In her annual report to the Faculty Senate, Vice Provost Patricia Gumport emphasized the ‘‘holistic approach’’ that must govern Stanford’s thinking about support for graduate students.
Mary-Peck Peters, a head teacher at Bing Nursery School, will receive a 2019 Amy J. Blue Award at a campus ceremony on April 30. The award honors staff members who are exceptionally dedicated, supportive of colleagues and passionate about their work.
Heidi Marisol López, finance assistant and graduate fellowships coordinator at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, recently won an Amy J. Blue Award.
A leader in the earliest days of robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, Nilsson led the development of one of the first autonomous robots.
Laura Dominguez Chan, associate dean of career education and director of career communities at Stanford Career Education, recently won an Amy J. Blue Award, which honors staff who are exceptionally dedicated, supportive of colleagues and passionate about their work.
The following Academic Council Professoriate appointments, promotions and reappointments for the periods indicated were reviewed by the Advisory Board of the Academic Council and approved by the president.
The Stanford faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious honorary learned societies, are scholars in the fields of education, performing arts, economics, law and mathematics.
