Publication: Stanford Report

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Stanford online coursework to be available on new open-source platform

As part of its effort to promote expanded access to high-quality online learning opportunities around the world, Stanford helps launch the OpenEdX open-source platform and begins offering summer coursework on it.By Brad HaywardStanford online coursework ... [Published Stanford Report - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Open Source, John Mitchell, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, Graduate School

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Stanford software engineering MOOC aims at future startup CEOs

Instructors hope to provide people worldwide with crucial skills for starting their own companies.By R. F. MacKayEven at Stanford, according to Vijay Pande, professor of chemistry and, by courtesy, of structural biology and of computer science, students ... [Published Stanford Report - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Vijay Pande, Software Engineering, Startup, Bitcoin

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

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Stanford scholar sheds light on Greek immigrant's rags-to-riches story

Archival investigation reveals life of Spyros P. Skouras, film industry mogul and philanthropist who made indelible impact on postwar American culture.By Kelsey GeiserSpyros Panagiotis Skouras escaped childhood poverty in Greece to become a top Hollywood ... [Published Stanford Report - May 23 2013]

Entities: Stanford University, World War II, Franklin D Roosevelt, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Foreign Aid

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Breathing exercises help veterans find peace after war, Stanford scholar says

Research by Stanford scholar Emma Seppala at the found that post-traumatic stress disorder decreased in veterans who participated in a weeklong breathing, yoga and meditation workshop, and remained lower a year later.By Brooke DonaldPost-traumatic stress ... [Published Stanford Report - May 23 2013]

Entities: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, Interference, University of Wisconsin

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...as well as an exciting opportunity for other universities to develop their own online coursework with minimal barriers to entry," Mitchell said. "By giving universities the ability to manage their online coursework directly or through a third-party provider, using a high-quality platform, we hope to continue broadening access to new educational opportunities for students of all types around the world."

Stanford online coursework to be available on new open-source platform [Published Stanford Report - Jun 11 2013]

...of smart kids, both in companies and here at Stanford, who have to pick it up onon the job by osmosis, and there's a huge cost in time," he said. "You acquire bad habits that can lead to inferior work products. But if you do software engineering well, you can move very quickly."

Stanford software engineering MOOC aims at future startup CEOs [Published Stanford Report - Jun 03 2013]

..."an amazing record of continuous activity in fields as varied as philanthropy, technical innovation in film and TV," as well as ample evidence of "Skouras' close ties to the White House under different administrations."

Stanford scholar sheds light on Greek immigrant's rags-to-riches story [Published Stanford Report - May 23 2013]

"Somehow the workshop is having an acute impact that is then leading to a shift" she said

Breathing exercises help veterans find peace after war, Stanford scholar says [Published Stanford Report - May 23 2013]