Stanford offensive coordinator Shaw named football coach

David Shaw, offensive coordinator for Cardinal football, has been named the team's 34th head coach. Director of Athletics Bob Bowlsby said Shaw "understands and embraces the combination of world-class academics and world-class athletics that is required at Stanford."

Undergraduate applications to Stanford continue to rise

Applications for the fall freshman class set a record as approximately 34,200 high school students applied for admission to Stanford. The number of applicants for the Class of 2015 represents a 7 percent increase over last year, when more than 32,000 students applied for admission.

Woon appointed director of diversity, first-gen programs

Nearly a decade after he left Stanford, Tommy Lee Woon is returning in April to become the university's first director of diversity and first-gen programs. In the new post, Woon will support low-income students and those who are first in their families to attend a four-year college.

Meeting raises new issues for ROTC committee to consider

By the end of a forum yesterday, the Ad Hoc Committee on ROTC had added new items to the list of issues it will consider as it deliberates the question of whether Stanford should reinstate the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. About 30 people, including faculty, staff, students and committee members, attended the meeting in Encina Hall.

Campus Announcements »

• Martin Luther King commemoration events: This year marks the 25th anniversary of the federal holiday honoring the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Campus events include an open house celebrating the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, which takes place today at 3 p.m. The Office for Religious Life also will hold Christian and multifaith services in memory of King at Memorial Church Jan. 16 and Jan. 23.

Video: Stanford men's volleyball standout BRAD LAWSON offers his take on the Stanford Hymn . . .

Events »

• 6 p.m. Jan. 15
  The Philosophy of Lost: A Live Interview with Michael Emerson ("Ben Linus") from the TV series Lost

In the News »

• Chronicle of Higher Education 1.12.11
  Historians criticized as often AWOL from public debate over 'War on Terror'

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