Historian Mikael Wolfe argues that our sense of the past and present is more comprehensive when nature and technology are viewed as interdependent rather than in opposition.
Alison McQueen’s research shows that apocalyptic rhetoric can make wars, natural disasters and economic collapse easier to understand. Although it can rouse people to action, such rhetoric also carries great peril.
The Stanford neuroscientist’s research focused on the cells in the brain that aren’t nerve cells. Collectively called glia, these “other” cells play a central role in sculpting and maintaining the brain’s wiring diagram.
What unites the needs of Ebola workers, people with multiple sclerosis and athletes comes down to one thing – cold hands. A device that cools the hands is finding widespread use from the playing field to the clinic.
Before many head home for the holidays, members of the Stanford community enjoy the season’s traditions with music and fun. Among the holiday festivities this year was The Wise Women, a play performed by students, faculty and staff at Memorial Church. Other activities included Hanukkah ceremonies at White Plaza and Stanford Hospital, and a Yalda celebration hosted by Stanford’s Persian Student Association.
Morris “Buzz” Zelditch Jr., a professor emeritus of sociology, taught at Stanford for more than half a century and was chairman of the Department of Sociology twice.
Stanford Report’s most popular stories in 2017 reflected the eclectic interests of the university community, from climate change to caffeine to the new Redwood City Campus.
The Anderson Collection and the Cantor Arts Center are open during the winter break except on Christmas Day, with special holiday hours on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve only.
The University Privacy and Information Security offices are encouraging members of the university community to periodically purge unneeded computer files.
