http://news.stanford.edu Latest news headlines from Stanford University. Copyright (C) Stanford University en-us http://news.stanford.edu/images/srdot.gif http://news.stanford.edu http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/living-learning-programs-051713.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/living-learning-programs-051713.html 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 requirements. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/nanoscavenger-purify-water-051713.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/nanoscavenger-purify-water-051713.html 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. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/faculty-senate-three-051713.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/faculty-senate-three-051713.html 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.  Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/frogs.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/frogs.html 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. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/earth-iron-core-051613.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/earth-iron-core-051613.html 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. Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/ants-forage-evolve-051413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/ants-forage-evolve-051413.html 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. Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/music-arab-spring-051513.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/music-arab-spring-051513.html 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. Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/steven-chu-qanda-051513.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/steven-chu-qanda-051513.html After four 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 better guide public policy. Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/kepler-hubbard-qanda-051513.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/kepler-hubbard-qanda-051513.html 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. Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/skin-heart-monitor-051413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/skin-heart-monitor-051413.html Engineers combine layers of flexible materials into pressure sensors to create a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill. The skin-like device could one day provide doctors with a safer way to check the condition of a patient's heart. Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/alba-holgado-amyblue-051413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/alba-holgado-amyblue-051413.html Alba Holgado, digital course management coordinator at Robert Crown Law Library, is one of three recipients of the 2013 Amy J. Blue Award. "The best part of my day is solving problems and collaborating," said Holgado, the first staff person at Stanford Law School to win the award.  Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/stanford-powwow-video-051413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/stanford-powwow-video-051413.html An estimated 30,000 people made their way to the Eucalyptus Grove last weekend for the Stanford Powwow. The annual event is the largest student-run powwow in the United States. Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/capri-walkers-bikers-051413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/capri-walkers-bikers-051413.html Stanford research offering cash incentives to drivers for avoiding rush hour has helped the university fulfill an agreement with Santa Clara County. Now, faculty and staff will also be rewarded for biking or walking to work, and even for walking and talking in place of sedentary meetings. Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/senate-three-setup-051513.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/senate-three-setup-051513.html At its meeting on Thursday, the Faculty Senate will hear a panel of faculty discuss the future of the PhD degree. Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/tony-gaspar-amyblue-051313.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/tony-gaspar-amyblue-051313.html 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. Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT