Eric Nyquist
Is our universe one of many?
This five-part series tells of how theoretical physicists at Stanford helped develop the String Theory Landscape – an updated version of the Big Bang theory that sparked a fierce and still ongoing debate about what science is and what it should be.
Research and learning are the foundations of discovery.
The School of Humanities and Sciences is the center of a world-class liberal arts education.
- 46 Departments and Programs
- 48 Undergraduate Majors
- 44 Master's Degrees
- 33 Doctoral Degrees
Studying the humanities at Stanford
“I'm someone who's always been really interested in big questions that take a long time to arrive to."
—Sojourner Ahebee '18, African and African American Studies
In humanities classes you learn that people come at the world differently—and the key to a reasonable, productive disagreement is hearing somebody out and inhabiting their perspective.
News
New discovery about how plants make sex cells for reproduction
Courtesy of Brad Nelms
April 24, 2019
New Professorships Focused on Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
April 19, 2019
Stanford students with military affiliations remember the fallen on Memorial Day
May 23, 2019
Global poverty research center gets major philanthropic boost
May 22, 2019
Photo by Misha Bruk
All of our professors and students have different backgrounds, perspectives, and dreams. But it’s the ways they work together and the qualities they share that make H&S special.
