HumBio, IR encounter reverse gender gap
Seventy-nine percent of declared HumBio majors are female, while women constitute 66 percent of declared IR majors.
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she++ thinks big for second year
Ellora Israni ’14 and Ayna Agarwal ’14 are co-founders of she++, a Stanford-based community for women in technology that has been featured on TechCrunch, Forbes… Continue Reading »
Researchers: Most economic uncertainty since Great Depression
Since 2008 economic policy uncertainty has averaged about twice the level of the previous 23 years, according to the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index created by Stanford economics professor Nick Bloom, Scott Baker, a fifth-year doctoral student in economics, and Steven Davis, professor of economics at the University of Chicago.
BOSP breaks spring applications record
Application numbers for the first round of the spring Bing Overseas Study Program (BOSP) this year were the highest in the past five years, increasing to 391 applicants from last year’s 289.
Committee to reassess course evaluations
A committee has been appointed to revise the course evaluation process and will aim to submit a proposal for altering course evaluations in the spring… Continue Reading »
Policymakers discuss technology, development
“Television trumps newsprint, Twitter has trumped the press release [and] the blog post outpaces the first broadcast news,” said John Githongo, CEO of Inuka Kenya Trust and former Permanent Secretary for Government and Ethics to the President of Kenya, to international innovators and Stanford students in Cubberley Auditorium Saturday.
Flu research sparks debate over censorship
“This is about one of the worst things I can imagine,” said David Relman, Stanford Professor of Microbiology and member of the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB).
Med school unveils CAP Network
Stanford’s School of Medicine expanded its social networking this fall and launched the Community Academic Profiles Network (CAP Network), a private, internal social-networking service designed specifically for the medical community at Stanford, including students, faculty and staff members.