Stanford alumni’s HelloWorld app hits download limit soon after its release Nitish Kulkarni August 7, 2014 0 Comments HelloWorld, an app created by Stanford alumni, hit its download limit shortly after its release on Saturday evening. The first version of the app was created at the YCombinator hackathon, which took... Read More »
Stanford professor arrested, released for carrying allegedly inactive grenade Nitish Kulkarni June 4, 2014 1 Comment Stanford Professor Gary Cox, a Professor in the Department of Political Science, was arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) last Tuesday for carrying an allegedly inactive grenade on... Read More »
Iraqi Ambassador visits Stanford for Hoover Institution conference on Saddam-era documents Nitish Kulkarni June 3, 2014 0 Comments His Excellency Lukman Faily, Ambassador of The Republic of Iraq to the United States, visited Stanford on Monday in advance of attending a conference at the Hoover Institution related to the modern... Read More »
Stanford’s recent history of protests and student activism Nitish Kulkarni May 23, 2014 4 Comments Stanford has a long and colorful history of student activism, with students protesting incidents ranging from the Rodney King beating in 1992 to a bicycle ban in the Main Quad in 2006. Protests in... Read More »
Stanford undergraduate yield rate rises to 78.9 percent Nitish Kulkarni May 20, 2014 81 Comments The Office of Undergraduate Admission at Stanford reported on Monday that 78.9 percent of admitted students had accepted their offer of admission to Stanford to join the Class of 2018. This represents... Read More »
Sculptures arise out of ‘Experiments on Geometries and Dynamics’ workshop Nitish Kulkarni May 14, 2014 0 Comments For over a week now, students have biked past new, oddly designed structures built near the grass mounds on the Science and Engineering Quad lawns, right in front of Huang Engineering. The structures,... Read More »
University expands parking and housing options for growing population Nitish Kulkarni May 8, 2014 2 Comments Housing and Parking at Stanford, especially for non-student community members, has been criticized as inadequate and in need of a drastic extension. Read More »
Stanford Continuing Studies hosts coffee symposium Nitish Kulkarni May 5, 2014 0 Comments As part of its course WSP 172: “Coffee: From Tree to Beans to Brew and Everything in Between,” Stanford Continuing Studies hosted and organized the Stanford Coffee Symposium, an educational and... Read More »