Q&A: Incoming Stanford Humanities Center Director, literature professor Roland Greene
The Daily spoke with Greene about the role of the humanities and SHC at Stanford, as well as his own goals as SHC director.
Category: Research
Twelve Stanford researchers receive Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
The award is about more than simply prestige. For some, it comes with up to five years of government funding for further research.
The Bio-X summer research program: From one undergrad in 2006 to more than 60 today
It took just one student to get the program started in 2006, after an undergraduate asked Bio-X Director Carla Shatz how to major in Bio-X.
$10 million grant awarded to Stanford-led team to support myosin research
The international team will use its award money to develop treatments for the world’s most common genetic heart condition — hypertrophic myopathy (HCM) — which affects over one in every 500 people.
San Mateo traffic court to pilot text message reminder program
The d.school’s Legal Design Lab is partnering with the Stanford Law School’s Regulation, Evaluation and Governance Lab (RegLab) to pilot a new text message reminder program in the San Mateo County traffic court.
E-cigarette use may increase likelihood of heart disease, Stanford study finds
The inhalation of flavored liquid used in electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) –– even those without nicotine –– may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to Stanford researchers.
Stanford study reveals how our brains react to Pokémon
Just in time for the release of “Detective Pikachu,” Stanford research detailing how Pokémon affects brain development was published
Stanford community outraged at SU Press defunding, over 1,000 sign petitions
Stanford University Press, the oldest press in the western United States, has been denied its request for annual funding for the next five years.
