The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (City of Arts and Sciences) in Valencia, Spain, is absolutely not lacking in wow factor. When visiting Valencia, you can glimpse its towers and domes in the distance when standing on ancient city gates and see the complex’s daunting size when you [...]

This post is being cross-posted from Urbanter, the official student blog of the Program on Urban Studies.  On Wednesday I was lucky enough to be invited to the Institute for the Future’s Technology Horizons 2011 Fall Conference for a workshop on the bottom-up innovations of the smart city. I will be writing [...]

dedicated to Isaac Takushi noise pollution deafening my ears from all directions to say Waikiki is paradise would be a misconception where’s tranquility in the city of tropical fantasy? many here are of a plastic pedigree on their smart phones with the attitude, “don’t bother me” except to pause for [...]

On my recent trip to Zion, the most prevalent animals I saw surprisingly reminded me of being back on campus at Stanford. On a hike to the Emerald Pools, we saw the largest tadpoles I had ever seen and were able to spot some full grown frogs like this one [...]

We’re pleased to share with you the next installment of Sabrina Bedford’s writings about her arts internship in Houston, Texas. Sabrina has been working with Dan Phillips – an artist, a builder of houses largely made out of recycled and salvaged materials, and the founder of the building initiative Phoenix [...]

I took this picture on a weekend trip to Zion National Park. My friends and I hiked up to the top of Angel’s Landing and were rewarded with breathtaking views of the valley floor. Like other national parks including Yosemite and Bryce Canyon, Zion has an efficient shuttle system.  In [...]