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Kwabena Boahen: Curiosity is the way forward to new knowledge
A professor of bioengineering and of electrical engineering discusses his path to Stanford, and how students can get started on their own journeys.
January 25, 2022
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James Zou: Trust is AI’s most critical contribution to health care
AI can reveal remarkable medical insights, but only if patients and doctors have faith in it. Thus, trust has become AI’s singular goal, says this expert in the field.
January 21, 2022
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Five BioE faculty named as Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator Award recipients 2022-27 for visionary early-stage research
Congratulations to Stanley Qi, KC Huang, Michael Fischbacher, Polly Fordyce, and Mark Skylar-Scott
January 11, 2022
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Johan Ugander: How misinformation spreads faster than truth
An expert in the spread of misinformation talks about how we might at last conquer falsehood and the surprising new direction his work is taking him.
January 07, 2022
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Martin Fischer: AI and virtual reality can help society build better
Harnessing the latest tools of computer science, an engineer hopes to reshape one of the oldest fields of human endeavor — construction.
January 06, 2022
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Gill Bejerano: How cryptogenomics advances both science and privacy
Uniting computer science, mathematics and genomics, one professor hopes to expand access to DNA while also keeping it secret.
January 05, 2022
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Graduate student enrollment at Stanford is increasingly diverse
Data shows that underrepresented minorities and women in STEM fields are the fastest growing groups among Stanford’s graduate student population.
December 15, 2021
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Cynthia Lee: How to teach computer science
A lecturer in Stanford School of Engineering's Department of Computer Science says that change must come to the classroom from the top and the bottom.
December 13, 2021
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December 09, 2021
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Stanford continues work with expanding Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will continue to support the CZ Biohub through 2031
December 07, 2021
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A synthetic immunotherapy seeks out and destroys tumors
The tumor-targeting molecule promotes immune activation and tumor regression in laboratory mice after it’s injected into their bloodstreams.
November 30, 2021
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Todd Coleman: elevation to IEEE fellow
For contributions to biomedical signal processing and leadership in neuro-engineering
November 29, 2021
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Emma Lundberg: new AI technique bridges gap from nanometer to micron
A significant leap forward in the understanding of human cells, by combining microscopy, biochemistry techniques and artificial intelligence
November 29, 2021
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November 23, 2021
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BioE student Sayeh Kohani named Rhodes Scholar
A 2022 Rhodes Scholarship provides all expenses for two or three years of graduate study at the University of Oxford in England.
November 22, 2021
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Chelsea Finn: How to make artificial intelligence more meta
An expert on AI and robotics says that the latest trend in her field is teaching AI to look inward to improve itself.
November 22, 2021
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Researchers design a frugal way to study complex systems and materials
Dancing droplets of food coloring housed in hand-drawn lattices could reveal the inner-workings of advanced materials and complex natural systems.
November 17, 2021
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Researchers gain insight into how cells avoid assembly-line mistakes
How do molecular assembly lines maintain their precise control while shepherding growing molecules through a complex, multi-step construction process?
November 05, 2021
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Kayvon Fatahalian: How the pandemic changed the virtual world
An expert in computer graphics tells how the rapid shift online brought on by COVID-19 has inspired a revolution in the tools of his trade.
November 03, 2021
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Kuang Xu: How to make (and keep) genetic data private
An expert in genetic privacy says there’s a fine line between one’s right to know and another’s right to not know.
October 18, 2021