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Carla Shatz awarded Grand Medal from French Academy of Sciences

Carla Shatz, the Sapp Family Provostial Professor and professor of biology, has received the highest scientific honor from ...
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Study finds ChatGPT’s latest bot behaves like humans, only better

The most recent version of ChatGPT passes a rigorous Turing test, diverging from average human behavior chiefly to be more cooperative. February 22, 2024 As artificial intelligence has begun to ...
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Five H&S faculty named American Academy of Sciences and Letters members

In recognition of their outstanding scholarly achievement, five faculty from the School of Humanities and Sciences have been invested as members of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters: Berman ...
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Tracking migration patterns of marine predators across international waters yields geopolitical challenges

Understanding the movements of migratory marine animals through different countries' waters and in the open ocean beyond is vital to their management and conservation. September 3, 2018 Understanding ...
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Stanford joins collaboration to explore “ultra-quantum matter”

The Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter brings together physicists from 12 institutions to “understand, classify and realize” new forms of ultra-quantum matter in the lab. June 3, 2019 ...
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Interviewing and Talking with Prospective Faculty

In the cases where you are admitted to work with a specific faculty member, you should contact faculty directly Admission decision based on online application and interview trip A short list of ...
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NASA’s Fermi mission reveals record-setting gamma-ray bursts

Green dots show gamma-ray bursts observed by the LAT during its first decade. Noteworthy bursts are highlighted and labeled. Background: the map shows how the gamma-ray sky appears at energies above ...
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Debunking the evidence for election fraud cases

Political science professor Justin Grimmer’s research offers a detailed look at election fraud claims, their purveyors, and the election skeptics who believe them. He finds some reason for hope.
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Stanford Science Fellows 2026 cohort announced

The School of Humanities and Sciences has awarded eight scholars the distinguished Stanford Science Fellowship, a three-year opportunity to pursue their research and build scientific community across ...
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Paul A. David, who made Stanford a leading center for economic history, dies at 87

David conducted influential research on technology diffusion and sought to make the study of economic history more rigorous by promoting a quantitative approach to the field. Paul A. David, an ...
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Poetry scholar and critic Marjorie Perloff has died

Perloff, a world-renowned scholar of contemporary poetry and champion of experimental poetry, was known for her ability to untangle complex ideas in modern and conceptual poetry and explain it in ...