The 54th Faculty Senate discussed civil discourse, voted to extend legislation allowing its Steering Committee to convene to make decisions on behalf of the full senate in administrative session during the COVID-19 crisis and heard from the Associated Students of Stanford University during its first meeting of the academic year on Oct. 7.
Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Eric Hanushek has been awarded the prestigious Yidan Prize for Education Research for his pioneering work on improving educational outcomes for students.
Stanford professors Jonathan Levin and William Dally have been selected to serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a group that advises the president and the White House on topics relating to science, technology and innovation policy.
On the eve of his retirement, Rick Moyer, Stanford’s chief risk officer, reflects on why it’s important to talk about integrity, what he’ll miss most about Stanford and how everyone can promote a culture of doing the right thing.
Lerone A. Martin is the second faculty director appointed in the history of Stanford’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, following Clayborne Carson’s retirement in 2020.
Albert Bandura, the world-renowned social cognitive psychologist whose Bobo Doll experiments and theory of social learning transformed the field of psychology, has died.
