James W. Lyons, dean of student affairs at Stanford for 18 years, has died. He also served as a lecturer in the Graduate School of Education during his long career at the university.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, alumni couples share how they met, recount their time on the Farm and offer students and postdocs advice on balancing school, careers and relationships.
The National Humanities Medalist, Peabody-winning broadcaster and host of the podcast On Being will be at Stanford during winter quarter as the Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitor.
As Schwarzman Scholars, the students will earn one-year master’s degrees in global affairs – with a focus on public policy, economics and business, or international studies – at Tsinghua University in Beijing. They will begin their studies in August 2019.
After switching majors from mechanical engineering to product design, Kendal Burkins, ’19, spent the summer exploring art and design as an intern at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, an opportunity offered through the Stanford Global Studies Internship Program.
Coterminal student Rachel Hirshman, BS ’18, MS ’19, spent the summer in Hawaii helping plan and execute military exercises, an opportunity supported by the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
More than 400 student organizations took part in the fair, which is aimed at introducing undergraduate students to voluntary student organizations, including academic, arts, athletic, club sports, service, religious, ethnic/cultural, political and recreational groups.