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- Book club brings the Roaring ‘20s to Stanford with Anita Loos’ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- May 1, 2013
- 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
- April 30, 2013
- Podcasts by students, followed by action videos, make exercise physiology real, very real. Read more »
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- Stanford humanities scholars consider the cultural legacy of the Occupy movement
- April 29, 2013
- Through an examination of art, language and literature, Stanford humanities professors reveal how the Occupy movement left its mark on activism, art and language. Read more »
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- Four H&S faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- April 26, 2013
- Economist Nicholas Bloom, philosopher Alan Code, political scientist Simon Jackman, and physicist Peter Michelson have been admitted to one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious honorary learned societies. Read more »
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- At Stanford, Al Gore connects climate change inaction to political dysfunction
- April 24, 2013
- Speaking to a capacity crowd at Stanford’s Memorial Auditorium, former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore calls for passionate action to reverse “degraded” state of democracy. Read more »
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- Play pushes Stanford scholars, actors to explore contradictions of capitalism
- April 24, 2013
- Stanford Summer Theater and the Center for Ethics in Society partner to produce The Exception and the Rule, a Bertolt Brecht “learning play” that explores themes of inequality and corruption. Read more »
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- Stanford Department of Music presents course on Azerbaijani music
- April 23, 2013
- World-music offerings expanded this spring with an introduction to Azeri music and culture taught by kamancha virtuoso Imamyar Hasanov and music specialist Krystal Barghelame. Read more »
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- Are AP courses worth the effort? An interview with Stanford education expert Denise Pope
- April 22, 2013
- Denise Pope, a senior lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, explains the findings of a new paper that reviews the data on Advanced Placement courses and offers suggestions to students and parents. Read more »
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- History Professor Caroline Winterer named director of Stanford Humanities Center
- April 17, 2013
- Winterer, a scholar of the early Americas with a joint appointment in Classics, will lead the Stanford Humanities Center starting next fall. Read more »
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- Stronger reaction to masculinity threats tied to testosterone, Stanford sociologist says
- April 16, 2013
- Professor of sociology Robb Willer says men overcompensate when their masculinity is threatened. Willer’s new research suggests that the higher the man’s testosterone level, the stronger the reaction. Read more »
