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Building ‘billion sensors’ quake monitor with optical fibers

The same optical fibers that deliver high-speed internet and HD video to our homes could one day double as seismic sensors for monitoring and studying earthquakes.

Social Sciences

Reconsidering United States’ Reconstruction era, Gilded Age

Historian Richard White analyzes U.S. history from 1865 to 1896 and provides a fresh perspective on the time period, which was marked by rising inequality and corruption.

Law & Policy

Sexual harassment and the law

As thousands of mostly women have come forward to share experiences on social media of sexual harassment, gender discrimination expert Deborah Rhode discusses the law and sexual harassment in the workplace.

Science & Technology

Speaking the brain’s language to treat disease

Brain-machine interfaces now treat neurological disease and change the way people with paralysis interact with the world. Improving those devices depends on getting better at translating the language of the brain.

Science & Technology

Study uncovers mutation that supercharges tumor-suppressor

Stanford scientists have found an answer to one of cancer biology’s toughest and most important questions: How does the body suppress tumors?

In the Spotlight

Science & Technology

Stanford researchers advance the future of energy

Research into renewable energy, batteries, carbon capture and storage, the electric grid and natural gas have sprung up around campus, helping to move the world to a more sustainable future.

Arts & Creativity

Stanford’s fall quarter guest artists

Stanford creates opportunities for meaningful engagement with the arts for students and the university community by inviting over 100 artists each year to campus to create, perform and discuss their work.

Humanities

Stanford Humanities Center now country’s largest humanities institute

As of this fall, the Stanford Humanities Center supports about 50 scholars annually, more than any other humanities institute in the country.

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Awards

Gretchen Daily collects Blue Planet Prize

Gretchen Daily is collecting the Blue Planet Prize in Tokyo for her work promoting practical conservation by revealing the value of nature to human well-being and development.

Obituaries

Longtime Stanford leader, donor John Freidenrich dies

Freidenrich, a Stanford alumnus and a successful investor, had served as chair of the Board of Trustees and director of Stanford University Hospital during his decades-long involvement with the university.

Social Sciences

The collision of civil war and threat of global pandemics

In a series of essays, Stanford experts explore the factors and influences of contemporary civil wars that may cause local infectious outbreaks to become global pandemics.

Arts & Creativity

Guest artist series to expose Stanford students to innovative performance art

In a Q&A, Branislav Jakovljevic, chair of the Department of Theater and Performance Studies, discusses the role guest artists play on campus.

Law & Policy

Iran nuclear deal worth keeping, Stanford experts say

Stanford experts say upending the Iran nuclear deal would stymie U.S. efforts to solve the North Korean nuclear crisis, isolate America on the world’s stage and strengthen hard-liners in Iran.

Stanford principles regarding immigration

As events continue to unfold regarding federal immigration policy, a website has been created where Stanford leaders summarize the principles of the university’s support for international and undocumented community members. Also found on the site are links to resources for the Stanford community.

Social Sciences

Building ‘billion sensors’ quake monitor with optical fibers

Reconsidering United States’ Reconstruction era, Gilded Age

Sexual harassment and the law

Speaking the brain’s language to treat disease

Study uncovers mutation that supercharges tumor-suppressor

In the Spotlight

Stanford researchers advance the future of energy

Stanford’s fall quarter guest artists

Stanford Humanities Center now country’s largest humanities institute

More Stories

Gretchen Daily collects Blue Planet Prize

Longtime Stanford leader, donor John Freidenrich dies

The collision of civil war and threat of global pandemics

Guest artist series to expose Stanford students to innovative performance art

Iran nuclear deal worth keeping, Stanford experts say

Stanford principles regarding immigration

Ten years of driving the discussion on longevity

Morrison Warren: My American story

Stanford experts on LIGO’s binary neutron star milestone

Stanford University statement on White House plans for DACA

Report details universities’ efforts on sexual assault

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