After taking the undergraduate class, Why College, Daniel Gaughran took a leave of absence from Stanford to extend the course’s goals of contemplation and self-discovery. He is now back at Stanford, energized and ready for whatever is next.
COLLEGE prepares students for a lifetime of inquiry
Stanford’s newly restructured undergraduate requirement program encourages students to think critically across disciplines, reflect on their values, and consider how their education can lead them to purposeful lives.
The IDEAL Research Lab, led by education Assistant Professor Shima Salehi, helps redesign introductory science and engineering classes to address barriers for historically marginalized students.
In a hands-on course taught during fall quarter, students designed their own museum exhibitions using archival materials from Stanford Libraries’ Silicon Valley Archives.
Students in the interdisciplinary course Pathogens and Populations: Representing Infectious Disease explored the process of translating scientific information into art and identified what gets lost in translation.
Faculty receive National Science Foundation Awards
The grants support early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.
Maker spaces help Stanford community explore their creative side
Whether your dreams involve DNA synthesizers or dresses with pockets, almost any idea can come to life in one of the dozens of maker spaces on the Stanford campus.
As the Stanford community continued to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, life on the Farm began to feel a little more like the Before Times. University photographer Andrew Brodhead shares some of his favorite moments.
