J Street U Stanford conflicts with national J Street organization Abigail Schott-Rosenfield March 30, 2015 4 Comments Since February’s ASSU vote to support divestment from corporations profiting from alleged human rights abuses in Israel and Palestine, the heated campus debate over the conflict has died down. But... Read More »
Obama Chief of Staff recommends reevaluation of relationship with Israel Abigail Schott-Rosenfield March 26, 2015 4 Comments On Monday, Denis McDonough, President Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff, said that America must reevaluate its already strained relationship with Israel as a result of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin... Read More »
Some families can’t afford Parents’ Weekend travel Abigail Schott-Rosenfield March 2, 2015 2 Comments Alex Paramo ‘18 would have liked for his family to join him on campus this Parents’ Weekend, but unfortunately, that was out of the question. The flight from his home state of Illinois plus the... Read More »
Students, faculty adapt to MCAT changes Abigail Schott-Rosenfield February 23, 2015 1 Comment The revised version of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scheduled to be released this April will place greater emphasis on biochemistry and the social sciences. The revised MCAT is a step... Read More »
Stanford Amnesty International seeks non-exclusive activism Abigail Schott-Rosenfield February 5, 2015 2 Comments With the divestment movement pushing human rights into the campus spotlight, one organization has staked out a position firmly in the middle of the discussion. During last Tuesday’s meeting of... Read More »
Stanford’s first interdisciplinary humanities + CS class met with success Abigail Schott-Rosenfield January 20, 2015 8 Comments In CS 27: Literature and Social Online Learning—inspired by the new CS + X joint major offering—students with backgrounds in the humanities and CS worked together to create websites and apps... Read More »
Autism cases may be linked to the corpus callosum, School of Medicine researchers find Abigail Schott-Rosenfield January 5, 2015 2 Comments Faulty communication between the halves of the brain could be the cause of some cases of autism, according to a Stanford School of Medicine study that points autism research in a new direction. Read More »
History Corner: Leland Stanford’s vision of Stanford Abigail Schott-Rosenfield December 23, 2014 6 Comments Leland Stanford, though himself a multimillionaire and a “robber baron,” was not the die-hard capitalist we may presume him to be, according to the research of alumnus Lee Altenberg Ph.D. ’84 PD... Read More »