The Internet is enough of a marvel that most people would never ask, “Is this really how we would build it if we could design it all today?” But asking that very question is the job of a broad-based team of Stanford researchers.

Tagged: internet, International Issues, Business, Engineering

Many graduate students, in fields from science to law, have smart ideas that could become successful ventures—but business skills aren't part of their usual course of study. The new Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship (SIE) is an intensive four-week business program offered by the GSB for Stanford grad students in non-business fields.

Tagged: entrepreneurship, On Campus, Business

Most Americans have heard that the United States lags China and India in math and science education, but they often dismiss that reality, assuming that the leaders emphasize rote learning at the expense of teaching well-rounded original thinking.

Tagged: China, India, learning, schools, United States, International Issues, K-12 Education, Public Service, Business, Education

What is a honeybee worth? Or the serenity of an unspoiled nature preserve, alive with native species? Both have value, but quantifying that value when making land-use and conservation decisions is a complicated and largely unknown process. To address that problem, Stanford has joined with The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to create the interdisciplinary Natural Capital Project.

Tagged: conservation, economics, interdisciplinary, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, On Campus, Business, Earth Sciences, Humanities & Sciences, Law

"When people ask me what I'm doing with my new Environmental Engineering PhD from Stanford," says Matthew Davie, "they’re pretty surprised when I tell them that I'm starting a travel agency." Ask a few more questions, though, and it starts to make sense.

Tagged: alumni, conservation, ecotravel, tourism, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Public Service, Business, Engineering

At the turn of the 20th century, Americans’ life expectancy at birth was 47. A century later, 30 years had been added. The Center on Longevity, led by Professor Laura Carstensen, wants to help society capitalize on these longer life spans. To that end, faculty from all seven Stanford schools will participate in the center’s work.

Tagged: aging, economics, longevity, Human Health, Business, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences, Medicine

When heterosexual men are exposed to positive emotional stimuli—in this case, erotic photos of a man and woman—an area of the brain associated with anticipation of reward is stimulated, and men are more likely to take bigger financial risks than they otherwise would, according to a recent study at Stanford.

Tagged: brain imaging, emotions, psychology, risk, Business, Humanities & Sciences

The $50,000 threshhold for paying medical costs should be raised to $129,000, they say.

Tagged: healthcare, insurance, Human Health, Business, Medicine

While presidential candidates have been debating how the government could fix the U.S. health care system, students at the Graduate School of Business have been exploring how the system might be pushed to change through market forces.

Tagged: business, healthcare, students, Human Health, Business

VIDEO: Stanford's Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Environment and Resources (IPER), seeks to create and inspire new types of scholars and leaders. Bringing diverse academic backgrounds and life experiences from all over the world, IPER students pioneer innovative approaches to society's biggest environmental challenges.

Tagged: conservation, economics, India, interdisciplinary, Environment & Sustainability, On Campus, Business, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences, Law