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Kate Paye named women’s basketball head coach

One of the most respected assistant coaches in college basketball, Paye was a player on Stanford’s 1992 championship team.

Medicine

Study identifies a new target for epilepsy treatment

A little-understood part of the brain appears to be involved in starting seizures and keeping them going.

Science & Technology

How to achieve speed and scale in the clean energy transition

The Stanford Forum on the Science of Energy Transition brought together scientific experts, technology innovators, and industry leaders to explore practical pathways to a decarbonized future.

Law & Policy

Legal phantoms

Jennifer Chacón’s new book delves into the ramifications of a decade’s worth of promised federal immigration reform.

Social Sciences

Responsible leadership in a polarized world

Jerome Powell, Sundar Pichai, and Patti Poppe discuss technology, sustainability, and more at the first Business, Government, and Society Forum. Watch the highlights.

High school students visited the university as part of Stanford’s Introduction to Bioengineering, a dual-credit course program that provides talented students in low-income communities with access to advanced material while encouraging them to apply to selective colleges.

Arts & Creativity

Stanford’s 2024 spring and summer quarter guest artists

Rapper and singer Blxst, comedian Zarna Garg, and Tony-winner David Henry Hwang, ’79, who will deliver the Rathbun Lecture on a Meaningful Life, are just a few of the artists who will share their work with the Stanford community in the coming months.

Arts & Creativity

Learning the history of evolution and primatology

An exhibition and undergraduate course at Stanford examines the peculiar scrutiny people have placed on their primate relatives to better understand the human condition.

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Awards

Two Stanford scholars awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Kirstin Valdez Quade and amara tabor-smith have received 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships.

Medicine

Two key brain systems are central to psychosis

When the brain has trouble filtering incoming information and predicting what’s likely to happen, psychosis can result, Stanford Medicine-led research shows.

Science & Technology

A Nobel-winning economist tackles water scarcity

Paul Milgrom envisions a new market that would resolve the allocation battles of the Colorado River and provide long-run protection for a dwindling resource.

University Affairs

Stanford alum, business school dean Jonathan Levin named Stanford president

Jonathan Levin, a distinguished economist and Stanford alumnus who has led the Stanford Graduate School of Business as dean for the last eight years, has been appointed the next president of Stanford University, the Board of Trustees has announced.

Athletics

Cameron Brink is second in WNBA Draft pick

Cameron Brink became the 31st Stanford player to hear her name called in the WNBA Draft when the Los Angeles Sparks selected her with the second overall pick on Monday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.

Science & Technology

The state of AI in 13 charts

Foundation models dominate, benchmarks fall, and prices skyrocket: Check out highlights from the newly released report tracking global trends in artificial intelligence.

Athletics

Tara VanDerveer announces retirement

After 38 seasons at Stanford, the winningest coach in college basketball concludes her legendary career with 1,216 victories and three NCAA titles. “The joy for me was in the journey of each season, seeing a group of young women work hard for each other and form an unbreakable bond. Winning was a byproduct.”

Social Sciences

Gossipers have the edge

Talking about people behind their backs can spread useful information and motivate others to cooperate with you – but only if your information is accurate.

Kate Paye named women’s basketball head coach

Study identifies a new target for epilepsy treatment

How to achieve speed and scale in the clean energy transition

Legal phantoms

Responsible leadership in a polarized world

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Stanford visit sparks high schoolers’ interests

Stanford’s 2024 spring and summer quarter guest artists

Learning the history of evolution and primatology

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Two Stanford scholars awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Two key brain systems are central to psychosis

A Nobel-winning economist tackles water scarcity

Stanford alum, business school dean Jonathan Levin named Stanford president

Cameron Brink is second in WNBA Draft pick

The state of AI in 13 charts

Tara VanDerveer announces retirement

Gossipers have the edge

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