June 2016
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- Stanford advances complex study of race and ethnicity
- Since 2007, Stanford has created 15 new faculty positions for emerging and established scholars whose research focuses on race and ethnicity in the United States and abroad. Read more »
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- ‘Philosophy Talk’ wins bronze at the New York Festivals International Program Awards
- Hosted by philosophy professors Ken Taylor and John Perry, the popular radio show is in its 12th season. The winning episode, “Edward Snowden and the Ethics of Whistleblowing,” was the first radio interview with Snowden, a former U.S. government employee. Read more »
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- Gutenberg Teaching Award goes to Stanford leader in science education
- Nobel laureate Carl Wieman, a physics and education professor, will receive the 2016 Gutenberg Teaching Award for his efforts to improve the quality of teaching in higher education. Read more »
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- Calvin Quate, Carla Shatz win 2016 Kavli Prizes
- Quate won the Kavli Nanoscience Prize for his lead role in inventing the atomic force microscope and Shatz won the Kavli Neuroscience Prize for her work in understanding how the brain forms the proper connections. Read more »