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Institutions RSS FeedsStanford psychologists examine how race affects juvenile sentencing - A new study by Stanford psychologists examines how race affects the prison sentences of children. It finds that if people imagine a juvenile offender to be black, they are more willing to hand down severe penalties to all juveniles....Feed Source: news.stanford.edu Stanford Shakespeare Company's Romeo and Juliet brings the feuding families of Verona together for a eulogy - The all-student theater company tweaks the classic tale by staging a ceremony of remembrance for the dead lovers.... Turkish president tells Stanford audience, 'this is the age of people's empowerment' - In Stanford speech, Turkish President Abdullah Gül praised the technological innovations that have come out of the university as critical to expanding freedom and enabling world democracies.... Engineers use plasmonics to create an invisible photodetector - A team of engineers at Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania has for the first time used "plasmonic cloaking" to create a device that can see without being seen ? an invisible machine that detects light.... Stanford scholars examine big money's influence on elections - Scholars and Washington insiders gathered at a SIEPR conference to tackle questions about whether money is corrupting politics and whether the economy can predict who will be president.... Planned Parenthood president speaks to Stanford on mobilizing for reproductive health in the 21st century - Cecile Richards explained the importance of looking to the next generation, the possibilities offered by new technologies and why Planned Parenthood is arguably stronger than ever.... TEDxStanford 'illuminates' rich intellectual diversity - Saturday's TEDxStanford featured inspiring presentations and performances, addressing subjects ranging from early cancer detection to the consequences of misguided philanthropy and the joys of unconventional musical composition.... Senate approves Ways of Thinking, Ways of Doing breadth requirement - Starting in 2013, Stanford's baccalaureate breadth requirements will be based on a model that promotes the acquisition and development of "essential capacities." ... Tony Blair urges Stanford students to help out in Africa - The former prime minister of Great Britain said that much-needed economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa cannot go forward without improvements in governance.... Stanford alumnus Jeffrey Raikes to join university's Board of Trustees - Jeffrey Raikes, who earned his bachelor's degree from Stanford in 1980, has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to Stanford through financial support for the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and the Center on Food Security and the Environment. He and his wife established the Jeff and Tricia Raikes Undergraduate Scholarship Fund to ensure that students admitted to Stanford from rural and inner-city schools have an opportunity to attend the university.... Stanford's Eavan Boland defines what it means to be a 'woman poet' - Through poetry and prose, Stanford professor and acclaimed poet Eavan Boland shares how being a woman, wife and mother influenced her work.... Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium announces $7.5 million in grants to lower the cost of large-scale solar power - A total of $7.5 million will go to 18 research teams at Stanford, UC-Berkeley and three national laboratories.... Stanford scientists document fragile land-sea ecological chain - Intricate, often invisible chains of life are threatened with extinction around the world. A new study quantifies one of the longest such chains ever documented.... Fluid nature of art in Nigeria's Benue River Valley comes alive in Stanford exhibition - Sculptural works in Cantor Arts Center exhibition tell stories, reflect values and express the relationships between Benue River peoples and their environment.... Senate to continue discussion on undergraduate breadth requirements - At the May 17 meeting of the Faculty Senate, discussion will continue on the proposed structure of Ways of Thinking, Ways of Doing, a new model of breadth requirements recommended in the Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford.... Copyright © 2012, Golf Information 4 U. All Rights Reserved. |