Senate will convene Thursday
The Faculty Senate will convene Thursday for its third meeting of the winter quarter.
The senate will hear a report on how the new facilities at the School of Medicine will transform research and education, presented by Philip Pizzo, dean of the Medical School and a professor of pediatrics and of microbiology and immunology; Renee A. Reijo Pera, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology; and Irving Weissman, a professor of clinical investigation in cancer research and of developmental biology.
The senate also will hear a report on proposed revisions to the academic calendar and enrollment deadlines, presented by university Registrar Thomas Black; Phillipe Buc, a professor of history and chair of the Committee on Undergraduate Standards and Policy; and Philip Lavori, a professor of health research and policy and chair of the Committee on Graduate Studies.
The senate meeting is scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m. in Room 180 of the Law School.
Discussion is limited to members of the senate, but members of the Stanford community may request to attend the meeting by contacting Trish Del Pozzo, assistant academic secretary, at 723-4992 or delpozzo@stanford.edu.