The Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO) began collecting daily observations of the Sun's global (or mean) magnetic field in May 1975 (Scherrer+1977), with the goal of understanding changes in the Sun and how those changes affect the Earth. That science is called space weather. Since May 1976 daily...
BOSP will provide transformative education that encourages you to take on new challenges globally. Nearly half of each graduating class studies away through BOSP during their time at Stanford.
The Center for East Asian Studies is the nexus of East Asia-related research, teaching, outreach and exchange across the Stanford campus. Recent News Student Spotlight Making a laser beam red is more than an aesthetic choice in Nan Xu’s (M.A. '26, Modern Chinese Literature) M.A. thesis “How...
Founded in 2012, the Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics (CEHG) supports and showcases research conducted by faculty and trainees in ~40 member research groups across the university. To stay up-to-date on CEHG news, events, and programs, join the CEHGCenterall listserv at...
The Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) is a community of researchers and industry members who together shape the future of the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operation (AECO) industry. CIFE promotes multidisciplinary approaches and thinking in the planning, design...
In the Department of Communication, we study the ways that communication techniques and technologies shape who we are, how we govern ourselves, and what kinds of cultures we inhabit. The Texan Ideology Defines the new media era we’re in — an era of extraction — and explains why tech lords are...
The Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) served Stanford faculty and students who were engaged in research involving computational, logical, and stochastic modeling of cognitive functions and processes. CSLI was founded in 1983 by researchers from Stanford University, SRI...
DAGS - Daphne Koller's Research Group working on Probabilistic Reasoning with Bayesian Networks, Markov Decision Processes and Probabilistic Relational Models.
Why fire fuels treatments? The ecosystems at the Stanford Dish, like many of California’s ecosystems, have experienced decades of fire suppression. Tree thinning, tree trimming, and shrub removal can mimic the effects of fire and help to maintain native grasslands and create sufficient spacing...
This guide contains primary materials on the U.S. military’s policy on sexual orientation, from World War I to 2013.