2011 News Releases
Below you will find an index to the 2011 news releases from Stanford University.
You also can search the complete library to locate releases by specific criteria. This library contains releases dating from 1991 to the present.
December 16
- Robert Osserman, noted Stanford mathematician, dies at 84
- Stanford University reports FY 2011 financial results
- Stanford University withdraws its bid for a NYC campus
December 14
- Stanford researchers find that pension funds for California state workers are still in peril - action needed now
- Stanford's Board of Trustees approves sites for two new arts buildings
December 13
- Stanford scientists' computer models help predict tsunami risk
- Bulgarian students among those receiving need-based financial aid at Stanford
- Intensive farming is chasing away Costa Rican birds, but Stanford researchers say there's still hope for co-existence
December 12
December 9
- Stanford offers early admission to 755 students
- Scrub carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere? Too expensive, says a Stanford researcher. Better to start with the smokestacks of coal-burning power plants
December 5
- Mapping underground water sources for drip irrigation could change African village life, say Stanford researchers
- Stanford scientists subject rocks to hellish conditions to combat global warming
December 1
- Stanford President Hennessy wins IEEE's highest honor
- Opal offers fast, lasting remedy for uranium contamination at nuclear sites, say Stanford researchers
November 30
November 29
November 22
- Nanoparticle electrode for batteries could make large-scale power storage on the energy grid feasible, say Stanford researchers
- Stanford research on nutrition influences policy changes in China
November 21
- Peruvian villagers shown how to protect adobe buildings from earthquake collapse
- Two Stanford students and five alumni will begin graduate studies this fall as Rhodes and Mitchell scholars
November 17
- A squid mystery in Mexican waters is unraveled by a Stanford biologist and a class of biology students
- New Stanford software takes Folding@home's biological research to supercomputers
November 16
- What's next for Italy? Former ambassador and Stanford trustee sheds light on Silvio Berlusconi, Mario Monti and the Italian debt
- Sorting out the nanotubes, for better electronics
November 15
November 14
November 11
November 10
November 7
- Potential for odd outcomes in San Francisco mayoral election with ranked choice voting system, says Stanford mathematician
- At Stanford's Cantor Arts Center, dancers bring Rodin to life
- World-renowned Georges Lavaudant directs Our Town at Stanford
November 4
November 2
November 1
October 27
October 26
October 25
- At Stanford, GOP members gird for battle against fossil fuels
- New book by Stanford biologist looks toward future of pandemic prediction
- Stanford's John McCarthy, seminal figure of artificial intelligence, dies at 84
- Q&A: Stanford's Paul Ehrlich fears the worst for a planet with 7 billion residents
October 24
October 20
- Edgy Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin is writer-in-residence at Stanford
- Q&A: Stanford's Lina Khatib on killing of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi
October 19
October 17
October 14
October 13
October 12
October 11
October 10
October 7
October 6
- Mountain lions caught on camera at Stanford's Jasper Ridge
- 2011 Roundtable at Stanford: How do we fix America's schools?
- Stanford wins National Poverty Research Center grant
October 5
- Sulfur in hollow nanofibers overcomes challenges of lithium-ion battery design
- Stanford exhibition spotlights Rodin's influence on America
October 4
October 3
- Former Sen. Feingold to serve as distinguished visitor at Stanford's Haas Center
- Eikenberry lecture cancelled
September 30
September 29
- Precourt Institute and TomKat Center award new energy research grants
- Manslaughter trial of seismologists in Italy highlights need for 'systematic earthquake forecasting,' says Stanford geophysicist
- Eikenberry discusses lessons learned after decade of war in Afghanistan
September 28
September 27
- Belief that others can change could be a powerful tool in resolving Israeli-Palestinian conflict, say Stanford researchers
- Albert Hastorf, professor emeritus of psychology, former provost and former dean of the School of Humanities & Sciences, dead at 90
- Abortions in Africa increase despite Republican policy to curb payment for procedures
September 26
- Stanford Management Company announces 2011 results
- Obama names Stanford physicist Benjamin Lev for honor
September 23
- Plasmonics intensifies a novel nanoscale light source, Stanford engineers find
- Suffering of the poor may have helped societies with class structures spread across the globe, say Stanford researchers
- Stanford Engineering Professor Robert C. Carlson dies at 72
September 22
- First life may have arisen above serpentine rock, say Stanford researchers
- GCEP awards $3.5 million for energy storage research
September 20
- 10 writers are Stanford's newest Stegner Fellows
- Stanford takes Estonia's 'Museum of Occupations' under its wing
September 19
- Stanford researchers predict long-term personal finances in the lab
- Jan. 31 is entry deadline for biennial Saroyan Prize for fiction, non-fiction
- Stanford welcomes the Class of 2015
September 15
- Compatibilism: Can free will and determinism co-exist?
