The Latest Breaking News from Stanford University

One of the strongest earthquakes in the history of Canada's Alberta was likely caused by the underground disposal of wastewater by the oil industry, researchers at Stanford University and University of Alberta suggested in a study.

As the popularity and reach of generative AI grows, many are starting to sound alarm bells over the potential for misuse and exploitation. Models like ChatGPT can already generate text that can be passed off as human-generated, and AI-generated media continues to develop rapidly. If threat actors use the chatbots…

The judge brought a camera crew with him to film the students’ reactions

It's hardly the first time her music has been studied in higher education, either.

Stanford University is investigating a possible hate crime after swastikas and an image of Adolf Hitler were drawn on a whiteboard outside a Jewish student’s dorm room, the third such incident in the last two weeks.

News of the instance of antisemitism is one of several hate incidents reported on Stanford's campus this academic year.

In 1956, Alma Merrick Helms announced that she was bound for Stanford University. But she would not be attending classes. Upon learning that there was a “special shortage of women’s bodies” for medical students, this semiretired actress had filled out forms to donate her corpse to the medical college upon…

Funding at 27 universities can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction the industry prefers, report says

Daily marijuana use can raise a person’s risk of coronary artery disease by a third, according to a recent study lead by Dr. Ishan Paranjpe, a resident physician at Stanford University.