Tapping interdependent motivation shrinks racial achievement gaps in schools
A research–practice partnership that included SPARQ researchers reduced racial performance gaps and improved students' belonging with a modest price tag by shifting a school district’s culture.
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Philip Morris made cigarettes at Auschwitz in the 1990s
A study of tobacco industry documents reveals that the maker of Marlboro cigarettes manufactured its deadly products inside the former Nazi death camp.
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June 28, 2024
Two seasons on Jasper Ridge
At Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ( 'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma ), part of the School of Humanities and Sciences, a hike in February and one in April paint different pictures. The grays of clouds and rain...
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June 27, 2024
Student-curated exhibit reimagines museum practice
The exhibit De la Tierra: Indigenous Ceramics from West Mexico Transcending Time and Space features objects from the Stanford University Archaeology Collections and is on display until April 2025.
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Eve Clark named 2024 British Academy fellow
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Kathryn Olivarius receives 2024 Dan David Prize
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