Join us in the beautiful and serene setting of wine country for the 4th Annual Updates in Gastroenterology and Hepatology—a dynamic and engaging course designed to bring you the latest advances in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal and liver disorders. The program incorporates cutting-edge medical education with the opportunity to unwind amidst vineyards, rolling hills, and exceptional hospitality.

Tailored for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, primary care physicians, internists, family practitioners, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses, this comprehensive one-day course offers evidence-based updates in a picturesque, retreat-like atmosphere perfect for learning and professional connection.

RegistrationEarly Bird Registration (through January 15, 2026)
Physicians: $595
Advanced Practice Providers: $395
Trainees: $150
Industry: $895

January 16, 2026 through March 15, 2026
Physicians: $695
Advanced Practice Providers: $495
Trainees: $150
Industry: $895

March 16, 2026 hrough April 15, 2026
Physicians: $795
Advanced Practice Providers: $595
Trainees: $150
Industry: $895

STAP-eligible employees can use STAP funds towards the registration fees for this activity. Complete the STAP Reimbursement Request Form and submit to your department administrator.

CreditsAMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (20.00 hours), AAPA Category 1 CME credits (20.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (20.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (20.00 hours)

Target AudienceSpecialties - Family Medicine & Community Health, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Internal Medicine, Primary Care & Population Health, SurgeryProfessions - Advance Practice Nurse (APN), Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Nurse, Physician, Physician Associate, Registered Nurse (RN), Student ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to:
1. Understand advances in therapeutic endoscopy and approach to pancreaticobiliary disease
2. Integrate updates in chronic liver disease and liver transplantation into current management of patients
3. Review the most recent screening and surveillance protocols for gastrointestinal malignancy
4. Evaluate medical and surgical treatment approaches for gastroesophageal reflux and other esophageal disorders
5. Incorporate new diagnostics and therapeutics for management of inflammatory bowel disease
6. Describe changes in approach to small and large bowel disorders
7. Analyze the complaint of dysphagia and other symptoms of dysmotility with updated diagnostic and therapeutic frameworks

AccreditationIn support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation
American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Stanford Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 20 ANCC contact hours.

California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
Stanford Medicine Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17874, for 20.00 contact hours.

American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) - Live
Stanford Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This live activity is designated for 20 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

American Board of Internal Medicine MOC Credit
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 20 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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Stanford acquired Hernandez’s archive (Special Collections, M1301) in 2001.

Archive Room: Ester Hernandez is curated by Jorge Eduardo Sibaja, Curatorial Assistant. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Hockwald Fund.

IMAGE: Ester Hernandez, Sun Mad, 1982. Courtesy of Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. © Ester Hernandez

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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Stanford acquired Asawa’s archive (Special Collections, M1585) in 2007 with additional materials arriving in subsequent years. To explore Asawa’s archive online, please visit Stanford Libraries’ website.

Archive Room: Ruth Asawa is curated by Kathryn Cua, Curatorial Assistant, Asian American Art Initiative. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Robert Mondavi Family Fund.

IMAGE: Ruth Asawa teaching geometric patterns with milk cartons, c. 1981. Courtesy Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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The universal expositions had lasting effects on Paris itself, changing the culture, commerce, and appearance of the city. Many of the monuments that we associate with the city today - the Eiffel Tower, the Paris Metro, and the Grand and Petit Palais, were built expressly for these events. While travellers had long visited Paris, these expositions opened the city to massive numbers of new visitors, new types of leisure experiences, and new products from around the world. Using a wide variety of materials from the Roxane Debuisson Collection on Paris History, this exhibit showcases the universal expositions through the following themes: innovation and industry; commerce; monuments and infrastructure; leisure and the lived experience; and the world in Paris.

Roxane Debuisson had an indefatigable appetite for seeking out and acquiring materials documenting the changing urban fabric and commercial life of Paris. Her collecting activities spanned over 60 years, from 1957, when she purchased her first book on the history of Paris, until 2018, the year of her passing. Her collection centered on the commercial, cartographic, and architectural history of the city, with a focus on the long 19th century. She documented this history through books, postcards, stereoview cards, photographs, maps, engravings, periodicals, and invoices from shops around Paris. Stanford University Libraries acquired her collection in 2020.

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The Art of Science Competition is a campus wide event to celebrate the aesthetic beauty of science. Last year we received nearly 100 submissions representing more than 40 departments across the university, encompassing the schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Sustainability, and Engineering. Join us to celebrate the 15th Art of Science this year!

An exhibition showcasing the best submissions will take place in Spring Quarter, opening on May 15th from 4 - 7 pm in the Huang Foyer. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 21th at 11:59 pm. We will award monetary prizes to the best submissions as determined by an independent panel of judges as well as a popular vote.

Check out prior years work: https://mrs.groups.stanford.edu/art-science

Submission form: tinyurl.com/aos2026

Submission guidelines:

All members of the Stanford community are invited to submit, and multiple submissions are allowed. Alumni are also allowed to submit. The focus of this competition is art, and thus the aesthetic rather than scientific quality of the image is key. Creativity and uniqueness will be considered favorably. Images produced in the process of performing research, such as photographs, micrographs, and simulation results, as well as art inspired by science, are gladly accepted. Lastly, think outside the box - every year we receive amazing paintings, mixed media and audio/visual works. All submissions should be made through the link above.

Questions? Contact: racrusso@stanford.edu and darshanm@stanford.edu

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Contact Fidelity directly to schedule an appointment with a representative to review your current and future retirement savings options:

Fidelity appointment scheduler(800) 642-7131

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Rooted in Community. Transforming Care.

Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week 2026

This year’s conference holds special significance as it aligns with the ten-year anniversary of Black Maternal Health Week. The theme acknowledges the week’s focus on “justice and joy” during the birthing experience and the role of healthcare professionals in fostering positive health and experience outcomes through exceptional care.

The Mid-Coastal California Perinatal Outreach Program (MCCPOP) is located at Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Neonatology. MCCPOP leaders include neonatologists and maternal fetal medicine specialists who consult on perinatal clinical care questions and provide education on current standards of care for mothers and newborns. These leaders partner with the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) and the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC), as well as other specialists and healthcare providers at Stanford Medicine, to provide a full spectrum of expertise, supporting high quality care for newborns and for women. For over forty years, the Annual MCCPOP Perinatal Potpourri Conference has provided current advances in maternal, fetal, and neonatal medicine for healthcare providers around the world. Perinatal clinicians and other experts present on a variety of topics through lectures, panel presentations and case-based discussions.

