As Schwarzman Scholars, the students will earn one-year master’s degrees in global affairs – with a focus on public policy, economics and business, or international studies – at Tsinghua University in Beijing. They will begin their studies in August 2019.
Professor John Boothroyd was chosen as faculty director of the Stanford-based convening of the Schmidt Science Fellows. The fellowship program includes two postdoctoral scholars who have joined research groups on campus.
Todd Eberspacher, manager of facilities, environmental health and safety, and infrastructure information technology in the Chemistry Department, will receive the 2018 Marsh O’Neill Award during a Nov. 26 reception at the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center.
Tina Seelig, a professor of the practice in management science and engineering and a faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, is the 2018 winner of the Richard W. Lyman Award.
Aron Wall employs concepts from across theoretical physics, from black holes to the holographic principle, in the quest to answer a fundamental question: What is spacetime?
The Stanford scientists will receive $32 million over five years to fund explorations of cancer, the brain, the aging process, chromosomes and the development of cells.
Seventeen Stanford faculty are part of new Bay Area-wide collaborative research teams funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, co-directed by Stephen Quake.
