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May 1 2017 | Stanford News Announcement, Education, Stanford
The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program is now accepting applications for its pioneer cohort of students. The program, announced in 2016, aims to prepare a new generation of leaders with the deep academic foundation and broad skill set needed to develop creative solutions for the world’s most complex...
Apr 27 2017 | Stanford News Announcement, Education, Stanford, VPGE
Speakers at the April 27 meeting included Harry J. Elam, Jr., vice provost for undergraduate education; Patricia J. Gumport, vice provost for graduate education; Corrie Potter, director of Institutional Research & Decision Support; President Marc Tessier-Lavigne; and Provost Persis Drell.
Apr 24 2017 | Stanford News Awards, Fellow, Research, Stanford
Speakers at the sixth annual TEDxStanford conference addressed pressing issues, including foreign policy crises, the nation’s opioid epidemic and affordable health care. The event inspired attendees to make a difference in the lives of others. A centrifuge that costs 20 cents. A “bromance” between...
Apr 24 2017 | Stanford News Fellow, Research, Stanford
A new four-step “framework” aims to test the contribution of climate change to record-setting extreme weather events. After an unusually intense heat wave, downpour or drought, Noah Diffenbaugh and his research group inevitably receive phone calls and emails asking whether human-caused climate...
Apr 19 2017 | The Stanford Daily Fellow, Stanford
In this edition of Glam Grads, The Stanford Daily sat down with Gennifer Smith M.S ’15, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering (EE) who works in Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Audrey Bowden’s lab. Smith is working to develop a reliable, low-cost urinalysis test that...

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