President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, as well as Kathryn Ann “Kam” Moler, vice provost and dean of research, and Serena Rao, senior associate dean for finance and administration in the Dean of Research Office, focused on research – including the challenges and opportunities presented by COVID-19 – during an online conversation and Q&A with the Stanford community.
Stanford will continue a deliberate and gradual approach in its COVID-19 response, providing increasing flexibility for the community as risk levels allow, the university’s Environmental Health & Safety leader says.
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.
A school focused on climate and sustainability, announced last May, is beginning to take shape. Leaders anticipate blueprints for the school’s academic structure by winter quarter.
Provost Persis Drell announced a task force charged with recommending a new framework for the study of race and the impacts of race on society at Stanford. The senate also heard a report on a school focused on climate and sustainability and approved a proposal urging instructors to support civic engagement on Election Day.
Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Diversity and Engagement C. Matthew Snipp talks about the new program and the challenge of diversifying Stanford’s faculty.
At their Oct. 4-6 meeting, the Stanford University Board of Trustees discussed the university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, heard an update on the Long-Range Vision, and approved a campus committee’s recommendation to remove David Starr Jordan’s name from campus spaces and to relocate the statue of Louis Agassiz outside Jordan Hall.
President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and the Board of Trustees approved a campus committee’s recommendation both to remove Jordan’s name from campus spaces and to take steps to make his multifaceted history better known. Stanford also will relocate a statue of Agassiz.
The doubling of SESI’s chilled water capacity will help minimize the risks of energy curtailments at Stanford campus buildings and hospitals during heat waves.
The Stanford Department of Public Safety has published campus crime statistics for 2019 on its website and will publish its annual Safety, Security & Fire Report by the end of the year.
