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Among the 200,000 items in Stanford’s Special Collections, a few were made for the limelight. There’s a seminal work by Copernicus, who proposed that the Earth revolves around the sun, that is valued at $2.5 million; a handwritten draft of Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck, Class of 1923; a receipt for grain from the year 2056 BCE, carved into a piece of hardened clay the size of a postage stamp.But…

In a ceremony on March 18, Stanford honored three collaborations and a faculty member for their work connecting university research and teaching with local needs. The university’s Community Partnership Awards, which are coordinated by the Office of Community Engagement, recognize collaborations between Stanford and Bay Area organizations that help improve the region’s well-being. The 2025 honorees include:Ayudando Latinos a Soñar and the Stanford Immigrant Child Health Program, which focuses on community…

In a winter quarter course, Stanford undergraduates learned another way to disagree: by learning why people hold the positions they do.Approaching difference through curiosity was at the center of an optional, peer-led discussion seminar for undergraduates enrolled in Democracy and Disagreement, the popular course taught by Debra Satz, the Vernon R. and Lysbeth Warren Anderson Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S), and Paul Brest, professor emeritus (active)…

During his 15-year career as a player in the NBA, Steve Kerr’s greatest performances occurred when he was enjoying the game. “I always played my best when I was having fun and I was loving the sport,” he told former Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer last Tuesday in Kissick Auditorium.The discussion was part of the final class in VanDerveer’s winter quarter Continuing Studies course Basketball: A Masterclass, which covered…

At an event hosted by the Stanford Emeriti/ae Community, President Jon Levin and his father, Yale President Emeritus Rick Levin, discussed the continued role of emeriti/ae faculty in university life, technology, and generational shifts in student communities.While much of the conversation, moderated by Iris Litt, chair of the Emeriti Council and professor emerita of pediatrics, focused on emeriti/ae concerns, they also touched on other aspects of campus life as well,…

Stanford’s Research, Action, and Impact through Strategic Engagement (RAISE) fellows spend the greater part of three years fostering and building deep connections with communities, both locally and abroad. That work, completed over the course of the three-year fellowship, is supported through tuition, a stipend, and funding to support the partnership of a community-based organization.As the first of Stanford’s RAISE fellows cohort complete their projects this year, feedback from their community…