Amy Zuckerwise ’15 talks large predator research at Jasper Ridge Elizabeth Wallace March 31, 2015 0 Comments Amy Zuckerwise ’15 is one Stanford student who would love to spot a mountain lion in person. Zuckerwise started conducting research at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve last year after taking the... Read More »
Stanford neurosurgeon and writer Paul Kalanithi dies at 37 Catherine Zaw March 21, 2015 1 Comment Stanford neurosurgeon and writer Paul Kalanithi '99 '00 died of lung cancer March 9 at the age of 37. Read More »
Q&A with Dan Banik, professor of online international development course Qitong Cao March 3, 2015 0 Comments Dan Banik was a visiting associate professor at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute from July 2013 through July 2014. He... Read More »
Research shows employees are not rewarded for loyalty Batuhan Balci March 2, 2015 0 Comments A study led by Stanford Graduate School of Business professor, Jeffrey Pfeffer, revealed that companies are no longer favoring their loyal, hardworking employees like they used to. Read More »
Patent trolls play useful role, Stanford researcher finds Michael Gioia March 2, 2015 0 Comments Patent trolls may actually serve a valuable role in innovation, according to Stanford political scientist Stephen Haber. Haber, the A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor and Senior Fellow at the... Read More »
Classy Classes: Party with Trees in Bio29N Riya Mehta February 26, 2015 0 Comments Unlike most classes, this three-unit IntroSem uses Stanford’s expansive campus as its classroom. The class meets for about three hours once a week and consists of lectures by guest speakers, tree... Read More »
Stanford Engineers develop promising new air filter material Allegra Clara McComb February 25, 2015 0 Comments Associate professor of materials science and engineering at Stanford Yi Cui has developed a new air filter material that could be used to help residents of heavily polluted Chinese cities, like... Read More »
Stanford study confirms animals grow bigger with evolution Zachary Brown February 23, 2015 0 Comments A Stanford study has found that animals generally become larger as they evolve over time, providing convincing evidence for Cope’s rule, a theory named for American paleontologist Edward Cope, who... Read More »