Analogy as the Core of CognitionStanford2024-10-22 | Analogy as the Core of CognitionRathbun Lecture featuring David Henry Hwang, 79Stanford2024-04-25 | Stanford alumnus, David Henry Hwang, '79, the 2024 Rathbun Visiting Fellow, offered the Rathbun Lecture on a meaningful life in historic Memorial Church on April 12. He is best known as the author of "M. Butterfly", which won the 1988 Tony, Drama Desk, John Gassner, and Outer Critics Circle Awards, and was a Finalist for the 1989 Pulitzer Prize. The program was moderated by the Rev. Dr. T.L. Steinwert, Dean for Religious and Spiritual Life.
Rathbun Visiting Fellows are accomplished people living their lives in a meaningful manner and making a difference in a particular way. Consideration is especially given to people with interdisciplinary backgrounds leading a ‘whole life with meaningful purpose’ as the intention is to invite speakers who will appeal to students and faculty from different disciplines across the university.making@stanfordStanford2024-04-24 | The Farm is home to an impressive array of spaces where students and other community members can try their hand at various forms of creation. From embroidering to silversmithing to sculpting – and much more – Stanford provides space to explore.
For more information visit: http://making.stanford.edu/
MB01WBJ0RT6I1RGHigh schoolers visit campus, glimpse future possibilitiesStanford2024-04-16 | High school students visited the university as part of Stanford's "Introduction to Bioengineering," a dual-credit course program that provides talented students in low-income communities with access to advanced material while encouraging them to apply to selective colleges.
MB01ZK1T8QINOPFLearning the history of evolution and primatologyStanford2024-04-11 | An exhibition and undergraduate course at Stanford examines the peculiar scrutiny people have placed on their primate relatives to better understand the human condition.
For more 🗞️: https://news.stanford.edu/report/2024/04/11/learning-history-evolution-primatology/
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MB011DMXU0DOPN5Discover Stanford for You: The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and EducationStanford2024-03-21 | Join speakers from the Graduate School of Education to explore the exciting possibilities with AI in the changing landscape of education.Discover Stanford for You: Exploring the Impact of Guns in Homes and SocietyStanford2024-03-21 | Gun ownership rates in the United States have reached unprecedented levels. Led by Stanford professors David Studdert and Maya Rossin-Slater, explore the effects of introducing firearms into homes and the long-term consequences of school gun violence on students' mental health, education, and future economic prospects.Discover Stanford for You: Preventing Housing Displacement – One Family at a TimeStanford2024-03-21 | Learn how Stanford’s Community Law Clinic shapes future lawyers while providing critical legal services to underserved communities in the Bay Area.Discover Stanford for You: Creating Conversations Across GenerationsStanford2024-03-21 | Learn about Stanford Professor Yoshiko Matsumoto’s research on creating inclusive communities among people of different generations and cognitive conditions. Faculty from Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences will also reflect on how the fundamentals of education – pursuit of knowledge and truth – enrich our lives and are vital to preparing global citizens.Robert Sapolsky: The Biology and Psychology of DepressionStanford2024-03-14 | Stanford Professor Robert Sapolsky gives an overview of both the biology and psychology of depression, with the key points being that depression is as a real of a disease as is diabetes, and that you can't begin to understand depression without seeing how the biological and psychological are one and the same. This is a 2023 update of his 2009 lecture, incorporating scientific advances since that time.Highlights from Family Weekend 2024Stanford2024-02-26 | More than 5,000 family members visited campus in late February to reunite with their students and learn about life on the Farm.The movers and shakers of Stanford’s earthquake centerStanford2024-01-19 | From a single footfall to catastrophic tremors, waves of impact are all around us. The researchers at the John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center study the world’s vibrations – big and small.
MB01FIPYEAPC5Q1Spend a day in the life of three undergrad researchersStanford2024-01-18 | Follow Sarafan ChEM-H Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program participants Charlotte Bravo (Chemistry ’25), Andrew Yang (Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering, ‘25), and Martin Hoberman (Biology ’25), as they support the development of novel drugs for life-threatening fungal diseases.
