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Learning en plein air

At Stanford University, gardens beckon visitors to learn en plein air – about small-scale sustainable farming, sun-loving desert plants and sculpture.

Teaching & Students

Summer studies at Stanford give military veterans an academic boost

Stanford’s Veteran Accelerator program, which accepted its first cohort in summer 2014, helps military veterans enrolled in community college programs to develop the academic, professional and personal skills needed to thrive at a four-year institution.

Teaching & Students

Students in government

The student-led Stanford in Government program offers fellowship opportunities to those interested in public administration and policy. Stanford News spoke with two students to learn about their summer government jobs.

Science & Technology

New AI camera could revolutionize autonomous vehicles

Stanford engineers combine two types of computers to create a faster and less energy-intensive image processor for use in autonomous vehicles, security cameras and medical devices.

Science & Technology

Former ‘Mars czar’ reviews latest news on the red planet

Discoveries of complex molecules and a liquid water lake, a birthday for one rover and concern for another have brought Mars a lot of attention this summer. Here’s what the first Mars program director, Scott Hubbard, has to say about all the recent excitement over the red planet.

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Science & Technology

Learning through sound

The audible world contains vast amounts of information about the world around us. Scholars from across Stanford are exploring this invisible landscape as a research tool and as a way of understanding each other.

Teaching & Students

Stanford’s free online classes expand education opportunities

Stanford University has put extensive efforts into providing free online courses over the past several years in an effort to promote lifelong learning and share knowledge with the general public worldwide.

Science & Technology

Teaching biology in the bush

Stanford students are traveling through Africa to learn effective mentoring and field techniques, on an expedition designed to provide new perspectives on ethical ecotourism, the applications of novel technology and defining meaningful collaborations in developing countries.

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Science & Technology

Technologies from Stanford Biodesign have reached more than 1.5 million patients

Stanford Biodesign trainees have developed new medical devices and diagnostics that have been used to help care for more than 1.5 million patients so far.

Social Sciences

When moral outrage goes viral, it can come across as bullying, Stanford study finds

Stanford psychologists find that when online comments pile up against an individual’s questionable behavior, people are more likely to see it as bullying and start to feel sympathy for the offender.

Humanities

Understanding people’s obsession with crystals

Stanford medievalist Marisa Galvez is examining the origins of people’s fascination with crystals. She finds that crystals inspired the writing and poetry of some medieval authors in unexpected ways.

University Affairs

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.

Humanities

New exhibition highlights Stanford’s collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts

The Stanford Archaeology Center showcases ancient Egyptian stone tools, parts of a mummy case and other artifacts that were collected by Jane Stanford; her son, Leland Stanford Jr.; and other university affiliates.

Social Sciences

The inequalities of prenatal stress

Stanford sociologist Florencia Torche found that economically disadvantaged children prenatally exposed to an environmental stressor had much lower cognitive abilities than their counterparts who didn't experience the stress.

Teaching & Students

‘Teaching is the profession on which all other professions depend’

Linda Darling-Hammond, pofessor emerita at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, shares her top-five list of ways to change education in America.

Science & Technology

New technique brings clean hydrogen fuel one step closer

A new approach to a type of water-splitting technology could contribute to the development of affordable and clean-burning hydrogen fuel.

Law & Policy

One year after Charlottesville: Racism and the white supremacist movement in the U.S.

Professor Rick Banks discusses racism and some of the social and economic drivers for the white supremacist movement today.

Social Sciences

Car 3.0? A robot with wheels

With artificial intelligence playing such a large role in self-driving cars, the vehicle of the futures will be able to anticipate your music choices or find destinations for you. The CEO of Nio U.S. explains that these cars will be built on software.

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