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Stanford University stories: 27 news summaries

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(Newser) - The US Military Academy tops the new Forbes list of top colleges, leapfrogging five places to bump Princeton out of the top spot. In the second annual ranking, another service academy, the Air Force's, lands in seventh place on a list that places schools according to "the quality of... More »

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Princeton University • Yale University • college rankings • Stanford University • college • Caltech • Wellesley • West Point • Harvard University • US Military Academy • California Institute of Technology • Williams College • Wellesley College • US Air Force Academy • Amherst College

(Newser) - Stanford physicists have discovered a chemical compound that could replace silicon and transform the computing industry, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Jet-black bismuth telluride has a unique ability, researchers discovered: Electrons can travel across it without resistance, losing no energy. So far the material can only carry small currents,... More »

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Silicon Valley • Stanford University • silicon • silicon chip

(Newser) - “What did you get on your SATs?” is now a multiple-choice question. A policy enacted last month allows students who take the test several times to pick which score they send to colleges, the Washington Post reports. But many schools aren’t thrilled with the change, and a quarter... More »

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SAT • college admissions • Stanford University • college board • standardized testing

 Stanford Offers 
 Free iPhone App 
 Developer Course 

iTunes U course will teach online students how to build applications

Apr 3, 09 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stanford University is offering free online lessons to would-be iPhone application developers, reports Ars Technica. The university's computer science department is making materials from its 10-week iPhone Application Programming course available for download from iTunes starting this week, including video lectures by Apple engineers. The materials will be the same... More »

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iPhone • Stanford University • Apple • software developers • iPhone applications

 Sorry, Recession Won't 
 Get You Into Harvard 

Top schools see no application shortage despite economy

Mar 30, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, a lot of people are cash-strapped, but don’t get your hopes up that the recession will boost your shot at an Ivy League school. Harvard got a record number of applications this year—29,112, a 6% jump from last year. And pricey universities like Yale, Dartmouth, Brown,... More »

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education • Columbia University • Yale University • Ivy League • college admissions • Stanford University • college • Harvard • Dartmouth College • colleges and universities • Middlebury College • Common Application

Black Wolves Got Color
From Domestic Dogs

Black fur proof of dog legacy

Feb 6, 09 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Researchers have found the genes of dogs in some North American wolves, linked to interbreeding some 15,000 years ago, reports Wired. The black fur of some forest-dwelling wolves is the result of the long-ago matings with dogs, likely kept as companions by American Indians. The dalliances may have strengthened... More »

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Stanford University • dog • wolves • Tovi Anderson • Yellowstone National Park • Bering Land Bridge • University of Calgary • Paul Paquet

100M-Year-Old DNA Regions Baffle Experts

Mice, humans share mysterious code immune to evolution

Oct 9, 08 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Certain regions of mammalian DNA with no discernible purpose have one perplexing characteristic in common: They have survived, without mutation, for as long as 100 million years, LiveScience reports. Scientists speculate that the areas have some deep purpose, but for now they know only that they are “ultraconserved regions,... More »

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evolution • DNA • Stanford University • mice • genetic mutation • genome • scientific study • genetic engineering

 10 Most-Buzzed-About Schools 

Harvard beats out Columbia for most internet references

Sep 30, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Institutions of higher learning care about their brand as much as any business, so the Global Language Monitor has ranked universities and colleges for the amount of buzz they command on the internet. The winners:
  1. Harvard University
  2. Columbia University
  3. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  4. University of California, Berkeley
  5. Stanford
... More »

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Internet • Columbia University • Princeton University • Yale University • college rankings • Stanford University • University of Chicago • UC Berkeley • college • publicity • Cornell University • University of Michigan • Harvard • University of Wisconsin Madison

Nation's Most Ridiculous College Mascots

Fuzzy aesthetics gone awry, coming to a field near you this weekend

Aug 31, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Granted, managing to create a college mascot whose gigantic foam appendages perfectly straddle the line between ridiculous and comically appropriate is no easy task. That said, the folks at Radar magazine didn't have to dig too deep to discover a batch who utterly obliterate the line. The worst offenders:
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NCAA football • Stanford University • Xavier University • college sports • UC Santa Cruz • college basketball

Congratulations! ...Possibly

Athlete's collection of letters gives insight
into ins—and outs—of college recruiting

Apr 16, 08 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most people will never get a full football scholarship offer from a big-name university. But those masses need not wonder what such letters look like: high school quarterback Tate Forcier has posted his collection of sometimes fawning, sometimes caveat-laden recruiting letters online. Sports Illustrated breaks down the coaches' voices, the... More »

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NCAA • Penn State • Stanford University • football • University of Washington • University of Michigan • Oklahoma State Cowboys • athletic recruiting