MB01HKH1A8XD1IPTwo tricks for healthier eatingStanford2024-01-12 | There’s more expert consensus than you’d think when it comes to nutrition. If you’re confused by seemingly contradictory advice, Christopher Gardner suggests:
1. Try asking the questions “With what?” and “Instead of what?” 2. Take inspiration from established cuisines
Garnder is the Rehnborg Farquhar Professor of Medicine and director of nutrition studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center.Three design-inspired tools for making big life decisionsStanford2024-01-11 | Bill Burnett co-teaches a legendary course at Stanford that applies design thinking to the “wicked” problem of planning life and career. When approaching big decisions, he recommends using these “power tools” of his trade:
1. Embrace curiosity — it’s the mindset that gives you the energy to overcome fear and procrastination 2. Prototype your way forward through conversations and experiences 3. Reframe as a way to get unstuck from seemingly unsolvable problems
Burnett is an adjunct professor of mechanical engineering and executive director of Stanford’s Life Design Lab.In goal pursuit, embrace friendly competitionStanford2024-01-11 | Szu-chi Huang’s research has shown that while positive feedback motivates you to start a goal, negative feedback is more likely to motivate you to finish it. As such, she says it’s wise to leverage friendly support as you start to pursue a goal and then lean into friendly competition later on. Doing so can help you push through to the end.
Huang is a professor of marketing in the Stanford Graduate School of Business.How to maintain momentum in behavior changeStanford2024-01-11 | Marily Oppezzo is a registered dietitian and a behavioral and learning scientist, and she frequently provides advice to faculty and staff through the university’s wellness programs. She emphasizes the importance of doing something to maintain momentum, even if the action falls short of a loftier objective. In addition to making a “good enough” version of your goals, she suggests:
1. Give missed goals a head nod. (Not going to make that run happen? Just put on your tennis shoes.) Simply by giving your goal a shout out, you can keep yourself in rhythm. 2. Try the “one good thing a day” approach. Having the flexibility to spread your change goal to different areas of health and well-being makes it more likely you’ll succeed as we move past the new year and initial motivation fades.
Oppezzo is an instructor at the Stanford Prevention Research Center.Behavioral scientist BJ Fogg on building lasting habitsStanford2024-01-11 | To build habits that will take hold and endure, BJ Fogg says, it’s critical to be flexible in your quest for change and to lean into positive emotions. Specifically:
1. Help yourself do what you already want to do 2. Help yourself feel successful 3. Invest time and energy (and money) to design your environment in a way that makes “good” behaviors easy and “bad” behaviors hard or impossible
Fogg is an adjunct professor in the Stanford School of Medicine, founder of the Behavior Design Lab, and the author of “Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything."Meet Our Faculty: Hawa Racine ThiamStanford2024-01-06 | The Sarafan ChEM-H Institute scholar is building a multidisciplinary lab to explore the reengineering of immune cells. Before coming to Stanford, she says, “I was thinking in terms of understanding. Now I feel that I can start thinking in terms of creating.”
MB01EFCQPHW5XLLYear in review: Stanford 2023Stanford2023-12-20 | Visual highlights from 12 months on the Farm.
MB01PWNVEPEHBLOMaking gingerbread nerds with Stanford chef Raul Lacara and son Russell, 24Stanford2023-12-18 | Get the recipe ➡️ stanford.io/4apFjGeSilent Night 🎶Stanford2023-12-18 | A musical moment with math and computer science major Jadon Geathers, ’24.The watchwords are: BEAT CAL 🪓Stanford2023-11-18 | ...Bio-Cultural Diversity and Community-Based Conservation in OaxacaStanford2023-11-01 | A Bing Overseas Studies Program summer global seminar highlights gifts of global significance forged from the ancient interplay between indigenous communities and local ecosystems. Learn more about BOSP’s global seminars: https://bosp.stanford.edu/explore/global-seminars/home
MB01ROLPRFSD4TH MB01PG961U7M6SDSophisticated human biomechanics from smartphone videoStanford2023-10-19 | With synchronous video from a pair of smartphones, engineers at Stanford have created an open-source motion-capture app that democratizes the once-exclusive science of human movement – at 1% of the cost.
