Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Stanford University

Internet goes berserk over Stanford ‘language guide’ that discourages use of ‘American’ and ‘survivor’

STANFORD, Calif. — From the internet to the national media to the holiday dinner table, much of the country has seemed to be up in arms in recent weeks over a newly discovered Stanford University “language guide” that discourages the use of words like “American,” “survivor” and “freshman” — steps…

Tribune News Service

A Former Obama Drug Policy Adviser Blames 'Libertarianism' for 'Fueling San Francisco's Drug Crisis'

Stanford University psychologist Keith Humphreys misconstrues libertarianism and ignores its critique of prohibition's deadly impact.

Reason

What Jacob Rees-Mogg, Alan Sugar and the Daily Mail get wrong about home working

While the right rails against ‘lazy layabouts’ and ‘woke workplaces’, workers know productivity and happiness can improve, says professor of organisational behaviour André Spicer

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Stanford ‘harmful language’ list includes words ‘American’ and ‘survivor’

The university’s initiative “is a multi-phase, multi-year project to address harmful language in IT at Stanford”

The Independent UK

Meet Elon Musk's favorite new doctor

The right's new darling is a Stanford doctor who is mistrustful of mRNA vaccines and lockdowns

Salon

Stanford fields new questions about internship program named for Nazi war criminal

New attention shined on a decades old program at Stanford University this week, when a political writer raised questions about an internship named for a long-dead industrialist who used slave labor to support the Nazi regime and was convicted of war crimes.

Tribune News Service

Stanford law professors are entangled in Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX mess—and SBF’s father withdrew from an upcoming class

Bankman-Fried’s father—and his colleague—are reportedly consulting with the disgraced founder of the crypto exchange, who was raised on the prestigious university’s campus.

Fortune

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

How the pandemic aged teen brains

The trauma and stress of living through the pandemic structurally changed and aged the brains of adolescents by at least 3-to-4 years, found a Stanford University study on Thursday.

Axios

Pandemic stress prematurely aged teens’ brains, Stanford study finds

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Stanford University study published Thursday found that stress from the COVID-19 pandemic prematurely aged adolescents’ brains, making them more like those of peers about three years older.

Tribune News Service

Stanford Band Apologizes for Offensive Halftime Skit vs. BYU

The Cardinal band performed an act in its halftime show that “did not reflect the university’s values of religious freedom and diversity, inclusion and belonging.”

Sports Illustrated

Stanford president’s research under fire for potential scientific misconduct, report says

SAN JOSE, Calif. — An academic research organization is “looking into” allegations of scientific misconduct involving Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the president of Stanford University, after online posts challenged the authenticity of multiple images published in a paper he co-authored.

Tribune News Service

Family of Stanford soccer player Katie Meyer sues school over her suicide death

LOS ANGELES — The parents of Katie Meyer have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Stanford University months after the 22-year-old soccer captain was found dead in her dorm room.

Los Angeles Times

Could these antiviral pills treat long COVID?

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Could Paxlovid solve one of the pandemic’s biggest puzzles? A new study at Stanford University aims to find out.

Tribune News Service

Parents of Ex-Stanford Goalie Suing School for Wrongful Death

Katie Meyer’s family claims Stanford’s handling of a disciplinary process involving their late daughter led to her death.

Sports Illustrated

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Akshata Murty: Who is Rishi Sunak’s wife?

Believed to be richer than the late Queen, the 42-year-old daughter of Indian IT billionaire NR Narayana Murty captured the heart of Britain’s chancellor during their time at Stanford University

Reason

Never Lock Down Again? Jay Bhattacharya vs. Sten Vermund

Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya debates Yale's Sten Vermund on COVID-19 lockdowns, focused protection, and the Great Barrington Declaration.

Reason

Were COVID lockdowns a deadly mistake? Jay Bhattacharya vs. Sten Vermund

Two public health experts debate the merits of lockdowns and focused protection

Daily Mirror

Man accused of pretending to be a uni student and living in halls for nearly a year

William Curry allegedly pretended to be a student at the university and when he was kicked out of one campus he'd just walk straight into another one, telling very similar lies each time

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Man falsely posing as Stanford student lived in campus dorms for 10 months

William Curry’s “persistence and ability to ingratiate himself” with the student community saw him live in five dorms for nearly a year before being caught this week, the university says

Los Angeles Times

A man pretended to be a student at Stanford. He got away with it for nearly a year

An Alabama man pretending to be a student at Stanford University was found to have been living in campus dormitories for nearly 10 months, according to university officials.

The Independent UK

Akshata Murty: Who is Rishi Sunak’s wife?

Believed to be richer than the late Queen, the 42-year-old daughter of Indian IT billionaire NR Narayana Murty captured the heart of Britain’s chancellor during their time at Stanford University

The Independent UK

Who is Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty?

Believed to be richer than the late Queen, the 42-year-old daughter of Indian IT billionaire NR Narayana Murty captured the heart of Britain’s chancellor during their time at Stanford University

The Independent UK

Who is Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty?

Believed to be richer than the late Queen, the 42-year-old daughter of Indian IT billionaire NR Narayana Murty captured the heart of Britain’s chancellor during their time at Stanford University

The Independent UK

Who is Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty?

Believed to be richer than the late Queen, the 42-year-old daughter of Indian IT billionaire NR Narayana Murty captured the heart of Britain’s chancellor during their time at Stanford University

The Independent UK

Who is Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty?

Believed to be richer than the late Queen, the 42-year-old daughter of Indian IT billionaire NR Narayana Murty captured the heart of Britain’s chancellor during their time at Stanford University

1 … 8 9 10 11

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.