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Stanford on iTunes U, the first public iTunes U site, reached a 40 million download milestone. (September 28, 2011)
At Stanford 2009 Roundtable, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Stanford President John Hennessy blasted the U.S. immigration policy that forces foreign students to return to their home country after begin educated in the United States. (October 24, 2009)
Moderated by Charlie Rose, the 2009 Stanford Roundtable diagrammed the near collapse of the U.S. economy, and then looked at solutions such as developing a strong manufacturing base of innovative technology. (October 24, 2009)
Stanford President John Hennessy makes opening remarks at the fifth anniversary of the Woods Institute for the Environment at the Hewlett Teaching Center. (October 21, 2009)
Stanford's Memorial Church was the site of a chant camp, singers in unison. Susan Hellauer of Anonymous 4, which lead the camp, describes the exercise as "mystical." (October 19, 2009)
Among the dignitaries speaking at Stanford's 119th Opening Convocation Ceremony's was University President John Hennessy. (September 15, 2009)
Cheers and personal shout-outs of welcome greet the members of the Stanford class of 2013 as they arrive on campus on move-in day. (September 15, 2009)
Free videos of Stanford's wildly popular course on creating applications for the iPhone and iPod touch have now been downloaded a remarkable million times from Stanford's site on iTunes U in the iTunes Store -- in just seven weeks. (May 19, 2009)
After years of design and construction, the world’s brightest X-ray machine has come to life at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in the hills near Stanford University. (April 21, 2009)
Stanford junior Kayvon Beykpour demonstrates the latest version of iStanford, the iPhone application that includes mobile versions of the university's course catalog, campus map, and directory. (March 16, 2009)
On March 6, the team of entrepreneurial students who launched the iStanford application last fall debuted version 2.0 of the suite for download through Apple's App Store. (March 16, 2009)
Former Secretary of State and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Condoleeza Rice discussed the importance of immigration reform in opening remarks for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research's (SIEPR) 2009 Economic Summit. (March 13, 2009)
Stanford assistant professor and entrepreneur, Ge Wang makes music with a mobile phone orchestra and iPhone ocarina. (March 4, 2009)
Stanford physicists have written and stored the University’s initials, “S” and “U,” in patterns of electron waves, creating the world’s smallest writing. (January 29, 2009)
Recognizing that energy is at the heart of many of the world's tribulations -- economic, environmental and political -- Stanford University is establishing a $100 million research institute to focus on energy issues. (January 12, 2008)
Stanford artificial intelligence researchers have developed software that makes it easy to reach inside an existing video and place a photo on the wall so realistically that it looks like it was there from the beginning. (November 13, 2008)
Students, faculty and staff greeted the Class of 2012 on Tuesday as the incoming freshmen moved in to their residence halls. There were activities for the new students and their parents throughout the day. (September 17, 2008)
Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. (August 28, 2008)
GLAST, the Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope, was launched into Earth orbit on June 11, 2008. Unlike the human eye, it can see gamma rays, a powerful form of light that is above the spectrum of visible light. (June 11, 2008)
Stanford's centennial commemoration of the 1906 earthquake is an opportunity to educate others on both the short- and long-term effects of the quake on the Stanford community.