MB01OHI2XAHWTHMNavajo artists share expertise with studentsStanford2023-10-16 | Navajo artists Zefren Anderson and Robert Blackhat Jr. spent two and a half days working alongside Stanford Arts Intensive students this summer as they finished their silver jewelry projects.
MB01C1UVGSIAENTMeet TidyBot—a robot that provides personalized room cleanupStanford2023-10-03 | The one-armed “TidyBot” needs only a few starter examples to figure out how you like your stuff put away. TidyBot uses a large language model (a type of AI similar to the one used in ChatGPT) to rake in information from the internet and learn to identify broad categories of objects like clothes, food, and toys. This means you can give TidyBot just a few examples of where certain belongings go and it will understand to clean up similar items the same way — even if it’s never seen those items before. So far, in real-world tests, the robot can properly put away 85% of objects.
MB01BYU7EIWDBSIStanfords 133rd Opening Convocation CeremonyStanford2023-09-21 | New undergraduate first-year and transfer students and their families were welcomed to Stanford at the 133rd Opening Convocation Ceremony on September 19th, 2023, the formal inauguration of the academic year. Together with their new classmates, students participate in celebrating the beginning of Stanford's New Student Orientation at this time-honored tradition, held in Frost Amphitheater.Day in the life: Grace Soontornviwath, 25Stanford2023-09-21 | A Stanford junior takes us behind the scenes with the Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program. Follow along as she builds a benchtop heart model and enjoys campus with friends.
MB01KALLRDZ5KWKHighlights from Stanfords 133rd Convocation ceremonyStanford2023-09-21 | Thousands of new students, family members and guests gathered at Frost Amphitheater on Sept. 19 for Stanford’s 133rd Convocation ceremony, a time-honored tradition that serves as the formal inauguration of the academic year.
MB01OCSMI747SQBClass of 2027 Move-in DayStanford2023-09-19 | Stanford welcomed more than 4,500 frosh and transfer, graduate, and professional students to campus at the start of the 2023-24 academic year.
MB01EOW18OCXQAEWe are Stanford: Welcome to Fall 23Stanford2023-09-14 | Stanford celebrates the start of a new academic year, honoring our staff and faculty, and fostering a welcoming and inclusive community on campus.
MB01A6HGLRZFWQA MB01QLLF4IPPCSENoah Diffenbaugh answers the internets questions on climate changeStanford2023-09-13 | Is climate change driving natural disasters? Is it a social issue? Is it reversible? Answers from Noah Diffenbaugh, the Kara J Foundation Professor and Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow in Stanford's Doerr School of Sustainability.
MB01YM2BIQGPZP2Seeing the oceans in a new lightStanford2023-09-12 | Stanford scientists have developed a nanophotonic technology to help coastal communities around the world track changes to marine biodiversity and assess ocean health in real time.
MB01IQDPMRWWGC4 MB01MI1JMVSTB5TStanford University | Pursue your PassionsStanford2023-08-30 | At Stanford, pursuing your passions unlocks your potential . This Stanford University broadcast commercial was produced for the 2023-2024 athletic season. Learn more at Stanford.edu.Stanford students design and build a complex silver pendantStanford2023-07-10 | Stanford's Silver Pendant Project is a unique MAKING@STANFORD class in which 100 students from a wide array of disciplines and experience make a complex and meaningful silver pendant. Beginning with a basic introduction to design and CAD, students use a computer aided design tool to create a 3D model of their pendant design. Next, using machines and processes at the Product Realization Lab, students build a 3D printed version of their pendant. Finally, a lost-wax in-vestment casting process will create the finished silver pendant.
MB01WM2W0CMEFLWHow to tackle the worlds greatest sustainability challengesStanford2023-06-28 | A spring-quarter course taught by Stanford professors William Barnett and Chris Field asked students to consider solutions to global predicaments. “This new generation will be known as the greatest generation ... they will be building sustainability into everything they do.”
