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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- 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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- Stanford-led research pushes back origins of agriculture in China by 12,000 years
- May 2 - The global emergence of similar practices around 23,000 years ago hints that agriculture evolved independently around the world, perhaps as a response to climate change. Read more »
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- 10th annual book salon celebrates Stanford authors
- May 2 - On topics ranging from poetry to politics, Stanford writers talked about their recent publications at “A Company of Authors,” a “speed-dating” version of a book fair. Read more »
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- The power of storytelling drives Stanford’s BiblioTech conference
- May 1 - Silicon Valley business leaders and humanities scholars emphasize the economic value of narrative at a career forum that aims to bring skills of humanities PhDs to the corporate world. Read more »
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- Book club brings the Roaring ‘20s to Stanford with Anita Loos’ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- May 1 - Once Marilyn Monroe vamped “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” the 1925 bestselling novel was all but forgotten. Stanford hopes to restore the balance with its seasonal book club event. Read more »
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- Blood, sweat (but no tears) in Stanford HumBio class
- Apr 30 - Podcasts by students, followed by action videos, make exercise physiology real, very real. 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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