Stanford News

Hope for climate talks

International negotiators will meet in Scotland this Sunday for the latest UN Climate Change Conference. Stanford experts in a range of fields discuss their hopes for the talks as well as major themes likely to influence negotiations, keys to success and more.

Reasons for hope amid California’s drought

Stanford water experts discuss lessons learned from previous droughts, imperatives for infrastructure investment and pathways for the state to achieve dramatically better conservation and reuse of its most precious resource.

University Affairs

Stanford offers novel hybrid college courses to high schoolers to expand pathways to higher ed

A new university office joins with the National Education Equity Lab to deliver dual-credit Stanford courses to underserved students nationwide.

Social Sciences

To foil fake news, focus on infectiousness

New research on the ways fake news spreads via social media refines conventional wisdom and offers potential solutions to a vexing problem.

Social Sciences

OK, computer: Building trust to make machine learning more effective

Asking users about their needs and concerns can open up the “black box” of new workplace technologies.

In the Spotlight

Science & Technology

Blue food revolution

Hunger, malnutrition and obesity affect billions of people. A first-of-its-kind comprehensive review of the so-called blue foods sector reveals challenges and opportunities for creating a healthier, more sustainable, equitable and resilient global food system.

Awards

Guido Imbens wins Nobel in economic sciences

Stanford economist Guido W. Imbens was awarded the Nobel Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences today for his work in econometrics and statistics.

Science & Technology

Wearable technology research at Stanford

From developing innovative means of production to testing the quality of commercially available products, Stanford researchers are enthusiastically involved in improving wearable technologies.

More Stories

Teaching & Students

Olympian Brooke Forde’s transition beyond swimming

Cardinal swimmer Brooke Forde won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics and now sets her eyes on the future. Her passion for the environment and climate change motivates her to make a difference in the world.

Medicine

Can marketing strategies help increase vaccination rates?

Some marketing strategies that target human behavior can be adapted to sway people toward COVID-19 vaccine acceptance, a new study shows.

Science & Technology

New model sheds light on evolution of Earth’s oxygen

Stanford researchers were part of a team that used new planetary bombardment models to understand how asteroid impacts may have affected Earth's oxygen levels 2.5 to 4 billion years ago.

University Affairs

Stanford’s new vice provost for digital education on innovating for educational equity

Matthew Rascoff, vice provost for digital education, talks about the newly created office that will marshal Stanford’s teaching and learning expertise and technological capabilities to reach students who have been historically underserved by higher education.

Teaching & Students

Stanford invests in doctoral students with new RAISE Fellowship

The Research, Action and Impact for Strategic Engagement, or RAISE, Fellowship will support doctoral students pursuing research and scholarship addressing social issues.

Social Sciences

Why divestment doesn’t hurt “dirty” companies

A new analysis finds that selling off stocks in corporations that don’t meet your values has minimal impact on their behavior.

Teaching & Students

Immersive sustainability course embodies new school principles

Graduate students across disciplines participated in an immersive, weeklong summer course centered on systems thinking, transdisciplinary thinking, and connecting research and practice that could be a model keystone experience for Stanford’s new school focused on climate and sustainability.

Science & Technology

Hope for climate talks

Reasons for hope amid California’s drought

Stanford offers novel hybrid college courses to high schoolers to expand pathways to higher ed

To foil fake news, focus on infectiousness

OK, computer: Building trust to make machine learning more effective

In the Spotlight

Blue food revolution

Guido Imbens wins Nobel in economic sciences

Wearable technology research at Stanford

More Stories

Olympian Brooke Forde’s transition beyond swimming

Can marketing strategies help increase vaccination rates?

New model sheds light on evolution of Earth’s oxygen

Stanford’s new vice provost for digital education on innovating for educational equity

Stanford invests in doctoral students with new RAISE Fellowship

Why divestment doesn’t hurt “dirty” companies

Immersive sustainability course embodies new school principles

Closing language gaps to improve COVID-19 tracing

Improved computer simulation can build faster, cleaner, cheaper planes

Stanford releases annual financial results for investment return, endowment

Top Stories