Students create Kaziir, a “career catalyst” Kylie Jue March 31, 2014 0 Comments As some students enter spring quarter still in search of elusive summer internships, a startup founded by four engineering students has sought to fix the “broken” hiring process. Read More »
Federal laws ban Coursera from users in Cuba, Iran and Sudan Kylie Jue March 4, 2014 0 Comments Coursera recently blocked access to users in Cuba, Iran and Sudan in order to comply with federal export regulations prohibiting massive open online course (MOOC) providers from operating in... Read More »
Stanford to establish new Center for Excellence in Stem Cell Genomics Katherine Carr February 12, 2014 0 Comments Stanford will collaborate with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies to lead a new Center for Excellence in Stem Cell Genomics starting this spring, in an initiative backed by a $40 million grant... Read More »
StartX Demo Day serves as opportunity for startups Sri Muppidi February 10, 2014 0 Comments StartX, a non-profit startup incubator for Stanford-affiliated entrepreneurs, hosted its 11th Demo Day last Thursday night, as eight companies delivered business pitches to a crowd of influential... Read More »
Westergren charts history of Pandora Angelique Dakkak February 9, 2014 0 Comments Last Thursday evening, Tim Westergren '88, founder of Pandora, spoke to the Stanford community about his story and the origins of Pandora. Read More »
Yahoo purchased Stanford alumni-founded company, Aviate Nitish Kulkarni January 27, 2014 0 Comments Yahoo acquired the Stanford alumni-founded and former StartX company Aviate this month. The purchase is part of a series of companies and technologies recently acquired by the search engine, including... Read More »
Yahoo purchases alumni startup, PeerCDN Kylie Jue January 8, 2014 0 Comments Yahoo recently purchased PeerCDN, a startup company founded by three Stanford computer science graduates: Feross Aboukhadijeh ’12 M.S. ’13, John Hiesey ’11 M.S. ’12 and Abimanyu Raja ’13. Read More »
The rise of Stanford’s startup culture Nitish Kulkarni January 7, 2014 1 Comment The image of Stanford as a place for technological innovation and student-led ventures only recently grew to be pervasive on and off campus. Read More »
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