Category: Research news

Stanford Earth team a finalist for $1 million Indonesian sustainability prize

A group using cutting-edge airborne sensing technology and led by Stanford Earth’s ROSEMARY KNIGHT is one of five international teams to advance to the final phase of the $1 million Indonesian Peat Prize. The competition is designed to find a more accurate, affordable and timely way of mapping Indonesia’s vast stores of underground peat —… Read more Stanford Earth team a finalist for $1 million Indonesian sustainability prize

Clayman Institute creates new writing fellowship to support future feminist leaders

A new fellowship at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research aims to offer undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to gain and practice writing and journalistic skills. The eight-month fellowship launches in the fall quarter as part of the institute’s mission to foster and educate the next generation of feminist leaders. Fellows will contribute stories about on-campus… Read more Clayman Institute creates new writing fellowship to support future feminist leaders

Three SLAC scientists receive DOE early career research grants

Three scientists at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will receive DOE Early Career Research Program grants for research to find evidence of cosmic inflation, understand how plasmas excite particles to high energies and develop a way to accelerate particles in much shorter distances with terahertz radiation. ZEESHAN AHMED, FREDERICO FIUZA and EMILIO NANNI were… Read more Three SLAC scientists receive DOE early career research grants

Stanford law clinic launches website for nonprofit pro bono support

Stanford Law’s Organizations and Transactions Clinic has launched a website offering free access to hundreds of sample legal documents for attorneys who represent nonprofit organizations. Model legal documents for nonprofits are often hard to find. Several organizations make available corporate governance models, though it’s difficult to find examples of other documents, especially materials relating to… Read more Stanford law clinic launches website for nonprofit pro bono support

Tales from the world's largest refugee crisis find a home at Stanford

To mark the 70th anniversary of Partition, the creation of modern India and Pakistan, the 1947 Partition Archive in partnership with Stanford Libraries has made thousands of unheard stories from witnesses and survivors available online.  The online collection will bring more than 4,300 oral histories and 30,000 digital photos and documents into the public domain. The oral… Read more Tales from the world's largest refugee crisis find a home at Stanford

Philip Bucksbaum elected to American Physical Society leadership position

Following the 2017 American Physical Society (APS) general election, PHILIP BUCKSBAUM will be vice president of APS in 2018 – an election that places him in the presidential line. He will become president-elect in 2019 and president in 2020. Bucksbaum is the Marguerite Blake Wilber Professor in Natural Science at Stanford and professor of photon… Read more Philip Bucksbaum elected to American Physical Society leadership position

Noah Diffenbaugh appointed to California Climate-Safe Infrastructure Working Group

NOAH DIFFENBAUGH, professor of Earth system science and a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, has been appointed by California Natural Resources Secretary John Laird to the state’s Climate-Safe Infrastructure Working Group. Diffenbaugh, who is one of 14 members of the group, studies the climate system, including the processes by which climate… Read more Noah Diffenbaugh appointed to California Climate-Safe Infrastructure Working Group

Samuel Cheshier receives funding from St. Baldrick's Foundation

Pediatric neurosurgeon SAMUEL CHESHIER, assistant professor of neurosurgery, has been awarded continued funding from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to assist in his research on malignant brain tumors in children. Malignant primary brain tumors are the most common solid tumors in children and are a leading cause of death. Cheshier, the Ty Louis Campbell Foundation St.… Read more Samuel Cheshier receives funding from St. Baldrick's Foundation

Energy Department awards Stanford $1.59 million for solar research

The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Stanford a total of $1.59 million for two research projects on advanced solar cell technology. The awards are among 48 projects that will receive support through the DOE SunShot Initiative, a program launched in 2011 to develop new technologies that lower the costs and improve the reliability of… Read more Energy Department awards Stanford $1.59 million for solar research

Stanford Solar Car Project unveils new car for the 2017 Australia challenge

Members of the STANFORD SOLAR CAR PROJECT have unveiled their newest entry for the 2017 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, an 1,800-mile race across the Australian Outback that takes place in October. The unveiling was held on July 1 at the Stanford Automotive Innovation Facility before family, friends and supporters. The Stanford team of undergraduates spent… Read more Stanford Solar Car Project unveils new car for the 2017 Australia challenge