Humanities & Sciences News
The pace never slows at Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences. Every day, students and faculty unveil meaningful discoveries and produce original scholarship. They create and investigate, collaborate and communicate, at all hours and in every corner of campus.
That intellectual energy extends far beyond department walls. Through lectures, conferences, performances and exhibitions, H&S scholars reflect and engage with the Stanford community and experts from around the world.
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- Stanford scholars give voice to the Chinese workers who helped build Transcontinental Railroad
- Jun 17 - A century and a half after Chinese migrants toiled on the Transcontinental Railroad, an interdisciplinary team of Stanford professors is shedding light on a key chapter of the intertwined relationship between China and the United States. Read more »
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- Scholar at Stanford debunks long-held beliefs about economic growth in ancient Greece
- Jun 11 - Using a pioneering digitization project that maps out details of life in the ancient world, classics Professor Josiah Ober links the democratic politics and surprisingly robust economy of classical Greek society. Read more »
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- Stanford’s 2015 Cuthbertson, Dinkelspiel and Gores awards honor librarian, faculty and PhD students
- Jun 10 - University Librarian Michael Keller, three members of the faculty and two doctoral candidates will receive awards on June 14 at the 124th Commencement Ceremony for their outstanding contributions to Stanford. Read more »
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- Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center acquires Edward Hopper painting
- Jun 9 - “New York Corner,” 1913, finds a new home at Stanford University. Read more »
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- Stanford researchers develop new technique to harness everyday seismic waves to image the Earth
- May 29 - Stanford geophysicists have devised a technique that transforms the tiny tremors generated by the everyday hustle and bustle of city life into a tool for probing the subsurface of the Earth. Read more »
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- New ‘designer carbon’ from Stanford boosts battery performance
- May 29 - Stanford scientists have created a new carbon material that significantly improves the performance of batteries and supercapacitors. Read more »
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- Stanford breakthrough heralds super-efficient light-based computers
- May 28 - Light can transmit more data while consuming far less power than electricity, and an engineering feat brings optical data transport closer to replacing wires. Read more »
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- Stanford brain wave study shows how different teaching methods affect reading development
- May 28 - Stanford Professor Bruce McCandliss found that beginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, increase activity in the area of their brains best wired for reading. Read more »
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- Eva Perón is reimagined on the Stanford stage
- May 27 - Students perform the musical Evita while artifacts from Hoover’s Juan Domingo Perón papers, Eva memorabilia and contemporary video interviews of Porteños are featured in a companion exhibition. Read more »
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- Grippy not sticky: Stanford engineers debut adhesive material that doesn’t get stuck
- May 27 - A material inspired by the unique physics of geckos’ fingertips could allow robotic hands to grip nearly any type of object without applying excessive pressure. Read more »
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- Fly-catching robot developed by Stanford scientists speeds biomedical research
- May 25 - A team of Stanford Bio-X scientists has created a robot that expands the scope of biomedical research that can be carried out with a common laboratory organism – fruit flies. The tool both speeds existing research and opens new fields of study. Read more »
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- Stanford earthquake researcher at Nepal quake
- May 22 - PhD student Anne Sanquini studies how to motivate people to take action to protect homes and schools against earthquakes. She was in Nepal when the temblor hit. Read more »
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H&S Stories About Passion:
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- Tommy Tobin
- Tobin is committed to giving back to his community. Watch »
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- Chase Mendenhall
- Mendenhall is a PhD student studying ecology and evolutionary biology. Watch »
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- Jhanvi Shriram
- Shriram explores the intersection of democracy and media with her camera. Watch »
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