Stanford’s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures has transformed its major to be more inclusive of Korea, a country that is increasingly on the minds of American youth.
Founded in 2012, Girls Teaching Girls to Code is a student-led organization that introduces Bay Area high school girls to computer science and programming basics.
The following Academic Council Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments for the periods indicated were reviewed by the Advisory Board of the Academic Council on September 13, September 27, October 11, October 25 and November 8, 2016, and were approved by the president.
Alina Utrata, a senior majoring in history and the law, with a minor in human rights, will pursue a master’s degree in conflict transformation and social justice at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland as a 2017 Marshall Scholar.
Stanford Bio-X researchers are developing methods for monitoring of DNA in wastewater, which could enable early detection of disease and discovery of previously undetected pathogens.
Reports co-authored by Stanford Earth scientist show concentrations of methane approaching an internationally recognized worst-case scenario and highlight opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and fossil fuel use.
Two consecutive penalty-kick saves by Andrew Epstein gave Stanford a second consecutive national men’s soccer championship. The victory over Wake Forest was a dramatic conclusion to a back-and-forth scoreless draw.
Seeking to achieve sustained reforms, Stanford is temporarily suspending activities of the Stanford Band and initiating a process to develop a new organizational structure for it.
