Everything’s coming up Roses: Stanford star turns pro
Top amateur Rose Zhang joins the LPGA Tour after back-to-back national titles with Stanford, including a feat not even Tiger Woods accomplished. Golf News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos
Tyra Banks to Teach Personal Brand Class at Stanford
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) MBA students at Stanford University will be able to take a class from the former host of “America’s Next Top Model” next May. Former Victoria’s Secret model Tyra Banks is scheduled to co-teach a class at the business school on creating and protecting a personal brand. She will be a guest […]
Stanford rapist took photograph ‘of victim’s breasts’ during sex attack
STANFORD rapist Brock Turner sent a photo of his 23-year-old victim’s breasts to a group of friends after the attack outside a house party. Daily Express :: World Feed
Stanford Report Touts Benefits of Visual Element to Math Education
(Photo: Akash Kataruka, Creative Commons) Researchers at Stanford University have released a report titled “Seeing As Understanding: The Importance of Visual Mathematics for our Brain and Learning” that aims to dispel the notion that visual math, such as pictures, finger-counting, and diagrams, are only for lower-level tasks, and that higher-level math deals exclusively in symbols, notations, and words. […]
Despite Student Vote, Stanford Stays Put on Sexual Assault Survey
(Photo: Creative Commons) Despite an overwhelming majority of student voters at Stanford University having asked for a re-do of a controversial campus survey concerning sexual violence, the school has said it will not be doing so. The results of the annual student government elections were posted earlier this week by the Associated Students of Stanford University, […]
Nike’s Phil Knight Gives $400 Million to Stanford for Leadership Program
Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight has donated $ 400 million to create a scholarship program at Stanford University. In an announcement from the college made on his 78th birthday, Knight will be partnering with the college’s outgoing president, John L. Hennessy, to create the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program, which touts a goal of grooming global leaders. The […]
Stanford, ClassDojo Offer Growth Mindset Program to Community Colleges
Through a partnership with ClassDojo, Stanford University’s Project for Education Research That Scales (PERTS) is hoping to encourage a “growth mindset” in students across the country. The effort is meant to help more students succeed in their efforts to attain a community college degree. In order to do so, PERTS is inviting community colleges across […]