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Jonathan Levin's path to the presidency
58+ min ago (1762+ words) Sitting in a freshman honors math class, one student could only describe the material being furiously written on the board by the professor as "completely incomprehensible." Apart from the math itself, it was an unusual day in class " Professor Peter…...
A data-driven reflection on coterminal degrees
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (272+ words) It's senior spring and I am slowly but surely coming to terms with the fact that my time on the Farm is nearing an end. In the first few weeks of the quarter, I was overwhelmed with activities. From degree…...
From the Community | Sign Cardinal Courage's letter
21+ hour, 37+ min ago (303+ words) Audrey Shafer, M. D. "83 is a professor emeritus of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine." Your voice matters. Student privacy matters. Cardinal Courage, a Stanford alumni-led (allies welcome!) group urges you to sign an open letter to University president Jonathan Levin "94 and Dean…...
The DOJ is targeting Stanford Medicine's nonexistent problem
2+ day, 28+ min ago (858+ words) The Stanford Daily Against the DOJ's investigation into Stanford Medicine The views of this article solely represent those of the authors, not necessarily their institution. Brian Zhang and Tumi Akeke are first-year medical students, and Akeke is president of the…...
Karen Russell will teach her first workshop at Stanford
1+ week, 6+ day ago (702+ words) Karen Russell, the New York Times best-selling author of six novels and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was named a tenured English professor on Jan. 1. This quarter, she is teaching ENGLISH 390: Graduate Fiction Workshop, a course open…...
From the Community | Stanford loves innovation. Its bureaucracy does not.
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (167+ words) But in the process of trying to build that kind of vibrant, student climate community, I ran headfirst into the countless layers of institutional bureaucracy that quietly shape campus life. Again and again, I found myself fighting tooth and nail…...
GSC passes bill to allow proctoring, advocates improvements for graduate housing
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (449+ words) The Graduate Student Council (GSC) passed the Joint Bill on Proctoring Following the Conclusion of the AIWG Proctoring Pilot at its Thursday meeting. The bill, whose guidelines will be modified and monitored by the Board of Conduct Affairs (BCA), must…...
Ph. D. candidates present research at annual Three Minute Thesis competition
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (668+ words) 10 Stanford Ph. D. students took the stage at Hauck Auditorium on Thursday to present their dissertation research in three minutes or less at Stanford's second annual Three Minute Thesis (3 MT) competition. AJ Phillips, a sixth year Ph. D. candidate in electrical engineering,…...
The ASSU's Presidential Debate
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (51+ words) The Stanford Daily The ASSU's Presidential Debate The Stanford Daily co-hosted a debate with all three ASSU Presidential Slates (FARM-RASIED, No Brakes and BUILT DIFFERENT) Tuesday. Taber Cannon is the Vol. 269 Video Managing Editor and previously was the Vol. 267 Video…...
Junior class president race sees SPARK run uncontested
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (207+ words) The 2026 junior class president's race will feature only a single candidate slate, with SPARK seeking to continue its leadership from sophomore year. SPARK is composed of Angela Li '28, Anura Bracey '28, Jasper Karlson '28 and Asad Gilani '28. Samuel Chen '28 is a "proxy…...