HTR’s Reflection on COVID-19
Introduction Hi everyone, We know that the announcement on the morning of March 10th instructing us to leave campus shattered many of us. Over the past few weeks, we’ve all been adjusting to a new life of social distancing and virtual interaction
The Crown Education Challenge
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Stanford and Harvard students launched the Crown Education Challenge, a global contest for K-12 students backed by Professor Tina Seelig, Lisa Solomon, and other notable educators and thought leaders. In response to the countless
The Stream
The doctor pressed his finger against the flesh of her temple, searching for something. He was a kind, older man, on the verge of retirement, maybe, but with eyes as sharp as hers. Maybe even sharper, with all the things
Hidden in the Starlight
“There you are! Enrico! Hey – Enrico!” His face furrowed in even more intense concentration than usual, Enrico whirled around, startled. “Huh? Oh, yes. Jim. Hello.” “We’ve been wondering where you were for the past hour!” cried Jim, clearly exasperated. “You’ve got
An Undergraduate Account of the Real World Crypto Symposium 2020
Alfred Lerner Hall, where Real World Crypto 2020 took place. The Real World Crypto Symposium (often abbreviated as RWC) is an annual, 3-day conference for applied cryptography research organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR). It strives to bring
What Social Media is Feeding Us
You’re sitting in your room, browsing your favorite website. A Buzzfeed Tasty video sits at the top of your feed, and the thumbnail intrigues you, so you spend a few minutes watching the creation of French Toast Roll-Ups 4 Ways.
Preventing Aggressive Ignorance – The A.I. We Don’t Think About
When UNC professor Zeynep Tufekci began watching Donald Trump rallies on YouTube, she noticed something odd. [1] YouTube began recommending and auto-playing extremist content—white supremacist videos, Holocaust denials, etc. In 2015 Twitter began sorting its timeline by algorithmically-determined “relevance” rather
Zurquul Grug’Nam
“Zurquul Grug’Nam.” Cliff sounded out the unfamiliar syllables, stroking his short red beard. “Zurquul Grug’Nam. Wonder what it means.” “Ssh!” Howard was almost six inches taller than Cliff, clean-shaven, and muscular. “Don’t say that! You want to ask questions, be a
Voting by App
The greatest threat to our democracy is not foreign interference in elections, or political polarization, or fake news. It is our voter turnout. A democracy is supposed to be a system of government by the whole population, but the 2016
Stanford Brainstorm Presents America’s First Mental Health Innovation Course
Editor’s Note: The following piece features guest writers Aayushi Jain and Anika Nayak, interns at the Stanford Brainstorm Laboratory, who spoke to Stanford University faculty about the nation’s first-ever university-level course on mental health innovation. We chose to include this