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Peter Thiel ’89 JD ’92, pictured above, co-founded data mining company Palantir in 2004 (Courtesy of Dan Taylor, Wikimedia Commons).

What is ‘Stanford Analytica’ anyway?

Nicholas Midler
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April 10, 2018
(Courtesy of Dawn Harmer/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry praises SLAC researchers, talks energy obstacles

Yasmin Samrai
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March 28, 2018
(AVI BAGLA/The Stanford Daily)

A look inside Silicon Valley’s startup culture at Stanford

Tyler Johnson
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March 28, 2018
(COLLEEN MACCALLION/The Stanford Daily)

GSB server exposed social security numbers, salaries of 10,000 Stanford staff

Hannah Knowles
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Dec. 1, 2017
Cardinal Crush allowed students to submit the names of their crushes and notified them if their crushes listed them in return. (Photo: The Stanford Daily)

Students invest in Bitcoin as price tops $10,000

Evani Radiya-Dixit
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Dec. 1, 2017
Some students use ride-sharing services to get around Stanford's sprawling campus (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

‘Everything is far’: Students hail Uber, 5-SURE to get around campus

Alex Tsai
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Nov. 27, 2017
Maya Varma was honored this year as one of Her Campus' 22 Under 22 Most Inspiring College Women (Courtesy of Linda Doane).

Q&A: Maya Varma, one of Her Campus’ ‘Most Inspiring College Women’

Ryan Tran
  •  
Nov. 5, 2017
Researchers at Stanford and SLAC have captured the first images of dendrites, which grow in batteries (Courtesy of Y. Li).

Researchers make breakthrough in battery science

Sterling Alic
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Nov. 3, 2017
This year's kick-off career fair got mixed reviews from students not looking for tech jobs (Courtesy of Brett Alpert).

Career fairs get mixed reviews from non-techies, despite BEAM efforts

John Timony
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Oct. 30, 2017
In its current form, the Pediatric Weight Control Program, developed over 20 years ago, uses behavioral interventions in order to address childhood obesity by helping families create a balanced diet and focus on exercise habits (Photo: MELISSA WEYANT/The Stanford Daily).

New children’s hospital to open in December

Sophie Regan
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Oct. 30, 2017
The Stanford libraries updated its online search tool to better connect users with digital resources (DEVON ZANDER/The Stanford Daily).

University libraries update research tool for digital resources

Tyler Johnson
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Oct. 26, 2017
Donald Dansereau handles a prototype of the light-field camera that will allow robots to have clearer vision (Courtesy of Stanford News).

New camera from Stanford lab offers robots 4D vision

Mallika Singh
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Sept. 11, 2017
(Courtesy of Dr. Jamshid Ghajar)

SyncThink unveils latest version of EYE-SYNC

Deven Navani
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July 12, 2017
Unicorn funding brief. Courtesy of Stanford GSB.

Financial model reports that “unicorns” are often overvalued

Anne-Marie Hwang
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May 23, 2017
Flash organizations were created by the teams of Stanford professors Melissa Valentine and Michael Bernstein (Courtesy of Michael Bernstein).

Researchers seek more effective crowdsourcing with ‘flash organizations’

Hannah Knowles
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May 17, 2017
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Stanford research team develops new biodegradable electronics

Susannah Meyer
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May 4, 2017
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Stanford accounts hit by widespread phishing scam

Zoe Sayler
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May 4, 2017
David Axelrod, right, and and David Sarno have developed a virtual reality tool for educating students about the human heart (Courtesy of David Axelrod).

Virtual reality reveals the human heart in three dimensions

Katie Gu
  •  
May 2, 2017
Stanford has increased the number of buildings with solar panels on campus. (MICHAEL SPENCER/The Stanford Daily)

Stanford increases solar panels on campus

Sophie Stuber
  •  
April 28, 2017
Melissa Gates also spoke at Stanford for a SWIB event. (Photo: RYAN JAE/The Stanford Daily)

Melinda Gates emphasizes confidence at campus talk

Ellie Bowen
  •  
April 28, 2017
The Stanford Daily

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