Stanford News

Stanford president encourages students to explore with the same curiosity, enthusiasm and determination of Leonardo da Vinci

In a ceremony that marks the beginning of the academic year, Stanford leaders and a Stanford senior welcomed the university’s newest cohort of young scholars – the 1,702 first-year students and 20 transfer students – and their families and friends to the Farm.

Arts & Creativity

The compelling origin story of the Stanford museum, university and Silicon Valley

The Melancholy Museum: Love, Death, and Mourning at Stanford highlights the impact of the death of Leland Stanford Jr.

Social Sciences

What do teens care about? Stanford education researchers uncover top concerns in student letters

Graduate School of Education scholars analyzed thousands of student letters to presidential candidates from the last election to see what teenagers considered most urgent and how they argued their case.

Medicine

Brain tumors form synapses with healthy neurons

Tumors called high-grade gliomas wire themselves into the healthy brain, receiving and interpreting electrical signals from normal neurons, a Stanford study has found.

Medicine

In human cells and mice, a cure for the common cold, Stanford-UCSF study reports

Disabling a single, apparently noncritical protein in cells may foil replication of the viruses that cause half of all common colds, polio and other diseases, according to researchers at Stanford and UCSF.

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Humanities

The power of language: How words shape people, culture

At Stanford, linguistics scholars seek to determine what is unique and universal about the language we use, how it is acquired and the ways it changes over time.

In The Spotlight

Understanding ourselves and our past

Stanford humanities scholars are probing ancient questions through modern and traditional methods to figure out how and why history unfolded the way it did and what makes us human.

Science & Technology

What it’s like to be a chemist

Laura Dassama and her fellow Stanford chemists talk about their paths into the field, the joys of making new molecules and the way in which the “central science” pervades our lives.

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Campus Life

Class of 2023 descends on the Farm

No one can remember the last time it sprinkled during move-in day for first-year students and transfers. But the grey clouds did nothing to damper the spirits of the new undergraduates and their friends and families or the members of the university community who welcomed them to the Farm.

University Affairs

Naming of Jane Stanford Way moves ahead

Serra Mall will be renamed Jane Stanford Way, effective Oct. 7, following clearance by Santa Clara County and the U.S. Postal Service. The step implements a proposal that came out of a campus review process last year.

Arts & Creativity

St. Lawrence String Quartet celebrates 30 years of bringing people together through music

The St. Lawrence String Quartet, Stanford University’s ensemble-in-residence, has brought their insight and musical passion to classrooms across campus, in free online courses and into the local community.

University Affairs

Stanford information on college admissions case

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a number of people around the country in an alleged scheme in which payments were made to try to win the admission of prospective students to a number of U.S. colleges and universities. Stanford’s former head sailing coach pleaded guilty to a charge in this case.

Social Sciences

Open trade is crucial for innovation

At the Stanford China Economic Forum, Stanford scholars and international business leaders including Jonathan Levin, Jerry Yang and Neil Shen examined the benefits of China and U.S. collaboration.

Science & Technology

New incubator to fuel life science innovation in Stanford Research Park

A recently vacated building in Stanford Research Park will be the future home of a new life science incubator and lab suites. Located near campus, this incubator will serve as an anchor for a preeminent life science district.

Science & Technology

Catalyst opens way to sustainable fuels from carbon dioxide

A new way to convert carbon dioxide into the building block for sustainable liquid fuels was very efficient in tests and did not have the reaction that destroys the conventional device.

Science & Technology

Green growth that works

Economic development plans often overlook a crucial detail – ecosystems that provide essential services to people. Stanford experts discuss a new sustainable development approach that balances the needs of people and nature.

University Affairs

General Use Permit application moves ahead

Stanford’s proposal for a long-term land use permit moves from the Santa Clara County Planning Commission to the Board of Supervisors. Over the summer, the university hopes to engage the county on an agreement it says would benefit the campus and the broader region.

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