To continue offering Cardinal Quarter fellowships during the pandemic, Stanford identified meaningful projects that students could do remotely at agencies and nonprofit organizations across the country.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Stanford’s Haas Center for Public Service has identified and connected students to remote learning, service and career opportunities.
Ayoade Balogun, who is pursuing bachelor’s degrees in African and African American studies and environmental systems engineering, recently returned to campus from a summer internship at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Coterminal student Rachel Hirshman, BS ’18, MS ’19, spent the summer in Hawaii helping plan and execute military exercises, an opportunity supported by the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Hundreds of Stanford students are currently engaged in public service fellowships locally, nationally and globally through the Cardinal Quarter program.
Journalist and alumnus Ted Koppel will be in residence at Stanford as the Haas Center Distinguished Visitor and will deliver the Haas Distinguished Visitor Lecture on April 18.
Whether learning advanced writing techniques, key concepts of social science research, or the intricacies of new technologies, students are applying what they learn to help organizations dedicated to improving the lives of people in need.
Students enrolled in Farmers, Scientists, Activists: Public Discourse on Food Economies acted as consultants, writers, interviewers, project managers, team members and citizens while collaborating with community groups during the winter quarter course.
Students enrolled in Communication Research Methods designed small-scale research studies for a local nonprofit organization that offers one-on-one tutoring to children.
Students enrolled in Ending Poverty with Technology explored answers to the question: Can we harness new technologies to reduce poverty and inequality?
New Stanford graduate Oranicha “Natty” Jumreornvong moved across the world to learn more about how to improve the lives of people with disabilities at home in Thailand. Next year she'll attend medical school and hopes to apply what she learns to help people back home.
A new course teaches undergraduates how to design for people with physical disabilities. Each week, students learn about a different disability, then brainstorm design ideas to address issues and present their work to the class.
Stanford graduate students and postdoctoral scholars are helping Andrew P. Hill High School students grow their interests in science through mentorship and project-based learning.
Founded in 2012, Girls Teaching Girls to Code is a student-led organization that introduces Bay Area high school girls to computer science and programming basics.
Stanford student-athletes gain perspective on their own lives while serving others for three weeks overseas as participants in the Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement Program.
Harrison Phillips, a rising junior, has tutored children and youth, participated in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and raised money to launch a new chapter of an academic, fitness and mentoring program in Omaha, Nebraska, his hometown.
Vy Tran, who is pursuing a co-terminal master's degree in Community Health & Prevention Research, began her public service journey at Stanford as a medical interpreter – in Vietnamese and Spanish – for patients at a nearby medical center.
Girls Code Camp, a nonprofit group created by three Stanford students that offered introductory computer science workshops to more than 400 schoolgirls in Hyderabad, India, is now offering its second round of classes.
A new initiative, Cardinal Service, builds on the university's longstanding commitment to public service by elevating and expanding opportunities to weave service more deeply into the distinctive identity and culture of the Stanford student experience.