This year’s program will include a focus on multiple advances in perinatal care. Agenda subject to change. Some included topics:

Black Maternal Mental Health

Severe Maternal Morbidity

Neonatal Pain Management

Equitable Use of AI

Obstetric Sepsis

Anemia and Pregnancy

Placenta Accreta Spectrum

Registration

Virtual attendance fees:
Physicians: $300

Nurses/AHPs/Pharmacists/Social Workers/Registered Dietitians/Midwives: $150

Fellows/Residents: $80

Public Health/Community Health Organizations Staff NOT Seeking Continuing Education Credit: $80

BIH/PEI Partners: $80

Doulas: $50

Students: $50

In person day 1 attendance fees:

Physicians: $200

Nurses/AHPs/Pharmacists/Social Workers/Registered Dietitians/Midwives: $125

Fellows/Residents: $100

Public Health/Community Health Organizations Staff NOT Seeking Continuing Education Credit: $100

BIH/PEI Partners: $100

Doulas: $100

Students: $100

In person day 1 plus virtual day 2 attendance fees:

Physicians: $350

Nurses/AHPs/Pharmacists/Social Workers/Registered Dietitians/Midwives: $200

Fellows/Residents: $140

Public Health/Community Health Organizations Staff NOT Seeking Continuing Education Credit: $140

BIH/PEI Partners: $140

Doulas: $100

Students: $100

Registration fees may be paid by Visa, MasterCard, or American Express.

If you are registering a group of 5 or more from one organization, email hollykm@stanford.edu for a 20% discount.

STAP-eligible employees can use STAP funds towards the registration fees for this activity. Complete the STAP Reimbursement Request Form and submit to your department administrator.

Your email address is used for critical information, including registration confirmation, evaluation, and certificate. Be sure to include an email address that you check frequently.

Credits

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (12.75 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (12.75 hours), ASWB Continuing Education (ACE) credits (12.75 hours), CA BRN - California Board of Registered Nurses Contact Hours (12.75 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (12.75 hours)

Target Audience

Specialties - Maternal-Child Health, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Midwifery, Neonatology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Professions - Advance Practice Nurse (APN), Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Nurse, Physician, Registered Nurse (RN), Student

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to:

1. Utilize the most recent clinical guidelines for effective pain management in newborns.
2. Integrate a respect-based approach to Black maternal mental health that honors the lived experience and dismantles a mask of resilience to foster stigma-free support.
3. Identify the optimal time for umbilical cord clamping to maximize neonatal health benefits.
4. Employ evidence-based strategies to address identified disparities in care, specifically regarding Severe Maternal Morbidity (SMM), mental health care, anemia and newborn pain management.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation
American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 12.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Stanford Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.75 ANCC contact hours.

California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
Stanford Medicine Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17874, for 12.75 contact hours.

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 12.75 general continuing education credits.

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Together we’ll explore ways to navigate academic and professional stress, manage anxiety, reflect on identity-related experiences, and address impostor feelings- along with other student-led topics. The group also fosters moments of joy and connection as part of the healing process.

This group is held on Thursdays 8:30-9:30 AM, starting April 16, 2026. Meeting dates for spring quarter are 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, and 5/21. Sessions are both virtual and in-person. In-person dates are 4/23, 5/7, and 5/21.

A meeting with a facilitator is required to join this group. You can sign up on the on "*INTEREST_LIST_SOM_Students_of_Color_GROUP_SPRING_Q" on the Vaden Portal rosters, in the "Groups and Workshops" section. A facilitator will reach out to you to schedule a pre-group meeting.

Open to all registered BioSci PhD/MS, MSPA, and MD students in the School of Medicine.Facilitated by Isela Garcia White, LCSW and Mariko Sweetnam, LCSW

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Finely Printed Books tells the incredible story of Albert Bender and his remarkable gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections. It has been almost one hundred years since the first beautiful book came to the Green Library. From 1926 to 1941, Albert M. Bender personally donated more than five hundred volumes and encouraged his friends to contribute to the growing collection.

“This, my copy of the Laudes Creaturarum of S. Francis, I now give to the Leland Stanford Junior University through Albert M. Bender, in memory of my husband’s dearly loved sister Frances A. H. Sanderson Stewart.
–Anne Cobden-Sanderson, Stanford, June 27th, 1926.”

On Sunday, June 27, 1926, Anne Cobden-Sanderson made her way down the peninsula from San Francisco to the Stanford campus. The previous evening, she had attended a meal in her honor at Coppa’s restaurant in San Francisco, a haunt for Bohemians, artists, literati, and book people. The trip to Stanford came at the end of a week of celebration of the “book beautiful,” during which Cobden-Sanderson, was feted by the area’s printers, publishers, and book collectors. It was one of the final stops on a West Coast visit from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, a tour punctuated by lectures on the suffragette movement, the labor movement in England, the Doves Press, and interviews and research on prison reform – all topics which had played key roles in Cobden-Sanderson’s life – with every event documented by the California newspapers as she worked her way north.

While we cannot know for certain what was discussed over dinner that Saturday evening nearly a century ago, we do know three things with some certainty: first, that Albert M. Bender was there; second, that he encouraged Cobden-Sanderson to travel from the city to a young campus near Palo Alto, pay a visit to the Stanford University Library in what is now the Green Library building, and inscribe her copy of a book from the Doves Press, founded by her husband T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and financed by Anne herself, to a nascent rare book collection; third, that this gift to the University, from a person who bridged the worlds of William Morris, Jane Stanford, and the burgeoning post-earthquake Bay Area book arts scene, was the first step in the transformation of a haphazard accumulation of old and rare books acquired in the first three decades of the University’s operations into a well-organized Department of Special Collections serving the faculty and students of a major research institution.

Albert M. Bender (1866–1941), the self-effacing catalyst who transformed Bay Area cultural life through his extensive philanthropy and enthusiasm for beauty in art, literature, and the book arts, shaped Stanford’s collections in ways that are still felt today. He encouraged dozens of his friends and acquaintances to give generously to help Stanford grow from a library that struggled to keep up with the demands of building a basic teaching collection to one that could also support access to rare, antiquarian, and unique materials for serious scholarship. By providing us with carefully selected examples of fine printing, illustration, type design, papermaking, and binding, ranging across all periods, he challenged the librarians at the time to rethink how Stanford viewed its role as a repository of research materials. No longer were our rare books defined just by how old they were or which texts they contained, but now there was a need to consider aesthetics, research importance, monetary value, book history, provenance, uniqueness, and, in short, all the myriad attributes that might make a book an object of scholarly inquiry.

This exhibition tells the story of Albert M. Bender’s remarkable gift to Stanford University. An inventory of the gifts that Bender helped bring to Stanford in 1926 and 1927, Finely Printed Books Presented to the Library of Stanford University: A Catalogue, has allowed us to identify and update the provenance for 179 volumes from that initial gift, recovering information that had been lost from our catalog decades ago in the conversion from card catalogs to online records. On display are highlights from this bountiful donation. The archival traces of Albert M. Bender, his circle of friends who made the initial donations possible, the librarians who helped shepherd in a new era of collecting for Stanford University, and the impact that this gift had on the Stanford community at the time. As we look ahead to a second century of rare book collecting, much has been done, and much remains to be done, to build a world-class resource to support Stanford scholarship.

