How will the combined forces of global change (climate, demographic shifts and economic trends) impact urban health in the 21st century? This symposium is intended to spark cross-pollination of new perspectives to enable UC Berkeley researchers and their research partners worldwide to develop and implement more effective global health interventions in the coming decades. Faculty [...]

UC Berkeley and Nokia researchers used GPS-enabled cell phones to test a technology that could soon transform the way drivers navigate through traffic. In the unprecedented Cal-trans funded field experiment, transportation researchers used GPS-enabled mobile phones to monitor real-time traffic flow while preserving the privacy of the phones’ users.

July 25, 2007 presentation by Norman Rizk for the Stanford School of Medicine Medcast lecture series. Pneumonia occurs when a person’s lungs become inflamed and filled with fluid as a result of infection by bacteria, viruses or fungi. Though treatment protocols have significantly advanced since the Great Pandemic of 1918 — when mortality rates were [...]

The four Chinese ink painters featured at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center’s exhibition survived persecution, insult and neglect to redefine and revivify an ancient art form. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford News: news.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com

From ancient Greece to early modern Europe the debate on the souls of the brutes had cognitive, ethical and political implications; we are still confronted with most of them. Join UCLA Professor Carlo Ginzburg as he tries to put the debate in a historical perspective. A Foerster Lecture on the Immortality of the Soul presented [...]

(Oct. 11, 2009) A panel discussion exploring the past, present, and future of this important genre of writing with Stanford professors Andrea Lunsford, Dan Edelstein, Nicholas Jenkins and Robert Harrison. The essay is a powerful tool for students, scholars, educators and anyone else who wants to persuade and communicate effectively. In a time when anyone’s [...]

(December 1, 2009) Sherry Wren, course co-director and Professor of Surgery at Stanford, and Michele Barry, Professor of Medicine at Stanford, discuss challenges in global health. Dr. Wren recounts her personal experience working in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Dr. Barry highlights neglected policy issues on the international global health agenda. Stanford Mini Med [...]

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www.weforum.org 30.01.2010 For children to reach their full potential, the gains in universal primary education need to be replicated at the next level; only 54% of children in developing countries attend secondary school. How can education systems be rebuilt to deliver their full potential in the 21st century? Queen Rania Al Abdullah, HM Queen Rania [...]

Thoughts on College Education So we have finished our college phase and ready to tackle our “careers. ” Ten to twenty years down the line, you still have your career but you are not getting anywhere. Perhaps a question should be [...]