Long Range Vision Archives - Stanford Report

May 11, 2023

Investments make research accessible, affordable

Community vision drives funding for shared facilities, staff, and research support systems.

December 7, 2022

Why do we care about literary characters?

Listen to the essay, as read by Blakey Vermeule, the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature in the School of Humanities & Sciences.

October 24, 2022

Board of Trustees learns how SLAC can change the future

The Stanford Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the 2022-23 academic year Oct. 17-18. Trustees toured the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and met the new dean of the Doerr School of Sustainability, among other matters.

June 6, 2022

Shared Research Platforms catalyze discovery

New investments in shared instrumentation and data resources – encompassing equipment, hardware, facility, and critical staffing – will help Stanford researchers continue to explore the boundaries of knowledge and achieve transformative advances.

January 19, 2022

Affordability enhancements at Stanford

In a message to the campus community, Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell announce new steps Stanford is taking to enhance affordability for staff, faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars

October 25, 2021

RAISE Fellowship invests in doctoral students

The new Research, Action and Impact for Strategic Engagement, or RAISE, Doctoral Fellowship will build an innovative and inclusive opportunity for Stanford’s doctoral students to participate in realizing the university’s Long-Range Vision of purposeful impact.

Stanford Transforming Learning Accelerator — August 26, 2021

Creating new opportunities for working learners

A Stanford-led convening brought employers, educators and researchers together to frame an applied science of adult learning.

Stanford News Service — August 20, 2021

Reducing campus emissions focus of new Stanford program

Achieving Stanford’s goal of reaching at least net-zero emissions from its operations will require developing new tools and strategies, which could also help businesses and governments reach their own emissions goals.

June 11, 2021

Stanford’s Board of Trustees holds final meetings of the 2020-21 academic year

Trustees approve 2021-22 budget, discuss the university’s racial justice initiatives, hear a report on graduate and postdoctoral education and take action on other items.

May 26, 2021

Stanford to begin piloting flexible job arrangements for staff

This summer, units throughout the university will begin testing what flexible staff job arrangements made necessary by the pandemic might work well in the long run.

May 26, 2021

Stanford launches search for the next vice president for the arts

A broad search committee of on- and off-campus constituencies expects to make its recommendation to the president by fall.

May 24, 2021

Second cohort of Stanford Science Fellows named

The postdoctoral program that fosters foundational scientific research by a diverse community of top researchers starts its second year.

May 7, 2021

Achievements honored, losses noted at annual gathering of Academic Council

In a presentation to the Academic Council, President Tessier-Lavigne summarized reasons for optimism post-pandemic, including progress made on the Long-Range Vision, the university’s improving financial position and the attributes of the campus community.

Stanford News — April 20, 2021

Hard-to-quantify emissions are the next frontier for Stanford sustainability goals

Stanford is celebrating Earth Day with a week of virtual events and is looking ahead to additional ways the campus can reach ambitious net-zero emissions goals, including tackling emissions from campus food, goods, travel and investments.

Stanford News — April 7, 2021

Undergraduate housing neighborhoods announced

New neighborhoods created out of existing student housing support lasting friendships and community for students throughout their time at Stanford.

Stanford News — April 1, 2021

Stanford accelerators move knowledge to impact in the world

Stanford’s Long-Range Vision seeks to increase and accelerate both the creation of new knowledge through foundational research and the uptake of that knowledge as solutions for urgent problems in climate, learning, health and society.

March 17, 2021

University leaders discuss decision-making in the time of COVID-19

The university’s response to the pandemic has required countless short- and long-term decisions and has drawn on the expertise of hundreds across the campus community.

March 17, 2021

Citizenship course piloted

“Citizenship in the 21st Century” is being piloted during the winter quarter as part of a new core curriculum for first-year students.

March 15, 2021

Stanford announces IDEAL Provostial Fellows appointments

Catherine Duarte is one of five early-career scholars who will join Stanford this fall as part of a program to increase research and teaching in race and ethnicity.

Stanford News — March 9, 2021

Faculty deliberation supports proposals for new school focused on climate and sustainability

After participating in a Deliberative Polling event, faculty showed majority support for proposals relating to the organization and structure of the new school focused on climate and sustainability – but not without debate.

Stanford News — February 4, 2021

New undergraduate residential neighborhoods launch for students fall 2021

Beginning fall 2021, undergraduates on campus will live in residential neighborhoods that support lasting friendships and community-building. The neighborhoods will intersect with a new frosh curriculum and campus-wide programming through the Town Center.

Stanford News — February 3, 2021

Stanford trustees discuss ‘values’ in Long-Range Vision initiatives

At a meeting at which the Stanford Board of Trustees expanded financial aid and kept tuition steady, members also met with faculty at the heart of the university’s Long-Range Vision initiatives.

Stanford News — January 20, 2021

Faculty input sought for new climate and sustainability school

Following deliberations by a Blueprint Advisory Committee in the fall, leaders are seeking faculty input on proposals for the new school’s structure, composition and areas of focus.