Stanford University

Overview Academics Admissions Student Life Tuition/Aid News Hangouts

1. Stanford humanities scholars harness the power of crowdsourcing In a process known as crowdsourcing, researchers at Stanford's Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis are incorporating the knowledge and resources of the public into three digital humanities research projects. 2. Stanford visiting artist Robert Henke to perform a 'musical machine' Robert Henke, Stanford's 2013 Mohr Visiting Artist, will perform a computer-driven musical performance Thursday and Friday at the Bing Concert Hall Studio. The piece comprises sounds Henke recorded at and around Stanford. 3. The Golden Gate returns to Stanford May 30 Stanford celebrates a remarkable collaboration: Vikram Seth's sonnets become sound in Conrad Cummings' opera, which has been called one of the best of the new century. Seth's novel-in-verse was born at Stanford in the 1980s. 4. Stanford physicists develop revolutionary low-power polariton laser Stanford physicists have created a new method of producing coherent matter beams. The new low-power laser system could one day be used in everything from consumer goods to quantum computers. 5. Three Stanford staff members honored at Amy J. Blue Award ceremony Stanford celebrated the accomplishments of the 2013 Amy J. Blue Award winners last week with an afternoon ceremony and reception in Lagunita Courtyard. 6. Stanford adds two new freshman living, learning programs ITALIC, which will focus on the arts, and SIMILE, which will concentrate on science, will open in the fall, offering freshmen a new way to combine living and learning in a thematic, residence-based educational program while meeting undergraduate requirements. 7. Stanford engineers' new nanoscavenger purifies water, gets retrieved by magnet Stanford engineers have developed a synthetic nanoparticle to be used in water purification that, unlike its peers, can be quickly and completely removed magnetically after it does its job disinfecting, depolluting and desalinating contaminated water. 8. Faculty Senate explores the future of the doctoral degree At Thursday's Faculty Senate meeting, a panel discussed new initiatives designed to prepare PhD candidates for today's job market, including a program that would expose them to careers as high school teachers.  9. Frogs in California harbor deadly amphibian pathogen, Stanford study finds The African clawed frog, which were brought to the U.S. a century ago, harbor a fungal infection that is decimating amphibian populations worldwide, according to a School of Medicine study of these frogs in California. 10. Earth's iron core is surprisingly weak, Stanford researchers say The researchers used a diamond anvil cell to squeeze iron at pressures as high as 3 million times that felt at sea level to recreate conditions at the center of Earth. The findings could refine theories of how the planet and its core evolved.