Category: Great reads

Adam Gorlick's posts from Guatemala

Stanford News Service writer ADAM GORLICK has just returned from a trip to San Lucas Tolimán, a small town in southwestern Guatemala, where he teamed with Stanford medical and undergraduate students who accompanied School of Medicine Professor PAUL WISE.  While there, Gorlick sent periodic posts for the university’s news pages. In the following excerpt, Wise has… Read more Adam Gorlick's posts from Guatemala

Grad students take iPad App to users in five weeks

ANKIT GUPTA, a graduate student in computer science, and AKSHAY KOTHARI, a grad student in electrical engineering, have taken an iPad application from “idea to prototype to beta product to release (and revenues!)” in a mere five weeks, according to Gupta. The app, called Pulse, is a news reading application created as part of the… Read more Grad students take iPad App to users in five weeks

Historian Jack Rakove discusses new book on 'The Daily Show'

JACK RAKOVE, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor of history and of political science, was the guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Monday, May 11. He discussed his latest book, Revolutionaries, about America’s founding fathers. Click here to watch the video.

Susan Krieger's journey toward blindness

SUSAN KRIEGER faces daily what we all fear. She suffers from “birdshot retinochoroidopathy,” which the lecturer in feminist studies describes as a “rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation on my retina and choroid and affects both my central and my peripheral vision.” The upshot: She’s blind, or rather, on a long journey toward blindness. Krieger’s… Read more Susan Krieger's journey toward blindness

Happy Earth Day!

In honor of Earth Day, the Nature Conservancy is celebrating with the release of The Atlas of Global Conservation, a new book that goes beyond the traditional atlas, providing an in-depth picture of the Earth’s animals, plants and habitats. The story is largely told through maps — you can get a preview of them here.… Read more Happy Earth Day!

Futurity: There's an app for that

Futurity, the website that features research news from leading universities in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. (including Stanford), is now available as an iPhone app.  Futurity connects readers to the latest news about “everything from biotech to nanotech, physics to psychology, genetics to global warming,” the iTunes description says. “The iPhone app makes it… Read more Futurity: There's an app for that

Sarah Soule weighs in on women's protests and the police response to their confrontations

As part of her research on social movements, Sarah Soule, a professor at the Graduate School of Business and a faculty fellow at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, has looked at the movements that have galvanized women, including the Equal Rights Amendment, civil rights, abortion, peace, and education and welfare reform. She also studies… Read more Sarah Soule weighs in on women's protests and the police response to their confrontations

New books

BILL GUTTENTAG, Oscar-winning filmmaker and a lecturer at the Graduate School of Business, will read from his debut novel, Boulevard, at the Stanford Bookstore Thursday, March 4, at 6 p.m. The novel is described as a look at the seedier side of Hollywood. Former Stegner Fellow ERIC PUCHNER will be in the Bay Area this… Read more New books

Vote for "Scope"

Stanford’s Medical School recently launched a blog, called “Scope,” as another way to provide the public with information about biomedical research and health-care policy. Scope covers achievements of Stanford faculty, staff and students, but also offers insight on medical and scientific developments around the world. Recent topics include a Stanford exhibit on vintage cigarette ads,… Read more Vote for "Scope"

Visiting Writer Richard Powers featured at two campus events

RICHARD POWERS, author of ten novels, including The Echo Maker, which won the National Book Award in 2006, will give a reading Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. in Cubberley Auditorium. He’ll also participate in a colloquium Tuesday, Feb. 16,  at 11 a.m. in the Terrace Room of Margaret Jacks Hall. Powers has received numerous… Read more Visiting Writer Richard Powers featured at two campus events