Q+A: New CDC director Farouk Dey
The Daily sat down with Dey to discuss his career, time at Stanford to date and plans for the future.
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Yiftee, a mobile micro-gift startup, comes to Stanford
Yiftee, a micro-gift startup founded in 2011, has partnered with multiple campus businesses to allow members of the Stanford community to send and receive items, such as a cup of coffee or a cupcake, from local merchants through their smartphones or online.
Q+A: Sara Mrsny on the ethics of accommodating working parents
The Daily sat down with Sara Mrsny, a fifth-year philosophy doctoral candidate and the author of an attention-getting thesis on the philosophical necessity of an office environment accommodating of working parents.
Q&A: Elizabeth Hadly, new senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Professor of Biology Elizabeth Hadly was recently named senior vice provost for undergraduate education (VPUE), replacing fellow biology professor Martha Cyert at the end of Cyert’s three-year term on Aug. 31.
Q&A with Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson, Associate Professor of English, recently won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his novel “The Orphan Master’s Son.” The work focuses on a fictional character who initially works for and then falls victim to the North Korean state, and it was described as “an exquisitely crafted novel” by the Pulitzer committee. The Daily sat down with Johnson to discuss his work at Stanford, his novel and the experience of winning a Pulitzer Prize.
Online campaign solicits student support for DREAM Act
“The Dream Is Now” campaign, led by philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs MBA ’91, solicits student pressure on Congress to pass the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act.
Freshman founds robotics club to further passion
For Eric Smalls ’16, founder of the Stanford Robotics Club, robotics was never just a hobby — it was the path to a better life.
The Fresh Set: Kylee Saunders, Japanese pop star
Kylee Saunders ’16 may be a pop star, but she’ll be the first to tell you she’s no Hannah Montana.