Stanford to host Beyoncé Mass, celebrating Black women’s spirituality
The Office for Religious & Spiritual Life will present Beyoncé Mass, a groundbreaking service with a message of empowerment and resiliency, at Memorial Church on Feb. 23.
How and why to meet the Jan. 31 deadline for booster shots
You won't be able to register for spring quarter classes until you submit your booster documentation, or receive an extension or exemption, as explained in this Vaden Health Services message.
What began as a resource for frosh in a campus basement two decades ago is now a major campus center serving thousands of Stanford students and other campus affiliates each year looking to improve their writing and oral communication.
High school students welcomed to the Stanford family
Students from high schools serving low-income communities celebrated the successful completion of Stanford’s first nationwide dual-enrollment computer science course.
Cutting hair at Stanford for six decades and counting
At Stanford Hair, Carmelo Cogliandro has cut the hair of many in the Stanford community – including Nobel Laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners and Stanford presidents dating back to Wallace Sterling, who took office in 1949.
The Stanford community represents a wide range of faith traditions and worldviews. Tiffany Steinwert, dean for religious and spiritual life, highlights the resources her office offers to help students, faculty and staff anticipate and support observances during holy days this quarter.
Hillel at Stanford’s monthly festival celebrates well-being
The monthly Spreading Plenty festival, offered through Hillel at Stanford’s SHEFA Initiative, includes a Community Supported Agriculture program and family-friendly activities.
This past year saw the gradual resumption of life at Stanford, from the cautious reawakening of campus labs to the vibrant return of our entire student body for an in-person fall quarter. We look back at some favorite frames in the arc toward a new pandemic normal with university photographer Andrew Brodhead.
‘You never have to be alone’: The holidays, COVID and grief
Stanford offers various resources to help support students, faculty and staff as they face the added challenges of grief during the holiday season and in a pandemic.
Students attend Native heritage talk with William Prince
A group of Stanford students attended a special lunch with William Prince, a First Nation gospel recording artist, last week before his concert at Bing Concert Hall.
To commemorate Veterans Day, wreaths will be placed in Memorial Court and Memorial Auditorium, along with a letter from President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, to honor members of the university community who have served or are serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Religious observances in our multi-faith community
Tiffany Steinwert, dean for religious and spiritual life, addresses the campus community about the importance of supporting the diverse faith traditions at Stanford and offers tools to help identify when academic and work calendars coincide with religious holy days.
The Medicine & the Muse Program’s Stuck@Home virtual concert series features the artistic talents of the Stanford community. After more than a year online, they had their first in-person performance at Bing Concert Hall.
We are Stanford: A Festival for Reflection and Renewal kicks off
The festival provides numerous opportunities for the campus community to process all that it’s been through, individually and collectively, over the past 18 months and prepare for a renewed expression of campus life.
Frost Amphitheater was filled at lunchtime yesterday with staff who gathered for a special “We are Stanford: Welcome to Fall ’21” celebration that included box lunches, live music and remarks from President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell. Here’s a slideshow of some of the highlights.
Stanford welcomed incoming graduate students to campus during New Graduate Student Orientation, introducing them to the vast network of resources available at the university.
Convocation in Frost Amphitheater marks the beginning of New Student Orientation
The 131st Opening Convocation Ceremony, which will inaugurate the academic year on Tuesday, also marks the start of New Student Orientation for first-year and transfer students.
Stanford’s Office of Community Engagement created a new video to help welcome international scholars and students to the university. According to pre-pandemic numbers, around 5,000 students from more than 100 countries and nearly 2,000 scholars from more than 85 countries are part of the Stanford community.
Most of the campus remains quiet and life is slowly beginning to return to normal as summer draws to an end. Stanford University photographer Andrew Brodhead captures the calm before fall quarter.
In an email on Monday, President Marc Tessier-Lavigne told Stanford’s 2020 graduates that their long-awaited in-person Commencement has been scheduled for Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Marguerite returns to pre-pandemic passenger capacity
Beginning July 19, capacity limits will be lifted on all Marguerite buses. Face coverings will continue to be required for passengers regardless of their vaccination status.
Plans take shape for helping students transition to life on campus
For more than a year, student leaders have been working with Student Affairs and Undergraduate Education to create opportunities for students to connect and form bonds in virtual settings. With a return to a full campus on the horizon, new and existing programs will support students as they adjust to campus life.
