Humanities & Sciences News
The pace never slows at Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences. Every day, students and faculty unveil meaningful discoveries and produce original scholarship. They create and investigate, collaborate and communicate, at all hours and in every corner of campus.
That intellectual energy extends far beyond department walls. Through lectures, conferences, performances and exhibitions, H&S scholars reflect and engage with the Stanford community and experts from around the world.
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Latest News
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- Stanford scholar sheds light on Greek immigrant’s rags-to-riches story
- May 23 - Archival investigation reveals life of Spyros P. Skouras, film industry mogul and philanthropist who made indelible impact on postwar American culture. Read more »
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- Stanford Classics in Theater brings the mishaps and mania of Euripides’ The Cyclops to Hollywood
- May 23 - Stanford student theater group draws attention to modern obsession with celebrity and fame with a new translation of Euripides’ classic play. Read more »
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- Stanford visiting artist Robert Henke to perform a ‘musical machine’
- May 21 - Robert Henke, Stanford’s 2013 Mohr Visiting Artist, will perform a computer-driven musical performance Thursday and Friday at Bing Concert Hall Studio. The piece comprises sounds Henke recorded at and around Stanford. Read more »
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- Stanford humanities scholars harness the power of crowdsourcing
- May 21 - In a process known as crowdsourcing, researchers at Stanford’s Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis are incorporating the knowledge and resources of the public into three digital humanities research projects. Read more »
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- The Golden Gate returns to Stanford May 30
- May 20 - Stanford celebrates a remarkable collaboration: Vikram Seth’s sonnets become sound in Conrad Cummings’ opera, which has been called one of the best of the new century. Seth’s novel-in-verse was born at Stanford in the 1980s. Read more »
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- The music of the Arab Spring finds a home on the Stanford campus
- May 15 - Stanford scholars broadcast Middle Eastern music and culture on two KZSU radio shows, Arabology and Mediterraneans: Music of the Middle East, North Africa, and Beyond. Read more »
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- Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve at 40
- May 13 - In the past 40 years, research conducted at Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve has transformed fundamental ecology science. Read more »
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- Stanford scholar provides glimpse at words behind Martin Luther King’s dream
- May 9 - The key speechwriter and counsel to Martin Luther King Jr. says his training in music and study of historic speeches helped him draft some of the most important speeches of all time. Read more »
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- Musicians at Stanford bring 21st-century effects to 16th-century vocal music
- May 9 - Musician Jesse Rodin leads student singers through the works of Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez in a historically inspired performance featuring digital enhancements by sonic pioneer Ge Wang. Read more »
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- Stanford center highlights the benefits of compassionate workplaces
- May 8 - The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford brought together leaders in business and academia to talk about the role of compassion in business. Read more »
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- Stanford engineers’ new metamaterial doubles up on invisibility
- May 6 - The new material’s artificial “atoms” are designed to work with a broad range of light frequencies. With adjustments, the researchers believe it could lead to perfect microscope lenses or invisibility cloaks. Read more »
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- Stanford research on speed dating examines what makes couples ‘click’ in four minutes
- May 6 - At Stanford, a sociologist and a computational linguist team up to analyze the encounters of men and women during four-minute speed dates to find out what makes couples feel connected. Read more »
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H&S Stories About Passion:
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- Tommy Tobin
- Tobin is committed to giving back to his community. Watch »
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- Chase Mendenhall
- Mendenhall is a PhD student studying ecology and evolutionary biology. Watch »
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- Jhanvi Shriram
- Shriram explores the intersection of democracy and media with her camera. Watch »
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