http://news.stanford.edu Latest news headlines from Stanford University. Copyright (C) Stanford University en-us http://news.stanford.edu/images/srdot.gif http://news.stanford.edu http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/2013-commence-weekend-061613.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/2013-commence-weekend-061613.html More than 25,000 family members and friends gathered for Stanford's 122nd Commencement weekend. The keynote of Sunday's Commencement ceremony was an address by Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/baccalaureate-address-kaur-061513.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/baccalaureate-address-kaur-061513.html When facing the dangers of a courageous life, have faith, alumna Valarie Kaur told the graduates at Baccalaureate, a multi-faith celebration of thanksgiving and inspiration. "Faith in God or faith in goodness, faith that love can conquer death and darkness and despair, faith in yourself, faith in each other." Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/classday-address-sahami-061513.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/classday-address-sahami-061513.html In the 2013 Class Day Lecture, Mehran Sahami, associate professor of computer science, encouraged students to take charge of their future and to be fearless in the face of failure. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/chocolate-heads-year-061413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/chocolate-heads-year-061413.html Students in Stanford's Chocolate Heads Movement Band conclude a year of rehearsals, performance and personal development. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/faculty-senate-five-061413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/faculty-senate-five-061413.html The featured speakers at the final senate meeting of the year were Harry J. Elam Jr., vice provost for undergraduate education, and David Abernethy, chair of the Stanford Emeriti Council. The senate also bid a humorous adieu to departing chair Ray Levitt. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/turkey-qna-alemdaroglu-061313.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/turkey-qna-alemdaroglu-061313.html Ayça Alemdaroglu, a lecturer at Stanford, explains how demonstrations over plans to bulldoze an Istanbul park turned into a broader indictment of the government’s ruling party. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/khatib-robotics-class-061313.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/khatib-robotics-class-061313.html Robotics students put their programming chops to work by teaching robots to play golf, stack dominoes and swat balloons. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/commencement-weekend-setup-061313.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/commencement-weekend-setup-061313.html Graduates, family and friends are invited to use the new Stanford Events app with a special Commencement Weekend tile to help make their way around campus to the many exciting events celebrating graduation. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/open-source-platform-061113.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/open-source-platform-061113.html As Stanford marks the one-year anniversary of its newest effort to develop online learning opportunities, it begins offering summer courses on the newly open-source OpenEdX platform. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/new-recreation-center-061113.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/new-recreation-center-061113.html At the new center on Santa Teresa Street, faculty, students and staff will find basketball, volleyball and badminton courts, rooms for yoga, dance and weight training, and the 50-meter, outdoor Avery Recreation Pool. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/faculty-senate-survey-061213.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/faculty-senate-survey-061213.html  Vice Provost Harry J. Elam Jr. will also share results of 2013 Faculty Survey Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/slac-music-xray-061013.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/slac-music-xray-061013.html Thanks to scientists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, audiences can hear a 200-year-old opera by composer Luigi Cherubini in full for the first time in centuries. Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/thinking-matters-networking-061013.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/thinking-matters-networking-061013.html An interdisciplinary freshman course shows students how networking predates Facebook by hundreds, even millions of years. Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/awards-excellence-diversity-060713.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/awards-excellence-diversity-060713.html This year's individual winners are Robert M. Gray, professor emeritus of electrical engineering, and Hannah A. Valantine, professor of cardiovascular medicine and senior associate dean for diversity and leadership in the School of Medicine. This year's program winner is the ASSU Community Action Board. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/spring-summer-slideshow-060613.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/spring-summer-slideshow-060613.html Warmer weather and longer days mean spring is turning into summer on the Farm. All over campus, the Stanford community is taking advantage of warm, sunny days to enjoy the outdoors. University photographer Linda Cicero captured some of the scenes. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT