During spring quarter, when students were learning from home, lecturers in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric created supportive virtual writing classrooms.
An administrative session of the Faculty Senate provided approval for four 10-week quarters in the coming academic year, along with a daily course meeting schedule for both online and in-person classes.
A working group of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, led by two Stanford physicists, calls greater global cooperation “increasingly essential.”
As he ends his 30-year career at Stanford, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Harry Elam shares his parting thoughts, reflects on the current moment and offers his congratulations to the Class of 2020.
Academic Council Professoriate appointments, promotions and reappointments for the periods indicated were reviewed by the Advisory Board of the Academic Council and were approved by the president.
Meindl was a visionary engineer who saw the potential of integrated circuits and was an early proponent of an interdisciplinary approach to engineering research.
The Faculty Women’s Forum presented the Outstanding Leader Award to Jisha Menon, an associate professor of theater and performance studies, and the Outstanding Sponsor Award to Rebecca Aslakson, an associate professor of medicine and of anesthesiology.
Snehal Naik is the new senior director of the Stanford Office of Student Engagement and Abiya Ahmed is the new associate dean and director of The Markaz.