This exhibition is curated by Benjamin Albritton, Rare Books Curator for the Department of Special Collections. Produced and designed by Deardra Fuzzell, with assistance from Elizabeth Fischbach, Kylee Diedrich, and Pasha Tope.

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For older readers, books in verse are less intimidating and less overwhelming, yet still convey complex ideas and deep emotions—often making them a bridge to building lifelong readers.

Come check out the exhibit brilliant examples of these in Cubberley Library's Curriculum Collection. Find lists and descriptions in our guide to Poetry for children and young adults.

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Curated by Amelie Pak. Library hours: M-Th 9-7pm; Friday 9-5pm; Sunday 12-6pm.

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Two-Day Workshop: April 15-16

Space is not merely a physical setting. It is also a political, cultural, linguistic, and historical formation. It is produced, ordered, governed, symbolized, and contested through both material and discursive practices, while urban form, infrastructure, territorial power, displacement, and violence shape the conditions of collective life. At stake, then, is not only the organization of built environments, but the broader spatial logics through which authority, exclusion, mobility, and belonging are constituted.

This workshop takes seriously the relation between space and language. Space is not only built, administered, and destroyed; it is also named, narrated, imagined, and conceptually organized. Concepts such as city, territory, border, dwelling, ruin, mobility, and belonging are historically and culturally mediated, and the languages through which they are articulated help shape the lived experience of space itself. Different linguistic and cultural formations may therefore generate distinct spatial imaginaries, as well as different ways of inhabiting, ordering, and resisting space.

The workshop opens a comparative inquiry into urbanity, spatial violence, and counter-spatial practices across diverse contexts, including Palestine, imperial formations, metropolitan systems, and racialized urban change. More broadly, it invites reflection on the relations among space, language, politics, and culture, asking how spatial and linguistic orders produce distinct forms of life, conflict, and resistance.

The workshop is organized in collaboration with guest researcher Abdalla Bayyari, a researcher in political geography and settler colonial studies at the Institute for Palestine Studies and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Palestine Studies. His research examines the spatial logics of settler colonialism, with a particular focus on territory, urbicide, and the production of space in Palestine. His work explores how colonial power operates through infrastructure, urban destruction, and territorial reorganization, and how anti-colonial spatial practices emerge under conditions of extreme spatial violence.

We warmly welcome anyone interested in attending the workshop, with RSVP required. We are also open to considering participation from researchers whose work speaks to these themes, whether through leading a session or sharing relevant materials. To inquire about participating, please contact Jadkiada@stanford.edu.

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The exhibition will be on view in the Wisch Family Gallery from April 2 – August 17, 2026

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Erika Chong Shuch is a choreographer, director, and performance maker whose work bridges experimental performance and social practice through inventive forms of audience engagement. Centering people and labor often overlooked, her projects reimagine where and how art-making begins. She is the founder of For You, a performance group that brings strangers together through experiences ranging from intimate encounters to large-scale public gatherings. Erika has been commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Court Theatre (Chicago), The Momentary, Cantor Arts Center, and Edge on the Square (San Francisco). Her work has been supported by Creative Capital, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Gerbode Foundation. She was a 2022–23 Bay Area Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts and is currently co-creating The Table with Mei Ann Tao and the San Francisco Civic Theater Project with Jonathan Moscone.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1,000 Ways to Hold: A new work by Erika Chong Shuch is organized by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for the Arts. Thank you to the core team of individuals whose dedication and expertise were essential to the realization of this project, as well as to the incredible community whose hands shaped the work in this exhibition. We gratefully acknowledge generous support provided by the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation, The Draper Foundation, Melissa and Trevor Fetter, Carloyn and William Langelier, William Reller and Kristin E. Klint, and the Office for Religious & Spiritual Life.

This exhibition was made possible through the significant commitment of the following individuals: Ellen Oh (producer), Edi Dai (producer), Hideo Mabuchi (ceramics management), Sean Riley (machine design), Crow Cianciola (machine fabrication), Werd Pace (sound design), Tiffany Steinwert (dialogic facilitator), Taylor Jones (videographer), Niharika Gunturu (lead electronics design), Eito Murakami (sound design), Xinyuan Pu (facilitation), Caitlin Main (dramaturg), Yinuo Yu (data specialist), Jason Wilson Navarro-Lopez (data specialist), Heechan Lim (videographer assistant), Miley Sinantha-Hu (project assistant), Jacob Eldred (mechanical design), and Lily Thai (electronics design assistant).

Ceramics production: Sally Jackson, Ryan Schnirel, Grace Potter, Sarah Logan, Scott Parady, Casey Beck, Joan Lin, and Phil Park.

Workshop coordination: Claudia Dorn, Tyler Brooks, Claire Kuan, Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon, Ken N. Lee, Jessica Castillo, Amara Tabor-Smith, Jazlyn Patricio-Archer, Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez, Kim Beil, Michaela Hulstyn, Jessi Pipert, Jessica Gonzales Chu, Mushi Wooseong James, Craig Adams, Natasha Noel, Sophina McDaniel, Karina Kloos, and Ken Becker.

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Date: Thursday, April 16, 2026
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT (walk kicks off at 12 p.m.)
NEW Location: The on-site walk starts and ends at the Cobb Track and Angell Field. You can also organize or join a remote Walk where you live.

Visit the event webpage to learn more

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Not sure where to start? We will have a limited number of small kits to jumpstart crochet, cross-stitch, and embroidery projects. We will also have skeins of yarn, knitting needles, and crochet hooks.

Already an experienced crafter? Please feel free to join us to share your current work-in-progress (or take this opportunity to learn a new-to-you craft!).

This event is open to all University staff, but space and supplies are limited! To attend, submit an RSVP form here: https://forms.gle/9w3qvD7Zx9ofiASD7

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Regina Pieck is a scholar of the hemispheric literatures and cultures of the Américas, bringing Mesoamerican cultural production into conversation with contemporary Indigenous and non-Indigenous texts. This session will explore the Florentine Codex, with particular attention to Books 11 and 12, which focus on plants and the conquest of Mexico. In preparation for the discussion, please review the images from Books 11 and 12 available through the Digital Florentine Codex.

