James W. Lyons, dean of student affairs at Stanford for 18 years, has died. He also served as a lecturer in the Graduate School of Education during his long career at the university.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, alumni couples share how they met, recount their time on the Farm and offer students and postdocs advice on balancing school, careers and relationships.
The National Humanities Medalist, Peabody-winning broadcaster and host of the podcast On Being will be at Stanford during winter quarter as the Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitor.
As Schwarzman Scholars, the students will earn one-year master’s degrees in global affairs – with a focus on public policy, economics and business, or international studies – at Tsinghua University in Beijing. They will begin their studies in August 2019.
After switching majors from mechanical engineering to product design, Kendal Burkins, ’19, spent the summer exploring art and design as an intern at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, an opportunity offered through the Stanford Global Studies Internship Program.
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.
More than 400 student organizations took part in the fair, which is aimed at introducing undergraduate students to voluntary student organizations, including academic, arts, athletic, club sports, service, religious, ethnic/cultural, political and recreational groups.
Hundreds of students and faculty across the university are collaborating with TeachAids, a Palo Alto nonprofit, to develop new concussion education tools using virtual reality, 3D animation and other promising learning technologies.
Most Americans don’t think much about the 570 or so sovereign Indian nations within the borders of the United States. But each of those tribes represents a distinct people and government—and legal system.
Three Stanford students spent the summer conducting interviews with low-income residents in Southern California. The interviews are part of a research study documenting how the poor make ends meet.
In a ceremony that marks the beginning of the academic year, Stanford leaders and a Stanford senior encouraged first-year and transfer students to embrace their new community.
Stanford rolled out the welcome mat for new undergraduates on Move-In Day, which also marked the beginning of New Student Orientation and featured the 128th Opening Convocation. University Photographer Linda Cicero chronicled the day’s events.
The Stanford Graduate Summer Institute offers immersive, interdisciplinary, accelerated courses covering an array of topics, including energy research, sustainable agriculture, international negotiation and decision-making, and the academic job search.
The project will provide private changing and shower spaces for all patrons of the facility, including minors who are prohibited from adult changing areas on campus.
Incoming medical students at Stanford School of Medicine were presented with their white coats and stethoscopes — a gift from the Stanford Medicine Alumni Association.
Stanford students are traveling through Africa to learn effective mentoring and field techniques, on an expedition designed to provide new perspectives on ethical ecotourism, the applications of novel technology and defining meaningful collaborations in developing countries.
Highlighted by four NCAA championships and 17 top-10 sport finishes overall, Stanford became the first school to capture both the men's and women's Capital One Cup titles in the same season.
When the time is right, take a break and enjoy what Stanford and the greater Palo Alto area have to offer. Here are some fun things to do outside and off-campus this summer.
Sterling K. Brown, an award-winning actor and alumnus, will give the Commencement address on Sunday in Stanford Stadium, and Elizabeth Alexander, renowned writer and president of the Mellon Foundation, will give the Baccalaureate address on Saturday in the Main Quad.
Among this year’s treasured items: cloth leaves from the Stanford Tree mascot’s costume, a classroom clicker, seeds from campus trees, a well-loved straw cowboy hat and the key ingredient for boba tea along with a recipe.
Five members of the faculty, including the dean of research, a professor of English and a lecturer in the architectural design program, plus one undergraduate and one graduate student will receive awards on Sunday, June 17, at the 127th Commencement ceremony.
At Stanford, students study all over campus. University Photographer Linda A. Cicero has captured images of students doing the hard work of studying in a multitude of campus spaces, indoors and out.
Sophomore biology major Laura Anderson discusses researching aquatic life at the Hopkins Marine Station, and what it’s like to have the ocean as her classroom.
During his annual address to the Academic Council, President Marc Tessier-Lavigne outlined initiatives that university leaders believe will set an agenda for Stanford in the next decade and beyond. The initiatives emerged from the university-wide, yearlong, long-range planning process.
