Stanford Pulitzer winner’s new novel tells epic tale born from writing ‘every day for 10 years’
The Wayfinder, by English and creative writing Professor Adam Johnson, draws on the peoples and natural beauty of the Polynesian islands to tell a story set 1,000 years in the past, with resonance for our times.
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Light causes atomic layers to do the twist
A study led by Stanford and Cornell researchers shows how light could be used to control the behavior of moiré materials, atomically thin layers that gain unusual properties when stacked and offset. The research has...
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New undergraduate study options combine data science with humanities and arts
Two new offerings—the Data Science for Artistic and Cultural Analysis subplan and the Computational Cultural Analytics subplan—bring together diverse disciplines in a unique way.
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King Institute embraces new home on Main Quad
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