In early 2022, Stanford medical student Santiago Sanchez set out to organize a campus debate with Jay Bhattacharya — a professor at the university whose outspoken denunciations of pandemic lockdowns ...

It's been a heck of a year in academia. This podcast miniseries, in partnership with WNYC's On The Media, examines the moral calculus universities face in dealings with the Trump administration.

Dr. Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, graduated from the Stanford School of Medicine but abandoned ...

Dr. Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, graduated from the Stanford School of Medicine but abandoned ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was unnerving enough, but when you add in the summer riots, the contested presidential election that ...

WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump's administration announced it would repurpose an old, generic drug as a new treatment for autism, it came as a surprise to many experts — including the ...

If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ends up finding the cause of autism, convincing parents vaccinating their kids is optional and turning conservatives into advocates of using government to combat chronic ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Jay Bhattacharya’s vow to welcome scientific dissent is under pressure just months into his tenure as director of the National Institutes of Health. At his Senate confirmation hearing ...

In response to questions about her residency, a spokesperson for Dr. Ala Stanford’s campaign confirmed that she has bought a house in her native Philadelphia. Stanford said she bought a house in ...

A cyclist rides through the Stanford University campus. Weekly file photo. We asked former Stanford employees who were laid off this year about the impact of the university’s recent staffing ...

Catholic Memorial services will be held for Dr. Preston “Jay” Webre, Jr. at 1:30 PM on Thursday, October 23, 2025, in La Chapelle de Martin & Castille of Lafayette. Jay, as he was affectionately known ...

Nolan R. Williams, a professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University, passed away on October 8, his wife Kristin Raj confirmed in a statement on Sunday, October 12. He is known ...