Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she regrets the Bush administration's failure to push major immigration changes through Congress, and she warned that keeping newcomers out of America would hurt the country.

Tagged: immigration, On Campus

The Journal of Transnational American Studies, the brainchild of English Professor Shelley Fisher Fishkin, has launched its inaugural issue.

Tagged: On Campus, Humanities & Sciences

Despite the current economic difficulties, Stanford remains steadfastly committed to ensuring that the best students are able to attend the university, no matter their financial circumstances. Meet five extraordinary undergraduates who would not be here without the assistance provided by their endowed scholarships.

Tagged: Environment & Sustainability, On Campus, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences

Across the United States people have hailed the election of the first black president as proof of progress in the country's reckoning with race.  Now some Stanford psychologists are focusing on an irony they've found at the expense of those widespread feelings of racial harmony. In three experiments conducted before the November election, they found that expressing support for Obama makes some people feel justified in favoring whites over blacks.

Tagged: psychology, racism, On Campus, Humanities & Sciences

A high-energy x-ray beam will be one of the fastest and sharpest cameras on earth when it is turned on this summer.  This will bring new insights into how solar cells convert light to electricity and how nanoscale materials transform.

 

 

Tagged: nanoscale, SLAC, On Campus, Engineering

Stanford's newest history professor explores "the use and abuse of history," and how historical awareness, when flawed or incomplete, can lead to malicious interpretations of the present.

Tagged: history, International Issues, On Campus, Humanities & Sciences

Scientists use a powerful X-ray to scan one of the world's most important fossils to learn more about the "dinobird."

Tagged: evolution, On Campus, Humanities & Sciences

Charitable giving may be a $300 billion industry in the United States, but for nearly all nonprofits encouraging donations is the number one challenge. Recent research from the Stanford Business School shows that nonprofits can benefit financially by prompting potential donors to make an emotional connection to the organization and to its mission.

Tagged: On Campus, Public Service, Business

Stanford faculty members discuss whether humanities make a difference in the world.

Tagged: On Campus, Humanities & Sciences

VIDEO: Stanford physicists have created the world's smallest writing, roughly one third of a billionth of a meter, with quantum electron waves.

Tagged: nanotechnology, physics, On Campus, Humanities & Sciences