Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom discusses the societal impacts of a new “working-from-home economy” and the challenges posed by the massive transition to widespread remote work.
Lucius J. Barker, a Stanford University political scientist who specialized in constitutional law, civil liberties and African American politics and served as president of the American Political Science Association, has died.
Stanford Law Professor Michelle Mello answers questions relating to California's biggest spike in COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in March, with more than 7,000 new cases confirmed.
At a special meeting on Thursday, the Academic Council discussed but did not vote on a faculty resolution calling on Stanford to greatly accelerate its efforts to divest from fossil fuel companies and to transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions no later than 2030.
Two Stanford graduate students and three undergraduates are among the recipients of the awards, which support overseas studies in regions critical to United States interests.
The Supreme Court’s ruling last week that federal law protects gay and transgender workers from discrimination was facilitated, in part, by law students working in the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.
This year’s Experimental Robotics class was moved online due to COVID-19 but students used the same programming skillset in simulation to complete their tasks.
