Read more Stanford stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/329/stanford.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:29:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64442/google-exec-reinvents-geek-chic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMarissa Mayer is Google’s 20th—or maybe 16th—employee, responsible for such household names as Gmail and Google Maps. But the 34-year-old exec is also addicted to cheese and Oscar de la Renta, and carries an iPhone “to have a non-Google product to better simulate the user,” she says. Mayer,...http://www.newser.com/story/64442/google-exec-reinvents-geek-chic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 12:17:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61238/google-mentor-dead-in-freak-swimming-accident.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Stanford computer science professor who mentored Google's founders has drowned in his swimming pool, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Rajeev Motwani, 47, who could not swim, drowned at his Atherton, Calif., home, leaving a wife, two daughters, and many admirers in Silicon Valley. “It's a rare combination to...http://www.newser.com/story/61238/google-mentor-dead-in-freak-swimming-accident.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Jun 2009 15:43:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51892/students-hurt-by-colleges-digital-verdicts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCollege admissions offices are jazzing up acceptance packages—adding confetti, T-shirts, internet videos—to lure students, and are also trying to keep up with the times in their rejections, US News and World Report writes. But some efforts have backfired, with students hurt by brutally short, electronic turndowns—including text...http://www.newser.com/story/51892/students-hurt-by-colleges-digital-verdicts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Feb 2009 12:30:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51379/website-lets-you-into-harvard-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNo notes, no homework, and you can wear your PJs the entire time you "sit in" on Harvard classes—online. Academic Earth's online classes are "unexpectedly irresistible," Farhad Manjoo writes for Slate. "It's like Hulu, but for nerds." The company's collection of videotaped lectures from schools like Harvard, Yale, and...http://www.newser.com/story/51379/website-lets-you-into-harvard-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Feb 2009 11:35:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/27037/sudoku-champ-eyes-tougher-puzzles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBeating all comers—for the second year in a row—at the world's top sudoku tournament is nothing to scoff at, but champ Thomas Snyder has loftier goals, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The 28-year-old Stanford scientist is hoping he can solve complex DNA puzzles instead: "I hope I...http://www.newser.com/story/27037/sudoku-champ-eyes-tougher-puzzles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 May 2008 5:41:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25767/stanford-hires-dukes-dawkins-as-coach.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohnny Dawkins, a longtime assistant coach at Duke, has been hired as Stanford's new men's basketball coach. Dawkins replaces Pac-10 Coach of the Year Trent Johnson, who left for LSU earlier this month, two people close to the situation said today. Both people requested anonymity because Stanford had not made...http://www.newser.com/story/25767/stanford-hires-dukes-dawkins-as-coach.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 26 Apr 2008 17:56:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23616/chelsea-thesis-may-clarify-hillarys-role-in-irish-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhile Hillary Clinton stands accused of exaggerating her part in the 1998 Irish peace process, the answer might lie in an unlikely 150-page document—Chelsea Clinton's senior thesis from Stanford. Only problem? No one seems to know where it's gone, Newsweek reports, and a Clinton spokesman warns it was "written...http://www.newser.com/story/23616/chelsea-thesis-may-clarify-hillarys-role-in-irish-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Apr 2008 14:45:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22383/sun-banks-on-lasers-to-make-next-speed-leap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun Microsystems is moving toward connecting computer chips using lasers instead of wires, a move that could make computers 1,000 times faster. The company snagged a $44 million Pentagon contract to continue work that could also mean smaller, more energy-efficient machines. It won’t be easy, though: A Sun researcher...http://www.newser.com/story/22383/sun-banks-on-lasers-to-make-next-speed-leap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Mar 2008 13:49:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21976/stanford-dig-combines-sleuthing-classwork.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStanford University has found a way to give archeology students valuable excavation experience without leaving campus, Bloomberg reports, and hopes to find out why an enormous gymnasium couldn't withstand the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The gym was intended as a signature building for the young school. "They thought if they...http://www.newser.com/story/21976/stanford-dig-combines-sleuthing-classwork.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Mar 2008 17:53:03 CDT