The Faculty Senate heard from Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice about ways Hoover is increasing collaborations with the university. Among other orders of business, the senate voted to approve a recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Standards and Policy.
In a wide-ranging speech during an event hosted by the Stanford College Republicans, former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke about the January 6 Capitol insurrection, Donald Trump and critical race theory.
To discuss the university’s IDEAL initiative, Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell joined Patrick Dunkley, Shirley Everett and C. Matthew Snipp for a Campus Conversation on Wednesday.
Stanford’s Board on Judicial Affairs presented seven recommendations regarding the Honor Code to the Faculty Senate on Thursday. The Faculty Senate also voted to amend the charge of the Committee on the Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid.
In its first meeting of the winter quarter, the Faculty Senate heard a report on the results of the Campus Climate Survey, and the Faculty Senate voted to amend a motion introduced by the Planning and Policy Subcommittee on Campus Climate.
Students from high schools serving low-income communities celebrate successful completion of Stanford’s first nationwide dual-enrollment computer science course.
During Thursday’s Campus Conversation, Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell provided updates on campus planning, while Lloyd Minor, dean of the School of Medicine, and Kristan Staudenmayer, associate professor of surgery, discussed the current state of the pandemic.
The Stanford Board of Trustees has approved an allocation of university reserve funds for a new program to invest in diverse asset managers, creating new avenues for such firms to enter institutional investment portfolios.
