BOSP eases language requirements to attract more students Fiona Kelliher and Ada Throckmorton March 9, 2016 0 Comments While language skills have traditionally been a prerequisite to study abroad, Stanford is gradually weakening the language requirements of its Bing Overseas Study Program (BOSP). Read More »
Q&A with political science Ph.D. student Lily Lamboy Fiona Kelliher February 24, 2016 0 Comments Lily Lamboy is a fourth-year Ph.D. in the political science department with a focus on political theory and social inequality. The Daily spoke with her about her path to gender inequality research as... Read More »
Glam Grads Q&A with Lauren Benditt Fiona Kelliher February 17, 2016 0 Comments Sociology PhD candidate Lauren Benditt discussed the role of academia in social policy and teaching. Read More »
Q&A with Emma Seppala on ‘successaholism’ Fiona Kelliher February 10, 2016 0 Comments On Tues., Feb. 9 The Daily spoke with Dr. Emma Seppala about achievement, work culture and the ways in which Stanford breeds unhappiness. Read More »
Student hosts pop-up dinner Fiona Kelliher January 25, 2016 0 Comments It was Saturday night, and aspiring chef Nate Gruver ’18 was serving the first of three fine-dining “pop-up” dinners to 60 students. The dinner cost $25 to attend and included twelve rich... Read More »
Alice Rivlin wins SIEPR $100,000 prize for work in economic policy Fiona Kelliher January 19, 2016 0 Comments Alice Rivlin, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and an important player in the first Clinton and Obama administrations, will receive the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research’s... Read More »
Fad diets change how society approaches health, Stanford graduate student writes in dissertation Fiona Kelliher January 18, 2016 0 Comments Fad diets reveal a societal obsession with pre-modern times, according to new research by Stanford doctoral candidate Adrienne Rose Johnson. Her dissertation, Diet and the Disease of Civilization,... Read More »
Professor emeritus Oleg Sherby dies at 90 Fiona Kelliher January 10, 2016 0 Comments Oleg D. Sherby, professor emeritus of materials science and engineering acclaimed for his discovery of superplastic steel, died at his home in Menlo Park on Nov. 9. He was 90 years old. Read More »
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