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BY MATTHEW RENDA SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) – Google’s semi-secret research and development wing has been toying with how to store energy generated by renewable sources like solar and wind. Alphabet X…
I grew up in Oakland, CA, where I was a good student, but never planned on applying for Stanford. Why? Because the application fee was $60. "No point in wasting money when I'm not even going…
By Alex Shashkevich Advanced algorithms shape and guide our every step in the online world. They are also increasingly penetrating everyday life as more sectors of society, from finance and health…
By Clifton B. Parker Edwards: knowledge and information infrastructures Edwards, a professor in University of Michigan’s School of Information and history department, studies the history, politics,…
STS 123: “Making of a Nuclear World: History, Politics, and Culture” explores the creation of nuclear weapons and its consequences. The class focuses on perspectives from ethnically and…
This is the “gateway” course for the program in Science, Technology and Society. It means that I and two colleagues have the chance to introduce students to this interdisciplinary major that is…
The STS Intersect Journal released its Spring 2017 issue today. Content includes information about cyber attacks in the healthcare industry, an interview with Professor David Magnus about bioethics…
Ending food waste Stanford students Matthew Rusk, ’17, and Kaitlin Schroeder, ’19, partnered with Matt Rothe, the co-founder of Stanford’s FEED Collaborative, an academic program in sustainable food…
A recent ceremony honored 33 prize winners representing 26 departments from the three Stanford schools with undergraduate programs – Humanities and Sciences; Engineering; and Earth, Energy &…
Stanford seniors Bradley Wo and Zhengyuan Ma have been named 2017 Yenching Scholars and will receive full scholarships for a one-year master’s degree in Chinese Studies at Yenching Academy of Peking…
STS Associate Director, Kyoko Sato, holds the 'Making the World Nuclear After Hiroshima' Conference. "How did the world experience and respond to the 1945 atomic bombings? What did Hiroshima come to…
STS Student, Solomon Thomas, was recently drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. Thomas spent five years in Australia in his youth, but his return to the States allowed him to develop first into one of…
Three years ago, a group of Stanford faculty and staff came together to discuss the scholarly value of games and interactive media. These discussions resulted in the weekly Interactive Media and…
STS Alumna, Maya Amoils, shares her experience at Stanford in BEAM's Youtube series: Unpluggued. She even touches on being an STS peer advisor! Maya is currently a Content and Music Marketer at…
LONDA SCHIEBINGER, John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science, will receive the Presidential Recognition Award from the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) at its annual award…
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