News Blog – The Stanford Daily https://stanforddaily.com Breaking news from the Farm since 1892 Wed, 15 May 2019 17:49:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://stanforddaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-DailyIcon-CardinalRed.png?w=32 News Blog – The Stanford Daily https://stanforddaily.com 32 32 204779320 Senate discusses committee reform https://stanforddaily.com/2019/05/15/senate-discusses-committee-reform/ https://stanforddaily.com/2019/05/15/senate-discusses-committee-reform/#respond Wed, 15 May 2019 07:01:13 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1154930 The bulk of the third meeting of the 21st Undergraduate Senate was spent discussing a bill that would reform the current standing committee system of the Senate, which organizes senators into specific committees focused on various issues. The meeting itself was kicked off with a half-hour closed meeting between senators and Financial Manager LoMo Phillips […]

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The bulk of the third meeting of the 21st Undergraduate Senate was spent discussing a bill that would reform the current standing committee system of the Senate, which organizes senators into specific committees focused on various issues. The meeting itself was kicked off with a half-hour closed meeting between senators and Financial Manager LoMo Phillips ’17. Additionally, a new bill to confirm a new Elections Commissioner was introduced.

Notably, the meeting was also extremely low in attendance. There were four excused absences, one unexcused absence and one late arrival, according to the official Senate roll call sheet. The 21st Undergraduate Senate has yet to have a fully attended meeting and some senators have missed a majority of meetings thus far.

Standing committee reform

In a continuation of last week’s debate, the Senate continued to discuss a bill to reform senate standing committees. Among other changes, the bill would abolish the Academic Affairs, Advocacy and Student Life committees and would make each Communications committee member responsible for holding weekly office hours.

Senator Micheal Brown ’22 was the first to speak up.

“One of my main issues was that we’re getting rid of all of these committees and we have no alternative for how we’re going to do anything,” Brown said. “But I understand that the project teams exist but … the language in this bill about what they are is so vague.”

Brown continued by asking a slew of specific questions about the proposed new ASSU project teams regarding their powers and membership which weren’t answered in the bill.

“I feel this bill is kind of symbolic in nature, it doesn’t do much,” Brown continued, arguing that the bill’s vagueness and its lack of a mandate for senators to participate in the new teams were weaknesses.

As a counter to Brown’s point, Senator Tim Vrakas ’21 noted that the current system hasn’t worked very well in the past.

“I think part of the assumption that you are right to make but that isn’t necessary true is that the system that’s written the bylaws now has worked in the past,” Vrakas said. “And I think that part of where this is coming from is that it really hasn’t.”

“I don’t know if we’re losing a whole lot in terms of functional system [by passing the bill],” he continued.

The debate continued with Senator Kobe Hopkins ’22 speaking up in favor of Brown’s point that the bill was too vague. Senate Mustafa Khan ’22 was more intent on “find[ing] the middle ground.”

“I’m speaking as someone who inherently agrees with the purpose of this bill, the workings of this bill,” he said. “I do believe that there is room for further fleshing out so we don’t go from one flawed system to another flawed system … While I have to agree on the direction that this bill is moving in I would definitely think that it’s necessary to propose a couple of amendments to define things like membership … accountability [and] timelines on which these committees might operate.”

The debate closed with an awkward motion to vote and, ultimately, the bill was tabled until next meeting.

Bill to confirm new elections commissioner

After a quick break for refreshments, the Senate began to discuss a new bill, introduced by 2018-19 Elections Commissioner, Jacob Randolph ’19. The bill is a routine measure that officially names the new Elections Commissioner after an application and vetting process. The 2019-20 Elections Commissioner will be Christian Giadolor ’21.

Giadolor introduced himself and said that turnout and engagement in on-campus elections would be his main focus during his term. He answered a few questions from senators regarding his personal views on various electoral systems and closed the meeting by providing senators with his phone number and email address should they have any more questions.

The bill to name him as commissioner will be voted on at next week’s meeting.

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The Daily brief: September 9, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/09/the-daily-brief-september-9-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/09/the-daily-brief-september-9-2011/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:00:09 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049935 Deported immigrants may have misunderstood 'stipulated removals,' says SLS study... An Arillaga-funded fitness center rises at SLAC... Medical School instructor on studying elephants in Namibia... Stanford news from around the Web for September 9, 2011.

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Immigration law | A report Stanford Law School professors compiled in collaboration with the National Immigration Law Center and Western State University College of Law professors says that many deported immigrants may have signed documents they might not have understood that guarantee harsh penalties for reentering the United States. The study says immigrants often sign the forms, called “stipulated removals,” as a way to avoid extended detention, but might not be aware of the criminal penalties that come with returning to the U.S. after they have made the agreement.

Fitness facility | A new athletic facility for SLAC staff and affiliates has begun construction after receiving approval from the U.S. Department of Energy and the University. Like the Arrillaga Alumni Center, the Arrillaga Dining Commons and the Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation, the Arrillaga Family/SLAC Sports Center’s construction is supported in large part by Stanford donor and developer John Arrillaga ’60. For about the next five weeks, trucks will deliver soil being excavated from Roble Field, where the Arrillaga Outdoor Education and Recreation Center is also under construction.

Overheard | “When I arrived at the site late yesterday afternoon, four subadult male lions were ensconced in the shade of the naked research tower, our field camp surrounding it long gone … These hungry lions were reluctant to relinquish their prime hunting spot, each of them showing me his formidable teeth in all forms of grimace, yawn and licking of chops, until they eventually allowed me to usurp their position, if only just to get my stuff safely up into the tower before they resumed their hunt.” — Head & Neck Surgery instructor Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell, in a New York Times science blog narrative about her studies of elephant societies in Etosha National Park, Namibia.

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The Daily brief: September 8, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/08/the-daily-brief-september-8-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/08/the-daily-brief-september-8-2011/#respond Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:25 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049931 Stanford Hospital records breach confirmed... Potential new material shows unusual combination of superconducting and magnetic properties... Proposal to legalize marijuana goes to Palo Alto City Council... GSB professor Jeffrey Pfeffer on truth... Stanford news from around the Web for September 8, 2011.

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Records breach | Stanford Hospital confirmed that extensive information about 20,000 emergency room patients were posted on a commercial website since Sept. 9 last year. The breach was discovered last month, and the hospital is investigating how the information, which was on a spreadsheet handled by the billing contractor Multi-Specialty Collection Services, made it onto the paid homework help website Student of Fortune. The information posted included names, diagnosis codes, account numbers, admission and discharge dates, and billing charges for emergency room patients seen during a six-month period of time in 2009.

Materialize | Researchers at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science, led by applied physics professor Kathryn Moler, have made a discovery that could lead to a new class of materials with properties that make them useful in the development of new types of computer memory. The team sandwiched together two nonmagnetic insulators and discovered that the layer where they touch shows both magnetic and superconducting regions, which typically do not coexist. The next step is finding whether the coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism is shaky or if the discovery truly indicates a new material.

