Stanford in the News

California frogs once used for pregnancy tests carry deadly fungus

Article quotes Sherril Green, professor of comparative medicine, who was a co-author of the study.

Victim-aid overhaul pushed

Article quotes law professor Michele Dauber on disaster relief programs.

Why recess might be the most important part of school

One of several articles that cites a study conducted by Mathematica Policy Research and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and their communities at Stanford on the importance of recess and play in schools.

Human cloning breakthrough prompts religious objections

Post to the On Faith blog quotes William Hurlbut, consulting professor in neurobiology.

Some of my best friends are germs

Article quotes Justin Sonnenburg, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology and professor emeritus Stanley Falkow.

Actress's move shines light on preventive mastectomy

Article cites a study done by Stanford last year on BRCA1 test results.

Why recruiting top talent isn?t the best way to reform schools

Post to the Answer Sheet blog cites research by Charles O?Reilly and Jeffrey Pfeffer, both professors at Graduate School of Business.

Should patients be told of unexpected risk factors lurking in their DNA?

Post to the Science in Mind blog cites critique by ethicists at School of Medicine: postdocs Megan Allyse and Marsha Michie.

How austerity kills

Assistant Professor of Medicine Sanjay Basu co-authored this opinion piece..

New retirement gap is blue- and white-collar

Article quotes Steve Vernon, a scholar at the Stanford Center on Longevity

Cold, hard data meets squishy delight

Article quotes Robert Sutton, professor of management science and engineering, and Bill Burnett, assistant consulting professor of mechanical engineering and executive director of the Design Program, about online payment systems.

Prices cut for cervical cancer vaccines for neediest

Article quotes Paul D. Blumenthal, professor of obstetrics and gynecology.

Why D.H. Lawrence, misogynist male author, has lots of female fans

This piece, subtitled 'His obsession with manly power is both off-putting and fascinating,' quotes Claire Jarvis, assistant professor of English.

Supreme Court to make crucial rulings on race

Article quotes law Professor Pamela Karlan.

Feel what it's like to live on an Antarctic icebreaker for two months

This piece includes video by Cassandra Brooks, graduate student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources.

Health-care cost slowdown seen saving up to $770 billion

Article quotes Keith Hennessey, lecturer at the Graduate School of Business and the Stanford Law School.

Will they come home to roost? The government is worried about British jihadists in Syria - with reason

This piece cites Thomas Hegghammer, consulting professor at Center for International Security and Cooperation at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

Same-sex divorce stats lag

Post to The Numbers Guy blog quotes William Baude, lecturer in law.

Brain, interrupted: A focus on distraction

This opinion piece cites Clifford Nass, professor of communication.

Political calculus keeps Cuba on U.S. list of terror sponsors

This piece quotes law school student Arash Aramesh.

The data made me do it

This article, subtitled 'The next frontier for big data is the individual,' quotes Andreas Weigend, director of the Social Data Lab.

Superhero or Supervillain? If science gives people superpowers, will they use them for good or evil?

Article quotes communications Professor Jeremy Bailenson and cites his lab's experiment on the topic.

The new classroom? Will online education make us better students?

Series of articles on online learning features a Q&A with President John Hennessy; quotes John Mitchell, vice provost for online learning, discussing Stanford Online; and Mitchell Stevens, associate professor of education.

Liberate time and break free from deadlines

In a column, Arianna Huffington quotes Graduate School of Business Professor Jennifer Aaker.

T.M. (Tanya) Luhrmann: Is that God talking?

T.M. (Tanya) Luhrmann, professor of anthropology, wrote this opinion piece.