secretary of energy, Nobel laureate Steven Chu is returning to Stanford University as a professor of physics and molecular and cellular physiology. He talks about his work in Washington and how he thinks science and technology can ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 15 2013]

Entities: Steven Chu, United States, Physiology

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Faculty Senate to discuss the future of the PhD degree

At its meeting on Thursday, the Faculty Senate will hear a panel of faculty discuss the future of the PhD degree. ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 14 2013]

Quotes

Tony Gaspar, the lead glazier at Stanford, is one of three recipients of the 2013 Amy J Blue Awards. "When I come here in the morning, it's like I'm coming home" he said

Tony Gaspar, known for his smile and customer service, wins Amy J. Blue Award [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 13 2013]

William Newsome, a professor of neurobiology, says Stanford's new institute will launch a "broad, sustained interdisciplinary attack on solving the problems of the brain."

William Newsome appointed to lead Stanford's new interdisciplinary neuroscience institute [Published Stanford News Headlines - Apr 12 2013]

"We created this award to celebrate some of the exceptional scholarly achievements of our undergraduate students and to bring them campus-wide recognition" said Tom Wasow, professor of linguistics, who created the award in 1988...

Ten undergraduates honored with 2013 Deans' Awards for Academic Achievement [Published Stanford News Headlines - Apr 10 2013]

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, delivering the Jing Lyman Lecture at Stanford, encourages women to "raise your hand, sit at the table, own your success."

At Stanford lecture, Sandberg urges women to seek leadership roles [Published Stanford News Headlines - Apr 03 2013]

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Palumbo-Liu elected next Faculty Senate chair [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 08 2013]
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Stanford Daily editor reflects on paper's future [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 06 2013]
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Stanford visiting artist Robert Henke to perfor... [Published Stanford News Headlines - 21 hours ago] Robert Henke, Stanford's 2013 Mohr Visiting Artist, will perform a computer-driven musical performance Thursday and Friday at the Bing Concert Hall Studio. The piece comprises sounds Henke recorded at and around Stanford. ...
Stanford humanities scholars harness the power ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - 21 hours ago] In a process known as crowdsourcing, researchers at Stanford's Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis are incorporating the knowledge and resources of the public into three digital humanities research projects. ...
Frogs in California harbor deadly amphibian pat... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 17 2013] The African clawed frog, which were brought to the U.S. a century ago, harbor a fungal infection that is decimating amphibian populations worldwide, according to a School of Medicine study of these frogs in California. ...
Faculty Senate explores the future of the docto... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 17 2013] At Thursday's Faculty Senate meeting, a panel discussed new initiatives designed to prepare PhD candidates for today's job market, including a program that would expose them to careers as high school teachers. ...
Stanford engineers' new nanoscavenger purifies ... [Published Stanford News Headlines - May 17 2013] Stanford engineers have developed a synthetic nanoparticle to be used in water purification that, unlike its peers, can be quickly and completely removed magnetically after it does its job disinfecting, depolluting and desalinating contaminated water ...