- Fingertip-size microscope has huge potential for studying the brain and its diseases, say Stanford researchers
- Stanford's Michael McFaul nominated as new ambassador to Russia
September 14
- Bull elephants are not all loners - some form close-knit hierarchies that vary with the rainfall, Stanford researchers say
- Stanford researchers show that there's more than one way to read - with implications for reading disorders
September 13
September 12
- Rare undersea volcanic vents show oceans' increasing acidity likely to hurt biodiversity, endanger ecosystem stability, say Stanford researchers
- An optical illusion called 'reverse-phi motion' helps explain how we view moving objects, Stanford scientists find
September 8
September 7
September 6
- Tiny bits of debris are a big problem in space, says Stanford astronautics Professor Sigrid Close in report on 'space junk'
- Stanford joins National Requiem of Remembrance commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11
September 1
- Statewide initiatives may result from Stanford-led 'deliberative polling'
- Stanford students, alumni help each other with their startup dreams
August 31
August 30
August 26
- Preserving 4 percent of the ocean could protect most marine mammal species, study finds
- Record of Steve Jobs' early career lies boxed in Stanford University's Silicon Valley Archives
August 25
August 24
- Board of Trustees welcomes 2 new members
- Stanford archive shows origins of Martin Luther King's 1963 “I have a dream” speech
August 23
August 22
August 19
- Hoover's Soviet-era posters join acclaimed exhibit at Art Institute of Chicago
- Lee Schipper, dedicated to energy efficiency and environment, dies at 64
August 18
August 17
August 16
- Faster organic semiconductors for flexible displays can be developed quickly with new method, say Stanford researchers
- Stanford Engineering professors are reinventing online education with free computer science courses that employ new teaching technology
August 11
- Scientists must leave the ivory tower and become advocates, or civilization is endangered, says Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich
- Wall Street rollercoaster: Stanford expert tries to make sense of a careening marketplace
- Blink of an eye: Stanford researchers are redefining how the brain plans movement
August 10
August 9
August 8
August 4
- Stanford's Cantor Arts Center spotlights six millennia of African art
- Small poetry press founded by Stanford lecturer garners critical attention
August 3
August 2
August 1
- 'The war will never end': Saddam's regime in Hoover Institution archives
- Stanford psychologists find that jokes help us cope with horrifying images
- Stanford economist: How do we 'get off this path of deficits as far as the eye can see?'
July 28
July 26
July 25
- 'He threw in the towel': Stanford's Abbas Milani discusses Ahmadinejad's tumble
- Stanford transparent batteries: seeing straight through to the future?
July 21
July 20
- Re-inventing America's urban water infrastructure
- From heartbreak to hope: Stanford law students help a child with emotional disabilities find a new school
July 19
July 18
July 14
July 13
July 12
July 11
- Stuck in a stereotype? How psychological cues can limit black students' academic learning and success.
- Small, prescribed burn July 18 at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
July 7
- 'Citizen-seismologists' sought to host tiny earthquake sensors on their computers
- California groundwater management trickles up from local sources, Stanford report finds
July 5
June 30
June 29
- Stanford faculty collaborate to improve online education
- Stanford's video processing in the cloud allows interactive streaming of online lectures
- Stanford artist Richard Randell dies at 81
June 28
June 24
June 23
- 'Orca ears' inspire Stanford researchers to develop ultrasensitive undersea microphone
- Truth takes a nasty turn: At Stanford, two plays explore memory and deception
- Back in Beijing, researchers with Stanford's Rural Education Action Project take on digital divide
June 22
- A group of randomly selected citizens, engaged in a new kind of polling developed at Stanford, gathers this weekend to tackle California's problems
- Stanford Jazz Festival showcases superstars with crossover recognition
June 20
June 16
June 13
June 12
June 9
- Stanford's Digital Humanities: A conference that's become cool
- In rural China, Stanford researchers look for persuasive fix to fight intestinal worms
June 6
- Stanford climate scientists forecast permanently hotter summers beginning in 20 years
- Stanford students discover that native ants use chemical weapon to turn back invading Argentine ants
- Statement of Stanford University about Supreme Court decision in Roche case
June 3
June 2
- Stanford's Stig Hagstrom, professor emeritus of engineering, dies at 78
- Farmer networks hold key to agricultural innovation in developing countries, Stanford study finds
May 26
- New research projects for Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project, and room for more sponsors
- Stanford researchers use fluorescent nanotubes to illuminate the inner workings of laboratory mice
May 24
May 23
- Stanford computer scientists find Internet security flaw
- Attorney General Eric Holder helps dedicate a dazzling new building for the Stanford Law School
- Stanford's successful STAN serves as prototype for future events
May 20
- Where does journalism fit in a world of 5 billion cell phones and 600 million Facebook users? Stanford gathering explores the possibilities
- Robert Helliwell, radioscience and magnetosphere expert, dead at 90
May 19
- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to dedicate new building for Stanford Law School
