Around the Farm

News articles classified as Around the Farm

Stanford Accelerator for Learning —

Grants propel partnerships with Bay Area schools

Ten GSE faculty will lead projects on topics including literacy tutoring, reclassifying English learners, and accessible ethnic studies.

Stanford Report —

Stanford welcomes more than 4,500 new students

More than 4,500 frosh and transfer, graduate, and professional students begin arriving on campus this weekend to participate in events designed to help them feel at home on the Farm.

Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

Tze Leung Lai, professor of statistics, has died

Lai is remembered as a dedicated mentor and prolific scholar with an interdisciplinary approach to theoretical statistics and mathematics.

STANFORD magazine —

The Huberman effect

Meet the neurobiologist with the hottest podcast in science.

Stanford Engineering —

Perry McCarty has died

The environmental engineer’s groundbreaking experiments led to the discovery of anaerobic bacteria that could break down contaminants in groundwater reservoirs.

Stanford Report —

The future of research at Stanford

The two newest members of the Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Research leadership team on how their roles support Stanford’s research ecosystem.

Stanford Report —

Teaching Stanford’s history

A new spring quarter course examined Stanford’s past, including the people, personalities, and politics that have made the university what it is today.

Stanford Athletics —

Women’s rowing wins national championship

Highlighted by victories from its varsity eight and second varsity eight crews, the team captured its second NCAA championship in school history.