RSVP for the discussion with Regina Pieck

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April 16, 2026
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Y2E2, Room 299

Ramit Debnath, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Executive Director (CHIA)
Centre for Human-Inspired AI (CHIA), University of Cambridge

“Micro-signals of social tipping mechanisms in climate actions using human-centric AI”

Abstract

Earth system science increasingly recognises that coupled human–environment dynamics can cross critical thresholds, i.e., tipping points, where reinforcing feedback drive rapid, potentially irreversible systemic change. Understanding how social and physical processes interact at and near these thresholds remains a central challenge for earth system modelling. In this talk, we explore how emerging approaches from computational social science and human-centred AI might offer complementary perspectives on these dynamics. We examine global discourse across online platforms to illustrate how shifts in public discussion, such as crisis-driven information flows and contested narratives around climate interventions, may act as social precursors that influence environmental governance at moments of system stress. In parallel, we apply a multimodal AI framework to analyse global hydroelectric infrastructure from satellite imagery, identifying a significant number of previously unrecorded facilities and quantifying associated environmental pressures, including proximity to protected areas and changes in runoff. By piloting the integration of social-signal analysis with AI, this work represents a step toward bridging disciplinary gaps in how we observe and analyse human–environment feedback near potential tipping points. We propose that such integrated methodologies, as they are further developed, could contribute valuable components to the next generation of earth system models, supporting more comprehensive threshold risk assessment and policy design.

Biography

Dr. Ramit Debnath is an Assistant Professor and Executive Director of Centre for Human-Inspired AI (CHIA) at the University of Cambridge, where his group pioneers responsible AI systems for climate and environmental sustainability. His work advances environmental computational social sciences, designing tools to mitigate emissions and align AI with public good. He leads the Cambridge Collective Intelligence and Design Group and climaTRACES Lab, advises the UK Government on AI methods, and co-leads Caltech’s Climate and Social Intelligence Lab. A Gates Scholar, he holds an MPhil-PhD from Cambridge in engineering and computational social sciences.

https://www.collectivedesign.group.cam.ac.uk/

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Speaker-suggested reading: Thirumalai, K., DiNezio, P.N., Partin, J.W. et al. Future increase in extreme El Niño supported by past glacial changes. Nature 634, 374–380 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07984-y

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Panelist Biographies

Tracy DeTomasi has held leadership positions over the past 20 years, across the nonprofit sector, where she developed and implemented trauma-informed programming and curricula. She was instrumental in changing domestic violence laws in the US and has worked on projects globally with The Commonwealth of Nations, Ecuador, Australia, The United Kingdom, South Africa, and Ghana. Previously, Tracy was the Co-Founder of Good People Collective, the Interim Executive Director at NO MORE, and the VP of Domestic Violence Services at the YWCA. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Tracy has extensive experience working in the field of gender-based violence, giving her a deep understanding of the ecosystem of survivors, offenders, and allies. She has consulted with organizations to develop tech-based tools, such as an app that educates users about violence against women, a smartphone device for sexual violence prevention safety, and virtual reality trainings to address Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Anti-Sexual Harassment.

Kenyora Johnson MSW, is the CEO of End Rape On Campus (EROC). With a decade of experience, she has collaborated with youth, families, college students, administrators, and leaders such as the late Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. Before EROC, Kenyora worked in non-profits and higher education institutions like Brandeis University, Strong Women, Strong Girls, and Simmons University. Currently, on the advisory board of Culture of Respect, a NASPA initiative, Kenyora has held roles such as President of the African-American Alumnae/i Association of Simmons University, Vice-Chair of The Institute for Research on Male Supremacism, Advisory Board member of The Every Voice Coalition, and the Alumni Association Board at Boston University’s School of Social Work. She’s a recognized voice on anti-campus sexual violence, featured in major media, and honored by IGNITE National as a "Leader on Fire" in 2021. Kenyora is an alumna of the 2023 Roddenberry Foundation Fellowship.

Kyle Linton is a co-founder of Our Wave. Kyle was inspired to start Our Wave after his loved one experienced GBV in 2018. Kyle attended and graduated from NC State in 2014 with a bachelors in Business Administration. After graduating, Kyle launched an AI-informed digital therapeutic platform and later joined and led a software design and development consulting agency. Through Our Wave, Kyle has built a network of major organizations serving survivors online. Kyle brings over a decade of experience leading social impact organizations, building impactful products for industry leaders like Bayer, Intel, DraftKings, and Cree, managing over 5 million USD in invested capital.

Julia Pishko is a trauma-informed educator, sexual assault survivor, and co-founder of 3Joannes, a public benefit corporation building #WithYouToo, a peer-led social safety platform designed to strengthen early response after sexual harm. Drawing from lived experience and seven years of frontline advocacy work with survivors, Julia focuses on closing the gap between disclosure and care and reducing the isolation that so often follows harm. She is also the Co-founder and Educational Director of the Global Trauma Institute, where she develops and teaches trauma-informed certification programs for coaches, advocates, and practitioners. Across her work, Julia centers non-pathologizing, survivor-led approaches that recognize sexual harm as an injury deserving immediate care and connection. At 3Joannes, she leads trauma-informed design and ethical framework development, ensuring that technology strengthens privacy, agency, and peer capacity rather than replacing human support. Her work bridges advocacy, education, and product innovation to build scalable infrastructure for accessible, survivor-centered care in digital spaces.

Registration is required. Register Here.

This program is brought to you by the SHARE Title IX and Title VI Office , in collaboration with Callisto, as part of efforts to raise awareness during April: Sexual Assault Awareness Month. To learn more about programming during SAAM, check out bit.ly/SHARESAAM2026

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Art practice majors are accepted into the honors program based on the strength of the portfolios and written proposals submitted at the end of the student’s junior year. As honors students, Kea and Zoë have worked throughout the fall and winter quarters of their senior year, mentored by faculty and Art Practice MFA students, to develop their proposals into the bodies of work on display.

The title of the exhibition, selected by the students, is excerpted from the first line of a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The poem begins: “Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring.” The author continues through lyrical descriptions of natural elements, moving through dirt, plants, birds, celestial objects, and even weather. The poem concludes “But you were something more than young and sweet and fair, - and the long year remembers you.” Through the cyclical act of the year’s remembering, the “you” Millay is mindful of becomes all the things described—a vast and multitudinous self. With their thesis work, Kea and Zoë offer us a similar proposition as Millay. They invite us to find ourselves in expansive worlds where it is possible for our boundaries to fail, for us to become porous and multiple—more than a single self could ever be.

—Camille Utterback, Exhibition Curator and Honors Director

On View: April 14-30, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 4-6pm
Coulter Art Gallery (McMurtry Building)
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 12-5pm
Free & open to the public

Kea Kahoilua-Clebsch is a Native Hawaiian visual artist from the Island of Hawaiʻi. Her art practice is grounded in a love for her ancestors and ʻohana, who she gets to honor and know more deeply through her work. Through painting, Kea activates family and historical archives to bring her ancestors and the practices that sustained them into space and vibrant color. Her work reflects a personal reclamation of her mo’okūʻauhau (genealogical story) in a settler-colonial context, where knowing and reciting one's genealogy often requires re-learning — calling out, listening, diving and digging. Painting has enabled this process, allowing an intimate engagement with her own genealogy. As she gathers stories from her grandmother, spends time in the guava fields her grandpa once tended to, paints the hands of her great-grandma she never knew, she reclaims her right to remember while creating space for her familyʻs moʻolelo in historical and visual canons.

Zoë Rehnborg (b. 2003, Los Angeles) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture and installation. Informed by her experience working in microbiology labs, her practice explores the ecological and existential dimensions of decay, with a particular focus on microorganisms as agents of transformation in both natural systems and human narratives. Rehnborg works with organic materials — soil, SCOBY, mycelium, salvaged wood, and beeswax — to create sculptural forms that engage processes of decomposition and regeneration, treating fungi and bacteria not as mere subject matter but as active collaborators in the formation of the work. She is currently completing her BAS in Art Practice and Biology at Stanford University.

VISITOR INFORMATION: Coulter Art Gallery is located at 355 Roth Way (McMurtry Building) on Stanford campus. The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 12-5pm. Visitor parking is available in designated areas and payment is managed through ParkMobile (free after 4pm, except by the Oval). Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle. This exhibition is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. Admission is free.

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R. Daniel Kelemen is McCourt Chair at the McCourt School of Public Policy. He is also Professor of Law (by courtesy) at Georgetown Law. Kelemen has published widely on the politics and law of the European Union, comparative politics and law, and comparative public policy. Prior to joining Georgetown University, Kelemen was Professor of Political Science and Law at Rutgers University. He also served as Chair of the Department of Political Science and Director of the Center for European Studies at Rutgers. Prior to Rutgers, Kelemen was Fellow in Politics at Lincoln College, University of Oxford. Kelemen is a Senior Associate (Non-Resident), in the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Executive Committee of the European Union Studies Association. Kelemen comments regularly on EU affairs for European and American media. He was educated at UC Berkeley (A.B. in Sociology) and Stanford (M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science).

Hanna Folsz is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Stanford University. Her research focuses on opposition parties in authoritarian dominant-party regimes, with a particular focus on the challenges and opportunities they face in countering autocratization. More broadly, her work examines the causes and consequences of democratic backsliding, populism, media capture, and political favoritism — primarily in East-Central Europe and, secondarily, in Latin America. She uses a multi-method approach, including modern causal inference and text analysis techniques.

Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the American Political Science Association, among others. She is the co-founder and co-organizer of EEPGW, a monthly online graduate student workshop on East European politics, and a co-founder and regular contributor to The Hungarian Observer, the most widely read online newsletter on Hungarian politics and culture. At Stanford, she is an active member of CDDRL's Poverty, Violence, and Governance Lab (PovGov).

REDS: RETHINKING EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY

The REDS Seminar Series aims to deepen the research agenda on the new challenges facing Europe, especially on its eastern flank, and to build intellectual and institutional bridges across Stanford University, fostering interdisciplinary approaches to current global challenges.

REDS is organized by The Europe Center and the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, and co-sponsored by the Hoover Institution and the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.

Learn more about REDS and view past seminars here.

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The first recorded reference to Shakespeare in print notoriously refers to his “bombast,” his being “an upstart crow beautified with our feathers.” This talk will revisit those pejorative descriptions through the notion of ‘Asiatic style,’ as it appears in Thomas North’s Plutarch (Shakespeare’s principal reading material as he developed and wrote several of his ‘Roman’ plays) and in classical rhetoric. The talk will take various routes along the way—the style/s of Antony and Cleopatra, featherwork, onstage turbans, early modern European depictions of the Ottomans—before concluding with a new suggestion as to what that early description of an early Shakespeare might mean.

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New works are featured each week! Meet at the top of the stairs.

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This work was made possible by a Humanities Seed Grant from Stanford Public Humanities.

About the event
Drawing on her 2025 multimedia exhibition commemorating the 180th anniversary of Indian presence in Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Gabrielle Jamela Hosein explores the botanical as an imaginative phyto-archive. She examines how reworked forms of folk art can center the contribution of Indian indentured labourers to the Caribbean landscape through the seeds, spices, and plant cuttings they carried in the hold of ships between 1838 and 1917. In this history, visualised especially through portraiture, plants emerge as co-migrants with their own stories of subjectivity, settlement and adaptation.

This phyto-migration is memorialised in jahajin bandals (ship-sister bundles) that visualise Indian women’s transoceanic practices of botanical home-making. Women’s art forms such as mehndi (henna) document and reimagine plants like moringa, pumpkin, bitter gourd, curry leaf, tamarind, and spinach as archives of rural life and women’s labour. Through jewellery, rangoli designs, and community film-making, Hosein engages in embodied theorising that departs from Euro-creole landscape traditions, unfolding how stories of plantation survival entwine landscape, culture, family, and love.

In dialogue with movements for reparation and repair, Hosein speculatively recovers erased narratives, challenges sugar’s dominance in Caribbean praxes of remembering, and makes visible mixed-race mothering and queer abundance. The botanical thus becomes a living archive of the afterlife of indenture. By creatively imagining Indo-Caribbean histories, feminine aesthetics, and agricultural traditions, Hosein tells a deeply personal, familial, and political story of women’s labour, the gender differential economies of cane and rice, and women’s generational transformations in the post-indenture Caribbean.

About the speaker
Dr. Gabrielle Jamela Hosein is an Indo-Caribbean feminist scholar, writer and activist who received the Medal for the Development of Women (Gold) in 2022 for her contribution to Trinidad and Tobago. She is Senior Lecturer and former Head at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (2016–2020), former Vice-Chair of the Equal Opportunity Commission (2020-2023) and has been involved in Caribbean feminist organising for thirty years. She co-edited the collections Indo-Caribbean Feminisms: Charting Crossings in Geography, Discourse, and Politics (CRGS 2012) and Indo-Caribbean Feminist Thought: Genealogies, Theories, Enactments (2016). Her publications include, “No Pure Place for Resistance: Reflections on Being Ms. Mastana Bahar 2000 (2011), “Modern Negotiations: Indo-Trinidadian Girlhood and Gender Differential Creolization” (2012), “Democracy, Gender and Indian Muslim Modernity in Trinidad” (2015), “A Letter to My Great-Grandmother” (2018), “Post-Indentureship Caribbean Feminist Thought, Transoceanic Feminisms, and the Convergence of Asymmetries” (2020), The Botanical Afterlives of Indenture: Mehndi as Imaginative Visual Archive (2024), and the poem “Chutney Love” (2019). Her blog, Diary of a Mothering Worker, has been published as a national newspaper column since 2012, and includes numerous columns on Indo-Caribbean gender relations and feminisms. The exhibition, The Botanical Afterlife of Indenture: Imaginative Archives, was first held at the Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago in June 2025.

