Stanford student arrested for poisoning classmates

26-year-old graduate student Xiangyu Ouyang spiked water bottles with a chemical.



What the hell... A former graduate student at Stanford University was arrested for attempting to poison her classmates after spiking their water bottles with a chemical that causes burning in the mouth and throat.

Former Stanford grad student accused of poisoning classmates

26-year-old Xiangyu Ouyang, a graduate student from Singapore studying cancer biology, was charged with four felony counts of poisoning after secretly dumping paraformaldehyde into her classmates' water bottles.

Last fall, authorities began an investigation when several medical students working in a university lab complained of irritation and burning after drinking from their water bottles, which had been left out.

Music in Conversation feat. Yuna, Run River North & Baiyu

Friday, May 9 at Stanford University's Dinkelspiel Auditorium



If you're in the Stanford area, lucky you. On Friday, May 9, Stanford University's Asian American Students Association and the Muslim Students Awareness Network are kicking off API Heritage Month by holding a concert, Music in Conversation. The night features Yuna, Run River North, and Baiyu:

Stanford Cowbell Player appears on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

Alex Chang is the undisputed star of the NCAA Tournament



The biggest star out of March Madness plays for Stanford, but he doesn't play basketball. He plays the cowbell. Alex Chang, who plays with the Stanford band's drum section, became a cult sensation after videos and gifs of his enthusiastic, wildly expressive cowbell prowess at last week's Stanford/Kansas game hit the internet.

So legendary were his skillz on the cowbell, Alex was invited to appear on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday night and sit in with the show's band, The Cleotones. When Kimmel asked Alex, a mechanical engineering major, if it was a demotion to be the cowbell guy, Alex could only respond, "Does it look like a demotion?"

Listen to the Silence: Stanford's 17th Annual Asian American Issues Conference, February 2

Social media and social justice fans! It's time to click, connect, and engage. Listen to the Silence, Stanford University's annual Asian American issues conference, tackles these topics and more on Saturday, February 2, at the Cubberley Auditorium. Activist, lawyer, journalist and my hero Helen Zia will be there, and I'll have the honor of delivering closing remarks. Here's a breakdown of the day: