Six Stanford scholars named AAAS fellows

Five Stanford scientists and the university librarian have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon members of the association by their peers.

Life on Earth got bigger in two, million-fold leaps

Earth's creatures come in all sizes, yet they (and we) all sprang from the same single-celled organisms that first populated the planet. So how on Earth did life go from bacteria to the blue whale?

Yoko Ono to speak at Stanford

Avant-garde artist, musician and activist Yoko Ono, Lennon's widow, will be visiting campus Jan. 14 to give a lecture, "Passages for Light," at 7 p.m. in Dinkelspiel Auditorium. The lecture is open and free to Stanford students, faculty and staff with a current Stanford ID.

Munger residence nears completion; other projects move forward

The Stanford University Board of Trustees recently gave concept and site approval to a 900-seat, $145-million concert hall to be built on triangular plot of land near Frost Amphitheater.

Reforestation helped trigger Little Ice Age, researchers say

The power of viruses is well documented in human history. Swarms of little viral Davids have repeatedly laid low the great Goliaths of human civilization, most famously in the devastating pandemics that swept the New World during European conquest and settlement.

Stanford celebrates as Milton turns 400

To celebrate John Milton's 400th birthday, students and scholars convened Dec. 4 in the Terrace Room of Margaret Jacks Hall to read Paradise Lost's 11,000 lines in 10 hours flat.

• Poet Milton celebrated in marathon reading of Paradise Lost