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Over 1,400 petition for University action against coronavirus
As more than 1,400 people signed a petition demanding that Stanford act more forcefully to prevent a potential coronavirus outbreak on campus, the University released a statement on Tuesday afternoon updating its guidelines on the virus, including calling for the cancellation or postponement of large events and encouraging use of phone or video conferencing for meetings.
Presidential hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand talks policy, inspiration for public service
by Daniel Yang — June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd in Cubberley Auditorium on Friday, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) shared personal stories and lessons from public service in an Executive Leadership Series event hosted by Stanford Women in Business (SWIB).
Despite political tensions, Stanford’s Saudi partnerships continue with little scrutiny
Stanford students and faculty visited Saudi Arabia in 2013 as part of a partnership with Saudi university KFUPM and Saudi Aramco, the state oil company / Courtesy of Donald Lowe by Daniel Yang and Hannah Knowles — April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 When Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) last spring, several dozen protesters — locals as well as MIT and Harvard students — showed up bearing signs that called the Prince a war...
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence initiative talks AI, humanities and the arts
At the full-day collaborative workshop “AI, Humanities & the Arts,” speakers hosted by the Stanford Humanities Center stressed artificial intelligence’s (AI) potential to supplement human capabilities rather than replace them. The workshop gathered speakers from Stanford’s new Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) initiative and across diverse University departments to discuss the implications of artificial intelligence for fields such as legal practice, healthcare, art, design and more.
Xenophobia is back
This morning, I was sent an innocuous-looking op-ed in the Stanford Review from more than a week ago, entitled “How China Leverages Stanford’s Expertise in Artificial Intelligence.” With a title like that, I expected the piece to be about some specific, concrete incidents of tech transfers or even thefts (like this Daily piece on Huawei, for example).
Q&A: CS teacher Miriam Haart ’22 discusses the impact of computer science
Miriam Haart ’22 is the 19-year-old co-teacher of CS11: How to Make VR, a class on designing virtual reality applications using the Unity game engine, a platform for developing applications. After graduating high school early, Haart attended the Make School, a computer science-focused college in San Francisco, to refine her programming skills.
Stanford halts research ties with Huawei amid surveillance controversy
Stanford paused its research partnership with the Chinese telecom conglomerate Huawei in mid-December in light of the U.S. government’s warning against potential cybersecurity risks associated with the company. Huawei is the world’s largest supplier of the network equipments used by phone and internet companies.
Listen to the Silence: Asian American activism takes center stage
Over 400 people attended this year’s Listen to the Silence (LTS) summit, a conference focused on issues facing the Asian American community, on Saturday. Hosted by The Stanford Asian American Student Association (AASA), this year’s conference focused on leaving its attendees with tangible ways to enact change in their communities. Now in its twenty-fourth year, LTS is one of the largest college Asian American conferences in the United States.
CRISPR co-inventor Jennifer Doudna talks ethics and biological frontiers
CRISPR gene-editing technology co-inventor Jennifer Doudna addressed the opportunities and challenges of editing genomes in a Thursday conversation with political science and ethics professor Rob Reich and genetics professor Kelly Ormond. “The major bottleneck for moving forward in the clinic is delivery,” Doudna said.
Hoover Institution to undergo renovations; new building to be constructed
Over the next three years, the Hoover Institution will replace the Lou Henry Hoover building, renovate the exhibition space in Hoover Tower and add more storage for library materials. The new building will be called the George Shultz Fellows Building in honor of George Shultz, the former secretary of state and a Hoover Fellow. It will include offices for Hoover Fellows as well as a new digital lab which can convert physical materials from the Hoover collections into virtual images.
‘They muzzle technology’: panelists discuss technology’s role in elections
On Wednesday evening, members of the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age gave a panel discussion on the opportunities and challenges technological innovations create for electoral integrity. The panelists cited examples of political candidates leveraging social media to ascend polls and authoritarian leaders shutting down the Internet to squash nonconforming political views.
‘Africa is at a turning point’: Hoover series examines governance challenges on a growing continent
“Just as we used to tell people, ‘Go west — that’s where things are opening up, growing, dynamic,’” said Jack Goldstone, public policy professor at George Mason University, “I will say to people, ‘Go South,’ because for the next fifty years, Africa is going to have… critical impact on the growth of the [global] economy.” To address this economic opportunity and the challenges to governance arising from it, five Africa experts gathered at the Hoover Institution’s Hauck Auditorium for a...
Theranos whistleblowers reflect on failure of the Silicon Valley ‘unicorn’
In a packed room at CEMEX Auditorium on Tuesday, Theranos whistleblowers Tyler Shultz ’13 and Erika Cheung described the shuttered company as secretive and toxic, saying that it was an “open secret” among employees that founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes’ infamous blood testing technology was fake. Also on Tuesday, a federal court in California tried Holmes for criminal fraud. Holmes and former Theranos president Sunny Balwani were charged in June 2018.
Stanford team continues work on CRISPR detection system following silver medal win at synthetic biology competition
In October, a team of five undergraduates earned a silver medal at the annual International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition for their “Cerberus System,” which uses single-chain antibodies to detect small molecules and proteins and CRISPR technology to detect nucleic acids. The iGEM competition recognizes innovations in solving real-world problems using synthetic biology.
