For the second year in a row, Stanford University topped the list of university fundraisers, bringing in a total of $832 million dollars, an amount that has been exceeded only once, and that by Stanford a year ago. Harvard came in second in the dollar sweepstakes, raising around $614 million according to the Council for [...]
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I think this was covered in a Seinfeld episode some years ago, but it looks like Stanford University student activism has successfully overcome an effort by the school to limit flow rates in dormitory showers. As the result of student protests, the administration has agreed to install regular shower heads to replace low-flow units installed [...]
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Want to know what it takes to write a winning essay for your Top Tier admissions application? Need to get the inside info to make sure you make the cut? OK here’s a simple tip from someone who has to read hundreds and hundreds of those applications every year. She’s Julia Ando, an admissions counselor [...]
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Lest we forget in all the media hype involving the billions of dollars Microsoft will pay for Yahoo, the latter firm was founded by two Stanford University graduate students in the mid-1990s, David Filo and Jerry Yang. Taking it even further, we can note that Microsoft was itself founded by Bill Gates, a Harvard University [...]
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This is really cool. Apple will provide 10 free iTunes downloads of material recorded by artists participating in its Lively Arts program to its subscribers who are affiliated with Stanford.
Get more information from… Apple-Stanford promotion on iTunes – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Click here for a list of performers.
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Well, that headline isn’t exactly accurate. What Stanford’s registrar is trying to deal with is a shortage of faculty and students willing to meet in class outside of the most popular mid-day and mid-week times. As noted, this culture seems to have gotten worse over the last decade or so. Unless we find a way [...]
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The web gets to be more useful every day. Even if you’re not a life scientist have a look at the Bio Career Center site highlighted below. It offers all sorts of information for recent graduates from schools including Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as to participating employers.
What a great concept. [...]
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And just to prove a point, UNC has just announced the end of its eight-year capital campaign in which it raised $2.38 billion, an extraordinary amount for a public university. Congratulations to UNC and also its many supporters for such an outstanding accomplishment, but be aware that the race is by no means over. Three [...]
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If you have set up your campus computer to share music or other entertainment media over the Internet, you better be aware that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is going to come looking for you sooner or later. Stanford University recently received pre-litigation notices from RIAA that fifteen of its students were illegally [...]
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It probably comes as no surprise to anyone, but Stanford faculty favor Democratic presidential candidates with their financial contributions. What’s interesting is that the same campus provides a home to the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank that recently brought former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld onto their faculty as a visiting fellow. Suffice it [...]
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