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.
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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.
Policy designed to discourage abortions actually increases them, study finds
Since former U.S. president Ronald Reagan, every Republican administration has implemented the policy, while every subsequent Democratic administration has lifted it after taking office.
Editorial Board: Best of the Year
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.
Warnings of Chinese government ‘influence’ on campuses divide Stanford community
“There’s a real sense that there’s a growing fear and suspicion of Chinese Americans generally in the United States, and that the Hoover report is encouraging this type of scrutiny and suspicion,” Chang said. “And many of us feel this is a form of racial profiling.”
Chinese access to University research prompts debate over inclusion, national security
This article is the second in a series examining how rising U.S.-China tensions are affecting the Stanford community.
Faculty question moratorium on Huawei research funding as U.S.-China tensions intensify
Stanford placed a moratorium on new research support from Huawei in December 2018 amid rising U.S. pressure on the telecoms company because of its potential threat to national security. The Faculty Senate was not asked to discuss or vote on the moratorium before the policy was quietly implemented.
