Student athletes balance sports and academics Pascale Elisabeth Eenkema van Dijk December 9, 2015 1 Comment Stanford student athletes have a lot to manage with 20 hours per week of practice, weight training, conditioning and games -- plus the normal academic requirements of any other student. Though... Read More »
CS office hours adapt to LaIR relocation Blanca Andrei December 7, 2015 0 Comments This quarter, LaIR hours (LaIR), or office hours for the introductory CS 106 classes, were relocated from the Tresidder LaIR to the second floor of Old Union. Students feel that the relocation to Old... Read More »
Classy Classes: LAW 116N addresses policy issues in today’s society Hannah Knowles December 6, 2015 1 Comment In LAW 116N: “Guns, Drugs, Abortion, and Empirical Evaluation of Law and Policy,” students learn to disentangle fact from fiction in some of society’s most controversial policy issues. Read More »
Stanford astronomer catches glimpse of protoplanet Fangzhou Liu November 27, 2015 0 Comments On Nov. 18, Stanford astronomer and postdoctoral scholar Kate Follette caught a glimpse of a newborn planet. Read More »
Earth systems class to attend U.N. Paris climate negotiations Sarah Ortlip-Sommers November 26, 2015 1 Comment A group of students will travel to Paris at the end of the month to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (the 21st Conference of the Parties or COP21). The students are taking a course... Read More »
Economic Policy Institute report compares students in the U.S., other countries Susannah Meyer November 24, 2015 0 Comments A report recently published by the Economic Policy Institute suggests that United States schools may not be trailing behind those of other countries as much as previous studies have suggested. Read More »
Florence overseas program waives spring 2015-16 language requirement Augustine Chemparathy November 20, 2015 0 Comments The language requirement for undergraduates applying to the Stanford Overseas Program in Florence has been waived for the spring 2016 quarter in an attempt to make the program more accessible to... Read More »
Classy Classes: Science Innovation and Communication Hannah Knowles November 15, 2015 0 Comments CHEM 28N: “Science Innovation and Communication” teaches students how to share the scientific issues they care about with a broad audience. Read More »