Cullen Chosy, a Stanford senior majoring in chemical engineering, will begin his graduate studies in physics at the University of Cambridge in September as a Marshall Scholar.
Stanford graduate students Abdallah AbuHashem and Ziyi Wang and senior Nicolas Fishman have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships for study at Oxford University.
Even faced with complete closure due to health and safety guidelines, Stanford’s makerspaces have found innovative ways to continue serving their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Special Forces veteran and Stanford scholar Joseph Felter underscores the importance of rigorous data and scholarship in understanding violent conflict and reducing casualties.
Initial results in Stanford’s surveillance testing program, which began with autumn quarter, show a low prevalence of COVID-19 and serve as a reminder to maintain health protocols for those who are working and studying on campus.
The new two-course Civic, Liberal and Global Education Requirement for undergraduates approved in May has been reduced to one course for one year by the faculty because of disruptions caused by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
Ahead of the 2020 election, Stanford students investigate the spread of mis- and disinformation online as part of their work with the Election Integrity Partnership.
From a 1-credit course to online playlists, a new program offered through the Office for Religious and Spiritual Life was designed to help the campus community grapple with the pandemic and a year of upheaval.
Research from the Stanford History Education Group shows how easily young people are deceived by information on the internet – and what schools can do about it.
When the pandemic hit, StanfordVotes had to rapidly change its campaign to get out the student vote. Building a digitally-connected community has been a huge part of that shift.
President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell were joined by Mona Hicks, senior associate vice provost and dean of students, and Shirley Everett, senior associate vice provost for Residential & Dining Enterprises, to talk about racial justice initiatives and residential life during an online conversation and Q&A with the Stanford community.
In a series of videos, seven graduates of the Class of 2020 share thoughts of their time on the Farm and look to the future with gratitude and optimism.
Stanford recently completed construction on the complex that will provide over 2,400 graduate student beds on the east side of campus. John Arrillaga, ’60, provided more than $100 million and other major support for the project, which also benefited from an anonymous donor.
Stanford is welcoming more than 2,000 master’s, doctoral and professional degree students with a two-week series of opportunities to get to know the university and each other.
The Steering Committee of the Faculty Senate unanimously approved policies regarding special registration status and transfer credits for the 2020-21 academic year.
Faculty are advancing a number of new and existing courses, and they’re poised to develop and “embed” moral problem-solving exercises into the computer science curriculum.
The website Stanford Teaching Commons provides curated guides on designing online classes; articles on such topics as accessibility, asynchronous activity, and inclusion and equity; and links to resources and services that support online education across campus.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote in the United States, Stanford highlights some of the women students who are continuing the hard work of the suffragists who came before them.
Visit ConnectSU to watch videos featuring Stanford faculty who participated in Dangerous Ideas, a course designed to help showcase the relevance of the humanities and arts to contemporary challenges.
The former dean of Stanford Engineering looks to experiments he did more than 45 years ago to help answer the question that’s on everyone’s mind: How will online learning work out?
Sarah Church, vice provost for undergraduate education, discusses issues identified in a student survey, including academic calendars and policies, financial assistance, and mental health and well-being.
The summer course, Teaching Your Class Online – a collaboration of Stanford Online High School and Stanford Continuing Studies – attracted thousands of middle school and high school teachers from across the country and around the world.
