President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell addressed many issues of concern to Stanford community members, including the results of the AAU 2019 Campus Climate Survey and the 2019-20 university budget.
Vincenti’s research laid the foundation for many advances in aeronautics, including supersonic flight and spacecraft reentry. He also co-founded the interdisciplinary Stanford Program in Science, Technology and Society.
During its first meeting of the academic year, the Faculty Senate approved the charge to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Stanford University Press, heard presentations from ASSU leaders and received an update on the university’s long-range vision from President Marc Tessier-Lavigne.
Trish Del Pozzo, assistant academic secretary, emerita, served as chief administrator for the Office of the Academic Secretary for more than three decades.
Throughout October and November, Stanford offers free flu vaccinations to faculty, staff, retirees, postdocs, and graduate and undergraduate students, who are being encouraged this year to “Be a flu fighter.”
For her farewell slideshow, retiring University Photographer Linda A. Cicero picked some of her favorite photographs from the thousands she has taken during her 26-year career at Stanford.
Karen Cook, vice provost for faculty development and diversity, will step down Sept. 30, and Provost Persis Drell has announced a reorganization creating two new offices: the Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Teaching and Learning, and the Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Engagement.
To meet increased requests for university images and storage of digital assets, Stanford will introduce enhancements to SALLIE – the campus-wide digital image management platform – in September. The upgrade is a partnership between University Communications and University IT.