Photo: The photographer credit is Abigail Hadeed

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Lunch at 11:45 a.m. for in-person attendees

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About the Speaker

I got bit by the electronic publishing bug in 1979 and haven't looked back since. For the first 15 years, I worked on expanding the notion of the page to include rich media. The two companies i founded, Criterion and Voyager, managed a lot of firsts—the first films with commentary tracks and supplementary sections; what is widely regarded as the first commercially viable CD-rom, The CD Companion to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, referenced in Edward Tufte's Visual Explanations and referred to by Alan Kay as "the first piece of digital "content" worth criticizing"; and the first electronic books—Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Trilogy and Martin Gardner's Annotated Alice in 1992. After that there were a bunch of years spent on tool making and in 2004 the Macarthur Foundation gave me a five-year grant to explore the evolution of publishing in the digital era. With that grant i started the Institute for the Future of the Book where my colleagues and I started investigating what happens when you place text in a browser with a dynamic margin. The upshot of this work was SocialBook, Inc. a company focused on the evolution of "reading" from a solitary to a social experience. Currently I'm leading, The Tapestry Project—an ambitious effort to develop a non-linear authoring environment—think HyperCard thirty years on—in conjunction with Stanford (where my archives are) and the Internet Archive.

—Bob Stein

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New works are featured each week! Meet at the top of the stairs

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Come out and enjoy a specialty coffee while you chat about teaching with CTL! We want to show our appreciation for the great work that you all do as teaching assistants and instructors by offering a specialty coffee to the first 30 people who engage with CTL representatives at Voyager Coffee at the times listed below. We look forward to seeing you there.

Tuesday, April 14, 9–10 a.m. at Voyager CoffeeThursday, April 16, 1–2 p.m. at Voyager CoffeeVoyager Coffee is located on the Ground Level, Computing and Data Science (CoDa), 389 Jane Stanford Way.

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The Technical Communication Program and Terman Library have you covered! Drop by Huang 203 on April 16th from 1-2 PM, have a coffee on us, and bring your questions on citation management. Zach Lannes from Terman will give a brief demonstration of the Zotero reference manager tool and answer any questions.

Register here. Additionally, we ask that you please install Zotero and its browser connector before the session.

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To make the most of our hands-on exercises, please install and test the required software on your laptop before arriving.

Setup instructions: https://cengel.github.io/R-intro/index.html#setup-instructions

Required software:

R programming languageRStudio integrated development environmentPlease register to attend. Registration is exclusively open to current Stanford Affiliates and will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Given the limited space, a waitlist will be available once all spots are filled. (Please cancel your registration if you can’t make it.)

For those attending the in-person event, please bring your Stanford ID card or mobile ID to enter the library.

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Stanford Web Services hosts office hours by appointment. During these half-hour appointments, we can assist you with editing existing content, creating new content, editing or adjusting site-wide options, and more!

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You Are Here is an exhibition that explores the unique relationship between transit maps and the identity of their subjects. A transportation system can become synonymous with a city or nation, reflecting its change over time, spearheading cartographic innocations, or reifying an entirely new vision for space and place. The individual maps in the exhibit serve as a window into the histories of the places they represent and the history of transit cartography as a whole.

Curated by the winner of the California Map Society Student Exhibition Competition Jayne Kilander, will be on view through Friday, August 21, 2026. It is also available to view digitally.

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Jennifer (Jen) Burney is a Professor in Global Environmental Policy and Earth System Science in the Doerr School of Sustainability. Her research focuses on the coupled relationships between climate and food security – measuring air pollutant emissions and concentrations, quantifying the effects of climate and air pollution on land use and food systems, understanding how food production and consumption contribute to climate change, and designing and evaluating technologies and strategies for adaptation and mitigation among the world’s farmers. Her research group combines methods from physics, ecology, statistics, remote sensing, economics, and policy to understand critical scientific uncertainties in this coupled system and to provide evidence for what will – or won’t – work to simultaneously end hunger and stabilize earth’s climate. She earned a PhD in physics in 2007, completed postdoctoral fellowships in both food security and climate science, and was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in 2011; prior to joining the Doerr School, she served on the faculty at UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy and Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Shanjun Li Paper

Supply Chain Structure and the Rise of China’s Electric Vehicle Industry

This paper examines how supply chain structure contributed to the rise of China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry. Leveraging comprehensive buyer–seller matched transaction-level data for upstream auto parts and detailed downstream vehicle sales data, we document two salient features of China’s auto supply chain: market thickness and geographic co-location. Thicker upstream markets reduce input prices through intensified competition and improved matching, while proximity between upstream and downstream firms enhances both matching probability and product quality. We develop and estimate a structural model that combines second-score procurement auctions upstream with differentiated-product Bertrand competition downstream. Counterfactual simulations show that China’s supply chain structure, relative to that of the U.S., can explain about half of the EV price gap between the two countries.

Bio

Shanjun Li is the Steven and Roberta Denning Professor of Global Sustainability in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, and a Senior Fellow at both the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Insitute for Economic Policy Research. He directs the Sustainability and Energy Transition Program at Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions (SCCEI). His research focuses on environmental and energy economics, urban and transportation economics, empirical industrial organization, and the Chinese economy. His recent work examines pressing sustainability challenges and the rapid rise of clean energy industries in China, exploring their global implications to support evidence-based policymaking.

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Meetings take place on the third Thursday of each month. All are welcome to attend once, twice, or as often as feels useful.

Facilitators:

Jaimie Lyons, LCSW

Amy Friedman, LMFT

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"Drupallers Drop-in Web Help" is held every month on the Third Thursday for people to drop in and be helped with any Drupal, Stanford Sites, or other website questions they have (or to drop in and help others). We usually have helpers with experience of:

Stanford SitesDrupalBackdrop CMS (a fork of Drupal 7)React/Next.jsFlaskDjangostraight up HTML, CSS, PHP, and PythonWe meet using Zoom (SUNet or personal Zoom account login required). If we have more than one experienced person helping, we'll make use of Zoom's rooms feature to split into groups. As always, we encourage those waiting to be helped to listen in to others' questions & answers.

Everyone, novice or expert, is welcome to these free sessions. The idea is to help one another: learn from people more expert and help people less expert. So log in any time between 3 and 5 pm to help and/or be helped! Or just drop in to work on web stuff in congenial (virtual) company…

There will always be at least one (hopefully more) experienced volunteer** Stanford Drupaller available to answer questions on a one-to-one basis. No question is too basic (or too advanced —though we give no guarantees about being able to answer!)

Drupallers Drop-in Web Help is sponsored by Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM) (who are very kindly sponsoring Sharon Krossa's SUNet ID for the 2025-2026 academic year)

**Note: Drupallers Drop-in Web Help is a volunteer giving-back-to-the-community effort, and not part of Stanford Web Services (SWS)

Can't make this session? See all future dates.

