Affirmative action: Should race be a factor in university admissions? Ben Kaufman and Wyatt Smitherman April 27, 2015 2 Comments Ben Kaufman '17 and Wyatt Smitherman '16 debate the usage and necessity of affirmative action policies. Kaufman argues that race should be one of many factors considered in university admissions while... Read More »
Student activism: Productive or reckless? Ben Kaufman and Wyatt Smitherman February 9, 2015 4 Comments Ben Kaufman '17 and Wyatt Smitherman '16 debate the efficacy of on-campus student activism in light of the wave of recent student protests at Stanford University. Read More »
Admission Rates and Why We’re Here Winston Shi March 31, 2014 3 Comments The first thing people told us during freshmen orientation was that we were not mistakes: that we had been admitted to this exclusive club because we deserved to be there. It was very self-affirming.... Read More »
Palantir co-founder talks technology transformations Stephen Cobbe March 16, 2014 0 Comments Joe Lonsdale ’04, co-founder of Palantir and Addepar, spoke on campus last Wednesday on the subject of “the coming transformation” in technology, in a talk that also featured Lonsdale’s own... Read More »
Thiel Fellowship attracts Stanford applicants Olivia Moore February 20, 2013 1 Comment More than 100 Stanford students have applied for the Thiel Fellowship, a program founded in 2010 by entrepreneur Peter Thiel '89 J.D. '92 that offers students $100,000 to drop out of college for two... Read More »
Joe Lonsdale, Palantir & Addepar co-founder, talks about Stanford roots Nitish Kulkarni February 18, 2013 2 Comments Joe Lonsdale ’04 is a co-founder of Palantir and Addepar and a general partner at early-growth technology fund Formation 8. In an interview with The Daily, Lonsdale spoke about his time at... Read More »
Stanford alumni fill Crunchies finals as founders, CEOs Aaron Sekhri January 31, 2013 17 Comments The 6th Annual Crunchies Awards, a technology industry awards ceremony co-hosted this year by TechCrunch, GigaOm and VentureBeat, takes place on Jan. 31 at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.... Read More »
Faculty, students laud Thiel class Taylor Grossman May 17, 2012 0 Comments While Peter Thiel ‘89 J.D. ‘92 has frequently courted controversy with his disparaging outlook on the merits of higher education, the famed venture capitalist’s decision to teach a Stanford... Read More »