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NEWS ABOUT: Stanford

Stanford stories: 16 news summaries
PROFILE

 Google Exec 
 Reinvents 
 Geek Chic 



Marissa Mayer can't be compartmentalized

Jul 15, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Marissa Mayer is Google’s 20th—or maybe 16th—employee, responsible for such household names as Gmail and Google Maps. But the 34-year-old exec is also addicted to cheese and Oscar de la Renta, and carries an iPhone “to have a non-Google product to better simulate the user,”... More »

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Google • Stanford • Silicon Valley • Gmail • Oscar de la Renta • Google Maps • Marissa Mayer • designer fashion • Omega De Ville • Zack Bogue

(Newser) - A Stanford computer science professor who mentored Google's founders has drowned in his swimming pool, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Rajeev Motwani, 47, who could not swim, drowned at his Atherton, Calif., home, leaving a wife, two daughters, and many admirers in Silicon Valley. “It's a rare combination... More »

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Google • Stanford • Sergey Brin • India • death • drowning • data mining • professor

Students Hurt
By Colleges'
Digital Verdicts

Schools fawn over acceptees, but can be curt with e-rejections

Feb 26, 09 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - College admissions offices are jazzing up acceptance packages—adding confetti, T-shirts, internet videos—to lure students, and are also trying to keep up with the times in their rejections, US News and World Report writes. But some efforts have backfired, with students hurt by brutally short, electronic turndowns—including text... More »

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technology • Stanford • college admissions • text message • admissions officers • college applications

tech review

 Website Lets You 
 Into Harvard—Free 

Academic Earth offers video lectures from top schools

Feb 22, 09 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - No notes, no homework, and you can wear your PJs the entire time you "sit in" on Harvard classes—online. Academic Earth's online classes are "unexpectedly irresistible," Farhad Manjoo writes for Slate. "It's like Hulu, but for nerds." The company's collection of videotaped lectures from... More »

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Stanford • online videos • Harvard • Yale • college course • Academic Earth • Richard Ludlow

 Sudoku Champ Eyes
 Tougher Puzzles 

Young scientist hopes to make his name in DNA research

May 10, 08 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beating all comers—for the second year in a row—at the world's top sudoku tournament is nothing to scoff at, but champ Thomas Snyder has loftier goals, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The 28-year-old Stanford scientist is hoping he can solve complex DNA puzzles instead: "I hope... More »

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Stanford • sudoku • DNA • Thomas Snyder

Stanford Hires Duke's Dawkins as Coach

Longtime Blue Devils assistant takes over after Johnson leaves

Apr 26, 08 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Johnny Dawkins, a longtime assistant coach at Duke, has been hired as Stanford's new men's basketball coach. Dawkins replaces Pac-10 Coach of the Year Trent Johnson, who left for LSU earlier this month, two people close to the situation said today. Both people requested anonymity because Stanford had not made... More »

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Stanford • NCAA • Duke Blue Devils • NCAA basketball • Pac-10 Conference • Brook Lopez • Robin Lopez • college basketball • Johnny Dawkins • Trent Johnson

Chelsea Thesis May Clarify Hillary's Role
in Irish Peace

But Clintons won't release Stanford doc

Apr 6, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Hillary Clinton stands accused of exaggerating her part in the 1998 Irish peace process, the answer might lie in an unlikely 150-page document—Chelsea Clinton's senior thesis from Stanford. Only problem? No one seems to know where it's gone, Newsweek reports, and a Clinton spokesman warns it was "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Stanford • Northern Ireland • Sinn Fein • Bill Clinton • Gerry Adams • Ireland • Chelsea Clinton • thesis • Northern Ireland peace deal

Sun Banks on Lasers
to Make Next Speed Leap

Using light, not wires, to connect chips could make computers 1,000 times faster

Mar 24, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sun Microsystems is moving toward connecting computer chips using lasers instead of wires, a move that could make computers 1,000 times faster. The company snagged a $44 million Pentagon contract to continue work that could also mean smaller, more energy-efficient machines. It won’t be easy, though: A Sun... More »

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Pentagon • Stanford • Intel • MIT • IBM • Sun Microsystems • computer chip • computer • University of California at San Diego • lasers • silicon photonics • NEC Corporation • Luxtera • Kotura • supercomputer • Hewlett-Packard

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

Chelsea Shows Best of Both Clintons

On the stump for mom, she looks like a political natural

Mar 1, 08 6:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton has come into her own on the campaign trail, “self-assured, soothing … at once affable and urbane,” even “the ideal amalgam of her parents’ political talents,” glows Lloyd Grove in a New York profile. Bill and Hillary have adroitly managed their daughter's public persona,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • media • Stanford • Bill Clinton • Grey's Anatomy • hedge fund • Chelsea Clinton • Monica Lewinsky • Avenue Capital Group

CO2 Emissions Linked to Human Death

Stanford study may bolster states' case against EPA

Jan 3, 08 6:28 PM CST
(Newser) - A Stanford University scientist has found for the first time a direct correlation between rising atmospheric carbon dioxide and increased human mortality—potentially aiding 16 states in their fight to regulate auto emissions. The air pollution spurred by each 1 degree Celsius caused by carbon dioxide leads to 1,000... More »

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California • Stanford • carbon dioxide • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency

Googler Preps for Lavish Island Nuptials

Search giant's co-founder to wed
in Branson's private digs before 600

Dec 6, 07 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Google co-founder Larry Page didn’t have to use his popular search engine to scout out locations for his upcoming wedding. He just asked his best man, and fellow billionaire, Richard Branson, Reuters says. Page will wed girlfriend Lucy Southworth Saturday on Branson’s private Caribbean getaway, Necker Island. Six... More »

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Richard Branson • Google • Stanford • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • wedding • Caribbean • Necker Island • Virgin Gorda • Lucy Southworth

College Gets Podcasted

Apple serves up free education with iTunes U

Nov 24, 07 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Want to attend Yale for free? Thanks to Apple, you sort of can. Many colleges, including Yale, Stanford and MIT, now offer free lecture downloads through iTunes U. You won’t get a diploma, but thousands of non-traditional learners don’t mind, the LA Times reports. “They thirst... More »

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Stanford • Yale University • MIT • iTunes • higher education • iPod • UC Berkeley • podcast • iTunes Store

Mobile Servers Save Energy, Add Capacity

Sun packages extra processing power
in steel shipping containers

Jun 22, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sun Microsystems has a solution for the booming demand for network space, and as a bonus, it lowers energy use: packing servers into steel shipping containers that can be parked wherever they're needed. It's called Project Blackbox, and Sun says it reduces power consumption by 20%. The giant 20-foot boxes... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Internet • Stanford • Microsoft • Stanford University • shipping container • network • online videos • data centers • servers • Sun Microsystems • watts • power supply • storage • particle accelerator

Phony Student Nabbed at Stanford

Impostor caught after entire year of
living in dorms

May 25, 07 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stanford University officials evicted an 18-year old student  this week after discovering she was not enrolled at the school—despite living in several dorms, buying textbooks, and appearing to study for exams, the Stanford Daily reports. Azia Kim masqueraded as a sophomore majoring in human biology for eight months before... More »

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Stanford • college admissions • Stanford University • school • Azia Kim • imposter

Son Replaces Dad
As Drake Head Coach

Tom Davis steps down, son Keno steps up as basketball coach

Mar 22, 07 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Keno Davis will replace his father, Dr. Tom Davis, who is retiring as Drake University’s men’s basketball head coach. The elder Davis had coached Division I basketball for 32 seasons, the last four at Drake. Earlier, at Lafayette, he gave University of Maryland men’s basketball Head Coach... More »

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sports • Keno Davis • Drake University • Bruce Pearl • Gary Williams • University of Maryland • University of Southern Indiana • University of Tennessee • Lafayette College • Boston College • Stanford • Iowa • Division I • basketball • Tom Davis

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