Clifton Parker

French ambassador talks terrorism, climate change

France is grappling with rising terrorism and the climate change problem, French Ambassador GÉRARD ARAUD said during a talk Friday at Stanford. “We had been expecting a terrorist attack for some time,” said Araud, referencing the January massacre in Paris in which two shooters who identified themselves as Islamic terrorists killed 12 people at the… Read more French ambassador talks terrorism, climate change

Stanford longevity center picks Design Challenge winners

The Stanford Center on Longevity last week chose students NICHOLAS STEIGMANN and MAIYA JENSEN from the California College of the Arts and their project, SPAN, as the winner of the second annual Design Challenge. The contest aims to encourage students to design products and services to improve the lives of older adults. This year, the… Read more Stanford longevity center picks Design Challenge winners

Deconstructing the 'dress' meme

“The Dress” that erupted into a viral phenomenon last month led DAMON CENTOLA to investigate the optical illusion more deeply. Centola, a resident fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, studies the collective dynamics of social consensus. Last month, he and a colleague had a paper published about how the structure… Read more Deconstructing the 'dress' meme

Stanford economic summit to eye global economy, threats

Europe’s ailing economy, the Islamic State’s threat to America, and what exactly are “millennials”? These are some of the issues up for discussion at Friday’s annual summit hosted by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. The daylong event will bring experts from around the country to Stanford to offer perspectives and discuss research on… Read more Stanford economic summit to eye global economy, threats

Stanford graduate student wins journalism award

AUSTIN MEYER, a Stanford journalism graduate student, won the annual win-a-trip contest with New York Times columnist NICHOLAS KRISTOF. “We’ll probably travel to India and Bangladesh, although Congo is an alternate possibility,” wrote Kristof, a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Award, in announcing the honor. With help from the Center for Global Development, Kristof made… Read more Stanford graduate student wins journalism award

Stanford scholar co-authors study on the value of higher ed programs for inmates

  Giving prisoners the opportunity to get a college education is a worthy idea on many levels, according to Stanford researchers. Such access to higher education can help California build safer communities while boosting the economy with more brainpower – brainpower that is often overlooked and shortchanged, the authors wrote in a recent report. The… Read more Stanford scholar co-authors study on the value of higher ed programs for inmates

Design challenge focuses on mobility across the lifespan

  The Stanford Center on Longevity seeks to improve the lives of older people. That’s the reason behind the center’s Design Challenge, now in its second year. This year’s theme is “enabling personal mobility across the lifespan.” On Feb. 2, KEN SMITH, the director of mobility at the Center on Longevity, announced eight finalists. Each… Read more Design challenge focuses on mobility across the lifespan

Stanford King celebrations include book talks, worship services, open house

Back in the early 1960s, MARIA GITIN had only a dim awareness of the emerging civil rights movement in America. But soon enough, the 19-year-old girl from Petaluma found herself in the midst of an inspiring effort to register disenfranchised blacks to vote against racist intimidation and violence in the South. On Jan. 28, Gitin… Read more Stanford King celebrations include book talks, worship services, open house

Stanford joins national effort to highlight public benefits of scientific research

Highlighting for the public the benefits of research and science is an important goal for universities like Stanford. That’s why Stanford was a key member of a two-year effort to launch a national network to help scientists and engineers do just that. Toward this end, the National Science Foundation has awarded a consortium of six… Read more Stanford joins national effort to highlight public benefits of scientific research

Busy season ahead for election center

For Stanford political scientists GARY SEGURA and SIMON JACKMAN, the 2016 election season promises to be a busy one. The National Science Foundation has awarded more than $10.2 million to researchers at Stanford and the University of Michigan to conduct a series of surveys on political participation and vote choice in the 2016 presidential election.… Read more Busy season ahead for election center