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Nicholas Midler

Nicholas Midler

Opinions
Columnist Nick Midler argues that social media is enabling a massive shift of power from institutions to the masses, and that we need to be wary of letting crowds of temporarily interested observers shape decision making.

Opinion | Governance by Google Form

Nicholas Midler
  •  
March 17, 2021
Opinions
An image of the Engineering Quad at Stanford

Opinion | One year off

Nicholas Midler
  •  
March 2, 2021
Journalist Peter Baker

Opinion | Peter Baker soft-boils the news

Nicholas Midler
  •  
Feb. 21, 2021
Featured
(Graphic: AMY LO/The Stanford Daily)

As facial recognition draws scrutiny nationwide, Stanford research raises questions closer to home

Nicholas Midler
  •  
July 28, 2020
News
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom ’06 talks entrepreneurship, avoids controversies

Nicholas Midler
  •  
May 28, 2020
Humor
In the case Arrillaga does something unspeakable, your are looking at Chihuahua Family Dining Commons. (Photo: HOLDEN FOREMAN/The Stanford Daily)

Stanford establishes contingency for renaming Arrillaga buildings, runs out of names

Benjamin Midler and Nicholas Midler
  •  
May 3, 2020
News
H.R. McMaster (left) and Thomas Gilligan (right) discuss the geopolitics of COVID-19 during a Hoover webinar on Thursday. (Photo: NICHOLAS MIDLER/The Stanford Daily)

Blasting COVID-19 response in China, McMaster advocates ‘bypass’ of foreign firewalls to spread truth

Nicholas Midler
  •  
April 24, 2020
Magazine
(Photo: Michael Spencer)

A View of the Farm

Nicholas Midler
  •  
Nov. 20, 2019
Top Headlines
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

After another county meeting, Stanford GUP progress remains stalled

Grace Carroll and Nicholas Midler
  •  
Oct. 9, 2019
News
“I’ve always believed what someone can do with one dollar, an engineer can accomplish with a dime,” said Peña, who plans to major in computer science. Peña has put his beliefs into action. Since departing from Stanford this spring, Peña has been working with a team of Peruvian researchers to engineer a low-cost ventilator for COVID-19 patients. (Flickr/Jitze Couperus)

Land-use permit spat drags on between Stanford, Santa Clara County

Nicholas Midler
  •  
Sept. 30, 2019
News
JULIA INGRAM/The Stanford Daily

‘We have her back’: Students hold rally in solidarity with Chanel Miller

Nicholas Midler
  •  
Sept. 24, 2019
News
Students drinking in a dorm

Alcohol Solutions Group works to develop recommendations to reduce high-risk drinking

Nicholas Midler
  •  
March 13, 2019

Stanford halts research ties with Huawei amid surveillance controversy

Nicholas Midler and Daniel Yang
  •  
Feb. 5, 2019
Hannah Ronca/The Stanford Daily

Describing her assailant’s two-quarter suspension, alumna and sexual assault survivor critiques University’s ‘moral stature’

Nicholas Midler
  •  
Aug. 13, 2018
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CARTA use leads to lower grades, Stanford report finds

Nicholas Midler
  •  
June 8, 2018
Lisa Lapin. (Courtesy of L.A. Cicero/Stanford News)

University spokesperson Lisa Lapin to leave Stanford for J. Paul Getty Trust

Nicholas Midler
  •  
May 3, 2018
Peter Thiel ’89 JD ’92, pictured above, co-founded data mining company Palantir in 2004 (Courtesy of Dan Taylor, Wikimedia Commons).

What is ‘Stanford Analytica’ anyway?

Nicholas Midler
  •  
April 10, 2018
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Taube family donates $20 million toward construction of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital’s main building

Nicholas Midler
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April 6, 2018
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In no departure from prior years, University postures itself for Class of 2022 Admit Weekend

Nicholas Midler
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April 1, 2018
Attendees flood the crowd at a campus-wide discussion on cryptocurrency. (Courtesy of Stanford Bitcoin Club)

Tales of ‘a multicoin universe’: behind the crypto-craze on campus

Nicholas Midler
  •  
March 14, 2018
The Stanford Daily

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