MB01O9BMTMBRG9UMeet Ziyad Gawish, ’23Stanford2023-06-25 | Ziyad Gawish, a first-generation student who grew up in Long Island, New York, graduated in June with a B.S. in computer science. He will return to campus in the fall to complete a master's degree in electrical engineering.
MB01GKMCQMBKQ5VThe Knight-Hennessy Scholar ExperienceStanford2023-06-22 | Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University cultivates a growing global community of visionary, courageous, and collaborative leaders committed to creating positive change in the world. The experience takes graduate school to a new level, giving scholars diverse perspectives and ways of thinking as well as a home and community where they will always belong.2023 Stanford Baccalaureate CeremonyStanford2023-06-21 | "The greatest source of awe is in you", Rabbi Angela Buchdahl tells graduating Stanford students.
Baccalaureate speakers Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl and Lusciana Gomez, ’23, reflected on the importance of cultivating amazement and appreciation in everyday life.2023 Commencement Highlights: John McEnroeStanford2023-06-19 | During Sunday’s Commencement ceremony honoring the Class of 2023, the tennis legend and former Stanford student-athlete shared lessons he learned from his life, career, and time on the Farm.
MB01IF2O1CPITVWStanford’s 2023 Commencement Wacky WalkStanford2023-06-18 | Stanford University’s nontraditional procession of graduates into Stanford Stadium.
MB01MBDLCX88OJMStanford 2023 Commencement CeremonyStanford2023-06-18 | Stanford's 132nd Commencement Ceremony celebrating the Class of 2023 took place at Stanford Stadium on June 18, 2023.2023 Stanford Commencement speech by John McEnroeStanford2023-06-18 | Tennis legend John McEnroe delivered the Commencement address at Stanford's 132nd Commencement Ceremony on June 18, 2023.2023 Stanford Baccalaureate HighlightsStanford2023-06-17 | Stanford's Baccalaureate ceremony, a multifaith celebration for graduating students and their families and friends, included a student reflection delivered by Lusciana Gomez, '23, and a keynote address by Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl.Meet Tina Wong, 23Stanford2023-06-16 | Tina Wong, a veteran and transfer student from San Jose, California, will graduate in June with a degree in economics. After moving to Chicago, she plans to pursue a career supporting clean energy initiatives in the nonprofit or public sector. She is a winner of the Stanford Alumni Association’s J.E. Wallace Sterling Award, which recognizes a graduating senior whose leadership and volunteer activities have made a significant impact on the campus community.
MB01LKG3VHPCUERMeet Nadia Hemmat, ’23Stanford2023-06-13 | Nadia Hemmat, a transfer student from San Mateo, California, graduates in June with a bachelor’s degree in human biology. Motivated by her experience as a female athlete and her family’s generational transformation, she will pursue a career in global women’s health.
MB01U4BJ1CWLKNHMeet Sean and Caitlin Casey, 23Stanford2023-06-06 | The twins grew up outside of South Bend, Indiana, older siblings to another twin pair and children of legal scholars. They will graduate in June with bachelor’s degrees in economics and public policy, respectively, and are pursuing coterminal master’s degrees in management science and engineering.
MB01UPRFWG1CMGLMeet Ecy King, 23Stanford2023-05-23 | Ecy King, a senior class president and Major Grant recipient, graduates in June with a bachelor’s degree in symbolic systems. Her educational comic book "Bit by Bit," designed to make computer science approachable and fun, will be printed by Stanford University Press for use by future students.
MB016G7C29JNEDV52nd Annual Stanford PowwowStanford2023-05-17 | Stanford Powwow is a celebration of life, traditions, ancestors and Indigeneity. The theme for this year is Intertribal Unity - a reflection of the importance of unity within our communities and celebration of this connection.Meet the 43rd Stanford TreeStanford2023-05-16 | Grayson Armour grew up on his family’s dairy farm in Carlinville, Illinois, where nightly views of the Milky Way inspired a fascination with distant horizons. After graduating from Stanford with a BS in aerospace computational engineering and an MS in aeronautics and astronautics, he plans to attend the Navy’s Officer Candidate School and then to pursue a career in human spaceflight. #Stanford2023