Mary Jane | A ballot initiative proposing an ordinance that would legalize marijuana in the Palo Alto city limits heads to the City Council for approval. If the council does not adopt the ordinance, the measure would go to voters either in June or November 2012. Should the measure pass either way, it would allow three dispensaries to set up shop in Palo Alto.

Overheard | “The truth helps you improve. When people lose their jobs and there’s no acknowledgement, the potential for learning is lost.” — Jeffrey Pfeffer, professor of organizational behavior at the Graduate School of Business, speaking to The New York Times about a blunt email sent by former Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz to company employees after she was fired by the Board of Directors.

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The Daily brief: September 7, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/07/the-daily-brief-september-7-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/07/the-daily-brief-september-7-2011/#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:15 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049928 School of Engineering undergrad program is top 10, says U.S. News... Computer science team releases tool to uncover online activity on PC's... School of Medicine Dean's Medal to be awarded Sept. 10... HP awards research grant to mechanical engineering professor... Stanford news from around the Web for September 7, 2011.

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Top Notch | U.S. News rates Stanford’s undergraduate engineering program  as one of the top 10 in the nation (where the highest degree offered is a doctorate) in its 2012 ‘Best College’ rankings. Specific results will be announced next week. Last year, Stanford’s program was number two, behind MIT and ahead of UC-Berkeley, Caltech and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Cracked | A team led by Elie Bursztein, a postdoctoral scholar in computer science, has developed and made public a tool to bypass the encryption on PC’s hard drives and find what websites a user has visited and what files they might have uploaded to the Internet. Previously, similar types of “forensic” software have only been able to recover data from disks per se, rather than reconstruct the online activity of the disk’s user, since the user names and passwords are encrypted by the operating system. Bursztein’s team cracked the algorithm that is used on Windows computers to store that information earlier this year.

Dean’s Medal | Three individuals will be recognized with the 2011 School of Medicine Dean’s Medal on Sept. 10. They include longtime school supporter C.J. Huang; genetics professor Stanley Cohen, whose work helped lay the groundwork for the field of genetic engineering; and California Rep. Anna Eshoo, a health and science advocate. The medal, inaugurated in 2008, “honors individuals whose scientific, medical, humanitarian, public service or other contributions have greatly advanced the mission” of the School of Medicine.

HP award | Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced the recipients of its fourth annual HP Labs Innovation Research Program awards, one of whom is associate professor of mechanical engineering Beth Pruitt. Her project, which focuses on “intelligent infrastructure,” is entitled “Self-Powered Energy Efficiency Nodes for CeNSE.” This year, she is one of 62 university professors worldwide to be selected for the awards, which are designed to fund research collaborations with HP.

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The Daily brief: September 6, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/06/the-daily-brief-september-6-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/06/the-daily-brief-september-6-2011/#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:38:08 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049925 "Building 4" is in the works... Stanford's plans to commemorate 9/11... Looking out for small meteoroids... Stanford news from around the Web for September 6, 2011.

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Finishing the SEQ | The University has mapped out its plans to construct the fourth and last component of the Stanford Engineering Quad (SEQ). The Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering Building features designs aimed to save energy and promote group work. Bioengineering hopes the structure will facilitate the development of its undergraduate program.

Remembering 9/11 | Stanford announced it will commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with the National Requiem of Remembrance. The concert will be held at Memorial Church this Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Robert Huw Morgan, university organist, will perform with choruses and soloists from around the country. “This event will be a fitting way for all of us who participate to pay tribute – whether as performers on the platform, or as members of the audience seated in the congregation,” said Gregory Wait, the conductor and music director of Schola Cantorum.

Space Junk | Small meteoroids pose a greater threat to spacecrafts than all the human debris orbiting the Earth, according to a report recently published by professor of astronautics Sigrid Close. Close’s proposal called for more attention and research on mechanisms for electrical failures and accidents caused by small, fast particles.

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The Daily brief: September 5, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/05/the-daily-brief-september-5-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/05/the-daily-brief-september-5-2011/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:47 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049919 Stanford Hospitals plans out-of-state clinical collaboration... Study shows topography of autistic brain... Biology prof. Virgina Walbot on corn versatility and growth... Stanford news from around the Web for September 5, 2011.

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Out-of-state hospital venture | Stanford Hospital and Clinics has partnered with St. Rose Dominican Hospitals near Las Vegas, Nev. to expand the latter’s neurosurgery center. According to The Las Vegas Review-Journal, this is the first time Stanford Hospitals has ventured outside California for a clinical collaboration. The official announcement with more details is planned for Tuesday morning.

Autism topography | A study by Stanford scientists suggests that children with autism show particular physical patterns of brain organization, concentrated in areas that control communication and self-awareness. Dr. Antonio Hardan, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral science and an author of the study, said in the future, MRI brain scans could be used in concert with this information to diagnose autism in very young children, before the disorder clearly manifests in their behavior. The long-term clinical result would be the ability to treat autistic children earlier in their lives, potentially reducing the developmental difficulties they face as they get older.

Overheard | “It’s like a human producing new hands every week. If you need to repair a watch, you’d grow little bitty hands. Or if you want to play the piano, you’d grow really long fingers.” — Biology professor Virginia Walbot on the growth and adaptability of corn plants, in a San Jose Mercury News article featuring her work on plant genetics.

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The Daily brief: September 2, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/02/the-daily-brief-september-2-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/02/the-daily-brief-september-2-2011/#respond Sat, 03 Sep 2011 04:33:42 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049918 LGBT culture at the GSB... Stanford in Russia... Farm fertile ground for entrepreneurs... Stanford gets an A for partying... Stanford news from around the Web for September 2, 2011

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GSB Colors | Diversity in business schools come in many colors, and Stanford’s own Graduate School of Business ranked as one of the top LGBT-friendly schools, according to Campus Pride. The ratings evaluated schools on policy inclusion, support and institutional commitment, academic life, student life, housing, campus safety, counseling and health and recruitment and retention efforts.

Stanfordgrad | Russia is aiming to replicate Silicon Valley with Skolkovo, a district outside of Moscow that includes the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management (SMSM), according to an article in Businessweek. SMSM, a program meant to teach Russian and international business students on how to lead emerging markets, is loosely based on Stanford’s own model.

Entrepreneur Machine | Stanford and Harvard are the top schools for entrepreneurs, according to a recent study by LinkedIn data analysts. The study also named several local companies as “breeding grounds for entrepreneurs,” including Adobe Systems, Apple Inc., eBay, Paypal, Electronic Arts, Google, Microsoft, SGI and Yahoo.

A for Partying | No stranger to top-10 lists, Stanford once again ranked high in a national comparison of colleges — this time, it’s the Daily Beast’s “Top 25 Horniest Colleges.” See more of the list here.

