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Article By Henry T. Greely Q&A with Sharon Driscoll "Last month, He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, announced the birth of the world’s first gene-edited babies, whose DNA had been edited to reduce…
Article written by Melissa De Witte"Last week, the White House suspended a reporter’s press credential after a tense exchange during a news conference. While some have called it an unprecedented move…
Article Written By Chris Bliss "Seven faculty members have been named or reappointed Bass University Fellows for 2018-19 in recognition of their exceptional contributions to undergraduate education…
Article written by Alex Shashkevich "A Stanford-developed virtual reality experience, called “Becoming Homeless,” is helping expand research on how this new immersive technology affects people’s…
Article written by Carrie Spector "Brandon Simmons, a captain for the Stanford Cardinal football team, remembers sustaining his first concussion during a high school game in Arlington, Texas…
Article Written by Melissa De Witte "Every August, fire-breathing dancers, costumed performers and free-thinking artists gather in the Nevada desert to celebrate Burning Man, a countercultural event…
Article Written by Stanford Engineering Staff"Sarah Billington began her career in civil engineering studying concrete, a remarkable material that has literally shaped the world as we know it.…
Article Written By Andrew Myers, Stanford Engineering "In the quest for clean alternative energy sources, hydrogen is a favorite. It releases a lot of energy when burned — with a bonus: The…
Two STS students were recently drafted to the National Football League. Harrison Phillips was selected to the Buffalo Bills, and tight end Dalton Schultz was selected to the Dallas Cowboys.  …
Article Written by  Bruno Martín "Todos los días crece el conocimiento científico. En las próximas 24 horas se publicarán cientos de estudios con los descubrimientos más recientes, pero la mitad…
Article written by Katy Gabel "Scott D. Sagan, the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science, has been named a 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Sagan is an STS affiliated faculty member, a…
Article Written by Melissa De Witte "Nine Stanford faculty members are among the 213 new members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which honors exceptional scholars, leaders,…
A digital map created by Stanford undergraduates is helping to reveal what social change looks like by tracking the geospatial footprint of decades of activism on campus.   Read the full…
Article Written By Taylor Kubota Three Stanford University scholars have been awarded 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships. This prestigious honor recognizes mid-career scholars, artists and scientists who…
Article written by Alex Shashkevich"Artificial intelligence systems and machine-learning algorithms have come under fire recently because they can pick up and reinforce existing biases in our society…
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