Faculty and Staff News
Amy J. Blue Award winner Donnovan Yisrael, guiding students to good choices
Donnovan Yisrael, who has been on staff at Vaden Health Center since 1998, has been trying to understand and, more important, trying to get the students he works with to understand, why they engage in risky behaviors, whether it's regretted sex, drinking too much or what he calls his "über-example" – not wearing bicycle helmets.
Amy J. Blue Award winner Denni Dianne Woodward guided by a warm spirit, dedication to students
Denni Dianne Woodward is honored with an Amy J. Blue Award for her work to bring together the Native communities on campus.
Amy J. Blue Award winner Steve Papier credits Blue herself for his leadership style
Steve Papier, one of this year's Amy J. Blue Award winners, has maintained support systems for campus buildings for 44 years. Now the supervisor of engineering trades on campus, Papier draws his leadership style from his experiences with Blue herself.
5.9.12
Report of the president: Academic Council Professoriate appointments
The Academic Council Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments for the periods indicated were reviewed by the Advisory Board of the Academic Council on January 17, January 31, February 28, and March 13, 2012, and were approved by the President.
Three exceptional staff members to receive 2012 Amy J. Blue Awards
This year's recipients of the Amy J. Blue Awards are Steve D. Papier in Land, Buildings & Real Estate, Denni Dianne Woodward of the Native American Cultural Center and Donnovan Somera Yisrael at Vaden Health Center.
Michel Boudart, Stanford chemical engineer and expert in catalysis, dies at 87
Professor Boudart taught at Princeton and Berkeley but was best known for his five decades at the heart of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford. His influence shaped catalysis during the post-war period when energy, defense and space industries demanded a deeper understanding of chemical reactions.
Senate conducts Round One of breadth requirement debate
Thursday's Faculty Senate meeting was almost solely devoted to the question of what constitutes a liberal education and how best to ensure that Stanford's undergraduates leave the university with a breadth of capacities.
5.3.12
Six Stanford faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
Six Stanford faculty members have been elected to receive one of the highest honors for an American scientist in recognition of their achievements in original research.
5.2.12
Senate considers new breadth requirements
The Faculty Senate will discuss proposals to move the university to a non-disciplinary model of breadth requirements, known as Ways of Thinking, Ways of Doing, beginning with the Class of 2017.
4.26.12
Stanford Hospital, Blue Shield reach three-year agreement
Free online Stanford courses: 'Everything that we're doing is experimental'
There are more questions than answers as Stanford considers free online courses, John Mitchell, special assistant to President John Hennessy for educational technology, told the Faculty Senate.
4.19.12
American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects nine Stanford professors to 2012 class of members
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary learned societies, has elected 220 new fellows, including nine faculty members and one trustee.
4.18.12
Online education panel to address Faculty Senate on Thursday
At the first Faculty Senate meeting of spring quarter, a five-member panel – including John Mitchell, special assistant to President John Hennessy on educational technology – will talk about online education at Stanford.
Thomas Cover, acclaimed information theorist and electrical engineer, dies at 73
Cover, who loved sports and betting, made landmark contributions in information theory, statistics, data compression, pattern recognition and investment strategy.
Stanford study to try cold cash and social game to relieve rush hour traffic
Sleeping in might never feel better. To lower traffic congestion and pollution, a new program seeks to get Stanford drivers to avoid arriving and departing the campus during peak hours. Professor Balaji Prabhakar aims to deliver social benefits at low cost using people's penchant for a chance at a bigger payout over a predetermined small reward.
