Hey Stanford, don’t let boredom win Cory Herro October 28, 2014 2 Comments For a research university of Stanford’s caliber, it’s easy to stock the faculty with award-winning researchers. It’s easy to demand that professors publish papers and get grant funding. It’s... Read More »
A Tale of Two Transfers: Nottingham and Olson Dylan Fugel October 22, 2014 0 Comments It is often difficult to place oneself in the mindset of someone else, to sit at a distance and make assumptions or judgment on their character and actions. Here, we see how two superficially similar... Read More »
Yik Yak: Our anonymous friend or foe? Caitie Karasik October 9, 2014 0 Comments I was in San Francisco last weekend when a friend remarked, “There’s a sense of anonymity, living in a city, that’s so nice.” And it is nice. Asking the employee wearing yogic attire and a... Read More »
Class of 2017 admit rate marks record low at 5.7 percent Marshall Watkins March 31, 2013 47 Comments Stanford offered admission to 2,210 students via electronic notification today, producing – at 5.69 percent – the lowest admit rate in University history. Read More »
Media lab to open in fall Kristian Davis Bailey February 3, 2012 0 Comments The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation -- the result of a $30 million gift to the Stanford School of Engineering and the Columbia School of Journalism (J-School) from former... Read More »
Biochemistry professor receives award for work in intracellular motor functions The Daily News Staff February 1, 2012 0 Comments James Spudich, Stanford professor of biochemistry, will receive this year’s Wiley Prize in Biomedical Science, the Wiley Foundation announced Tuesday. Read More »
Stanford fifth in U.S. News ranking The Daily News Staff September 20, 2011 0 Comments Stanford University tied for fifth place with five other universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of universities in the United States. Harvard University and Princeton University... Read More »
Admit rate drops to 7.1 percent as class size grows Evan Shieh April 1, 2011 9 Comments With the release of admission decisions on Tuesday, Stanford’s acceptance rate fell to 7.1 percent, breaking the record 7.2 percent set last year. Of the 34,348 high school students who applied to... Read More »