In ‘Andrei Rublev,’ Tarkovsky contemplates artistry and reality
Many art historians believe that Andrei Rublev was the greatest painter of the 15th century, and his religious icons still adorn churches throughout Russia. In analyzing Rublev’s art, it would be strange to call him a romantic. His images of Jesus, the Virgin Mary and the disciples are not sensuous or rhapsodic.
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights talks history, activism
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay reflected upon her history in law and human rights, calling for students to stand up for global human rights during a campus roundtable discussion on Monday. Pillay, who served as the High Commissioner from 2008-2014, traced her dedication to human rights to her childhood in South Africa where, as a woman of color, she faced discrimination. “Every person of color in South Africa knew their parents weren’t treated with respect,” she said.
China Guiding Cases Project at SLS advances global understanding of Chinese law
The China Guiding Cases Project (CGCP) — founded by Stanford Law School lecturer Mei Gechlik J.S.D. ’01 to support unification of China’s legal standards and improve transparency in the Chinese judiciary — will launch the third issue of its quarterly professional journal, China Law Connect (CLC), in December.
Melinda Hernandez ’21 addresses College Republicans in song released after assault allegations
A month after Stanford College Republicans (SCR) President John Rice-Cameron ’20 filed and subsequently dropped battery charges against Melinda Hernandez ’21, Hernandez posted to SoundCloud a song disputing SCR’s allegations that she assaulted Rice-Cameron at a “Change My Mind” tabling event in White Plaza.
Trump nominates Hoover fellow and former CENTCOM commander as Saudi ambassador
On Tuesday, the White House announced President Trump’s intent to nominate Hoover Institution fellow and retired four-star Army Gen. John Abizaid as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a decision that would fill a position that has been vacant since Trump took office in January 2017. The nomination comes during what many see as a critical moment in U.S.-Saudi relations, accentuated by the Oct. 2 killing of Saudi dissident and Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Six small changes to make in your life
“Look, Astrid, you need to start getting enough sleep,” my mom told me a couple weeks ago. I had called her on the verge of tears, overwhelmed and stressed out by the amount of work I had to do. “You need to be serious about it this time.” My mom had seen me drag myself through years of sleep deprivation: falling asleep in the car on the way to school, nodding off at church, staying up late to study. Things haven’t really changed in college.
Ferguson, Nye discuss modern challenges to democracy
On Tuesday, the Hoover Institution held a panel discussion on the challenges that technological change and the communications revolution pose to democracies. Moderated by former U.S. Secretary of State and Hoover senior fellow Condoleezza Rice, the panel was the third in Hoover’s “Governance in an Emerging New World” series, led by former Secretary of State George P. Shultz.
Recreated ‘Conversations’ program forms student committee, sees reduced role for ASSU execs
As administrative control of the Cardinal Conversations program transitions from the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) to the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Susie Brubaker-Cole, three faculty advisors and certain student organizations are set to oversee the renaming and restructuring of the high-profile speaker series in the aftermath of scandal and controversy.
World leaders come together for inaugural Global Energy Forum
Bill Gates, Condoleezza Rice, Jerry Brown. CEOs, politicians, representatives and scientists. World leaders convened Thursday and Friday at the Hoover Institution for the inaugural Global Energy Forum to discuss the future of energy worldwide as the field continues to undergo major changes.
Hoover event examines Chinese development, demographic shifts
On Monday, the Hoover Institution held a panel discussion on China’s upcoming governance challenges in light of national demographic, technological and societal shifts. The event was the second in the Institution’s “Governance in an Emerging World” series, taking place in Hauck Auditorium.
Faculty Senate hears from ASSU Execs, panel on ‘Stanford as a global university’
During its second meeting of the quarter, the Faculty Senate heard Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) executives Shanta Katipamula ’19 and Ph.D. candidate in education Rosie Nelson outline their goals for the 2018-19 school year, with particular attention paid to forming partnerships between Stanford students, faculty and staff.
New York Times chairman discusses digital media, presidential election coverage
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., current chairman of The New York Times Company and former New York Times publisher, spoke about polarization and hostility toward the media on Thursday night in Cemex Auditorium. The event was co-sponsored by the communications department, John K. Knight Journalism Fellowships, Stanford Law School and Stanford Continuing Studies, and hosted by communications professor and former New York Times Washington bureau chief Philip Taubman ’70.
CASBS panel discusses the rise of populism in democracies
On Tuesday, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) hosted “Populist Challenges to Democracy,” its first of three public symposia. Panelists discussed reasons for the growth of populism around the world. In particular, they emphasized the importance of institutional accountability.
New initiative aims for data-driven solutions to India’s development
Stanford India Analytics (SIA), a new student-faculty joint initiative, was launched on Oct. 11, bringing together Stanford undergraduates and graduates alike to conduct data-driven policy research on the development of the Indian economy. As an initiative of the Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development, SIA is intended to not only build a community for scholars to exchange ideas on India’s economic development, but also to provide research opportunities for Stanford students.
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