 Condi Debunks Veep Rumors 

She's 'last to know about it,' quips aide

Apr 8, 08 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has once again quashed speculation that she is seeking the vice presidential nomination as John McCain's running mate, reports the Washington Post. A McCain-Rice ticket would satisfy many of McCain's conservative critics and represent a formidable challenge to a Dem ticket headed by a woman... More »

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John McCain • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Stanford University • vice president • foreign policy • Grover Norquist • Iraq war • Fitness magazine

Stanford Dig Combines Sleuthing, Classwork

Students look into why '06 quake toppled gym

Mar 20, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stanford University has found a way to give archeology students valuable excavation experience without leaving campus, Bloomberg reports, and hopes to find out why an enormous gymnasium couldn't withstand the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The gym was intended as a signature building for the young school. "They thought if... More »

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Stanford • San Francisco • construction • Stanford University • earthquake • gym • 1906 San Francisco earthquake • Jane Stanford

HGH Builds Muscles, Not Strength: Study

Docs see athletes using bigger doses, drug cocktails

Mar 18, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Human growth hormone certainly builds muscles, but it may not make athletes faster or stronger. "What we found suggested that it didn't help—and at some point, it might hurt," said the lead investigator on the Stanford research study. So why, the San Jose Mercury News wonders, do... More »

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Stanford University • athlete • human growth hormone • muscle mass • muscle strength

Berkeley, Stanford Partner with Saudi University

American schools to help develop science and technology graduate school

Mar 5, 08 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Berkeley and Stanford University will help choose faculty and develop curricula for a new university in Saudi Arabia, reports the San Jose Mercury News. The graduate-level King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, funded by a $10 billion gift from the king, will focus on fields like petrochemicals and nano-technology... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • higher education • Stanford University • UC Berkeley • nanotechnology • mathematics

Case Against Transplant Doc Raises Concern

Prosecution claims he killed for organs; others say technique to blame

Feb 27, 08 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Charges against a California surgeon for hastening the death of a disabled man so his organs could be harvested for transplants has advocates worried, the New York Times reports. At issue is whether Dr. Hootan Roozrokh ignored protocol in pursuit of organs for transplant or if he misused, or misunderstood,... More »

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organ harvesting • organ transplants • medical malpractice • Stanford University • organ donor • hospital • Hootan Roozrokh • surgeon • cardiac-death organ donations • brain-death organ donations • American Society of Transplant Surgeons • Donate Life America • Betadine • adrenoleukodystrophy • California Transplant Donor Network • United Network for Organ Sharing

Stanford Drops Tuition for Lower-Income Students

Families earning less than $100K get break

Feb 20, 08 11:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Tapping into its $17 billion endowment to boost financial aid, Stanford University said yesterday it will now offer free tuition—that's a $36,000 a year value—to students from families making less than $100,000 per year. Students from families that earn less than $60,000 won't have to... More »

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Nike Founder Just Does Lit

Billionaire sneaker magnate haunts Stanford creative
writing classes

Dec 3, 07 2:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Phil Knight had a seat at the front of the Nike boardroom for decades, but he sits in the back when he takes creative writing classes at Stanford. The 69-year-old alumnus is indulging his longstanding fascination with the written word by talking Hemingway with undergrads, reports the Wall Street ... More »

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In Higher Education, the Rich Get Richer

Funding gap widens breach between Ivies, public schools

Dec 3, 07 1:08 PM CST
(Newser) - As Ivy League schools upgrade dorms, financial aid, and student-faculty ratios, America’s public universities are losing out, BusinessWeek reports. The "Ivy Plus" schools, which include Stanford and MIT, represent 1% of the US student population but are the richest by far. "We can add resources in... More »

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Princeton University • Yale University • Ivy League • Stanford University • Harvard • brain drain

Stanford Considers Co-Ed Rooms

Students clamor for change, say it's about comfort, not sex

Nov 29, 07 8:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Stanford students want co-ed dorm rooms, and the administration may take them up on the idea. "It's not about sex," one student told the San Jose Mercury News, but about feeling "comfortable in your living space." Transgender students started the initiative to build on the school's... More »

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Stanford University • college • transgender • college dorms

Carnegie Mellon Wins $2M in Robot Car Race

Only three of 11 cars finished the 60 miles in 6 hours allotted

Nov 4, 07 11:02 PM CST
(Newser) - A robot car built by Carnegie Mellon University and General Motors beat out ten others to win a race for self-driving vehicles, race officials announced today. The cars had 6 hours to complete a 60-mile course—including missions like parking and merging into traffic—in pursuit of a $2 million... More »

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California • Virginia Tech • General Motors • Stanford University • car race • driving • robotics • Carnegie Mellon University • DARPA • Urban Challenge

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