Stanford Report, May 10, 2006

Cardinal Chronicle

BY MICHAEL PEÑA

The late KENNELL JACKSON, professor of African history, threw himself fully into his research, his teaching, his writing and his role as a resident fellow at Branner Hall for a quarter of a century. He also was an avid art collector, whose vast and eclectic collection was influenced by his deep interest in history and popular culture. Jackson's art collection will be the subject of a talk, "Art Like Seeds: The Collection of the Late Kennell Jackson," delivered by TODD KERR at 12:15 p.m. Friday at the Hartley Conference Center in the Mitchell Earth Sciences Building. (Kerr, a former resident and resident adviser of Branner Hall and a 1985 graduate, was appointed by Jackson to distribute his art collection.) Jackson's "eye was incredible," said drama Professor Harry Elam Jr. "He owned a Mapplethorpe before Mapplethorpe was Mapplethorpe."

JONATHAN HUNT, lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric, is organizing several rides from San Francisco to Stanford for Bike to Work Day on Thursday, May 18. There will be a hilly 41-mile route and a flatter 42-mile route, which will include an option to trim 6.5 miles with a shortcut that diverts from the scenic Bay Trail. More than a dozen faculty, staff and graduate students from the program have signed up so far. Most of the team members live in San Francisco and will take Caltrain home in the afternoon, but a few who live outside the city will take the train up to the city early that morning and bike back down. To see the routes and get updates on meeting places and departure times, check http://www.stanford.edu/~jphunt/. If you're interested in joining the team, send an e-mail to jphunt@stanford.edu.

They must have the touch. Sophomore YUNG-YEE CHEN, senior MISUN HWANG and freshman ANDREW ZHOU all took top prizes in the two senior-age divisions (ages 16-19 and 19-24) of the Music Teachers Association of California competitions last month at Santa Clara University. All three pianists studied with THOMAS SCHULTZ, senior lecturer in the Department of Music, who coached winning students in 1996 and every year since 2002.