Stanford University

This class helps developing-world solutions reach people in need

The innovations emerging from Stanford University’s Design for Extreme Affordability course are both viable business models and sensitive to local needs.

Explore The Largest Early Map Of The World

This 430-year-old world map, digitized for the first time, is “more than just a map!,” according to historian David Rumsey.

These Kids’ Books Are Written By Kids From Around The World

Rakonto is teaching kids critical thinking skills by making them the authors of their own children’s books.

This Map Of 100 Million Traffic Stops Reveals The Truth About Racial Bias In Policing

Stanford’s Open Policing Project proves that not only are black drivers pulled over more than white ones, but that it’s because of bias.

How Do You Balance Your Goals While Keeping Your Options Open?

Stanford Art Teacher’s Animated Zoetropes Will Melt Your Brain

Would A Campus Carbon Tax Work Better Than Divestment?

Divestment is more about symbolism, but a carbon tax would help university campuses make concrete changes.

The Growing Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Has Its Biggest Success At Stanford

Citing climate change as a concern, Stanford University has vowed not to invest its endowment in coal mining companies. Could Harvard–with the country’s largest endowment–be next?

Want To Be More Creative In Your World-Changing Work? Apply For This Fellowship

Some people think that creativity is something you’re born with. But the Stanford University d.school emphatically rejects that idea, and is proving it by teaching experts how to re-envision the way they work.

With “Self-Healing” Batteries, Longer Smartphone Battery Life Is Within Reach

Sensor’s Revenge: Your Smartphone Has A Unique Signature… Of Flaws

Google Translate’s Gender Problem (And Bing Translate’s, And Systran’s…)

Google Translate and other popular translation platforms often provide unintentionally sexist translations where, among other things, doctors are men and teachers are women. The reason why has to do with a complex mix of algorithms, linguistics, and source materials.

Welcome To The Age Of The Completely Archived Life

Stanford University isn’t just collecting the papers of pioneering architect William McDonough–it’s documenting his entire existence.

A New Company Uses Big Data To Fight Cancer (And Rethink Basketball)

Ayasdi, a new big-data firm with close ties to Stanford University and DARPA has plans to change the way researchers analyze cancer, money laundering, and professional sports.

Stanford Study Claims That IPOs Stifle Startups’ Innovation Chops

How To Quiet The Negative Thoughts That Are Killing Your Career

If you ever wondered why that nagging voice of self-doubt and fear of failure inside your head won’t quiet down, you are not alone. Shirzad Chamine, chairman of CTI, the largest coach-training organization in the world, calls it “the universal condition”–and shares useful tactics for silencing the saboteurs.

5 Projects Helping Open Media Studies To The World

Like Peter Thiel’s Fellows, Sebastian Thrun Dropped Out, Hacked Education, Too

Mapping Terrorist Networks To Better Understand How They Operate

One of the projects spawned by the Department of Defense’s massive investment in the social sciences is an ambitious visualization of how militant groups operate and interact.