New course aims to give students real-world research experience Jeremy Quach October 28, 2015 0 Comments A new pilot program aims to take students out of the classroom and into the fields. After taking ECON 121: Social Science Field Research Methods and Applications in the Spring, student spent three... Read More »
MOOCs less successful than original hopes, researchers say Jeremy Quach October 16, 2015 0 Comments Stanford researchers have concluded that MOOCs (massive open online courses) haven’t quite been the revolutionary change in education for which they had hoped. Completion rates are low, and classes... Read More »
Fire reported at Maples Pavilion; 35 buildings lose power from deconstruction work Jeremy Quach October 12, 2015 0 Comments A fire was reported in the southeast section of Maples Pavilion on Campus Drive at approximately 2:15 p.m on Monday through Stanford's AlertSU system. The fire has been reportedly put out, and no... Read More »
Professor proposes blind analysis method to reduce bias in studies Jeremy Quach October 9, 2015 0 Comments Stanford Law Professor Robert MacCoun is endorsing a new scientific approach to minimize bias in studies: blind analysis, where scientists don’t know the results of their research until they’ve... Read More »
Stanford Health Care CEO to leave at end of year Jeremy Quach September 29, 2015 0 Comments Stanford Health Care announced that its CEO and president, Amir Dan Rubin, will be leaving the organization at the end of the year to join UnitedHealth Group’s Optum health service platform as... Read More »
Researchers modify hepatitus B virus for targeted drug delivery Jeremy Quach September 21, 2015 0 Comments Stanford researchers have redesigned the hepatitis B virus so that it is invisible to the immune system and can target certain cells without delivering an infectious payload. This report was published... Read More »
Career Development Center renamed BEAM Jeremy Quach September 17, 2015 1 Comment On Sept. 4, Stanford’s Career Development Center (CDC) announced a new identify for its career education services: Bridging Education, Ambition, and Meaningful Work (BEAM). Like the CDC, BEAM will... Read More »
GSB dean Garth Saloner to step down at the end of academic year Jeremy Quach September 14, 2015 4 Comments Garth Saloner ’81 M.S. ’82 Ph.D. ’82, dean of the Graduate School of Business (GSB) since 2009, announced on Monday that he will be resigning from his position at the end of the 2016 academic... Read More »
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