Category: Heard on Campus

Stanford students in creativity course help inmates envision life after prison

How do you unlock latent creativity? Just talk to students at Stanford who have taken the course Management Science and Engineering 177: Creativity Rules. Every class begins with warm-up exercises that can look like a makeshift conga line or disco dance-off. Then, with bodies and minds limbered, students learn creative problem-solving tools for tackling challenges… Read more Stanford students in creativity course help inmates envision life after prison

'Stanford Medicine' magazine wins top honors

Stanford Medicine and three of the stories published in the magazine in 2015 earned the highest possible awards in the annual competition sponsored by the American Association of Medical Colleges. Stanford Medicine, which is produced by the medical school’s Office of Communication & Public Affairs, received an Award of Excellence in the external-audience periodical category.… Read more 'Stanford Medicine' magazine wins top honors

Program to engage student-athletes in volunteering abroad

Stanford and Duke universities have announced a joint civic engagement initiative, providing student-athletes with an enriching academic engagement experience abroad. Scheduled to begin in the summer of 2016, the project is being made possible through the vision and generosity of DAVID RUBENSTEIN and PETER and HELEN BING. The Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement Program (ACE) will… Read more Program to engage student-athletes in volunteering abroad

Artist Rick Lowe is Stanford Haas Center's 2016 Distinguished Visitor

Artist and MacArthur Foundation grant recipient RICK LOWE will visit Stanford over winter quarter as this year’s Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitor. On Feb. 4, Lowe will deliver the Haas Center for Public Service’s Distinguished Visitor Lecture, titled “Redefining Art in the Social Context.” During his time on campus he will also lead… Read more Artist Rick Lowe is Stanford Haas Center's 2016 Distinguished Visitor

Two Stanford scientists among '10 people who mattered' in 2015

Nature, the venerable science journal, has announced its list of 10 people who mattered in the world in 2015, and two of them are from Stanford. ZHENAN BAO, professor of chemical engineering, and CHRISTINA SMOLKE, associate professor of bioengineering, were named to Nature‘s list of “10 people who mattered this year.” Nature included Smolke and… Read more Two Stanford scientists among '10 people who mattered' in 2015

Stanford Live to host open casting call for Bolero Silicon Valley dance production

Want to be on stage? Stanford Live is seeking students, faculty and staff to take part in New York dance ensemble Keigwin + Company’s presentation of Bolero Silicon Valley April 2 and 3 at Bing Concert Hall. The participants will join a cast of other untrained local “civilians” in a performance that will be specially… Read more Stanford Live to host open casting call for Bolero Silicon Valley dance production

Researchers confront questions of religion and education at daylong Stanford conference

Leading scholars from around the country came together at Stanford recently for a workshop to explore the intersection of religion and education. ARI Y. KELMAN, associate professor in the Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) hosted the event, which drew faculty and students from the fields of sociology, religion, education, philosophy, history and anthropology. Kelman,… Read more Researchers confront questions of religion and education at daylong Stanford conference

McCaffrey named Associated Press college football player of the year

Stanford running back CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY is the Associated Press college football player of the year, becoming the first non-Heisman Trophy winner to earn the honor in six years and the first Stanford player to win the award. McCaffrey was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy to DERRICK HENRY, but received 29 of 60 votes from… Read more McCaffrey named Associated Press college football player of the year

Video: Stanford community offers tidings of comfort and joy

The Memorial Church Choir and the Stanford Chamber Chorale perform as students build gingerbread houses with the Urban Studies program.

Hoover Institution book explores income inequality, honors Nobel economist

The new Hoover Institution book, Inequality and Economic Policy: Essays in Memory of Gary Becker, is a collection of writings by economists who examine the many facets of income inequality. The book was published to honor the late economist GARY BECKER, a Nobel Prize winner and senior fellow of the Hoover Institution, who died in 2014. JOHN… Read more Hoover Institution book explores income inequality, honors Nobel economist