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The Daily brief: September 1, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/01/the-daily-brief-september-1-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/09/01/the-daily-brief-september-1-2011/#respond Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:09:47 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049916 Local real estate investments... Banks on African-American marriage... Learning about climate change through national parks.... Remembering Sept. 11, 2001... Stanford news from around the Web for September 1, 2011

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College Town | Real estate in areas surrounding colleges and universities are better investments, according to an analysis done by the San Francisco Chronicle’s “On the Block” real estate blog. The blog compared the value of properties in Palo Alto to the rest of the South Bay, Berkeley to the rest of the North Bay and Cambridge to the rest of the Boston Area and found that those closer to college campuses sold for more per square foot.

Banks on Marriage | Law professor Ralph Richard Banks studies the factors contributing to a decline in marriages between African-American couples in the United States in his new book, “Is Marriage for White People?” He spoke to Time magazine about his research into the marriage of the black “middle class” in the interview found here.

Overheard | “Talking about a very direct threat to those places brings up something very emotional related to climate change. It’s a great time to reach people, when they’re emotionally raw and ready to do something.” — education professor Nicole Ardoin in a Scientific American article on using National Parks as a way to teach about climate change.

9/11/01 | The Palo Alto Online recalls the community’s reaction to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks ten years ago. The recap includes mention of a bomb threat to Hoover library, which resulted in an evacuation of the surrounding area.

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The Daily brief: August 31, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/31/the-daily-brief-august-31-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/31/the-daily-brief-august-31-2011/#respond Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:51:38 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049914 A new class of drugs for protein folding diseases... A vacation on campus.... Trails issue near resolution... Stanford news from around the Web for August 31, 2011

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Drug Discoveries | Stanford and Scrippes Research Institute scientists have found a set of compounds that might prove capable of treating diseases caused by the abnormal folding of the protein transthyretin (TTR).  The drug works by holding the protein to its correct shape and preventing it from clumping together.

Tour the Farm | With summer winding down and school still a month away, now is as good a time as any to visit Stanford as a tourist, says the San Francisco Chronicle. Test your knowledge of campus trivia against there guide featured here.

Trail Update | Stanford’s years-long campaigns to build a system of trails in the area surrounding the campus appears to be nearing an end as many of the involved governments have agreed to its proposals. This program, meant to meet the requirements of the University’s General Use Permit with Santa Clara County, is still awaiting a decision from San Mateo County.

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X-ray Laser Maps Targets Important Drug https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/31/x-ray-laser-maps-targets-important-drug/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/31/x-ray-laser-maps-targets-important-drug/#respond Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:33:45 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1081377 Researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have mapped the tridimensional structure of the G protein-coupled receptor which is an essential cellular gatekeeper. They succeeded their experiment with the help of one of the largest lasers on the planet and their success represents one of the biggest breakthroughs in the field of […]

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Researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have mapped the tridimensional structure of the G protein-coupled receptor which is an essential cellular gatekeeper. They succeeded their experiment with the help of one of the largest lasers on the planet and their success represents one of the biggest breakthroughs in the field of GPCR exploration. These are popularly known to be a crucial family of proteins the health of the human body relies on. The new data will aid at the development of a wide series experiments in the field of structural biology.

 

Details Of The Experiment

Researchers managed to obtain a high-resolution structure of one of the hardest study subjects pertaining to the membrane proteins, at room temperature. They managed to validate their method and they promise further similar experiments that will solve new structure. Their data was published in the December issue of the Science magazine. Researchers completed the full examination of serotonin, an important human receptor that is essential in mood, sleep, and learning abilities. Serotonin is also the same receptor that is used at the making of drugs that fight against depressions, migraines, and obesity.

In order to successfully complete the experiment, they obtained a fatty gel required to mimic the environment of serotonin in its natural environment within the human cells. Using a specialized injection system, researchers then inserted the gel into the path of the laser’s X-ray pulses, reaching the crystals there. They then obtained the necessary patterns and rebuilt the 3D model of the receptor in high resolution.        

 

The Importance Of The Breakthrough

The results of the experiment will aid at the complete elimination of one of the main issues in the field that studies GPCRs. Namely, their crystallization on large sizes that is required to perform studies using X-ray lasers at synchrotrons. The tiny crystals obtained with the help of the ultra-bright LCLS that can make ultrafast snapshots are one of the main successes of the experiment. The data that can also be collected instantly with the help of the same ultrafast snapshots is also essential for further analysis. The freezing of samples is no longer required in order to keep them from being damaged by the X-rays. Their natural state can therefore be used during the process.

The optimization of the crystals’ size can take months after the crystallization and imaging of the GPCR samples might take several months. The same goes for the X-ray data necessary to give birth to important structural information that can be further used. The smaller the crystals, the smaller the time frame needed to get the information. Asthma, hypertension, Parkinson’s disease, and schizophrenia are some of the main types of diseases that are often times connected to GPCRs. Hence, the more accurate the structures, the better the medical effects.

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The Daily brief: August 30, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/30/the-daily-brief-august-30-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/30/the-daily-brief-august-30-2011/#respond Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:36:53 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049912 Extracting natural gas from shale... Women's soccer beats Georgetown... Peninsula lawmakers make new high-speed rail proposal... Stanford news from around the Web for August 30, 2011

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Cleaner energy | Natural gas can be extracted from shale safely and responsibly, according to Mark Zoback, professor of geophysics, who served on a recent Department of Energy panel of experts. Natural gas currently represents more than 25 percent of the energy Americans consume, an amount expected to increase over the coming years. There is enough gas from shale in the U.S. to completely replace the country’s coal consumption for the next 20 to 30 years, Zoback predicts.

Soccer Victory | The women’s team, currently ranked second in the nation, beat Georgetown 4-1 yesterday in Washington D.C. The Cardinal’s Lindsay Taylor and Sydney Payne each scored two goals. The match was moved from Sunday because of high winds and rain.

Sharing Tracks | Three Peninsula lawmakers have proposed blending the high-speed rail and Caltrain tracks. The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHRA) recently put its support behind the proposal.

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The Daily brief: August 29, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/29/the-daily-brief-august-29-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/29/the-daily-brief-august-29-2011/#respond Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:07:02 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049908 Using DNA sequencing to identify bacterial strains... Sorenstam on Michelle Wie... A new way to join blood vessels.. Stanford news from around the Web for August 29, 2011

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Microbe DNA | The next time a food poisoning outbreak on the magnitude of this summer’s e. coli score occurs, scientists might be able to identify the culprit sooner. In an interview with the New York Times, school of medicine professor David A. Relmen said, “We are able to look at the master blueprint of a microbe. [It is] like being given the operating manual for your car after you have been trying to trouble-shoot a problem with it for some time.”

Wie Weak? | LPGA Tour vet Annika Sorenstam said that Michelle Wie, who recently lost her bid to defend her Canadian Women’s Open title, lacks the toughness to win. Sorenstam blames Wie’s splitting her time between her career and her education on what she sees as Wie’s lack of focus.

Blood Bound | Stanford researchers have invented a new method for reconnecting severed blood vessels, which is currently done by a technique invented around 100 years ago. Using a method that combines poloxamer gels and bioadhesive instead of a needle and thread, the researchers were able to reconnect the blood vessels in animal subjects faster and more effectively.

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Cardinal goes Green | Stanford ranked fifth in a list of the most “green” universities compiled by Sierra magazine. The list, called the “coolest schools,” picked the University of Washington as its top school.

Global Competition | Stanford came in second in this year’s Academic Ranking of World Universities, published by Jiao Tong University in Shanghai. Last year Stanford came in third, while Harvard once again was ranked first this year.

Emergency Calls | When the earth finally stopped shaking during the East Coast earthquake earlier this week, the first thing many did was reach for their cell phones — only to find service unavailable as countless others similarly tried to contact friends and family. New technologies that are on the horizon may render that problem obsolete, according to a Scientific American interview with electrical engineering professor Andrea Goldsmith.

Overheard | “There’s always institutional risk when one competes at the level of being serious. Stanford has been pretty public about taking this seriously. We’re taking this seriously. As an institution that says that, there’s a risk, but I think the bigger risk is not participating in this thing.” — Dan Huttenlocher dean of computing and information science at Cornell University, on the bid to open up a NYC campus.

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The Daily brief: August 25, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/25/the-daily-brief-august-25-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/25/the-daily-brief-august-25-2011/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:28:59 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049903 Artificial Intelligence class garners real interest... Stanford experts on the recent earthquakes.... Google Fiber goes live... Overfishing Chilean sea bass... Stanford news from around the Web for August 25, 2011

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Virtual Classroom, Real Interest | More than 100,000 people have signed up for Artificial Intelligence and two other Stanford classes that will be open to the public, and the numbers continue to rise. See what all the fuss is about here.

Earthquake Fears | After the recent string of earthquakes on the East Coast, in Colorado, and in the East Bay, it’s hard not to wonder if those 2012 predictions hold a little more water than we previously thought. It’s all in your mind, and the earth’s crust, says Stanford geologists in an interview with the Bay Citizen.

Google Fiber | Google Fiber’s high speed Internet is now live at Stanford. The network features download speeds up to 150 Mbps and upload speeds of 92 Mbps, users report.

Overheard | Catching Chilean sea bass “is not like fishing for fish—it’s almost like logging for trees, It takes that long for these fish to grow up and be ready for market. That’s why the fish got in trouble.” — biology professor Stephen Palumbi, for a Mother Jones article on the sustainable fishing of the aforementioned fish.

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Board of Trustees | The University’s Board of Trustees elected two new members, Ronald B. Johnson ’80 and Victoria Browne Rogers ’83, to the board. They will begin their five year terms starting Oct. 10.

Personal Robots | Engineers in the research park are working on teaching robots how to flip pancakes, fetch a cold beer and more. The lab, called Willow Garage, is working on open system software that allows outside researchers to tweak the robots to their own needs.

Seizure Trigger | School of Medicine researchers have identified the brain circuit involved in the most common form of childhood epilepsy. In mice engineered to develop a similar condition, the animals lack a certain protein that dampens the electrical storm that typically occurs during these episodes.

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Campus construction | The Farm features 11 new buildings, outdoor art installations, flower gardens and relaxation spaces in a self guided tour here.

Facebook eyes second campus | Facebook filed documents with the city of Menlo Park outlining construction plans for a 22-acre West Campus across from the current Sun Microsystems park. The new campus could house 2,800 new workers, and is planned to feature five three-and-four story buildings around a central courtyard. Facebook expects to offer public stocks in 2012 and to begin construction of the new campus in 2013.

A look at the quake | Professor of geophysics Mark Zoback discusses the causes and implications of the recent 5.8-magnittude quake that shook central Va. Students at the Stanford in Washington center said they felt the quake, but reported no damage or injuries.

Overheard |“The usual pattern at this point would be for the rebel coalition, now that the prize that helped unify their efforts has been won, to divide and start fighting for control of It” – Libya expert and professor of political science James Fearon comments on the ongoing conflict.

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Open Access | Two more computer science classes join the Artificial Intelligence class in opening its doors to the public after tens of thousands of people have signed up. Since the announcement, almost 25,000 students each have signed up for Machine Learning and Introduction to Databases, the two additional classes being offered.

Sleepy Flu? | Falling asleep in class? Blame it on the flu —  according to a study by professor Emmanual Mignot, the autoimmune reaction that occurs when the body fights the flu can kill brain cells that regulate sleep, leading to feelings of lethargy, or even narcolepsy. Mignot came to this conclusion after studying a number of Chinese patients affected by the 2009 swine flu pandemic.

Neanderthal Lovin’ | Interbreeding with Neanderthals likely contributed to human dominance that occurred soon after, according to a new Stanford study. The new genes instilled “hybrid vigor,” which introduced stonger traits that evolution would have taken longer to do on its own.

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One Boss, Two Boss | The days of PHB are waning as more workers are adapting to reporting to a team of several bosses as companies flatten and reorganize their organizational structure. Management Science and Engineering professor Robert Sutton and the Harvard Business Review shares some tips on how to cope.

Space Weather | Listening to the sun can lead to more accurate sunspot predictions and space weather reports, according to a recent study from Stanford researchers. Solar flares can often disrupt satellite-dependent communications and technologies and potentially lead to millions of dollars in lost business, making early detection all the more valuable.

DOE Fellows | Three Stanford scholars have been named fellows of the Department of Energy. Incoming Ph.D. students Geoffrey Main and Christopher Young each received a Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship, while incoming Ph.D. student Matthew Zahr won the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.

Overheard | “I’m really happy to see game designers joining a very old cultural tradition of re-imagining biblical stories through new artistic media.” — professor of religious studies Steven Weitzman on El Shaddai, a new video game based on the Book of Enoch and featuring characters in the Bible.

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The Daily brief: August 18, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/18/the-daily-brief-august-18-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/18/the-daily-brief-august-18-2011/#respond Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:12 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049864 High-speed rail could overlap Caltrain tracks, says study... Over 58,000 sign up for the widely available online course “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence”… SLAC staff scientist wins Spicer award… Parasite tricks rats into being sexually attracted to cat urine, suggests study… Stanford news from around the Web for August 18, 2011.

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High-speed overlap | A Caltrain study stated that its trains could share the track with a proposed high-speed rail line, after the installation of several hundreds of millions of dollars in new equipment in addition to electrified rails in the San Mateo-Redwood City corridor. In theory, upgrading the Caltrain tracks instead of building an entirely new line would lessen the impact of new construction on surrounding buildings and infrastructure, although more tracks might still be added.

Popular science | More than 58,000 people have signed up for computer science professor Sebastian Thrun and Google research director Peter Norvig’s class “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence.” The online course, which lasts ten weeks, will make use of interactive features as well as traditional lectures.

Spicer award | SLAC associate staff scientist Stefan Mannsfeld has won the 2011 William and Diane Spicer Young Investigator Award, which recognizes a young researcher whose work has been involved with the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource or the synchrotron community (a synchrotron is a type of cyclic particle accelerator). His work has led to insights on the properties of thin-film organic materials.

Smelt a rat? | Stanford researchers have found that, in male rats infected with the parasite Toxoplasma, the same brain region that is active in anticipation of mating is activated when the rat smells cat urine. While the researchers aren’t entirely sure the reaction is sexual attraction, the observed behavior makes evolutionary sense: the cat’s small intestine is the only place where Toxoplasma can sexually reproduce.

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GSB Outsourced? | An increasing number of graduate students come from China thanks to its thriving economy, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The Graduate School of Business is also seeing an increase in foreign students, at 37% this year, up from 33% last year.

Open Campus | While only 7% of last year’s applicants were invited to attend Stanford this fall, anybody with access to the Internet can attend computer science professor Sebastian Thrun and Google director of research Peter Norvig’s class on Artificial Intelligence. The class runs online and be run in tandem with the official course.

Stem Cells Advance | While stem cells have long promised effective treatments to various organ ailments, one major side effect called teratomas, which are tumors that arise from stem cells that develop into unwanted types of cells, have long been an obstacle to widespread applications. Recent research from Stanford scientists, however, have uncovered a way to remove those cells, paving the way to future successes in stem cell treatments. Read more here.

New Treatments, Old Drugs | A computer program that analyzes gene data and compares them to drugs can now match old drugs to new treatments, according to another team of Stanford researchers. Using the program to compare 100 diseases and 164 generic drugs, the team has yielded approximately 1,000 new potential treatments.

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Education Online | Three of Stanford’s most popular computer science courses will be offered for free online starting this fall. Stanford engineers leading the project are trying to enhance interactivity with course material by offering lectures in short videos with quizzes, which viewers can navigate at their own pace. Registration for the classes begins today.

New SLAC Leader | Cynthia Friend of Harvard became the new associate lab director of SLAC photon science earlier this month. Her research to-date has focused on catalysis and its application to clean energy. Friend is replacing Keith Hodgson who stepped down from the role to focus on other SLAC departments.

VanDerveer Speech | Women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame last Friday. A video of her acceptance speech can be found online here.

Going Solar | Palo Alto is looking to the rooftops of local businesses to generate more solar power. City Council approved a new program last week that will enable small businesses to sign 20-year contracts selling electricity that their roofs generate to the city at a fixed rate. The city’s green attention formerly focused on wind farms and methane-burning landfills.

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MBA Arms Race | Admissions to the nation’s top business programs, including Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, are becoming increasingly like an arms race to stand out from the crowd. Time to schedule that Mt. Everest climb…

Measuring Movement |Electrical engineering professor Krishna Shenoy and his team are using recent developments in brain measurement technologies to better understand the neurological processes behind the planning and execution of a movement. The process, frustratingly imprecise, can mean the difference between beating a world record and having yours shattered. Read more of the story here.

Art of the Book | While many books are readily available online or via e-readers like the Kindle and the Nook, the Art of the Book, harkening back to a time when books were lovingly crafted by hand, remains alive and well in California. Several examples of such presses throughout the state are on display at the Cantor Arts Center’s “Art of the Book” exhibition, which closes at the end of the month.

Aristotle Award | Electrical engineering professor Robert Dutton will receive the Aristotle Award at the Semiconductor Research Corporation’s TECHON conference this September. The award honors research in ideas related to the semiconductor industry and notes Dutton’s outstanding teaching.

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The Daily brief: August 12, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/12/the-daily-brief-august-12-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/12/the-daily-brief-august-12-2011/#respond Sat, 13 Aug 2011 03:33:02 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049829 Assistant prof. Jure Leskovec predicts Facebook friends... AT&T and T-Mobile merger spells trouble, prof. Mark Lemley says... Endowments rise as UC Berkeley's state funds fall... Outside Lands with KZSU... Stanford news from around the Web for August 12, 2011

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Facebook Zombies | You have no control over who you friend on Facebook, and assistant professor in computer science Jure Leskovec is setting out to prove it using grant money from Microsoft. Leskovec has already created a system that is 50% correct in determining whether or not you’ll friend someone, and he plans to increase that percentage using these funds.

AT&T and T-Mobile | The only people who stand to win in an AT&T and T-mobile merger are its execs, according to an opinion piece by law professor Mark Lemley in the Sacramento Bee. Such a merger would only further quash competition in a field already dominated by the duopoly of AT&T and Verizon and would quash any innovation that smaller startups might have.

Budgets Fall, Donations Rise | Even while the state budget continues to shrink for our rivals across the Bay, UC Berkeley’s endowment has greatly recovered thanks to private donations, which has risen in the past few years. Stanford’s endowment has similarly increased — to $13.9 billion as of last year.

Outside Lands | Missed your ticket to Outside Lands? That’s okay — our very own KZSU has you covered and will be broadcasting live from the festival all weekend. Tune in at kzsulive.stanford.edu.

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The Daily brief: August 11, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/11/the-daily-brief-august-11-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/11/the-daily-brief-august-11-2011/#respond Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:39:11 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049826 A Stanford alum gets lucky again and again and again and again.... Veterans work on forgiveness... New guidelines for heart tests... Outside Lands with KZSU... Stanford news from around the Web for August 11, 2011

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Million Dollar Alum | While many college applicants would consider themselves pretty lucky to beat a 7% acceptance rate, one Stanford alum named Joan Ginther PhD ’75 probably wouldn’t bat an eyelash. That’s because she’s won the lottery a total of FOUR times, amassing over $17 million, since 1993.

Forgiveness Project | Fred Luskin, director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, leads a group of veterans to help them heal themselves from the wounds of war. The group, whose members suffer immense guilt and post traumatic stress disorder — often both at once — meet to discuss and work through their time in combat.

Heart Test Guidelines | Stanford researchers released the first-ever guidelines for reading the heart tests of young athletes in order to screen for hidden and potentially fatal problems. About 75 to 100 young adults die from athletic causes each year, with many due to heart defects that were previously overlooked.

Outside Lands | Missed your ticket to Outside Lands? That’s okay — our very own KZSU has you covered and will be broadcasting live from the festival all weekend. Tune in at kzsulive.stanford.edu.

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The Daily brief: August 10, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/10/the-daily-brief-august-10-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/10/the-daily-brief-august-10-2011/#respond Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:42:50 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049745 Fighting ghostwriting in the medical research community... Stanford economic expert gives outlook on possible recession... The Solar Car debuts... The Farm ranks eighth in new list... Stanford news from around the Web for August 10, 2011

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Ghostwriting Busters | Two articles published by PLoS Medicine Tuesday outlined strategies to combat ghostwriting biased drafts of papers for publication in medical journals, a practice that several universities, including Stanford, have been accused of in the past. The articles offered several suggestions, including having the university in question provide writers to aid the researchers. Read more on the subject here.

Economic Uncertainty | As the nation struggles to make sense of the topsy-turvy stock market week, the Stanford Report turns to Stanford’s economic experts to look toward the future. Associate economics professor Nicholas Bloom, who was interviewed for the article, predicts a “large, short-run recession” to come.

Solar Car Debut | The Stanford Solar Car debuts tomorrow before it heads to Australia for the annual World Solar Challenge, a grueling 10-day, 1,800 race across the Australian outback — powered by the energy of the sun. Find out more about the car, as well as how to see it, here.

Best College? | Stanford ranks 8th in a new college ranking by thebestcolleges.org, which evaluates colleges based on economic value and quality of life. Princeton University ranked first, followed by Harvard.

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The Daily brief: August 9, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/09/the-daily-brief-august-9-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/09/the-daily-brief-august-9-2011/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:45:47 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049743 Researchers make a protein that could halt cancer... Stanford's Nicholas Bloom on what causes recession.... VanDerveer to join Basketball Hall of Fame... Stanford news from around the Web for August 9, 2011

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Protein Power | A dual-action protein created by Stanford researchers could help stop cancer in its tracks by stopping blood flow. The protein, which was featured this week in the Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences, prevents blood vessels from forming by blocking two chemical receptors that form capillaries. The research shows that the original function of the protein remains unaltered even when it bonds to block the receptors.

The Uncertainty Principle | In a question-and-answer about the state of the U.S. economy, associate professor of economics Nicholas Bloom tells Stanford News Service that uncertainty leads to large short-run recessions. “Nobody knows what is going to happen next,” he said. But, “when people are uncertain about the future they wait and do nothing.”

VanDerveer to Join Hall of Fame | Stanford’s Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball, Tara VanDerveer, will be one of 10 coaches, players and officials to be inducted into the prestigious Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this Friday. Before joining Stanford, VanDerveer also coached at Ohio State and Idaho, as well as the U.S. Senior Women’s National Team.

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The Daily brief: August 8, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/08/the-daily-brief-august-8-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/08/the-daily-brief-august-8-2011/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:48:50 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049741 A look at the legacy of the Longevity Project... Weather getting you hot and bothered? Try fountain hopping.... Breaking the bamboo ceiling with the GSB... Ralph Richard Banks on marriage for black women... Stanford news from around the Web for August 8, 2011

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A Look at Longevity | As the population of baby boomers continues to age, the legacy of Stanford’s eighty-year Longevity Project continues to be seen. The project, which has followed approximately 1,500 children since its inception, has dispelled numerous misconceptions about old age, such as the belief that one can maintain a healthy lifestyle due to family influence — it turns out that the health of friends and peers play a much bigger role.

Fountain Hopping | Getting a little stuffy this August? If you’re planning to partake in the storied campus tradition of fountain hopping to beat the heat, you might notice the water tasting a little… off. That’s because the fountains are now chlorinated. For those of you currently away from the Farm and not lucky enough to be seaside or lounging by a pool, join in vicariously through this Palo Alto Patch video.

Bamboo Ceiling | Asian executives gather at the GSB this week to work toward breaking the “bamboo ceiling,” so called because a disproportionately small number of ethnically Asian executives leading their companies. The Advanced Leadership Program for Asian-American Executives is the first of its kind to work with this group to study how cultural upbringing and bias could hinder their careers.

Overheard | “Black women confront the worst relationship market of any group because of economic and cultural forces that are not of their own making; and they have needlessly worsened their situation by limiting themselves to black men […] Black women can best promote black marriage by opening themselves to relationships with men of other races.” — Law professor Ralph Richard Banks in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on the state of romantic relationships involving black women.

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Jet Blue 101 | Jet Blue Airlines will team up with the Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design in a workshop aimed to enhance the carrier’s relationship with business leaders. The carrier will be featured as a case study for participants to study business innovation.

Quake Catchers | The Quake Catcher Network continues to expand as more local residents sign up to install the sensors in their homes. Watch FOX2 News follow one resident as a sensor is set up in his home.

Summer Chorus | This Saturday, Aug. 6, the Stanford Chorus will be presenting Amazing Grace: Exploring the Roots of the American Choral Tradition. More information and tickets are available here.

Starving Cancer | A new approach to fighting cancer is starving the cells to death, according to recent work by researchers at the School of Medicine. By selectively turning off the cancer cells’ ability to absorb glucose, the therapy works by cutting the cells off from their ability to grow and proliferate.

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The Daily brief: August 4, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/04/the-daily-brief-august-4-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/04/the-daily-brief-august-4-2011/#respond Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:33:45 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049733 Stanford ranks high in Forbes list... Serena Williams wins Stanford Final... High school students SMASH-ing dreams on the Farm... African art debuts at the Cantor Arts Center... Stanford news from around the Web for August 4, 2011.

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Best Colleges | Stanford ranked 5th in Forbes’ annual “Best Colleges” list, rising from sixth place in 2010. The Farm ranks first in the West, second among research universities and fourth among private schools. Local schools Santa Clara University and UC Berkeley also saw large jumps in their rankings.

Williams Wins | Tennis phenom Serena Williams won the Stanford Final Thursday, upsetting third-seeded Marion Bartoli of France 7-5, 6-1. This is Williams’ first title of the year, and she is set to compete in the Rogers Cup next week in Toronto.

SMASH-ing Dreams | 80 local high school students have moved into campus for Summer Math and Science Honors Academy (SMASH), a program designed for students from lower income backgrounds to develop their skills and passions in math and science. Read more about the program in today’s San Jose Mercury News.

African Art | The Cantor Arts Center debuts its reinstallation of the African Art gallery this week. The newly reconfigured gallery features six millennia of art objects from that continent, some of which have been in storage since  they were acquired by Mrs. Stanford at the turn of the century.

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California Crunch | Students at California public universities may have to take several more years to complete a typical four-year bachelor’s program due to the state’s increasingly dire budget woes. In addition to recent tuition hikes by approximately 25%, it’s difficult for students to register for required classes, as many classes fill up early on. Read more here.

Open Access Widens | Stanford is partnering with a number of schools, among them Arizona State, Columbia, Duke, Emory, Harvard, Oregon State and Trinity Universities, to form the Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions. Open access is a policy in which institutions allow free digital access to certain works in digital repositories.

Mental Math | Does a funny toy with rows of beads help in mental math? According to Stanford psychologists, learning how to calculate on the abacus might indeed develop skills to strengthen your number crunching skills, turning you into a human calculator. Find out how to pass Math 51 that way here.

Overheard | “You look at your wife of 60 years and she smiles at you and you smile back, and you know that she’s got cancer. And it’s a beautiful moment, but you know it’s not going to go on forever.” — Laura Carstensen, psychology professor and longtime expert in the study of aging and happiness, in an article from Slate.com on happiness in old age.

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Bio core facelift | Stanford biology is redesigning its core lab courses for the 2011-12 academic year in favor of more student-designed research projects. The change was prompted by indications that students who participated in the Bio 44Y pilot lab, which emphasizes original research at Jasper Ridge, were better prepared for future study in biology. Research in the Journal of College Science Teaching supported the decision, showing that students who designed their own experiments were more enthusiastic about original research and more confident in the lab.

KZSU at Outside Lands | Stanford radio (90.1 FM) will be hitting San Francisco August 12 to 14 to cover the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. Listeners can also tune in on the internet. The festival features artists such as Muse, Phish and Arcade Fire.

Employee Health Care | The University is shifting to a new medical plan for employees, which will become effective in 2012. A new plan offered through Blue Shield will replace Health Net and PacifiCare. The high excise taxes on high-cost plans expected to become effective in the Affordable Health Care Act in 2018 made the University look for a more cost efficient plan, according to Randy Livingston, vice president for business affairs and chief financial officer.

Overheard | “We are on a course and speed to be where Greece is today by roughly 2025.  But nobody is going to bail out the United States. It’s time to be creative.” — John Shoven, director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research in an interview with the Stanford Report.

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The Daily brief: August 1, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/02/the-daily-brief-august-1-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/08/02/the-daily-brief-august-1-2011/#respond Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:47:30 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049663 Standardizing science education across the nation.... A class worth waking up early for... Prof. Wallace Sampson on alternative medicine... Stanford news from around the Web for August 1, 2011.

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Science in School | The National Academy of Science recently issued a framework for K-12 science education in the U.S., spelling out, for the first time, specific information that students should learn before they graduate from high school. Chaired by SLAC professor emeritus Helen Quinn, the committee that wrote the guidelines says this effort is part of a larger movement toward creating a national standard in science education, a field whose standards are currently left up to each state to set.

Famous Classes | Who really killed Kennedy? What’s in Area 51? Were VPUE staff behind a recent USA Today list that ranked the “Conspiracy Theories” PWR as one of seven classes worth waking up at 8 a.m. for? See the evidence for yourself here.

Overheard | “No matter how you look at it, (intuitive healing is) false. Even though they believe what they’re doing is right, it’s intellectually and scientifically fraudulent.” — Wallace Sampson, clinical professor emeritus of medicine, in a Sacramento Bee investigative into alternative medicine.

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The Daily brief: July 29, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/29/the-daily-brief-july-29-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/29/the-daily-brief-july-29-2011/#respond Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:24:45 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049661 Law school students put to the test... A mechanical engineering prof in search of a better toilet... Overexcited cells simulate autism symptoms... Communications professor Clifford Nass on multitasking... Stanford news from around the Web for July 29, 2011.

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Law & Order: Real Life | The Law School’s drive to give its graduates more real-life experience is gathering growing attention, as seen in today‘s San Francisco Chronicle. Currently, faculty are considering requiring all students to work in the school’s legal clinic before they can earn their J.D.

Building a Better Toilet | While Bill Gates may have just announced his new initiative for a more accessible toilet, mechanical engineering professor Reginald Mitchell already has an idea. Mitchell’s toilet, designed with Brian Von Herzen of the Climate Foundation, turns human waste into biochar that can be used to improve soil.

Into the Autistic Brain | Stanford scientists have replicated symptoms of autism after overexciting the brain cells of mice. When the cells were stimulated, the normally social mice became less so, suggesting that disorders in which social behavior breaks down — such as autism and schizophrenia — might be linked to similarly overexcited cells.

Overheard | “People are always happy to be lazy, and it’s sort of a rule of safety design, so if you give people the slightest opportunity to be lazy, they’ll take to it with great gusto and joy.” — Communications professor Clifford Nass on multitasking, especially when driving, in an article on the subject by Wired.com

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The Daily brief: July 28, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/28/the-daily-brief-july-28-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/28/the-daily-brief-july-28-2011/#respond Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:51 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049659 Possible matchup between Sharapova and Williams at BotW… Med School’s Freidenrich Center breaks ground… Research team develops ‘flexible’ nanowires… Physics prof. Helen Quinn on science education… Stanford news from around the Web for July 28, 2011.

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Maria v. Serena? | A matchup between Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams is possible this Friday, assuming Williams wins her match against Maria Kirilenko today. The two, with the tournament’s other players, are competing for a $721,000 purse.

Freidenrich Center | The School of Medicine broke ground for the Jill and John Freidenrich Center for Translational Research this week, a three-story, 30,000 square-foot facility for designing and conducting human-subject clinical trails. The Center will bring together the wide array of specialists required to organize the trials, many of whom are currently distributed across multiple buildings on campus. The building is expected to be complete in fall 2012.

Shaping nanowires | A team of Stanford researchers led by mechanical engineering assistant professor Xiaolin Zheng have developed a versatile new method of attaching nanowires to surfaces. The potential benefits include being able to apply circuitry to flexible computer monitors or ultrasensitive biosensors. The trick, according to Zheng, is coating the silicon wafers these wires are normally applied to with thin layers of nickel before fabricating the circuitry. Because of how water interacts with nickel and silicon, the circuit will lift off the silicon wafer when water is applied at room temperature.

Overheard | “The current national education standards push for science as inquiry. And because inquiry has a whole different set of meanings to different people, the understanding that students should be doing science to learn science has sometimes been overwhelmed by the notion that that was just messing around, and that children really needed to be learning facts.” — Helen Quinn ’63 M.S. ’64 Ph.D. ‘67, physics professor emeritus, speaking to the SLAC News Center about a report on K-12 science education standards issued by a National Academy of Sciences committee she chaired.

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The Daily brief: July 27, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/27/the-daily-brief-july-27-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/27/the-daily-brief-july-27-2011/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:19:19 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049591 Stanford engineers use the Force with Jedibot... Science is child's play, study finds... Law school lecturer runs for School Board.... Jane Schacter on the Defense of Marriage Act... Stanford news from around the Web for July 27, 2011.

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Jedibots | The evil scientists at Stanford are at it again with Jedibot, a Kinect-powered robot that weilds a lightsaber and can fend off attacks. Check out the video here.

Inner Scientists | Children develop their knowledge of the world around them by using a rudimentary form of the scientific method, according to a recent Stanford and MIT study. Using a bead and light game, the scientists gave the children relatively little information on how the toy worked and left the children up to their own devices. Despite that lack of information, many of the subjects were able to independently figure out how the game worked, based on trial and error.

Crowded Ballot | Law school lecturer and Menlo Park resident Allen Weiner is one of several candidates hoping to join the school board of the Sequoia Union High School District in Portola Valley. The district includes Woodside High School, Menlo-Atherton High School, Summit Preparatory High School and Everest Charter High School.

Overheard | Administration officials “will take opportunities they find suitable to limit enforcement of a statute they judge to be constitutionally flawed.” — Law professor Jane Schacter on the Defense of Marriage Act in an article from the San Francisco Chronicle.

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The Daily brief: July 26, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/26/the-daily-brief-july-26-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/26/the-daily-brief-july-26-2011/#respond Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:27:05 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049588 Study reveals decrease in American securities filings ... New 235-ton installation at Cantor... East Palo Alto sees its fourth homicide in two weeks.... Prof. Gary Segura on Obama and Latino voters.... Stanford news from around the Web for July 26, 2011.

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Secure securities | Stanford Law School and Cornerstone Research released a study today revealing that this year, S&P 500 companies faced the lowest number of securities fraud class actions since 2000; filings against Chinese companies increased. According to John Gould, senior vice president at Cornerstone, the decrease in filings against the S&P can be attributed to plaintiffs’ firms “focusing on non-traditional filings.”

“Sequence” at Stanford | Richard Serra’s enormous, 235-ton steel sculpture exhibition outside of Cantor Arts Center will open tomorrow. Serra created his sculpture, “Sequence,” in 2006. The Cantor installation is the first time the project will be featured outdoors. The installation required 23 truckloads of concrete to be poured over Cantor’s north grounds lawn to support the art. A slideshow of the “Sequence” can be seen here.

Violence in Palo Alto | East Palo Alto police gave a press briefing yesterday about investigations into the area’s sixth homicide of the year. Four homicides have taken place in East Palo Alto in the past two weeks. Police coverage is expected to increase by 25 percent for one month to investigate the recent killings.

Overheard | “In states where Obama has to compete, a dispirited Latino electorate could damage him.” – Gary Segura, Stanford political science professor and a Latino Decisions principal discusses how the national government’s current management of undocumented Latinos in the U.S. could harm Obama’s chance with Latino voters in the upcoming election.

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Fragment Sleep, Memory Follows | Keep this in mind next time you try to pull an all nighter before a test: a Stanford study found that fragmented, or interrupted, sleep can lead to memory troubles. To simulate the effect of interrupted sleep, the researchers sent pulses of light into the brains of mice, then watch them interact with familiar and new objects the next morning. The mice couldn’t tell the difference between the two objects.

Engineering Innovation | The National Science Foundation has awarded $10 million to the University for teaching innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering. The center begins operation this fall — read more about it at here the NSF site.

Overheard | “Ahmadinejad seems to have believed his own hype that he actually won the last election. Based on that mandate, he decided to challenge Khamenei.”– Abbas Milani, in an extended interview with the Stanford Report.

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The Daily brief: July 22, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/23/the-daily-brief-july-22-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/23/the-daily-brief-july-22-2011/#respond Sat, 23 Jul 2011 07:56:00 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049581 Connie Wolf to lead Cantor Arts Center... Gaming the system at casinos... On vagueness and success... GQ magazine on Stanford... Stanford news from around the Web for July 22, 2011.

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Wolf Leads Pack | Contemporary Jewish Museum Director Connie Wolf  ’81 has been named the new director of the Cantor Arts Center. Wolf will be replacing current  director Tom Seligman on January 1, 2012, who has announced plans to retire after 20 years of leading the museum.

Stacking the Deck | Stanford researchers have found that automated shufflers deal more predictable hands than human shufflers. Since the makers of said machines are reportedly taking these results to heart and are setting out to improve their product, take that trip to Vegas soon.

Benefits of Vagueness  | Vagueness can sometimes lead to more success, according to a study by GSB professor Baba Shiv. That’s because, when presented with imprecise information and figures, we often take the more generous possibility to heart, encouraging us to continue toward our goal.

Overheard | “You have 17,000 Facebook friends, some of whom you’ve met before, and you plan on starting a company and getting filthy rich someday so that later you can “do good.” But, you know, first you have to get filthy rich.” — GQ magazine, in a list pitting Stanford against several other colleges.

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The Daily brief: July 20, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/20/the-daily-brief-july-20-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/20/the-daily-brief-july-20-2011/#respond Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:01:08 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049526 Amount of radiation on earth measured... Two ACT tests found to be poor predictors of college success... A new spin on old instruments... A GSB lecturer on Google.... Stanford news from around the Web for July 20, 2011.

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Radioactive Earth | Scientists are one step closer to knowing exactly how radioactive the earth is thanks to an experiment that was run partly by Stanford researchers. The project measured neutrinos, a type of subatomic particle, and were able to determine that approximately half of the Earth’s heat comes from radioactive decay of thorium and uranium.

Ignoring the ACT? | The Reading and Science sections of the ACT are poor predictors of college success, according to a report by researchers at Stanford and the University of Chicago. The Mathematics and English sections, however, were much better predictors. If the Reading and Science sections were ignored, the authors said, students might be better matched with their colleges.

Augmented Music | Edgar Berdhal and his team of researchers on campus have created actuated instruments, which are traditional instruments such as the violin that produce tones independent of the performers. This is achieved through several sensors that are installed on the instrument to measure and induce vibrations.

Overheard | “When the corporate guys get involved, it usually means that we’re at the top of the market.” — Andrew S. Rachleff, GSB lecturer and founder of Benchmark Capital.

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The Daily brief: July 19, 2011 https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/19/the-daily-brief-july-19-2011/ https://stanforddaily.com/2011/07/19/the-daily-brief-july-19-2011/#respond Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:10:23 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1049505 Research on voters and identity could increase turnout… Stanford Hospital & Clinics ranks high on US News charts… Palo Alto considers new car-dwelling policy… A word for the day… Stanford news from around the Web for July 19, 2011.

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Voting matters | Stanford psychologists conducted research which found that voters are more likely to show up at the polls if they see voting as an expression of their identity. People are 13 percent more likely to vote if the wording of some questions focuses on the voters as individuals, the research found. Christopher Bryan, a postdoctoral psychology researcher co-authored the paper with Stanford psychologists Greg Walton and Carol Dweck and Harvard behavioral scientist Todd Rogers.  

Topping the charts | US News and World Report ranked Stanford Hospital & Clinics 17th on its Best Hospitals Honor Roll. Hospitals on the list demonstrated “unusually high expertise across multiple specialties.” Stanford also ranked high on US News rankings of hospitals adopting electronic records.

Car-dwelling | The City of Palo Alto plans to consider a new ordinance on July 25 that would make car-dwelling illegal. Violations of the policy could result in a $1,000 fine and up to six months in prison. Palo Alto’s homeless population has spoken out against the ordinance, claiming that it would criminalize migrant communities and make their lives more difficult. Advocates are also asking the city to consider alternatives to the policy.

Alphabet Soup | The New York Times Word of the Day cites Stanford linguist Arnold Zwicky and his coining of the term “the Colbert suffix,” which refers to Stephen Colbert’s proclivity for the word truthiness and “iness” in general. The word of the day is “neologism,” a newly invented word or phrase, or the act of inventing one.

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