Department of African and African American Studies launches
Ato Quayson, the inaugural department chair, explains why the department was created and how the new curriculum and faculty will educate students about Black studies.
Nobel laureates and MacArthur fellows offer lessons in perseverance
In a unique fall quarter class, students heard stories of perseverance and failure from faculty whose discoveries have earned them academia’s most prestigious awards.
Expanding our understanding of Martin Luther King, Jr.
A series of events hosted by Stanford’s MLK Institute focus on the civil rights leader’s concern for the interrelated nature of racism, poverty, and violence.
The founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute is recognized for his scholarship on the history of the Civil Rights Movement.
Could technology help reduce pretrial incarceration?
Thousands of people in the U.S. are in prison awaiting trial for misdemeanors. Research suggests text message reminders about court dates could reduce this number significantly.
Undergraduates share their experiences studying mosquito-borne viruses. “If it wasn’t for working in this lab, I wouldn’t be inspired to take on or think about big, important issues that affect so many lives worldwide.”
The physicist and faculty director of the Stanford Arts Institute wants to move “away from hybridizing art and science and toward resurrecting their last common ancestor.”
