Community Corner

🌱 How new Stanford frosh are already turning campus into home

Spotted on the Stanford calendar: Skydio: Autonomy for a Family of Flying Robots

Patch AM Team's profile picture
Patch AM Team, Patch StaffVerified Patch Staff Badge
Thursday October 8th Patch AM
Thursday October 8th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

Hi there, Stanford! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

🎃 Hosting a Halloween event in Stanford? Let Patch get the word out for you. Post it to the Patch calendar.

In today's newsletter:

  • How new Stanford frosh are already turning campus into home
  • Inside the Stanford home where a new Nobel laureate got the call
  • How can Stanford's archives change how we see "the other Europe"?

Also on today's calendar: Charlie and The Tropicales Family Concert and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 86 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 77, low: 57.
  • Saturday: Cool with low clouds breaking, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Frosh share their Stanford highlights (so far) (stanforddaily.com) — New Stanford frosh share what's already making campus feel like home, from late-night "mickleball" and Wilbur Dining's pho bar to SLE discussions and biking to Town & Country. Their reflections highlight how fast friendships, routines, and a sense of community are forming just weeks into life in Stanford.
   

2. California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids (whec.com) — Stanford resident and professor Karl Deisseroth learned in the middle of the night at his Stanford home that he'd won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work in optogenetics. Even as reporters and university staff converged on his faculty housing neighborhood, he paused the celebration to make school lunches for his kids before their school day.
   

3. The Other Europe Through the Archives (stanford.edu) — Stanford is hosting a workshop conversation where historian Norman Naimark and campus curators will explore how archives shape our understanding of Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on Stanford's rich Slavic and Eurasian collections, they'll discuss migration, shifting borders, and historical memory, while highlighting how these materials open new questions for students and scholars on campus.
   

4. Research Roundup: Nobel Prize for neuroscience (stanforddaily.com) — A Stanford professor, Karl Deisseroth, has just won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for pioneering optogenetics, a brain-research technique developed at Stanford. Local researchers also unveiled a promising urine test for bladder cancer and a study showing gas-powered commercial kitchens, including those in California, can expose workers to unhealthy air and extreme heat.
   

📸 Around Stanford

Show off your photography skills and the sights around town! Click here to submit your Photo of the Day to Patch AM!

🗓 Upcoming Events in Stanford

Add your event to our calendar and newsletter!

★ Featured events ★

Want to see your event featured? Click here!

Other local events

📣 Stanford Shout Outs!

Want to say something great about someone in town? Click here to submit your Shout Out to Patch AM! It's free!

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

 

Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Stanford PatchAM possible:

Click here to show your appreciation! 💚

Want to see your business here? Click here to connect with local customers.

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Now that I know that degrading organic matter in the landfills contributes widely to methane n our planet that ultimately and significantly contributes to the warming patterns that effect the oceans and cause terrible things like toxic algae blooms
    which kill wildlife, I am going to compost my stuff (which I have avoided until now because of the hassle). Also, I looked into why it's suddenly so… (Nextdoor Stanford Campus)
  • Pizza My Heart posted a job opening for Counter in Palo Alto. Apply here.
  • Ansible Government Solutions posted a job opening for Boiler Plant Operator/Boiler Technician in Palo Alto. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stanford here.

Ok Stanford! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

👉 Help make Patch AM better

We use a combination of real people and machines to tell you what's happening around town. Learn more about Patch AM.

Share to NextDoor     Share to Facebook

Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

More from Stanford