http://news.stanford.edu Latest Teaching and Students 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/june/khatib-robotics-class-061313.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/khatib-robotics-class-061313.html Robotics students put their programming chops to work by teaching robots to play golf, stack dominoes and swat balloons. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/new-recreation-center-061113.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/new-recreation-center-061113.html At the new center on Santa Teresa Street, faculty, students and staff will find basketball, volleyball and badminton courts, rooms for yoga, dance and weight training, and the 50-meter, outdoor Avery Recreation Pool. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/open-source-platform-061113.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/open-source-platform-061113.html As Stanford marks the one-year anniversary of its newest effort to develop online learning opportunities, it begins offering summer courses on the newly open-source OpenEdX platform. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/thinking-matters-networking-061013.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/thinking-matters-networking-061013.html An interdisciplinary freshman course shows students how networking predates Facebook by hundreds, even millions of years. Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/three-strikes-project-060613.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/three-strikes-project-060613.html Stanford Law School's Three Strikes Project helped change the California statute on repeat offenders and is now working to ensure the policy is implemented fairly. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/poetry-out-loud-060413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/poetry-out-loud-060413.html At the second annual Poetry Out Loud competition, students practice the timeless art of performing poetry, for cash prizes. Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/pande-engineering-mooc-060313.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/pande-engineering-mooc-060313.html Instructors at Stanford hope online learning course will provide people worldwide with the crucial skills needed to start their own companies. Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/online-teaching-forum-053113.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/online-teaching-forum-053113.html MOOCs on computer science and math yield rich rewards, scholars tell a forum audience. Among them is the feedback they get about how students learn. Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/markaz-resource-center-052913.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/markaz-resource-center-052913.html The resource center aims to facilitate discussion around the critical social and political issues that have been at the forefront of the national conversation since 9/11. Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/student-veterans-office-052413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/student-veterans-office-052413.html The staff at the new Student Veteran Affairs Office is trained to help veterans navigate the complicated process of receiving and managing educational benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs while attending Stanford. Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/classics-theater-cyclops-052312.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/classics-theater-cyclops-052312.html Stanford student theater group draws attention to modern obsession with celebrity and fame with a new translation of Euripides' classic play. Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT 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/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/renaissance-rodin-wang-050913.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/renaissance-rodin-wang-050913.html Musician Jesse Rodin leads student singers through the works of Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez in a historically inspired performance featuring digital enhancements by sonic pioneer Ge Wang. Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/daily-editor-qanda-050613.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/daily-editor-qanda-050613.html Senior Miles Bennett-Smith, editor-in-chief of the Stanford Daily, talks about how changes in the newspaper industry are affecting the Daily and where the paper is heading. Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT