Nurses await reply to counter-offer; hospitals say talks over Caroline Chen May 4, 2010 8 Comments Stanford nurses have submitted a counterproposal to Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital as negotiations for a new contract remain deadlocked. Read More »
New PWR director Jenkins inherits a program under review Caroline Chen April 20, 2010 0 Comments Nicholas Jenkins has been appointed the new director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR), succeeding 10-year director Andrea Lunsford. Read More »
Hospital expansion is a work in progress Caroline Chen April 13, 2010 0 Comments Before Stanford can begin construction on its vast hospital expansion project, it must first reach a development agreement with the city of Palo Alto -- but the two are still at odds over what... Read More »
Students gain from SAFRA Caroline Chen April 6, 2010 0 Comments The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA), passed as a rider to the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, will end the current system of private loans in which the federal... Read More »
Big-name speakers to discuss Obama’s presidency Caroline Chen April 1, 2010 1 Comment "Justice and the Obama Presidency," a new political science course offered this spring, has two-hour lectures on Thursday nights from political heavyweights such as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi... Read More »
Bhandari to become ASSU financial chief Caroline Chen March 10, 2010 0 Comments He will manage a staff of 50 student employees and oversee $14 million Read More »
The Math 51 roadblock Caroline Chen March 2, 2010 0 Comments Many students see Math 51 as no more than a requirement to get out of the way, or a stepping stone to more advanced math classes; its place in undergraduate education, however, is more complex. Read More »
Author Maxine Hong Kingston switches to poetry Caroline Chen January 28, 2010 0 Comments Renowned Chinese American author Maxine Hong Kingston read sections from an unpublished poem at the Stanford Humanities Center last night, providing her audience with what she called a “world... Read More »