Atherton residents donate millions to a school in Palo Alto.
"... the best candidate for the job was clearly the one already at SLAC."
Preventing concussions in football requires first knowing what types of hits cause them. Stanford scientists have developed technologies that will help unlock that mystery.
A study by two Stanford professors determines that companies founded by the university's alumni have created 5.4 million jobs.
Nationwide, The Dow Jones News Fund selects exactly one High School Journalism Teacher of the Year winner annually. This year’s winner teaches at Palo Alto High School.
A comprehensive analysis of the anthropological and genetic history of humans' expansion out of Africa could lead to medical advances
The Cardinal came away from Memorial Stadium with the coveted Stanford Axe.
The key is flexability--employees making the call to work from home or from the office.
A new book club will focus on short masterpieces that "have not earned the readership they deserve," according to English Professor Tobias Wolff. The first is William Maxwell's So Long, See You Tomorrow.
Using optical tweezers and sub-nanoscale precision, Steven Block and Kirsten Frieda follow the process – and the consequences – of RNA folding.
Researchers in Namibia are using solar-powered cameras and audio equipment to monitor the behavior of wild elephants.
An associate superintendent explains why the district chose to transfer a student who carries the cystic fibrosis gene, but doesn't have the disease.
The boy's parents are going to court to block the transfer. The school district explains its reasoning.
The gift from the GPS pioneer and his wife, a real estate investor, will name a new Engineering and Applied Sciences Building and endow a professorship in the School of Engineering.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited contributions to "the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design" in naming the $1.2 million prize.
New research can identify the neural structures associated with poor reading skills in young children, and could lead to an early warning system for struggling students.
The Palo Alto Unified School District saw an increase in API from 926 (2011 Base API) to 934 (2012 Growth API), and is the highest API in the last six years.
See which teachers across the Peninsula will be honored with volunteer hours, and our one lucky teacher who has won a $50 gift card for school supplies.
Gov. Jerry Brown approved Senate Bill 1458, which will require 40 percent of a school's API to be determined by measures that indicate college and career readiness.
Professor recognized for his work on G-protein-coupled receptors.
Canopy and Microsoft banded together to help plant 120 trees at the Brentwood Academy over the weekend.
Kelly Servick writes about researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering who are using models derived in mechanical labs to look at how ultraviolet radiation changes the protective functions of human skin.
TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, is helping students take a stand.
Albert Camarillo is widely regarded as one of the founding scholars of the field of Mexican American history and Chicano Studies.
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day, Palo Alto Patch is searching for one of the most beloved local teachers, to reward him or her with volunteer hours from Patch editors and money for school supplies.
Spread across the school year, a series of talks, readings, films and performances organized by the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society will explore the relationship between money and humanity. The first one begins Tuesday.
The questions should be part of a larger dialogue on the role and direction of the Santa Clara County Board of Education.
An evening of discussion on what research tells us about how to raise children who are engaged in school and prepared for the new economy without being overly stressed.
Distinguished economists Alan Auerbach and Michael Boskin disagree on nearly every point but one: there are tough decisions ahead.
This forum will introduce parents to Camille Townsend, Heidi Emberling, Ken Dauber, and Melissa Baten Caswell who are running for 3 open positions on the School Board.
In a study of high-ranking government and military officials, Stanford psychologist James Gross and a Harvard team found that a higher rank was associated with less anxiety and lower levels of a stress hormone.
“Studying color variation in cats provides the opportunity to uncover new principles of gene action and interaction that may have unexpected applications to understanding developmental and morphologic variation in natural populations, including humans.”
European cultural history plays a significant role in the unfolding debt saga.
Patch received a request for the semifinalist lists for other schools that Palo Alto students attend.
Venture Lab, developed by Stanford faculty and students, stresses team-based, experiential learning. It hosts five courses this fall on entrepreneurship, education, creativity and finance.
He was also a member of the design faculty at Stanford University for nearly 30 years.