Research
The stories below highlight diversity-related research by Stanford scholars, from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives. In addition to these stories, you can find more information about ongoing research and scholarship by exploring Stanford research centers and academic programs dedicated to advancing understanding of gender, race, ethnicity, religious identity and other dimensions of human diversity.
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Solving Poverty Using the Tools of Silicon Valley
U.S. poverty has been a persistent problem. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1937, suggested that the test of our progress as a country is “not whether we add more to...
January 09, 2019
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Adina Sterling: How will artificial intelligence change hiring?
The next job search you conduct will likely be shaped by artificial intelligence. In the age of LinkedIn and Monster.com, job hunters can count on their resumes being...
January 07, 2019
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Stanford scholar explores the history of gay rights in Germany
Less than 80 years after roughly 6,000 gay men perished in Nazi concentration camps, Germany has become one of the countries mostly widely accepting of lesbian, gay,...
December 29, 2018
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Erin Cech explores how the professional culture of STEM reproduces inequality
What skills or characteristics make someone an excellent scientist or engineer? For former Clayman Institute Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Erin Cech, answering this question...
December 14, 2018
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Patients with paralysis use brain signals to operate a tablet
An implant the size of a baby aspirin gives paralysis patients the ability to send text messages, compose emails and browse the web, just by thinking.
November 29, 2018