Admission Info

Free, all welcome. Zoom login required. Meeting URL: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/547426382
Password: 180620

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Speaker: Sarah joined Macro Advisory Partners following a distinguished 23-year career in the US Foreign Service, most recently serving as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Beijing and as Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the White House National Security Council. As the principal advisor to the President and National Security Advisor on China and Taiwan (2022-2024), her portfolio encompassed technology export controls, investment screening, trade policy, counternarcotics, Russia sanctions and Taiwan contingency planning. She led strategic preparations for multiple heads-of-state summits, negotiated the reopening of senior diplomatic channels with Beijing, and helped forge the first US-China understanding on AI safety in the context of nuclear command and control. At the National Security Council, Sarah also led interagency policy coordination on the expansion of technology export controls, investment screening, trade policy, counternarcotics, Russia sanctions and Taiwan contingency planning. Sarah also served as former US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s Deputy Executive Secretary for the Indo-Pacific, led the office responsible for US engagement in APEC and served as former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Director of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs. She was posted overseas in Beijing, Islamabad, Jerusalem and Quito, and she speaks Mandarin and Spanish. Sarah is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations and the Asia Society’s Task Force on US-China Policy.

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About the speaker: Sarah Z. Daly is Associate Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. She is the author of Organized Violence After Civil War (Cambridge University Press, 2016) and Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections (Princeton University Press, 2022), winner of the 2024 Gregory Luebbert Prize from the American Political Science Association. Her research spans war and peace, democracy, organized crime, and Latin America, and has appeared in International Security, World Politics, and British Journal of Political Science, among other outlets. Daly holds a BA from Stanford, MS from LSE, and PhD from MIT.

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Join us for the final 3MT competition on April 16, 2026 in the Hauck Auditorium of the David and Joan Traitel Building from 4-6pm. The competition will be emceed by President Jon Levin. Reception and award ceremony to follow.

Doors open at 3:45PM, and the competition starts promptly at 4PM.

RSVP here to attend.

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This exhibition marks the culmination of New Orleans as Method, a course that brings Black literary theory, art practice, and cultural production into conversation. Treating New Orleans as a living archive, students explore how creativity carries memory, marks time, and resists erasure.

Join us for an afternoon of student artworks, presentations, and field journals, alongside music and food inspired by the city.

April 16, 2026 | 4:00–6:00 PM | Building 80

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Bio: Robert O. Ritchie is the H.T. & Jessie Chua Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Departments at the University of California Berkeley. He is also Faculty Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He holds M.A., Ph.D. and Sc.D. degrees in physics/materials science from Cambridge University. Prof. Ritchie is known for his research on the fracture and fatigue of a broad range of engineering and biological materials, with current interests focused on the mechanical properties of natural materials and damage-tolerance in multiple-element metallic alloys. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the U.K., and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences. He is also a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

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Date: April 16th at 4:30pm - arrived between 4:00pm-4:30pm for light hors d'oeuvres.

Location: ANKO Building, Room 109 (First Floor) - 485 Lasuen Mall

Panel Discussion will follow the documentary screening. Panelists include:

Dr. Phil Fisher (Director of the Stanford Center on Early Childhood)

Phyllis Stewart Pires (Stanford Child Care, AVP of Employee Support Programs & Services, UHR)Senchal Rodriguez (Stock Farm Road Children's Center, Center Director, ICRI)Jen Bradwell (Filmmaker of "Make A Circle")Moderator: Isabelle Hau (Executive Director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning)

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Participants will gain targeted feedback to improve argumentation, refine methodology, and prepare materials for conference presentations, grant proposals, or thesis submission.

Sign up or request additional information about presentation formats and time limits.

Whether you are seeking developmental critique or fresh perspectives on an emerging project, this session offers a collaborative space to strengthen your research and connect with fellow student-scholars.

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His work blends pop culture, technology, and political commentary to explore humanity’s evolving relationship with the digital world. Beeple gained international recognition with the historic sale of Everydays: The First 5000 Days at Christie’s, which helped bring digital art and blockchain-based ownership into the global art conversation.

About NODE Foundation

NODE is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to transforming how digital art is experienced. NODE is both an idea and a place – built with artists, by artists, and for artists.

Reception to follow 6pm-7pm.

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RSVP for the materia panel.

Our Panelists:

Hannah Landecker

My work takes place at the intersection of life and social sciences. The social and historical study of biotechnology and life science, from 1900 to now, is my area of specialization. I hold a joint appointment between the Department of Sociology and the Institute for Society and Genetics, an interdisciplinary teaching and research unit in Life Science which houses the Human Biology and Society major; I serve as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the Division of Life Sciences; and I am co-director of UCLA’s Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education. I am a senior editor of BioSocieties, a journal dedicated to the social, ethical and policy implications of developments in the life sciences.

Thangam Ravindranathan

Thangam Ravindranathan is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Brown University. She is the author of Behold an Animal: Four Exorbitant Readings (Northwestern UP, January 2020), and many more. Her current book project, titled Unearthly Literature, inquiries into literature's ways of registering environmental degradation, with a particular focus on novels and critical thought from the post-war decades. Ravindranathan's teaching and research interests include 20th- and 21st-century literature and critical theory; narratives of travel and space; the contemporary novel; the question of the animal; literature and ecology.

The readings to compliment the session will be sent to those who confirm attendance.

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About the performance
Presented in a hybrid format of artist-talk, live performance and video excerpts, Gabriel Dharmoo will present his interdisciplinary drag performance "Bijuriya" - an inventive meeting between in and out of drag identities. While Gabriel is a music composer and experimental vocalist, Bijuriya is a drag artist engaging with South Asian culture. Gabriel values innovation and risk taking as he navigates Eurocentric artistic scenes. Bijuriya seeks to touch the hearts of fellow brown queers. Both have marginal practices, engaging very different audiences. Gabriel and Bijuriya are one person, coming on stage as one to negotiate their hybrid and multifaceted identity. Code-switching between drag performance, original songs, experimental sound design and the porosity between singing and lip-syncing, this piece celebrates the artist’s brownness through an array of unexpected talents. A quirky yet vulnerable exploration of their inadequacy to fully represent the subcultures they seek to embrace.

About the performer
Bijuriya is a drag artist and musician active in the Montreal (Canada) cultural scene. Merging music, drag and theatre, her solo production Bijuriya has been presented a dozen times in Canada since 2022 (Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Kitchener, Peterborough) in festivals, theatres and iconic queers space such as the PuSh Festival (Vancouver), Buddies in Bad Times (Toronto), Montréal Arts Interculturels (Montreal) and the Queer Arts Festival (Vancouver). Her EP Bijuriya Chamke and song Problematic Fantasy, feat. BiG SiSSY) are available on streaming platforms. Strongly inspired by her South Asian culture, her musical collaborations span many genres, from early music and Baroque with Les Goûts Réunis, to South Asian music and a band project that pays tribute to multiple types of musical genres and eras. She has MCed cabarets with Jhalak, Festival Phénomena, Festival Accès Asie, Suoni Per Il Popolo and Geordie Theatre.

​​​​​​​This work was made possible by a Humanities Seed Grant from Stanford Public Humanities.

