Teaching and Students

Students Ariel Smith and  Taryn Peacock

Pulitzer finalist Bulrusher spotlights race, identity in the 1950s

A collaboration between the Drama Department and Blackstage Theater Company, Bulrusher will be performed Nov. 5-7 at the Nitery Theater.


Artists' panel

Stanford's acclaimed artists discuss art and academia

Five celebrated artists at Stanford join a growing national debate about what happens when artists become teachers and academia collaborates with the arts.


Stanford will accept digital dissertations starting in November

Put away your checkbook. Don't bother buying reams of acid-free paper. Just hit the "submit" button to digitally upload dissertations at Stanford under a new program that begins in November.


Stanford to conduct study of undergraduate education

Stanford's freshmen were only 3 years old in 1994, the last time the university took a close look at undergraduate education on the Farm. The world has changed dramatically since then; Stanford says it's time to take another look.


Provost enlists faculty in improving services for students with disabilities

Speaking at last week's Faculty Senate meeting, Provost John Etchemendy said a recent review of the university's programs and policies showed that Stanford is in full compliance with disability law, and offered "appropriate and very good services" to students. But there is room for improvement, he said.


Beyond My Circle

Stanford, Ugandan students bridge cultural divide through performance

Stanford students team with their peers at Makerere University in Kampala to examine their preconceptions of each other.


Student Activities Fair reflects the array of options

Hundreds of student groups gathered in White Plaza on Friday for the annual Student Activities Fair, organized by Student Activities and Leadership. 


Professor Rajeev Motwani

Google endows Stanford professorship in memory of Professor Rajeev Motwani

Gift will help launch an expansion of Stanford's Computer Science Department.


Three books

Three authors encourage Stanford freshmen to 'keep hoping and dreaming and fighting'

"Three Books" program brings authors Abraham Verghese, Lan Samantha Chang and Malcolm Gladwell together to discuss outsiders, outliers and what we mean by "success."  Video


Graduates honored with 2009 Golden, Firestone medals, and Kennedy prizes

Graduating students last week were awarded medals for honors projects and prizes for outstanding honors theses.


Thirty-seven graduate students chosen for teaching assistant awards

The awards acknowledge and celebrate the important role that teaching assistants play at Stanford.


Stanford to participate in tuition program for veterans

Stanford is committed to providing benefits for up to 50 students through the GI Bill's Yellow Ribbon Program.


Ruth Messinger exhorts students to be strong, bold, courageous

The Jewish leader urges students to "hone your political will and your moral determination" during Stanford's baccalaureate address.  Slideshow  Video


Acclaimed 'Three Books' authors explore how the past affects the present

Lan Samantha Chang's Hunger, Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and Abraham Verghese's My Own Country will been sent to incoming students this summer, with a talk by the authors planned in September.


Presidential Fund for Innovation in the Humanities announces 2009 grants

Stanford honors innovation in humanities with three new grants.