National Geographic names Oakland's Ahmed Muhammad among select group of youth changemakers worldwide

A teen from Oakland, who has received national attention for his achievements both in the classroom and in his community, was now being recognized as one of 25 young people around the world inspiring global change.

Stanford University to start with online instruction for first 2 weeks in January

Stanford University has announced that it will start its winter quarter holding classes online for the first two weeks of January out of concern for the increase in COVID-19 cases recently.

Stanford hoops player traces family's journey from Auschwitz to NBA

Dan Grunfeld, who played college hoops for Stanford, poignantly writes of his grandmother Anyu, who lost her parents and five of her siblings in the Holocaust -- and later lost a son to illness.

124th big game in Cal and Stanford rivalry

UC Berkeley and Stanford football teams are facing off Saturday in the 124th big game between rivalries.

Trick-or-treating is safe again with the right precautions, health leaders say
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Pediatrics Physician Dr. Jasmin Makar from Stanford Children's Health spoke to Mornings on 2 on Sunday about what families should consider when trick-or-treating this year.

Bay Area economists win Nobel for research on wages, jobs

A University of California, Berkeley economist won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for pioneering research that transformed widely held ideas about the labor force, showing how an increase in the minimum wage doesn’t hinder hiring and immigrants do not lower pay for native-born workers. Two others, including a professor at Stanford University, shared the award for developing ways to study these types of societal issues.

Nobel prize for economics awarded to 3 in US for societal research

The 2021 Nobel prize for economics on Monday was awarded to three U.S-based economists for work on so-called “natural experiments.”

Stanford researchers say you should trust science-based vaccine approval process for kids

Researchers at Stanford University have been running a pediatric study of the Pfizer vaccine and were among the first in the nation to administer the shot to young children.

Bay Area family making history in Pfizer pediatric vaccine trial

They're only in elementary school, but 6-year-old Sofia Chavez and her 9-year-old brother Nico are helping make history. They have been part of Pfizer's pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trial at Stanford for children.

Stanford University resident assistants on indefinite strike

Resident assistants at Stanford University went on an indefinite strike Thursday after the university failed to meet their demands, according to the Stanford Daily.

Stanford updates COVID-19 protocol for fall quarter

Classes are set to resume in-person on campus at Stanford University September 20. Now there are some updates to their COVID-19 safety protocol. 

Cantonese reigns in Bay Area, but at Stanford, City College, language is imperiled

Amid an increase in anti-Asian, anti-Chinese violence in the San Francisco Bay Area, students and alumni of CCSF and Stanford are fighting hard for a permanent Cantonese program.

Vaccinated or not, Stanford to test students for COVID-19 once a week

Stanford University becomes one of the first in the nation to test every student once a week for COVID-19, whether they are vaccinated or not. Stanford notified students about the new requirement on Wednesday.

Mild COVID-19 infections rising in Bay Area for children under 12

A Bay Area pediatrician said she's seeing an increasing number of patients under the age of 12 test positive for coronavirus, but none have required hospitalization.

Stanford requiring vaccinations for fall as new breakthrough cases reported

The university confirmed that seven people on campus tested positive for COVID this week. School officials said all seven were vaccinated and had symptoms.