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Inside the new home of the Department of African and African American Studies

The remodel of Building 80 looks toward the future while being rooted in the past.

Wooden stadium seating leads up to painting covered by a wood-slat ceiling

Tomás Jimenéz speaks at the launch of the institute’s Flourishing Cities Initiative.

Initiative aims to help cities address migration

Cultural burning returns to Jasper Ridge

From left: Ray Briggs, Julian Jara-Ettinger, and Joshua Landy talk

Beloved podcast 'Philosophy Talk' now available for free

Stanford inaugurates new home of MLK Institute

A welcome sign at the entrance to the Oval on Stanford campus

H&S welcomes 26 new faculty members

On a stage, a woman sits in a chair and a man stands in front of a lecturn

New speaker forum to focus on building bridges across differences

The outside of the conference room with a quote from MLK, Jr. at the top

King Institute embraces new home on Main Quad

Portrait of Paul Sniderman

H&S recognizes Paul Sniderman with inaugural faculty mentorship award

Portrait of Blakey Vermeule

Blakey Vermeule named senior associate dean for the humanities and arts

Nancy Packer speaks at the memorial for former Stanford President Richard W. Lyman in 2012.

Nancy Huddleston Packer, award-winning writer who served as director of Creative Writing Program, has died

Portrait of Josiah Ober

Josiah Ober’s mission to revitalize democracy and civic education

Portrait of James Ferguson

James Ferguson, anthropologist devoted to studying international aid, has died

A mid range view of a field of yellow and purple flowers

Two seasons on Jasper Ridge

Photo of Bill Mahrt singing and looking to the left as Gregorian Chant is written out behind him

William P. Mahrt, beloved scholar of early music, has died

Portrait of Guido Imbens

Guido W. Imbens named director of Stanford Data Science

A group of five people sing and laugh together

Stanford historian’s documentary coming to PBS in March

Commemorating MLK’s 1967 speech at Stanford

Still from Entre le Feu et le Clair de Lune by Dominic Yarabe

Sundance Film Festival to feature five films connected to Stanford documentary program

Portrait of Graciela De Pierris

Graciela Teresa de Pierris, historian of modern philosophy, dies at 74

Two people sit with their backs together, in disagreement

Teaching skills for challenging times

Elizabeth Bernhardt-Kamil

Elizabeth Buchter Bernhardt-Kamil, longtime director of the Language Center, pioneering scholar, and beloved mentor, has died

Creating a culture of civic engagement

A woman stands in front of a long table with six chess boards and six seated players

Iranian Studies program hosts chess champion and women's rights activist

Image of John Giammalva

Longtime student champion John Giammalva has died at 65

Image of AARCS co-founders: (pictured left to right) Jeanne Tsai, Gordon H. Chang, and Stephen Sano

New Asian American Research Center launches in Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences

Envisioning the future for Palestinians and Israelis

Sue Martin

Susan Martin, 20-year Stanford employee, has died

Ato Quayson, wearing a royal-blue blazer and a yellow-gold scarf, leans against a pillar

New Department of African and African American Studies marks historic moment at Stanford

Image of Lerone A. Martin laughing in Stanford arcade

Stanford’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute celebrates the MLK holiday

Photo of the span of sandstone arches that constitute the arcade in front of Building 1 facing Stanford's Main Quad

H&S welcomes 21 new faculty members

Louise Glück

Remembering Louise Glück

Headshots of Brian Conrad and Rafe Mazzeo. Conrad is in front of a blackboard with math figures on it. Mazzeo is front of the sandstone columns along Stanford's Main Quad.

Q&A: Math faculty discuss restructuring intro courses and supporting student success

Tadashi Fukami wearing a light-blue collard shirt standing under the arcades along Stanford's Main Quad

Biologist Tadashi Fukami named new faculty director of Jasper Ridge

Victor Fuchs speaking at an event demonstration a point with his hands with a large screen behind him. He is wearing glasses and a light-blue collared shirt and dark tie.

