After switching majors from mechanical engineering to product design, Kendal Burkins, ’19, spent the summer exploring art and design as an intern at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, an opportunity offered through the Stanford Global Studies Internship Program.
Building digital economies for inclusive growth, fostering resilient societies and investing in people are crucial to solving poverty, said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.
Stanford researchers have found the oldest archaeological evidence of beer brewing, a discovery that supports the hypothesis that in some regions, beer may have been an underlying motivation to cultivate cereals.
Stanford’s researchers have created resources about data gathering for people working in the anti-human trafficking field, including best practices about getting responsible and reliable data when working with hidden and vulnerable populations.
As businesses go global, it pays to understand the beliefs underpinning behaviors that might seem strange. Learning and honoring the way people in other countries treat each other is just the tip of a cultural iceberg.
A free and open Indo-Pacific region was described as important to the strategic and economic interests of the United States, Australia and other countries in the area.
By comparing historical temperature and suicide data, researchers found a strong correlation between warm weather and increased suicides. They estimate climate change could lead to suicide rate increases across the U.S. and Mexico.
International law expert Allen Weiner discusses the outcomes of the Russian summit and the controversial statements by President Trump after each meeting.
Stanford psychologist Ian H. Gotlib discusses the psychological effects of early-life stress and parental separation. Gotlib’s research has shown that children need their parents for their own emotional well-being.
