Category: In the Spotlight

Bioethicist celebrates end of testosterone testing in women's sports

Scope, the School of Medicine’s award-winning medical blog, recently ran a story about bioethicist KATRINA KARKAZIS, a senior research scholar at the Center for Biomedical Ethics, who was closely involved in a case challenging testosterone testing in women’s sports. Scope reports that, as of July 27, female track and field athletes no longer must have… Read more Bioethicist celebrates end of testosterone testing in women's sports

Stanford alums create performance piece on the California drought

Two Stanford alums and an undergraduate walk into a bar…  Actually, they aren’t in a bar; they are on stage putting on a show about the California drought. So no drinks, but there is plenty of talk of being parched. The alumnae are MARI AMEND and DORIA CHARLSON, both of the Class of ’13, who… Read more Stanford alums create performance piece on the California drought

Stanford women's water polo team enjoys fun and games in South Korea

The Stanford women’s water polo program represented the United States at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea, earlier this summer. Over its final days in the country, the team attended a USA women’s basketball game featuring fellow Stanford student-athlete ERICA MCCALL, saw singer, songwriter and rapper PSY, of Gangnam Style fame, live in… Read more Stanford women's water polo team enjoys fun and games in South Korea

Grants support Stanford scholars as they forge research collaborations across the globe

With the help of a grant program from the Office of International Affairs (OIA), four Stanford faculty members will team up with counterparts across the globe to broaden their scholarly pursuits. These partnerships range from addressing malaria in Mauritius to developing a center for the study of Greek tragedy in Peloponnese, Greece. The OIA’s 2014-15 Proof… Read more Grants support Stanford scholars as they forge research collaborations across the globe

Stanford's Chris Field honored for outstanding climate-science communication

CHRIS FIELD, a professor of biology and of Earth system science at Stanford, has been honored for the clear and compelling manner in which he explains climate-change science to the public. The 2015 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication is being given to Field by Climate One, a special project of the… Read more Stanford's Chris Field honored for outstanding climate-science communication

Stanford brings top Estonian choir to Memorial Church

Two dozen young women, wearing colorful dresses made from traditional Estonian striped woolen cloth, silently filed into Memorial Church on July 15 to present an a cappella concert of sacred music. Rather than form an ordinary row in front of the audience, members of the renowned Estonian TV Girls’ Choir walked up the main and… Read more Stanford brings top Estonian choir to Memorial Church

Stanford's Yi Cui honored for innovations in sustainability research

YI CUI, associate professor of materials science and engineering, is among five innovators who were recently honored with the 2015 Resonate Award from California Institute of Technology’s Resnick Sustainability Institute. The award recognizes researchers who have developed creative solutions to cutting CO2 emissions. “Yi Cui has made original and innovative contributions to a broad area… Read more Stanford's Yi Cui honored for innovations in sustainability research

Documentary film celebrates 25th anniversary of Stanford's Solar Car Project

A team of Stanford students has begun testing a new solar-powered car to compete in the October 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, a grueling 2,000-mile race across the Australian outback. The high-tech vehicle, called Arctan, was designed and built by members of the Stanford Solar Car Project, a hands-on engineering program launched by and for… Read more Documentary film celebrates 25th anniversary of Stanford's Solar Car Project

Legal eagle summer reading

From World War II to classical music, Stanford Law School professors are exploring themes in an eclectic variety of books this summer. The law school has put together a list of those reads, and below are a few juicy titles you might also consider carrying in your tote bag all the way through Labor Day:… Read more Legal eagle summer reading

CISAC expert gives Senate testimony on encryption

It’s a technique that’s been used to calculate the odds of everything from the likelihood of a nuclear meltdown to the chances of getting sick from eating bad seafood. On Wednesday, a Stanford scholar told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that he hoped probabilistic risk analysis could help move the ball forward in the debate… Read more CISAC expert gives Senate testimony on encryption