Stanford in the News

Cory Booker forms Senate campaign committee

Feature on Stanford alumnus Cory Booker

How Oscar nominations affect the box office

This piece cites a report by statistics graduate student Edmund Helmer on impact of Oscar wins.

Can Meg Whitman reverse Hewlett-Packard's free fall?

This piece quotes Leslie Berlin, project historian for the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford.

A step backward in bank regulations

This editorial quotes Graduate School of Business Professor Anat Admati.

'Forsaken by the West': Obama and the betrayal of democracy in Bahrain

Larry Diamond, senior fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Hoover Institution, wrote this opinion piece.

How a subtle difference in attitude transformed a small store into a global brand

Article cites research by Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck.

Uncertainties of medical marijuana make it unsafe for children

Seth Ammerman, clinical professor of pediatrics, wrote this opinion piece.

Ponnuru: Why a debt-ceiling fight is good for the country

This opinion piece quotes John Cogan, senior fellow at Hoover Institution and professor in the Public Policy Program at Stanford Institute for Public Policy Research.

Some corals are 'always prepared' to take the heat

One of a few articles that describe work by Stephen Palumbi, professor in marine sciences and senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.

Audi follows Google's lead, gets pass for driverless cars

One of a few articles on the Audi TTS, which was developed jointly by the Volkswagen Group Electronics Research Lab in Silicon Valley and Stanford.

New performance halls expected to change cultural landscape

Feature story on the Bing Concert Hall quotes Jenny Bilfield, executive and artistic director of Stanford Live.

Design thinking

Feature piece on d. school founder David Kelley.

Fact or fiction: Does a spoon in the bottle keep champagne bubbly?

Article quotes Richard Zare, professor of chemistry.

Knowing you carry a cancer gene

Student Emma Pierson wrote this first-person piece.

Ballet isn't rocket science, but the two aren't mutually exclusive, either

Retired dancer Aaron Thayer, who is a bioengineering student at Stanford, is among the people featured.

Tensions between Japan and South Korea complicate picture for U.S.

Article quotes Daniel Sneider, associate director for research, Asia Pacific Research Center, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

California Republicans target top U.S. public-worker pay

Article quotes David Crane, research scholar at Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and lecturer in public policy

Flexible solar cells can stick to just about any surface

This piece features research of Xiaolin Zheng, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford.

Is Gen Y delusional about how to have a successful career?

Article cites Tina Seelig, executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.

How to manage your former peers

Post to the Best Practices blog quotes Robert Sutton, professor of management science and engineering.

US policy gridlock may not be holding back economy

Article quotes Nicholas Bloom, professor of economics

Stanford innovation: Self-healing skin, easier drink pouring, and a new kind of jump rope

This piece describes research by students Ben Tee, Joe Gettinger, Daniel Haarburger and Agatha Bacelar.

South Korea vote will change policy toward North

Article quotes David Straub, associate director of the Korean Studies Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.

Mystery of mass squid deaths possibly solved

This piece features research of William Gilly, professor at Hopkins Marine Station.

A collection that identifies California as a world apart

This feature article on Stanford's acquisition of McLaughlin map collection quotes Julie Sweetkind-Singer, map librarian.