Skip to contentNewsMenuSearch formSearch termHomeFind StoriesFor JournalistsContactTop StoriesTeaching & StudentsUnexpected insightStanford student-athletes gain perspective on their own lives while serving others for three weeks overseas as participants in the Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement Program.Science & TechnologyStanford team finds order in a process previously assumed to be randomNew insights into the movement of droplets could further the performance of microfluidic chips for biomedical research, and suggest a novel approach for controlling the manufacturing of nanomaterials.Science & TechnologyResearchers predict with high accuracy if antidepressants will helpResearchers were able to predict with 80 percent accuracy whether antidepressants would help patients by analyzing their brain function and personal history.Law & PolicyStanford research offers best practices for criminal investigations of police shootingsA new study by the Stanford Criminal Justice Center highlights problems with the ways in which many law enforcement agencies handle officer-involved shootings and recommends both short-term and long-term solutions.Science & TechnologyStanford bioengineer’s microscope features interactive microbesAn easily assembled smartphone microscope provides new ways of interacting with and learning about common microbes. The open-source device could be used by teachers or in other educational settings.In the SpotlightArts & CreativityStanford students replicate museum objects from the Cantor Arts CenterStanford physics and history students explore how hands-on investigations can provide insights into the past in an art and science learning lab.Social SciencesElection 2016Stanford scholars offer insight and perspectives on Election 2016 through the Wide Angle project and stories about their research on a wide variety of political and democratic issues.Science & TechnologyStanford physicians work to protect children’s health in GuatemalaA “nutrition surveillance” app helps boost nutrition for children in some of the world’s poorest and most remote regions.More StoriesScience & TechnologyStanford researchers show air bag bike helmets have promiseDrop tests from as high as two meters show air bag helmet may reduce impact by as much as six-fold compared to traditional bike helmets.Arts & CreativityStanford in New York program adds quarter focused on theme of media and financeStanford is gradually expanding Stanford in New York, a three-year pilot program, to encompass an entire academic year, with each quarter focused on some of New York City’s strengths: arts, architecture, design and urban studies; media and finance; the global city.Campus LifeStanford’s solar expansion project moves aheadBy year’s end, a new solar plant will be providing 50 percent of Stanford’s electricity and the campus will be getting 65 percent of its total electricity from renewable sources.Teaching & St