Victor Fuchs, pioneer of health care economics, has died

2023 Amy J. Blue Award winners announced

Tomás Jiménez and Brian Lowery

Stanford's new Institute on Race names founding faculty co-directors

Image of Harumi Befu

Harumi Befu, professor emeritus of anthropology, dies at 92

Roger Shepard, pioneer in research on mental imagery, dies at 93

Four questions for Jeremy Goldbogen

A new sculpture on the edge of Meyer Green greets passersby

Stanford community members decry the racial profiling of Chinese scientists

As Stanford honors their service, students reflect on the meaning of Veterans Day

Image of Theodore “Ted” H. Geballe, 1920-2021 (Image credit: Courtesy Theodore H. Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials)

Stanford physicist and engineer Theodore “Ted” H. Geballe has died

Statement from Stanford president and Humanities & Sciences dean

Stanford to celebrate Democracy Day on Nov. 2 – Election Day

Imbens’ work ignited an empirical revolution in economics

Lerone A. Martin appointed new MLK Institute director

Psychology Professor Albert Bandura dead at 95

Steinbeck’s experimentalism explored

Deadly railroad project in Congo reveals colonial-era abuses

Stanford awards 2020 Marsh O’Neill Awards to Kevin Manalili and Richard Tiberio

Psychology Professor Lee D. Ross dead at 78

Newest American Academy of Arts and Sciences members

Stanford announces 2020 Cuthbertson, Dinkelspiel and Gores awards

Citizenship course piloted

Marion Lewenstein, Stanford professor of communication (teaching), emerita, has died at 93

English Professor Chang-rae Lee exercises a new muscle in his latest novel

A look inside Stanford’s expanded Biosafety Level 3 (BSL3) lab

Deep faith beneficial to health

Religious clashes in India sparked scholar’s interest in peace

Carolyn Bertozzi named Baker Family Director of Stanford ChEM-H

British historians shaped ideas of empire

Prior contested elections in U.S. offer cautionary tale

Long-time manager for Stanford’s Center for East Asian Languages and Cultures dies

Stanford economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson win the Nobel in economic sciences

Stanford Bass University Fellows in Undergraduate Education announced

MacArthur Genius Grants

Makoto Ueda, Stanford Japanese literature professor emeritus, dies at 89

Political science professor Charles Drekmeier dies

Stanford biochemist and administrator Robert D. Simoni has died at age 81

Political scientist John Manley dies at 81

Stanford welcomes diverse group of faculty for 2020-21

Stanford faculty address complex challenges to U.S. democracy

Clayborne Carson: Looking back at a legacy

History Professor Emeritus Mark Mancall dies

Paul Seaver, leading historian of early modern England, dies at 88

Stanford’s Black community invited to document ‘this moment in history’

Distinguished political science professor Richard Brody dies

Stanford writing lecturers and students find their virtual footing

Blend Eatery

Blend @ Annette’s Café to Re-Open with Limited Hours

Mark Applebaum plays guitar while sitting at keyboard

Creative Agency During a Pandemic

Global scientific cooperation needed in pandemic fight

Humanities at Home

Lucius J. Barker, political scientist who broke racial barriers in academia, has died at 92

Eminent psychology professor Gordon Bower dies

Stanford awards inaugural Faculty Women’s Forum Awards at virtual ceremony

Researchers in lab coats working in a lab

Stanford biologists transfer specialized skills to COVID-19 testing

Renowned poet Professor Eavan Boland dies at 75

Biologist Tim Stearns presides over Stanford’s 2019-20 Faculty Senate

Living sustainably, with a little help from My Cardinal Green

Makerspaces at Stanford

Philosophy Professor Kenneth Taylor dies at 65

Stanford Professor Dan Jurafsky elected AAAS Fellow

Stanford Alumni Association presents 2019 Lyman Award to Michael McFaul

Stanford honors Nona Chiariello and Niraj Dangoria with 2019 Marsh O’Neill Awards

As it prepares to rename Jane Stanford Way, Stanford honors its relationship with the Muwekma Ohlone

Walter Vincenti, interdisciplinary engineer, dead at 102

Stanford’s 2019 fall quarter guest artists

Stanford German studies scholar Kurt Mueller-Vollmer dies at 91

New Stanford mural connects campus to local nature, diversity and history

Stanford anthropologist James Fox dies at 75

Stanford welcomes volunteers at its educational farm – gloves provided

Literature Professor Roland Greene named director of Stanford Humanities Center

Calvin F. Quate, inventor of advanced microscopes, dies at 95

Three Books program invites new students to think about cities

Stanford grad students develop award-winning app that streamlines U.S. Air Force training

Renowned French philosopher Michel Serres dies at 88

Trading STEM for storytelling

A commitment to her Native American roots leads Stanford’s Aliyah Chavez to a journalism career

Stanford’s 2019 Cuthbertson, Dinkelspiel and Gores awards honor faculty, students and staff

John D. Krumboltz, who developed the theory of planned happenstance, dies at 90

What it’s like to be a theoretical physicist