H&S News

Killer Stress Documentary “Stress: Portrait of a Killer” is a documentary production by Stanford University and National Geographic Television, featuring Professor Robert Sapolsky, that reveals just how dangerous prolonged exposure to stress can be. If you missed the program, see Sapolsky on campus on Nov. 12th as part of the Pioneers in Science series.

What's in Stanford's Attic?
Read about how students learn museum skills sorting treasures of Leland Jr., Jane and others at the Stanford Archaeology Center.

Poll on Environmental Issues
Jon Krosnick, the Frederic O. Glover Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, designed a recently released Stanford University/ABC News/Planet Green poll. Read an article about the project in the Stanford Report, or watch a video about the results on abcnews.com.

Ants and Plants
Watch an audio slideshow about graduate student Beth Pringle's research in the Ecology and Evolution Program.

Biological Sciences Department has streamlined name
Stanford Report, February 6, 2008

Stanford researchers hear the sound of quantum drums
Stanford Report, February 8, 2008

Discrimination against blacks linked to dehumanization, study finds
Stanford Report, February 8, 2008

Fund supports charting new courses
Stanford Report, February 6, 2008

Keck grant funds brain-imaging effort
Stanford Report, February 6, 2008

Professors Allen, Mooney, and Zare honored
Stanford Report, February 6, 2008

Researchers' nanotube findings give boost to potential biomedical applications
Stanford Report, January 30, 2008

Principal investigator of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission to give talk
Stanford Report, January 30, 2008

Exhibit spotlights tourism in America with paintings by Church, Homer, Moran
Stanford Report, January 30, 2008

On the frontiers of science for decades, a storied building is soon to be razed
Stanford Report, January 30, 2008

Albert Hosmer Bowker, former Stanford dean, Department of Statistics founder, dies at 88
Stanford Report, January 30, 2008