February 2015
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- Chemist Hemamala Karunadasa awarded Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
- The fellowships honor early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars in science. Past fellows have gone on to notable careers, including 43 who won Nobel Prizes. Read more »
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- Stanford poet Eavan Boland interrogates identity, nationhood in new collection
- In A Woman Without a Country, English Professor Eavan Boland helps give voice to those who have been silenced in the official record of history. Read more »
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- Stanford students discover an early music treasure
- Music lecturer and students edit and finish an incomplete manuscript by Francesco Durante for a modern-day première in Memorial Church. Read more »
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- Stanford scholar blazes pathway for academic study of asexuality
- Drawing from her research into the growth of asexual communities and queer studies, Stanford lecturer Karli Cerankowski is shedding light on an under-studied and misunderstood facet of human sexuality: asexuality. Read more »
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- President Obama delivers keynote address at cybersecurity summit at Stanford
- Industry, government must cooperate on cybersecurity: “Grappling with how the government protects the American people from adverse events while making sure the government itself is not abusing its capabilities is hard,” Obama says. Read more »
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- Senate visits the arts district to discuss the humanities
- Richard Saller, dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, and Debra Satz, senior associate dean for the humanities and arts, talked about the state of the humanities at Stanford. Jason Linetzky, director of the Anderson Collection, invited faculty members to collaborate with its staff and create new programs. Read more »
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- Stanford’s Another Look book club takes on James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time
- How far have we come toward achieving racial justice? Another Look book club discusses writer and activist James Baldwin’s 1963 classic, The Fire Next Time. Read more »
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- For Stanford Symphony Orchestra, The Planets align
- Stanford Symphony Orchestra blends sight and sound with a production of Gustav Holst’s The Planets at Bing Concert Hall. The production is part of Imagining the Universe, a collaborative year-long project of the Stanford Arts Institute. Read more »
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- Stanford historian explores how gender analysis leads to innovation
- Working with an international team, Stanford history Professor Londa Schiebinger has used gender analysis to spark discovery in science and innovation in technology. Read more »
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- Beyond the Classroom: Research Opportunities Expand Education
- Every year about 1,000 undergraduates work closely with faculty mentors on research. These projects, which can take participants around the world, introduce students to the rigors of academic research, build analytic skills and also help them find their future paths, whether it’s diving deeper into academics or applying their passions… Read more »
