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May 29, 2020
Seniors Melodie Grace Liu ’20 and Berber Jin ’20 were named 2020 Yenching Scholars in February.
By Lizzie Avila
Dec. 4, 2019
Board of Trustees Chair Jeff Raikes ’80 relayed the Board’s decisions regarding financial aid and tuition for the 2020-21 school year as well as its support for faculty proposals on the first-year experience and future of the major in a Wednesday briefing on the Board’s second meeting of the year.
By Berber Jin
Nov. 13, 2019
Blackmon told The Daily that she will spend the next year pursuing personal “writing, speaking and business opportunities outside of Stanford."
By Berber Jin
Oct. 7, 2019
The brief, filed Friday, argues that ending DACA would unfairly force program participants to choose between “withdrawing to the margins of our society and national economy or returning to countries that they have never called home.”
By Berber Jin and Daniel Yang
Dec. 20, 2019
Earlier this month, the Faculty Senate’s Committee on Research approved a pilot Global Engagement Review Program (GERP), which will specifically review the University’s moratorium on Chinese telecom conglomerate Huawei and ultimately advise University leadership on whether or not to continue the moratorium.
By Berber Jin
Oct. 30, 2019
Tuesday saw the conclusion of the Ethics, Policy & Governance conference, a two-day event that featured dozens of discussions on the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) for a range of industries and disciplines.
By Berber Jin and Emma Talley
Sept. 24, 2019
Three Hoover affiliates spoke of the threat posed by Russia, China, and Iran on US interests and liberal values in front of a packed Traitel Auditorium. They emphasized the need for a sense of national unity as essential for an effective US foreign policy.
By Berber Jin
Oct. 6, 2019
While he stands by his Instagram statement, Abrahm DeVine '19 also told The Daily that his expulsion came after he drank at a Team USA swim meet instead of showing up to support his teammates who were competing, a violation of the National Team’s Honor Code.
By Berber Jin
Sept. 12, 2019
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was recently invited to speak at an AI conference sponsored by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. A group of Google employees and tech activists are now opposing this invitation, citing Schmidt’s questionable ethical conduct and HAI’s close connections with big tech.
By Berber Jin
Oct. 10, 2019
In its first meeting of the year, the Stanford Faculty Senate discussed how to best improve inclusion and accessibility within the student body with ASSU executives Erica Scott ’20 and Isaiah Drummond ’20.
By Berber Jin and Kate Selig
Nov. 8, 2019
University leadership addressed some of the most pressing issues on campus at Thursday’s Faculty Senate, including the University’s decision to reject Chanel Miller’s choice of quote for the plaque at the site of her 2015 sexual assault — a decision which Drell has defended amid student petitions and a unanimous Faculty Senate vote in support of Miller's quote.
By Max Hampel and Berber Jin
Oct. 25, 2019
The Senate’s decision followed impassioned speeches in support of the resolution by ASSU President Erica Scott ’20 and comparative literature professor David Palumbo-Liu, as well as a measured defense of the University’s decision from Provost Persis Drell.
By Berber Jin
Jan. 16, 2019
Around 11 p.m. on Monday, a sprinkler head on the first floor of Faisan broke, setting off fire alarms and causing the floor to flood.
By Berber Jin
Jan. 18, 2019
Stanford’s third-party consultant for overseas travel has issued additional precautionary recommendations on China-related travel after a Chinese court sentenced a Canadian traveler convicted of drug smuggling to death on Monday.
By Berber Jin
Jan. 25, 2019
81 percent of staff believed people of all backgrounds can succeed at Stanford, four percentage points behind the U.S. High Performing Benchmark and down two percentage points from the 2015 survey.
By Berber Jin
Feb. 1, 2019
Despite its new STEM designation, the undergraduate degree will remain a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
By Berber Jin
Feb. 15, 2019
The authors of a November 2018 report by the Hoover Institution that called for “constructive vigilance” against Chinese influence on U.S. institutions faced an oftentimes critical, predominantly Chinese audience in a panel discussion on their findings.
By Berber Jin
June 11, 2019
With the summer fast approaching, we here at the Daily wanted to take the time to look back at this year’s most important stories and point out some trends we’ve noticed about campus life. From the recent admissions scandal, to crises facing the grad student population, to GUP protests and long-range planning reports, this has been a hectic year for the Stanford community. We’ve been there every step of the way making sure that the story gets told.
Feb. 28, 2019
Tucked away behind the bustling intersection of Hamilton Avenue and Cowper Street is Palo Alto’s newest tutoring center, Best in Class, which celebrated its grand opening this past Saturday.
By Berber Jin
