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As residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region struggle to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Stanford is committed to help. We continue to offer our heartfelt sympathy and prayers for those who are suffering in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast.

Below is a summary of the steps we have begun to take in response to the disaster. In the days ahead we will continue to assess our role in supporting relief efforts and update this web site as additional steps are taken.

The Office of Student Affairs is working to contact all Stanford students who may have been in the areas affected by the hurricane to see what assistance we can provide to them, including housing, financial aid and counseling.

For undergraduate students who are admitted to universities that have closed because of Hurricane Katrina:

An application form is available at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ucomm/gulf/studentinfo/.

Deans of our professional schools have also committed themselves to assisting in whatever way possible. The law school has already agreed to admit on a limited basis third year law students from two law schools that have closed because of hurricane damage. The Medical School dean reports that he has been in contact with the director of the National Institutes for Health and that Stanford Medical School will participate in a coordinated national effort to respond to the medical and health issues prompted by the disaster. Stanford graduate schools and departments are working to provide assistance to displaced graduate students and faculty.

The university also is committed to help the affected area by allowing those Stanford employees wishing to volunteer their time to hurricane relief efforts the opportunity to do so under certain conditions. Employees approved to participate may take up to one week leave time which Stanford will match with a week of paid leave. Requests for leave will need the approval of the employee's supervisor and will be subject to the operational needs of the department. We will post details of this initiative shortly. In addition, Stanford will work with student, staff and faculty groups who are supporting disaster relief efforts through fundraising events. More information is available at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ucomm/gulf/relief/.

Finally, the university will continue to work with the Association of American Universities and other groups in an effort to coordinate assistance to the academic institutions affected in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast.

We will continue to provide details on these and other efforts through regular updates to this web site.

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