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March 25, 2016

Stanford scholar explores changing gestures of digital age

Vanessa Chang's research shows how interactions with objects are evolving amid technological change, revealing new gestures that are becoming a way of life in the contemporary world.

February 18, 2016

Stanford Literary Lab uses digital humanities to study why we feel suspense

Mark Algee-Hewitt and a team of grad students combine tools of textual analysis with the emotional experience of reading to uncover what creates suspense in stories.

January 14, 2016

Escondido Village housing project moves ahead with revisions

After receiving feedback from the campus community, the university is moving ahead with a project that will add 2,000 new graduate student beds to Escondido Village.

January 12, 2016

Stanford students among winners of new scholarship for study in China

Two Stanford students are among the 100 students from around the world named 2016 Schwarzman Scholars. The program provides scholarships for a one-year master's degree program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The program is inspired by the Rhodes Scholarship.

November 3, 2015

Discovery in the data: Stanford’s data journalism program advances the storytelling form

Stanford's data journalism program blends the power of big data with journalistic training in the craft of storytelling. Students and faculty are crossing disciplines to enhance the way news stories are told in the digital age.

October 26, 2015

Lure of the Farm: Stanford alumni celebrate Reunion Homecoming

As nearly 7,000 alumni return to campus, Stanford photographers capture some of the long-weekend highlights.

October 16, 2015

Stanford grad’s trek on the edge of wilderness

Zachary Brown defended his thesis, then traveled 2,300 miles by foot and by kayak to establish an Alaskan field school, where he hopes to inspire the next generation's understanding of the environment.

October 1, 2015

Battery experiments highlight Stanford’s dual mission

Teaching and research come together when a PhD student guides an undergraduate through two years of tests that confound two decades of assumptions on lithium-ion battery design.

September 11, 2015

Stanford scientists see how the brain makes environmental decisions

Brain scans reveal that negative emotional responses can powerfully drive decisions to protect environmental resources.

September 11, 2015

El Niño increasing likelihood of wet winter, Stanford scientists say

But it might not be enough to end California's worst drought on record, say Earth scientists Noah Diffenbaugh and Daniel Swain.