Stanford University

What I have learned about the university that I have been doing as an assignment on is a lot of things because I didn't know anything about Stanford University before this project. My group members and I have each learned something important about this University. I have learned that it's one of the world's leading technological universities. I have also learned that in order to get into this university you have to have at least a 4.8 gpa that tells me that the students there are very hard working students because the maximum gpa is 4.0 meaning that you have to take honors classes in high school. I know for a fact that if I wanted to go to this university I would have to work three times as hard because only the smartest or best students go their. Stanford history started when it was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only child who died at the age of fifteen do to typhoid fever. It's original name was The Leland Stanford Jr University but knows it's known as Stanford University. Stanford University's motto is”The wind of freedom blows”. It's also known that its undergraduate program is the most selective in America. Stanford University has been known as a very great school and some notable figures in history to attend their were Mitt Romney, John F Kennedy was the 35th president, and Herbert Hoover the…

Stanford University, situated between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, is one of the world's driving instructing and research colleges. Since its opening in 1891, Stanford has been devoted to discovering answers for enormous difficulties and to get ready understudies for administration in a perplexing world. The little town that was starting to develop close to the area took the name Palo Alto (tall tree) after a monster California redwood on the bank of…

On January 17th and 18th 2015, Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner sexual assaulted an unconscious woman near a fraternity house. Brock Turner was drunk from a party when he got arrested at the night of the event. During his trial, Dan A. Turner, the father of Brock Tuner, wrote a letter to the judge name Aaron Persky about his son. The letter explains how his son is handling the difficult situations at home after the event occurred. The father blames Brock’s mistake on drinking and…

Ever since I turned 6, my dad ensured me that Stanford University boasted the best business school in the country. Since I enjoyed math, it seemed natural that I would excel at business as well. So I decided that I would attend the school and study business, so that I could make a lot of money and buy a lot of houses. Ignatius had spent much of his faith-life copying what others Saints had done to please the Lord, believing that this was the best way to praise Him (Olin 30). In a similar way, I…

Steve Jobs can be considered an American icon. He helped create a society filled with technological advances no person could have ever imagined. In 2005, Jobs presented a commencement speech at Stanford University that captured the hearts of many people through his use of emotion and rhetoric. By breaking down his speech into three parts he was able to develop one overlying theme, never give up until you find something you love. The three stories he decided to share included connecting the…

Ivy League universities continue to produce diverse elites, some of which innovate the world’s leading technology. Larry Page and Sergey Brin are two scholars who developed just that. They met at Stanford where they engineered a search engine called “BackRub”. Their schools’ server was used in the early stages of development; however, the limited bandwidth, a term used to describe the amount of date being used at once, forced them to register their growing search engine as its own domain.…

Google has a unique algorithm system that allows users to find information not only by keywords and citations, but by the number and quality of links that sets each result apart, which makes this search engine preeminent. Sergey Brin, one of the Google co-founders, was born in Moscow,Russia, and immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of six. For some native-born Americans, the life story of Sergey Brin might seem like fiction, but this Russian immigrant continues…

He went to college on and off for five years. He ended up leaving Stanford without even earning his degree. The one thing he did receive while going to college is many friends and acquaintances that would influence his writing tremendously. After leaving Stanford’s English program he enrolled in Hopkins Marine Station to study biology. Steinbeck wrote many books throughout his life time. In 1967 he even traveled to Vietnam to report on the war for Newsday. Steinbeck supported the Vietnam War…

Some might ask, “What is a project loon?” A project loon is described as “balloon-powered Internet for everyone”. (2) The balloons are fifteen meters across and are filled with helium. The altitude of these balloons is about twenty kilometers. The balloons contains solar-powered electronics inside a boxy gondola. These electronics send high-speed cellular Internet coverage to devices. The balloon has special software that guides these balloons while they are in flight. Project Loon is named for…

A few years ago Nirvan Mullick walked into an auto shop in East L.A. and found a lot more than a steering wheel for his Toyota. He found a nine year old named Caine who’s love for the idea of an arcade and all the components involved drove him to build an arcade made of cardboard boxes and other things he found in his father’s shop. A short film by Mullick about Caine’s experience started a nationwide phenomenon inspiring the world to be more creative in the next generation’s learning…