Winners were selected based on their initiative, leadership and involvement in projects that embody the spirit of genuine partnership and benefit the overall community.
At a national conference, Menlo-Atherton High School seniors present their digital documentaries of the joys and challenges of raising children.
High school senior McKenna Vega to play softball.
Despite national problems with teacher retention, the vast majority of alumni of the Stanford Teacher Education Program are still in the classroom years after graduating.
A team of Stanford University bioengineers has taken computing beyond mechanics and electronics into the living realm of biology.
The University has offered admission to 2,210 applicants.
The 32-year-old CEO's appearance on May 11 brings full circle the team's 'special relationship' with the college from the franchise's early days.
Stanford students hand-picked three bands and organized art installations to bring back the psychedelic vibe and festival atmosphere of the Frost Amphitheater of yesteryear.
A new study finds that when low-income, high-achieving students get targeted information about their full range of college-going opportunities, they apply to selective colleges in larger numbers, attend and graduate.
The solar-powered Start.Home, designed and built by Stanford students, runs on a standardized platform that students believe could transform green home construction.
As new MOOCs are made available to the world at large, professors innovate on campus to make Stanford-only courses more exciting and effective.
Since 1996, Stanford has transplanted 1,048 trees on campus, including oaks, olives, redwoods, pines and cedars, providing shade for people, habitats for birds and squirrels, and landscapes that help new buildings "settle into" their environs.
A Stanford astrophysicist's new book takes a statistical approach to the Shakespeare authorship question, revealing an unusual perspective of one of the most influential playwrights of all time.
New analysis pokes holes in widely accepted theory that connects biodiversity abundance with a reduced disease risk for humans.
The students have little or no formal scholarly experience with old texts. "These kids like handling books. You start there," said English Professor Stephen Orgel.
The City of Menlo Park is looking at adding School Zone speed limit signs in the Belle Haven neighborhood, along with a few other improvements that would make it easier for kids to walk and bike to school.
The Menlo Park City School District celebrated students who learned English as their second, and in some cases third, language.
“The Board should consider how Superintendent Maurice Ghysels acted in a despicable manner," said Olivia Mandilk, special education services director for the Menlo Park City School District.
New research aims to shed light on how "FabLabs" may enhance the way high school students learn science, technology, engineering and math.
Users of the new research application EmailValet grew comfortable with sharing their inbox with remote assistants, who perused the emails to create to-do lists. With the assistants' help, users completed twice as many tasks.
The large meteoroid that struck Russia is just one of the factors in space that cause satellites to fail. Sigrid Close, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics, is proving that the effects of "space dust" are a more likely cause
'Philosophy Talk' and Stanford Continuing Studies team up to create a unique course that combines philosophical wisdom with a radio broadcast experience.
Menlo-Atherton girls' basketball among local teams to win CCS opening round games.
Researchers use data from an orbiting gamma-ray telescope to settle the issue: Cosmic rays do indeed have their origin in exploding supernovas.
For the first time, scientists have measured how successfully a queen ant establishes new colonies. The work by Stanford researchers revealed that the queen was still reproducing several decades after mating.
Thousands of students vied for the elusive academic honor.
A new online tool shows the average teacher salary in most California school districts.
The Menlo Park City School District intends to adapt to students’ needs with technology.
Forget standardized tests, new tutoring startup emphasizes skills-learning.
UCLA Professor Otto Santa Ana notes that less than 1 percent of evening news stories are about Latinos—and how to better cover the community.
The Menlo Park City School District is grappling with ways to accommodate an increase in student enrollment while preserving small classroom sizes.
The disparity in per student funding among some San Mateo County schools is considerable.
Through a survey of the world's poetry, the professor of English and comparative literature finds that globalization and technology are changing the way poetry is viewed and used.
The Stanford student movement band readies for its Bing Concert Hall debut with William Parker.
Menlo School wins Notre Dame Invitational Title with 55-36 win over the host Tigers. Drew Edelman named tournament MVP.
Students in the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra will usher in a new era of performance at the Bing Concert Hall.
Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" offers bad lessons in historical thinking, says School of Education Professor Sam Wineburg.
Stanford economics Professor Frank Wolak warns of betting against the international spread of shale gas technologies by attempting to export domestic natural gas.
The Las Lomitas and Menlo Park City School Districts are increasing safety measures to keep students safe.
The Class of 2017 begins to take shape.