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The composite picture of socioeconomic diversity at Stanford is a patchwork, both in the data available and the efforts made to achieve it. The first class of students at Stanford, in 1891,... Read More »

Christina “Chris” Chan M.S. ‘08, a doctoral student in political science at Stanford, died in a climbing accident at Yosemite National Park on Friday. She was 31. Read More »

The Freshman-Sophomore College (FroSoCo) has a new dean, only the program’s second since its founding in 1999. Nadeem J.Z. Hussain ‘90, a professor of philosophy, has been tapped to lead the... Read More »

After months spent assessing Stanford’s teaching efforts in preparation for a reform of its undergraduate requirements, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (VPUE) Harry Elam Jr. will now be in... Read More »

In the final Faculty Senate meeting of the 2009-10 academic year, University President John Hennessy outlined a series of long-term challenges for Stanford and other research universities. He focused... Read More »

The material, tangible conclusion of the series came off in as riveting and satisfying a fashion as any fan could have reasonably expected. Read More »

Universities' use of tax-exempt bonds to fund capital projects has come under scrutiny from the federal government, introducing the possibility of increased regulation, but Stanford's existing... Read More »

The album finds Murphy bringing the confidence of LCD away from reserved observation to engage in some good, old-fashioned human warmth, mixing it up with the play of love and connection. Read More »