Publicación de Stanford University

Alma Cooper, a Knight-Hennesy scholar pursuing a master’s degree in statistics (data science track) recently crowned Miss Michigan, on being the first active-duty Army officer to compete in the pageant: “Service comes in many forms and my only limitations are the ones I accept.”

Admit Weekend for Stanford’s Class of 2028 🌲

High schoolers visited Stanford as part of a dual-credit course that offers students in low-income communities access to advanced materials while encouraging them to apply to selective colleges. “I hope students, through these activities, are able to see themselves as engineers the way I did. Coming here shows them that this is a place for them. They can envision themselves here as a scientist, as an engineer, as whoever they want to be.” -Shreya Garg, ’24 🗞️: https://lnkd.in/gKvQnSRC 🎥: Harry Gregory 

Mikayla Tillery—a junior double majoring in urban studies and African and African American studies—has been named a 2024 Truman Scholarship for her commitment to housing and energy justice.

Prof. Ge Wang is a professor of music, a computer scientist, and director of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra—an orchestra in which human musicians and computers collaborate to make music. Wang discusses the future of computer music with host Russ Altman on this episode of Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast. “The worry isn’t just that we as artists would be replaced by generative AI. It’s that we might be replaced by something far more generic and far less interesting.”

Tara VanDerveer, the winningest coach in college basketball, has announced she will retire after 38 seasons at Stanford. “The joy for me was in the journey of each season, seeing a group of young women work hard for each other and form an unbreakable bond. Winning was a byproduct.” 🗞️: https://lnkd.in/gUYQwEVv 📸: Erin Chang/ISI Photos

After two decades of work, scientists and engineers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are celebrating the completion of the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy. 🔭⭐ The camera is roughly the size of a small car, weighs around 3,000 kilograms, and its front lens is over five feet across. Once set in place atop a telescope in Chile, the 3,200-megapixel camera will help researchers better understand dark energy and other mysteries of our universe. “Its images are so detailed that it could resolve a golf ball from around 15 miles away, while covering a swath of the sky seven times wider than the full moon. These images with billions of stars and galaxies will help unlock the secrets of the universe.” 🗞️: https://lnkd.in/gNNy2RqZ 📸: Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Jonathan Levin, a distinguished economist and Stanford alumnus who has led the Stanford University Graduate School of Business as dean for the last eight years, has been appointed the next president of Stanford University, the Board of Trustees announced today. 🗞: https://lnkd.in/gYeCsGjc 📸: Aubrie Pick

Melinda French Gates, a philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women and girls, will deliver Stanford’s 2024 Commencement address. 🗞️: https://lnkd.in/gEDPZ3K6 📸: Jason Bell

The trick to working with a bot is to think of it as a collaborator rather than an oracle, say Jeremy Utley and Kian Gohar. “You never want to just select one idea and move forward.” Listen to the episode 👇