The world around us is incredibly complex. From social and political issues, to technological innovations, very few parts of our lives remain simple or easy to understand. It would be hard for one person to understand enough of the world Read more…
I came to Stanford planning on pursuing neuroscience or bioengineering. I did neuroscience research on neurodegenerative disorders in high school, specifically Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and saw myself as an M.D. Ph.D. practicing and researching translational medicine. I quickly learned during Read more…
It’s never too late to figure out what your passions are. And it’s also never too late to figure out how engineering can help tackle these passions. I always had a feeling that I wanted to do engineering ever since Read more…
Mention the word “sales” and countless engineers frown, scoff or shrivel. And it is not their fault. Sales triggers many images in our minds, many of which are not positive — think the sleazy used car salesman, or the sleek Read more…
Like many others, taking ME203: Design and Manufacturing was my first introduction to making refined products. Sure I had modified plate steel with a hacksaw and drill to add something on to my Jeep, or screwed together some wood pieces Read more…
After sitting in on CS 107 as a pre-frosh (naively thinking it was Stanford’s intro CS course), I thought majoring in CS would mean learning about compilers, multi-threading and all the other jargon they threw at us the first day. Read more…
I have always had a profound interest in international relations—I suppose that my involvement with the Model United Nations program during my Middle School and High School years was fundamental in this regard. Therefore, although I decided to pursue an Read more…
As the countdown to graduation began, I, like many other Stanford seniors, was eager to fulfill my general education requirements, referred to as Ways of Thinking/Ways of Doing, or just Ways for short. My last unfulfilled Ways was Engaging Diversity, Read more…
As the sun set over downtown Johannesburg, igniting the sky above the soaring Vodacom tower, I wondered what it meant to be part of a struggle utterly foreign yet intimately familiar. To know that even in the region of the Read more…
Join us for Stanford TBP’s biggest event of the year: the annual Distinguished Speaker Series. This year’s speaker is Stewart Butterfield, founder and CEO of Slack Technologies and co-founder of Ludicorp, the maker of Flickr. One of the fastest companies to reach $1 Read more…
The School of Engineering’s Open House is an annual event during Stanford Admit Weekend that provides Tau Beta Pi members a venue to give back to the School of Engineering by inspiring and setting example for the school’s future citizens. Read more…
Get ready for Stanford’s Engineering Showcase in Packard Atrium from 4-6pm on April 17, 2017! This event aims to be a common platform for engineers from all fields to come together and engage in conversation. We envision a place where technology companies can demo their products to students, and conversely, where student groups can demo their projects to companies and the engineering student body at large.
We’re excited to start the new year off strong with a CEO dinner on the first Wednesday of winter quarter. If you’ve been divided between pursuing further education and starting a company (our guest did both!) or are curious about the workings of the Internet, Read more…
We are super excited to have Noah Ready-Campbell for the CEO Dinner series this week! A TBP member himself, he is the co-founder and CEO of Twice, a fashion retailing company that was acquired by Ebay last year, and is now working on his next idea. Read more…
Mar Hershenson, Managing Partner at early stage venture fund Pejman Mar Ventures, will be joining us for dinner next week. An awesome guest (https://goo.gl/KV8Rkw) and free dinner (http://goo.gl/GajZ5n) — what more could you ask for. An incredible personality and a true innovator, she made it on Read more…
We’re very excited to have Amos Elliston join us for dinner next week! Amos co-founded several companies on social networking for families and enterprise, before becoming the CTO of Flexport. Flexport is a global freight shipment management platform, and has significantly changed Read more…
Hey TBP, Get ready for another great CEO dinner! We’re excited to say that we have Alexia Tsotsis, former Tech-Crunch Co-Editor, joining us for dinner next week. Tsotsis was listed a Forbes 30 under 30 in media, is making her mark on the Read more…
Hey TBP, Are you sad you weren’t accepted this quarter into the class “CS183E: Effective Leadership in High Tech”, and want another chance to meet the woman teaching it? Hadn’t heard of the class, but want to meet her anyway? Read more…
Hello Tau Beta Pies! Hope your winter quarter is going well! For next week’s CEO Dinner, we are hosting Jason Xu, CEO and Chief Gamer of Battlefy. We’re excited to have a speaker from the esports industry, Battlefy is an esports platform for game studios, publishers Read more…
Hey Tau Bates, For next week’s CEO Dinner we’re hosting Max Levchin– co-founder of PayPal, and co-founder and CEO of Affirm. As a refresher: The CEO Dinner Series hosted by Stanford Tau Beta Pi is a way for members to have a small and personal dinner with leaders of the local Read more…