Castro, county officials discuss the methods behind AlcoholEdu’s renewal Elizabeth Rosen September 28, 2010 0 Comments Although the decision has already been made to renew funding for four more years of the online alcohol education program AlcoholEdu, University and county officials are still monitoring the... Read More »
Gambling website offers cash to make the grade Elizabeth Rosen September 20, 2010 0 Comments New York-based website Ultrinsic.com allows students to place bets on potential course grades, a practice that has university officials "appalled." Read More »
University-conducted AlcoholEdu survey results lead to extended program funding Elizabeth Rosen September 14, 2010 0 Comments The University this summer announced it would fund AlcoholEdu for four more years, citing survey results about the program “that suggest it works at Stanford.” Now, administrators are explaining... Read More »
Admission sees yield rate increase Elizabeth Rosen May 24, 2010 4 Comments Despite initial predictions by the Office of Undergraduate Admission of a decreased yield rate for the Class of 2014, a record-high 72 percent of 2,300 admitted students accepted their offers of... Read More »
East Asian theme house to turn to ed focus Elizabeth Rosen May 5, 2010 7 Comments Residential Education cited the School of Education's new minor degree offering as evidence of a growing interest in education among undergraduates. Read More »
Stanford conservation plan comes up for review Elizabeth Rosen April 29, 2010 0 Comments As early as mid-July, Stanford and federal agencies could come one step closer to finalizing a 50-year habitat conservation plan for the California tiger salamander and other species on University... Read More »
Stanford-initiated WhatApp explores Internet privacy Elizabeth Rosen April 26, 2010 0 Comments WhatApp.org, an application rate-and-review project spearheaded by Ryan Calo, a law fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, attempts to assess various Internet applications and sites. Read More »
Grads oppose Rains changes Elizabeth Rosen April 8, 2010 1 Comment Last night’s Graduate Student Council (GSC) meeting was cut short when some council members, enraged by Student Housing’s recently announced plans to convert five Rains apartment buildings from... Read More »