Q+A: Olympia Snowe on partisanship and leadership
Olympia Snowe, a former Republican U.S. Senator from Maine, visited campus on May 2 to deliver an address at the Stanford School of Medicine.
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Q+A: Cristián Samper, president of the Wildlife Conservation Society
The Daily sat down with Samper, who is in town to speak in Silicon Valley, to discuss his start as a botanist, the steps Stanford students can take to lead ecologically conscious lives and (one of) his favorite species the short-billed hummingbird.
Lulu founder discusses popular, contentious app
The Daily sat down with Lulu founder Alexandra Chong to talk about her road to entrepreneurial fame and her inspiration for the dating app, as well as perceptions of — and misconceptions about — her app.
Q+A: LGBT activist Jason Galisatus
Jason Galisatus ’15 is the founder of the LGBT anti-bullying group Bay Area Youth Summit (BAYS)
The Daily Brief: Saturday, March 30
Menlo Park City Council critiques Stanford’s plans to construct mixed-use buildings on El Camino Real, and former Stanford administrator Cecilia Preciado Burciaga dies of lung cancer at age 67.
Treehouse building and naked guitar playing: a talk with the new Tree
This year marks the 12th birthday of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band’s (LSJUMB) mascot: the Tree. After a week of treehouse building and naked guitar strumming, computer science major Calvin Studebaker ’15 beat out two other competitors to become Stanford’s next Tree, a role he has embraced with gusto since taking the reins from Nicoletta von Heidegger ’13 in February. The Daily sat down with Studebaker to get the scoop on his Tree Week tryouts, as well as what he hopes to bring to the table come football season next fall.
Stanford University Board of Trustees elects four new members
The Stanford University Board of Trustees has elected four new members to five-year terms, effective March 1. Fred Alvarez ’72 J.D. ’75, Gail B. Harris ’74 J.D. ’77, Bernard Liautaud M.S. ’85 and Lloyd M. Metz ’90 will take their seats at the upcoming board meeting this April.
Stanford researchers discover ant reproductive patterns
Stanford biologists have recently discovered new reproductive patterns among harvester ant colonies, identifying for the first time parental lineages within wild ant populations and noting… Continue Reading »