Stanford concussion education initiative partners with American Youth Football
The concussion awareness initiative CrashCourse announced on Tuesday its partnership with American Youth Football & Cheer.
Do conservatives belong at Stanford?
No one has ever doubted that the Hoover Institution, a think tank and research center named after Republican president Herbert Hoover, leans conservative. Its fellows have shaped American domestic and ...
Children at risk for cancer potentially find hope with preventive treatment
Agnieszka Czechowicz ’05 Ph.D. ’10 M.D. ’11, assistant professor in pediatrics, has developed a preventive gene therapy treatment that would eliminate the need for radiation and help children accept healthy ...
Classy classes: Music 1A takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying music behavior
In Music 1A: “Music, Mind, and Human Behavior,” students have the opportunity to explore music as a core aspect of human existence through the lenses of cognitive science, culture and ...
Unique to Stanford: Digital humanities bridges technology and humanities
Stanford’s Digital Humanities minor aims to integrate research into academics by offering undergraduates the opportunity to apply computational and digital tools to their pursuits in the humanities.
Stanford-NYU study finds emotional and social benefits of disengaging from Facebook
Deactivating Facebook leads to lower online activity, reduced knowledge of current events and a small bump in subjective wellness, a Stanford and New York University study found.
CRISPR co-inventor Jennifer Doudna talks ethics and biological frontiers
While the CRISPR-Cas9 system has gained notoriety in synthetic biology for genetic engineering applications, CRISPR is originally found in nature.
Symbolic Systems Society hosts technology and ethics symposium
Three Ph.D. students presented their work on potential pitfalls of linguistic technology and medical AI