- Stanford astronautics professor co-hosts Known Universe on National Geographic channel
- Stanford University's new Matadero Trail opens to public Friday
May 17
- Philip Hanawalt wins Princess Takamatsu award, looks back on 50 years at Stanford and ahead to turning 80
- In the Stanford performance of Betrayed, George Packer tells the sad story of Iraqi interpreters and drivers abandoned by the Americans
- 'Mind reading' brain scans reveal secrets of human vision
May 16
- Seaports need a plan for weathering climate change, say Stanford researchers
- Light and Magic: Stanford engineers create a tiny, energy-efficient laser for optical communication systems
May 12
- Stanford alumni around the world participating in May 14 day of service
- Stanford to offer optional alumni interviews for freshman applicants
May 11
May 9
- New Stanford computing lab imagines the mobile-social future
- Leading entrepreneurs, academics explore a new relationship between humanities graduates and Silicon Valley at Stanford conference
May 5
May 4
May 3
May 2
- Stanford joins forces with peers to address high-risk drinking
- Q&A: Stanford's Thomas Henriksen on the killing of Osama bin Laden
April 29
- Stanford's Faculty Senate approves process for bringing ROTC back to campus
- 'Small fry' fish just as vulnerable to population plunges as sharks or tuna, Stanford researchers say
- Max Mathews, 'father of computer music,' dies at 84
April 26
- Q&A: Stanford's Stephen Stedman on democracy's surge and the growing need for elections with integrity
- From Greek to English: Stanford professor's translation of Euripides takes the stage
April 22
- Stanford should invite ROTC back to campus, university committee says
- Eight Stanford scholars named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 21
April 20
April 19
April 18
April 14
April 13
- Theater legend Grotowski's legacy lives on at Stanford
- Stanford research casts sober light on Russia's mortality crisis
April 12
- Community Partnership Awards recognize three local organizations
- Stanford marine biologist speaks at NY Public Library
April 11
- New virtual reality research – and a new lab – at Stanford
- Robot Block Party at Stanford; public invited
- Stanford-Berkeley group gets $25 million for advanced solar research
April 8
April 7
April 6
- Nanopillars yield more precise molecular photography
- Do snails need their slime trails to move ahead? It's a sticky question, Stanford researchers say
April 5
April 4
- Stanford boasts largest number of Truman Scholars for 2011
- How the U.S. saved a starving Soviet Russia: PBS film highlights Stanford scholar's research on the 1921-23 famine
April 1
March 31
March 30
March 29
March 28
March 25
March 24
- Algae and bacteria hogged oxygen after ancient mass extinction, slowing recovery of marine life, say Stanford researchers
- Good vibrations: Stanford engineers put a damper on 'aeroelastic flutter'
- Stanford alumni returning to campus to reminisce, talk about international service in the 21st century during Peace Corps 50th Anniversary Celebration
March 23
March 22
March 21
March 17
- Stanford's 'Painted Ladies': Cantor exhibition shows how the ancient world used color – and how science reveals the faded past
- Stanford submits expression of interest for New York City campus
- David Rumelhart, pioneer in cognitive neuroscience, dies at 68
March 15
- Stanford researchers get unprecedented view of protein folding that may help develop brain disease therapies
- Stanford historian's play about Martin Luther King to be performed in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
March 10
March 9
- Hip-hop and its heritage: Rennie Harris comes to Stanford
- Untapped crop data from Africa predicts corn peril if temperatures rise
March 8
March 4
- Encryption leads Stanford's Martin Hellman into National Inventors Hall of Fame
- Stanford researchers find that modern humans originated in southern Africa
March 3
- U.S. premiere of Stanford composer Jonathan Berger's Memory Slips set for March 4
- Stanford professor wins million-dollar prize from Dan David Foundation
March 1
February 28
February 24
- Writing of Stegner Fellows will be performed on Feb. 26 – word for word
- Those who ride Stanford's free Marguerite shuttle system will see major changes to most routes starting Tuesday, March 1
February 23
- U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments Feb. 28 in Stanford v. Roche
- Is crime a virus or a beast? When describing crime, Stanford study shows the word you pick can frame the debate on how to fight it
February 22
February 20
February 18
February 17
- Dance, memory: Stanford spotlights four new choreographies, four new scores
- Stanford students lead classes in San Quentin prison
February 14
February 11
- A father knows best: Vint Cerf re-thinks the Internet in Stanford talk
- Global settings, New York streets: Two photography exhibits at Cantor
- Cupid can help, but you'll have better luck with a valentine if you have a few things in common, according to Stanford study
February 9
- What should America do in Egypt? Try nothing, says Stanford expert
- Stanford raises undergraduate tuition 3.5 percent for 2011-12 academic year
February 8
February 7
February 2
January 31
January 28
January 27
- Stanford and Intel test the boundaries of visual computing
- Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom to deliver Stanford's 2011 Tanner Lectures
January 26
- Two famous authors discuss one war: Tim O'Brien, Tobias Wolff on writing about Vietnam
- The world can be powered by alternative energy, using today's technology, in 20-40 years, says Stanford researcher Mark Z. Jacobson