Envisioning the future for Palestinians and Israelis
Former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Israeli Professor Alon Tal discussed the feasibility of a two-state solution as part of Democracy and Disagreement, a spring quarter course that brings experts with opposing viewpoints together to model civil discourse.
Students in Bing Overseas Studies Program’s global seminar in Oaxaca learned first hand how the area’s Indigenous communities work in concert with local ecosystems. “In your head, you think of a national park that’s far away from everybody. But a lot of times, biodiversity is in people’s neighborhoods.”
Stanford’s newly restructured undergraduate requirement program kindles students’ curiosity about ideas in the world, and also about themselves and each other.
100 years ago, Stanford’s first general education requirement was a course on citizenship
In 1923, Stanford introduced its first required class to its incoming frosh: Problems of Citizenship. The course was part of a series of changes that have shaped what undergraduate education at Stanford looks like today.
How to tackle the world’s biggest sustainability challenges
A spring-quarter course taught by Stanford professors William Barnett and Chris Field asked students to consider solutions to global predicaments. “This new generation will be known as the greatest generation ... they will be building sustainability into everything they do.”
With science fiction as inspiration, faculty encouraged students in the course "Imagining Adaptive Societies" to imagine a future where people thrive in a sustainable and equitable world.
Students build augmented reality experiences with devices from iPads for Learning program
The program explores how iPads can impact teaching, learning, and research and allowed journalism students to explore the intersection of extended reality and journalism.
‘Principled Entrepreneurial Decisions’ teaches students to develop their ethical compass
A Stanford engineering course shows students how relying on principles and values can guide them through difficult professional and personal situations.
More than 100 students from diverse backgrounds and fields of study were drawn to a fall class exploring the connection between the health of people and the environment, part of a wave of interest in classes about sustainability.
After taking the undergraduate class, Why College, Daniel Gaughran took a leave of absence from Stanford to extend the course’s goals of contemplation and self-discovery. He is now back at Stanford, energized and ready for whatever is next.
COLLEGE prepares students for a lifetime of inquiry
Stanford’s newly restructured undergraduate requirement program encourages students to think critically across disciplines, reflect on their values, and consider how their education can lead them to purposeful lives.
Students in the interdisciplinary course Pathogens and Populations: Representing Infectious Disease explored the process of translating scientific information into art and identified what gets lost in translation.
New course brings wicked problems to the classroom
A new course winter quarter kicks off a series designed for undergraduates across the university. It will be taught by Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Dean Arun Majumdar and Dean of Research Kathryn “Kam” Moler.
Native plant garden teaches indigenous history and culture
Stanford students learn about the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and other indigenous communities through cultivating and caring for a native plants garden in a new teaching space near the Stanford Dish.
Students are seeking solutions to complex climate and sustainability challenges through deep analysis, innovative thinking, and careful collaboration with those most affected.
Nearly 500 graduate students from across Stanford participated in the Stanford Graduate Summer Institute (SGSI), a week-long collection of accelerated courses that are open to currently enrolled graduate students, free of charge.
Continuing Studies course ‘Politics 2022: America at a Crossroads’ is open to Stanford students
The course will feature high-profile speakers including Hillary Clinton, Sundar Pichai, and Cory Booker, who will examine the current state of America and its institutions.
New courses to explore intersections of Earth, climate, society
In its first year, the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability will offer a spectrum of new courses designed to attract enrollment from all corners of campus and to cultivate the deep knowledge needed to foster a sustainable future.
A five-week course tests the mental and physical limitations of six up-and-coming scientific divers as they learn about the ecology and conservation of kelp forest communities through subtidal techniques.
Stanford leads the way in rethinking life’s stages
As life expectancy increases, Stanford centers and research lead the way in supporting healthy, productive, and purpose-driven lives that may span a century.
Stanford course works with East Palo Alto Community Farmers Market to offer on-the-spot testing for heavy metals and learn about environmental injustice, specifically as it relates to communities of color and environmental contamination.
New program embeds ethics into computer science courses
Kathleen Creel is training the next generation of entrepreneurs and engineers to identify and work through various ethical and moral problems they will encounter in their careers.
Creative writing course explores overlap of science and art
Students in this course combine creative writing and science, discussing their texts in group workshops and gaining immersive writing experience through a trip to Hopkins Marine Station.
How to prototype: Students make five unique chairs at the d.school
Physical prototyping is an important part of the creative process. It provides a wide range of solutions for designers to explore. In a Stanford d.school class called Creative Gym, students practiced their prototyping skills by creating five unique chairs using different types of materials.
