U.S. tech chief enlightens Farm Sarah Flamm May 26, 2011 0 Comments Aneesh Chopra, the U.S. Chief Technology Officer (CTO), gave an overview of the government’s efforts to encourage entrepreneurship yesterday. His talk was the last session of the DFJ Entrepreneurial... Read More »
Stanford ‘has no right’ to save janitors’ jobs Sarah Flamm May 23, 2011 0 Comments According to Jeff Wachtel, senior assistant to University President John Hennessy, Stanford will "not interfere and has no right to do so" with UGL (UNICCO)'s plan to terminate 29 janitors in June. Read More »
Wu ponders future Internet monopolies Sarah Flamm May 10, 2011 0 Comments Net neutrality theorist Tim Wu spoke Monday afternoon at a talk hosted by the Center for Internet and Society. He discussed the threat of the Internet being run by one giant corporation, as has been... Read More »
Admit Weekend sways uncommitted ProFros Sarah Flamm May 2, 2011 0 Comments The 1,190 prospective freshmen that attended Stanford’s Admit Weekend this past weekend have until 5 p.m. today to decide whether they will join Stanford’s Class of 2015. Read More »
New dining commons to include continuous service Sarah Flamm April 25, 2011 0 Comments Stanford Dining has announced plans to offer extended dining service between current mealtimes. The new service will offer meals between breakfast and lunch as well as between lunch and dinner during... Read More »
Piazzza, the homework helper Sarah Flamm June 3, 2010 0 Comments It was 1:30 a.m. and Lucy Richards ‘13 was stuck on the last problem of her Statics problem set, which was due in several hours. From her laptop, the bright blue motto of Piazzza.com seemed to... Read More »
From the Farm to the Capital Sarah Flamm March 10, 2010 0 Comments It was a cold, rainy Saturday evening in our nation’s capital, and Maria Lizet Ocampo ’06, M.A. ’06 was giving five students in the Stanford in Washington (SIW) program a tour of the West Wing... Read More »