Category: Seen on Campus

Clayman Institute creates new writing fellowship to support future feminist leaders

A new fellowship at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research aims to offer undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to gain and practice writing and journalistic skills. The eight-month fellowship launches in the fall quarter as part of the institute’s mission to foster and educate the next generation of feminist leaders. Fellows will contribute stories about on-campus… Read more Clayman Institute creates new writing fellowship to support future feminist leaders

Disaster and humor are a hit at the Nitery

“History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce.” The famous observation by Karl Marx provided the inspiration for Stanford Repertory Theater’s 2017 summer festival, “The Many Faces of Farce,” directed by ALEX JOHNSON, SRT associate artistic director. Audiences are responding positively to the festival. Tickets for opening weekend sold out quickly, and this weekend’s… Read more Disaster and humor are a hit at the Nitery

When fallout shelters dotted the Stanford campus

Recent news coverage of missile attack threats brings to mind a time more than 50 years ago when fallout shelters dotted the Stanford campus. The time was April 1963, about six months after the Cuban missile crisis. Here is the description of the fallout shelters established throughout campus from “A Chronology of Stanford University and… Read more When fallout shelters dotted the Stanford campus

Scar artist visits to remind medical students that patients are people

TED MEYER’s career as an artist was succeeding beyond his dreams. Though he was often in great physical pain — a result of Gaucher disease — his paintings were critically acclaimed, shown in galleries around the world. Then, in his mid-30s, he lost his muse: He had begun a newly available treatment for Gaucher disease,… Read more Scar artist visits to remind medical students that patients are people

BeWell offers destinations for walking-talking meetings

BEWELL asks if you have, perhaps, been spending too much time sitting behind your desk or in fluorescent-lit conference rooms? The campus wellness program suggests six scenic campus destinations for walk-and-talk meetings that promise to boost creativity, improve your health and give you a new perspective on the place where you work. Among the suggestions:… Read more BeWell offers destinations for walking-talking meetings

Visit the 'dome sweet dome' in the Science and Engineering Quad

Students in lecturer AMY LARIMER‘s Summer Arts Institute course Practicing Art + Architecture have created a geodesic dome in the Science and Engineering Quadrangle. They’d like you to visit it. And while you are there, please lounge inside, nap within, admire it from afar and take pictures of it. But whatever you do, don’t climb… Read more Visit the 'dome sweet dome' in the Science and Engineering Quad

First-year student has impressive showing at Bank of the West

Incoming first-year student and tennis player MICHAELA GORDON had a surprising and impressive qualifying run at the Bank of the West Classic. The women-only professional tennis tournament, the first stop of the U.S. Open Series, is being held at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium through Sunday, Aug. 6. The tournament has been held at Stanford… Read more First-year student has impressive showing at Bank of the West

SLAC’s Eva Silverstein’s Spirals and Strings

Quanta Magazine set out to photograph some of the world’s most accomplished scientists and mathematicians in their favorite places to think, tinker and create. This series explores the role of cherished spaces — public or private, spare or crowded, inside or out — in clearing a path to inspiration. String cosmologist EVA SILVERSTEIN told the… Read more SLAC’s Eva Silverstein’s Spirals and Strings

Sure it was hot, but the Wacky Walk was as wacky as ever

Each year, Stanford begins its Commencement ceremony with a fun, nontraditional procession into the stadium known as WACKY WALK. This year’s creative costumes featured everything from bees and sharks to firefighters and acrobats. Videographer KURT HICKMAN captured some of the fun.

Cath in College helps explain Stanford's long-range planning to students

PRESIDENT MARC TESSIER-LAVIGNE got a hand recently from the blog CATH IN COLLEGE in encouraging Stanford students to participate in the university’s long-range planning initiative. The planning process is currently in phase one, which extends through June. During this phase, members of the campus community—including students—are strongly encouraged to submit ideas and proposals that suggest… Read more Cath in College helps explain Stanford's long-range planning to students