Former Stanford tennis standout advances at the Bank of the West Classic
Backed by a crowd of vocal Stanford supporters at Taube Family Tennis Stadium, NICOLE GIBBS, a former Cardinal standout, held on for a 6-4, 7-5 victory over CAROLINE GARCIA on Monday afternoon at the...
View ArticleAncient oak tree comes back to life
An ancient coast live oak on Serra Street that was cut down to a stump in the summer of 2008, after it had collapsed branch by giant branch, has come back to life. In recent years, two sturdy new stems...
View ArticleFrom Stanford’s Braun Music Hall to the Big Apple
“Surreal and wonderful” is how Stanford alumnus LOUIS LAGALANTE described presenting the opening number from his original musical Mirror Image at the New York Musical Theater Festival this summer....
View ArticleStanford to host Football Open House this weekend
The Stanford football program will host its annual Open House on Saturday, Aug. 22. The day’s activities begin with an open practice at the Elliott Practice Fields from 10 a.m. until noon. Immediately...
View ArticleStanford oncologist talks about her life in medicine and literature
Stanford oncologist CHARLOTTE JACOBS, MD, loved reading biographies as a child. But it wasn’t until years later, while on sabbatical at Stanford, that she decided to take a creative writing course and...
View ArticleLucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford: Five transplants in 48 hours
Weekends at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford can be busy, but one recent weekend in July yielded a remarkable 48-hour whirlwind of multiple organ transplants. It started Friday night, July...
View ArticleFaculty Club will celebrate 50 years on Lagunita Drive this fall
In 1965, a long-awaited new Faculty Club facility, made possible by a gift from the estate of Lucie Stern, opened for business on Lagunita Drive. This fall, the Faculty Club will celebrate that 50th...
View ArticleFree sample fitness classes for the Stanford community
Stanford’s Health Improvement Program (HIP) and Stanford Recreation are offering free group fitness classes for members of the Stanford community Monday, Aug. 31, through Friday, Sept. 4. Try TRX or...
View ArticleStanford Earth hosts middle and high school teachers
When is the next big earthquake? How do computers predict the weather? How does global environmental change affect me? Do I have to make different choices? According to middle and high school teachers...
View ArticleStanford scholar Linda Darling-Hammond launches educational think tank
Stanford education Professor Emerita LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND has a new project – and it comes in the form of a think tank. Darling-Hammond, the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Emerita, aims...
View ArticleThe life of Stanford’s resident assistants
WHEN HECTOR PEREZ-CANTALAPIEDRA, ’15, arrived at Larkin as a freshman, about 3,600 miles from his home in Puerto Rico, the presence of his dorm’s six dedicated and friendly staffers eased his...
View ArticleStanford Health Library moves to new home
The Stanford Health Library, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, is a free community resource for medical and health information. Started in a small storefront in the Stanford Shopping...
View ArticleArun Majumdar named co-director of Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy
ARUN MAJUMDAR, a professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford, has been named co-director of the university’s Precourt Institute for Energy. He will serve with the current director, SALLY M. BENSON,...
View ArticleThe Shaolin Monks return to perform, teach at Stanford
On Friday, Sept. 18, at noon, the world-famous Shaolin Monks will return to demonstrate their kung fu and qigong skills on the lawn on Campus Drive West between the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and...
View ArticleMedia roundtable at Stanford’s Hoover Institution provides opportunity to...
The Hoover Institution’s fall media roundtable was a prime opportunity to showcase the think tank’s brainpower as the 2016 presidential campaign ramps up. Indeed, the theme of the two-day roundtable on...
View ArticleStanford scholars co-author book featuring the faces of extinction
What are the faces of extinction? In a photo-rich new book, The Annihilation of Nature: Human Extinction of Birds and Mammals, Stanford renowned population biologist PAUL EHRLICH tells the stories of...
View ArticleStanford’s Anderson Collection wins prestigious architecture award
The Anderson Collection at Stanford University has won a 2015 Award of Excellence, the highest level of honor, from the American Institute of Architects, New York State (AIANY). Designed by RICHARD...
View ArticleStanford graduate students named Siebel Scholars
Fifteen Stanford graduate students in business, computer science and bioengineering were recently named 2016 Siebel Scholars for outstanding academic performance and leadership in their fields. The...
View ArticleStanford expert talks about reducing stress, enhancing resilience and...
As manager for resilience, stress management and contemplation programs for the Health Improvement Program (HIP) and BeWell, TIA RICH, designs, teaches and directs programs that help Stanford...
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