Missing graduate student found dead

Friends, colleagues express shock at apparent suicide
By Niraj Sheth
NEWS| As word of 23-year old Mengyao “May” Zhou’s death trickled out, the graduate community registered shock and sadness, and many expressed surprise at the apparent suicide of the second-year doctoral student in electrical engineering.

Body recovered at Santa Rosa Junior College

By Christian L. Tom
NEWS| Santa Rosa police announced last night that the body of missing second-year doctoral student in electrical engineering Mengyao “May” Zhou was found in the trunk of her car.

Endowment grows by $1.8 billion

By James Hohmann
NEWS| Stanford’s endowment surged in value by 15.4 percent, or $1.8 billion, last year. The growth solidified Stanford’s position as the university with the third largest endowment, with $14.1 billion, behind only Harvard and Yale.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Stanford Management Company CEO Powers talks about his quieter style and shares investing insights

By James Hohmann
NEWS| John Powers, a well-respected, proven investment strategist who earned his MBA at the Graduate School of Business, took the helm of the Stanford Management Company in June. The transcript of an exclusive interview can only be found online.

Energy Bowl kicks off

By Heather Heistand
NEWS| During last year’s Great Annual Energy Bowl and Water Derby, undergraduate dorms cut back 150,000 kilowatt hours of electricity and 1.2 million gallons of water compared to the year before, saving the University $22,000.

Israel misuses Holocaust, Finkelstein insists

By Sini Matikainen
NEWS| Controversial historian Norman Finkelstein argued in front of a packed and boisterous Cubberly Auditorium crowd last night the disputed assertion that Israel uses the Holocaust as a shield against criticism.

Stanford enters theater partnership

By Emma Trotter
NEWS| Stanford alumnus and Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang ‘79 will kick off a partnership between Stanford and the New York Public Theater by conducting a residency on campus starting in February, University officials announced Monday.

Study shows pollution slows winds

By Lia Hardin
NEWS| Two decades ago, Stanford’s Mark Jacobson, associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, decided to study air pollution “to improve human health on a large scale.” Jacobson’s recent study, “Wind reduction by aerosol particles” was published Dec.