Stanford in the News
San Jose Mercury News 7.20.08Stanford scientists track turtles' migration
he world is now one step closer to saving the endangered leatherback turtle. Stanford University researcher George Shillinger led the first major tracking of the turtles, and the findings, published last week, show a distinct migration pattern. More >
Guardian 7.19.08Brutal beginnings: Profile of Tobias Wolff
This profile of Tobias Woff, professor of English, traces his fiction from his childhood to his latest work of short stories, "Our Story Begins." More >
Times of London 7.17.08Coming second can be a winner
Public speakers, entertainers and politicians know that a good act is tough to follow. Now research from Zakary Tormala, an associate professor of marketing at Stanford Graduate School of Business,and two colleagues suggests that the same is true for anything designed to persuade ? be it a television advert, speech or information campaign. More >
Billboard magazine 7.14.08Rock hip-hop festival features Stanford climate scientists
Professors Stephen Schneider and Terry Root ran a climate change symposium to accompany the inaugural Rothbury Festival. More >
San Francisco Chronicle 7.13.08Stanford plans to expand, modernize hospital
Some of the West's most cutting-edge medicine is practiced at Stanford Hospital in an Eisenhower-era facility built when heart and bone marrow transplants were a distant dream. Now plans are moving forward to replace the old hospital with a new one on the leading edge of innovation - designed to set the standard for safety and being flexible enough to accommodate yet-to-be-imagined medical technology. More >
Los Angeles Times 7.7.08Yeah, these philosophy professors will give it some thought
Stanford professors Ken Taylor and John Perry host "Philosophy Talk," believed to be the nation's only weekly live call-in radio talk show dedicated to the philosophical. More >
Newsweek 7.7.08Putting rich farmers first
High food prices have been bad news for consumers, but they have revealed even worse news about the tendencies of government. Soaring crop prices offer a tremendous opportunity for smart reforms and real economic development, writes Stanford's David Victor, professor of law and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Woods Institute for the Environment. More >
San Francisco Chronicle 7.6.08Navigating 2,600 years of children's literature
Stanford Professor Seth Lerer's new book, "Children's literature: A reader's history from Aesop to Harry Potter," reveals the powerful role books play in shaping a child's imagination. More >
Palo Alto Weekly 7.5.08Two more Stanford grads earn Olympic berths
Julia Camarena qualifies in women's shot put; Ben Wildman-Tobriner makes it in swimming's 50 free. More >
Palo Alto Online 7.3.08Study could help predict in-vitro fertilization
Researchers at Stanford have developed a method they say can increase the ability to predict whether a woman will become pregnant through in-vitro fertilization. More >
Chronicle of Higher Education 6.30.08Stanford's Education School requires open access
The School of Education will require faculty members to allow the university to place their published articles in a free online database. More >
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal 6.30.08Stanford researchers get $5.6 million in stem cell grants
Four researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine have received stem cell grants totaling about $5.6 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. More >
Oregonian 6.27.08Op-ed: The horror that is Violet's home.
Knight Fellow Rick Attig writes about another of the fellows, Violet Gonda, a Zimbabwean journalist in exile. More >
Santa Cruz Sentinel 6.27.08Giant squid found in Monterey Bay
Professor Bill Gilly is part of the research team studying a huge squid found in Monterey Bay. More >
New York Times 6.27.08Op-ed: Your brain lies to you
Two Stanford studies are cited in this discussion of why the brain stores false information. More >
Christian Science Monitor 6.26.08Weeding out the hype: New research on biofuel
In the quest to shift to biofuels, one approach that has gained a following involves growing perennial grasses on abandoned or degraded crop and pasture land. In principle, the grasses grown there can be turned into fuel without jacking up food prices or degrading the environment. Researchers at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and Stanford University are raising a yellow flag, however. With existing technologies, don?t count on this approach to supply more than about 8 percent of global energy needs and remain sustainable ? even if 100 percent of these lands worldwide grew grasses to fuel the masses. More >
New York Times 6.22.08In search of perfect harmony, through software
Julius O. Smith III, a professor of music and associate professor of electrical engineering at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford, comments on a computer program designed to correct mistakes in musicians' piano riffs and guitar accompaniments as easily as software now fixes the red eyes in digital photographs. More >
People 6.20.08Pomp and circumstance: Oprah Winfrey at the Stanford Commencement
Oprah Winfrey was in a celebratory mood as she congratulated the Class of 2008 at its commencement. More >
Sacramento Bee 6.19.08Op-ed: Facts show that same-sex couples are fine parents
With California voters preparing to consider an amendment to bar gay marriage, Michael J. Rosenfeld, assistant professor of sociology, shows that there is ample evidence that same-sex couples make good parents. More >
USA Today 6.19.08Book Buzz: McClellan, Russert and Oprah's commencement gifts
Oprah Winfrey's gift of two books to the 2008 graduates at the June 15 Commencement was a surprise to one of the authors. More >
Palo Alto Weekly 6.18.08Using technology to rediscover history
Professors from Stanford and George Mason University unveiled an online database for history teachers, teachinghistory.org earlier this month. More >
Today (Singapore) 6.16.08The best of both worlds: Stanford engineering department in unique joint venture with Nanyang Technologicial University
Nanyang Technological University's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Stanford's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are collaborating on a program that prepares students for careers in a field that includes wastewater management, water quality, air pollution and environmental microbiology. More >
New York Times 6.15.08The love song of R. Buckminster Fuller
Researchers who have begun exploring R. Buckminster Fuller?s personal archives, deposited in 1999 at the Stanford University library by his family, are gleaning new insights about his life. The Whitney Museum is about to open an exhibition of Fuller?s work. More >
Palo Alto Weekly 6.13.08Stanford baseball program loses longtime administrative associate
Kathy Wolff, who worked in the Stanford athletic department for 23 years, including the last 21 as an administrative associate to the baseball and women's volleyball programs, passed away unexpectedly in her sleep on Wednesday. More >
Boston Globe 6.13.08Stanford biologist accepts $100K Sophie Prize
Gretchen Daily, professor of biology and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, received the prize for her efforts to show the economic benefits of protecting the environment. More >
