Word: stanfords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Paul Romer, professor of economics at Stanford University, heartily agrees on the state of America's (and the Internet's) socioeconomic divide: "My guess is it's going to be just like internal combustion on the farm," he says. "If there isn't a change in investments in skills, it will actually widen...
...year ago Harvard upped each student's financial aid package by $2,000--a move aimed at giving students more free time and fewer loans. But the University only acted after Princeton, Stanford and Yale announced they would overhaul their financial aid policies...
Premature cell death isn't the only possible complication. Stanford's Robert Malenka has shown that the NMDA receptor is involved in sensitizing the brain to drugs like cocaine, heroin and amphetamines, and others are investigating its role in triggering chronic pain--two more indications that it may not be wise to try to fool Mother Nature...
...remember their phone number. Perhaps it would help us get better grades, land a better job, but it might also take us down a road we'd prefer not to travel. "You might say yes, it would be wonderful if we could all have better memories," muses Stanford University neuropsychiatrist Dr. Robert Malenka. "But there's a great adaptive value to being able to forget things. If your memory improves too much, you might not be a happier person. I'm thinking of rape victims and soldiers coming back from war. There's a reason the brain has evolved...
...Build strong language, math and critical-thinking skills early by playing educational games at home. Encourage your child to take the most challenging courses offered in school. Stanford boasts that its freshman class usually comprises students who have taken the toughest classes offered--and earned...