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Faye Gleisser (she/her) is Associate Professor of Contemporary Art and Critical Theory at Indiana University, Bloomington, where she is an affiliate of the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society. Gleisser is an interdisciplinary art historian and curator of 20th and 21st century art, specializing in performance art, theories of embodiment, and the gendered racial politics of canon formation. Her scholarship has appeared in Art Journal, October, Artforum, Journal of Visual Culture, Women & Performance, ASAP/J, Aperture, a number of exhibition catalogues, and is forthcoming in the Journal for Curatorial Studies. Her first book, Risk Work: Making Art and Guerrilla Tactics in Punitive America, 1967-1987 (University of Chicago Press, 2023), analyzing the relationship of policing, state power, and guerrilla art practice in the United States, received the 2024 ASAP Book Prize and the Smithsonian's 2025 Charles C. Eldredge Book Prize. Gleisser is currently researching artists and curators whose work animates the nexus of hormonal management, socio-medical state surveillance, and the possibilities of somatic abolitionist art practices.

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Open to Stanford Affiliates. Free, no pre-registration is required.

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a feature-length documentary about the Grammy-winning East LA Chicano rock band Quetzal, directed by Akira Boch. It chronicles the band’s 30-year journey, blending music, activism, and the vibrant Chicano art scene of the1990s. The film premiered at the San Diego Latino Film Festival.

Key Details About the Documentary:

Title: Let The City Speak: The Sonic Journey of QuetzalDirector: Akira BochFocus: The band's history, their connection to the Zapatista movement, and their impact on the East LA communityFeatures: Band members Quetzal Flores and Martha GonzalezIn addition to the film screening, we are also hosting a panel discussion with the director, band members, musicians and scholars listed below:

Dr. Martha Gonzalez, Associate Professor of Chicanx-Latinx Studies at Scripps College; Chair, Intercollegiate Dept. of Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies, Grammy Award winning musician

Akira Boch, Emmy Award winning filmmakerDr. Russell Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, Music Department at UC Santra Cruz

Gina Hernandez, former Senior Administrator, Community Engaged Learning at Stanford University

Quetzal Flores, Grammy Award winning producer/musician, Founder/Director of Quetzal, Director of Cultural Power Community Power Collective

Moderated by Dr. Alex Chavez, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Notre Dame University, musicologist, musician, producer, and Grammy Trustee

Food and light refreshments will be provided. Co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for the Arts

For questions of accommodations information please contact elcentro78@stanford.edu.

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Dr. Angana P. Chatterji is the Founding Chair of the Political Conflict, Gender and People's Rights Initiative, University of California, Berkeley. An anthropologist and interdisciplinary scholar of South Asia, Dr. Chatterji’s work examines political conflict, nationalism, and rights in India and Kashmir. A Global Fellow, University of Bergen; and Distinguished Fellow, Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Norway, her investigations with colleagues in Kashmir include inquiry into unknown, mass graves. Publications include: Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism is Changing India and Kashmir: The Case for Freedom.

Dr. Ather Zia (University of Northern Colorado) is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Gender Studies Program. A political anthropologist, poet, short fiction writer, and columnist whose work examines militarization, gender, and political resistance, Dr. Zia is Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures; Co-founder of the Critical Kashmir Studies Collective; and Founder-editor of Kashmir Lit. Publications include: Resisting Disappearances: Military Occupation and Women's Activism in Kashmir and In Kashmir: Writing Under Occupation, a poetry collection from Agitate Collective.

The panel will be followed by a moderated discussion and audience Q&A.

For disability-related accommodations, submit the request in the RSVP form.

Thursday, April 16

6:30-8:00 PM (NOTE TIME CHANGE TO 6:30PM)

The Nitery (2nd Floor), The Markaz Resource Center

514 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305

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Join us in the beautiful and serene setting of wine country for the 4th Annual Updates in Gastroenterology and Hepatology—a dynamic and engaging course designed to bring you the latest advances in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal and liver disorders. The program incorporates cutting-edge medical education with the opportunity to unwind amidst vineyards, rolling hills, and exceptional hospitality.

Tailored for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, primary care physicians, internists, family practitioners, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses, this comprehensive one-day course offers evidence-based updates in a picturesque, retreat-like atmosphere perfect for learning and professional connection.

RegistrationEarly Bird Registration (through January 15, 2026)
Physicians: $595
Advanced Practice Providers: $395
Trainees: $150
Industry: $895

January 16, 2026 through March 15, 2026
Physicians: $695
Advanced Practice Providers: $495
Trainees: $150
Industry: $895

March 16, 2026 hrough April 15, 2026
Physicians: $795
Advanced Practice Providers: $595
Trainees: $150
Industry: $895

STAP-eligible employees can use STAP funds towards the registration fees for this activity. Complete the STAP Reimbursement Request Form and submit to your department administrator.

CreditsAMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (20.00 hours), AAPA Category 1 CME credits (20.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (20.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (20.00 hours)

Target AudienceSpecialties - Family Medicine & Community Health, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Internal Medicine, Primary Care & Population Health, SurgeryProfessions - Advance Practice Nurse (APN), Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Nurse, Physician, Physician Associate, Registered Nurse (RN), Student ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to:
1. Understand advances in therapeutic endoscopy and approach to pancreaticobiliary disease
2. Integrate updates in chronic liver disease and liver transplantation into current management of patients
3. Review the most recent screening and surveillance protocols for gastrointestinal malignancy
4. Evaluate medical and surgical treatment approaches for gastroesophageal reflux and other esophageal disorders
5. Incorporate new diagnostics and therapeutics for management of inflammatory bowel disease
6. Describe changes in approach to small and large bowel disorders
7. Analyze the complaint of dysphagia and other symptoms of dysmotility with updated diagnostic and therapeutic frameworks

AccreditationIn support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation
American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Stanford Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 20 ANCC contact hours.

California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
Stanford Medicine Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17874, for 20.00 contact hours.

American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) - Live
Stanford Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This live activity is designated for 20 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

American Board of Internal Medicine MOC Credit
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 20 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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Stanford acquired Hernandez’s archive (Special Collections, M1301) in 2001.

Archive Room: Ester Hernandez is curated by Jorge Eduardo Sibaja, Curatorial Assistant. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Hockwald Fund.

IMAGE: Ester Hernandez, Sun Mad, 1982. Courtesy of Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. © Ester Hernandez

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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Stanford acquired Asawa’s archive (Special Collections, M1585) in 2007 with additional materials arriving in subsequent years. To explore Asawa’s archive online, please visit Stanford Libraries’ website.

Archive Room: Ruth Asawa is curated by Kathryn Cua, Curatorial Assistant, Asian American Art Initiative. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Robert Mondavi Family Fund.

IMAGE: Ruth Asawa teaching geometric patterns with milk cartons, c. 1981. Courtesy Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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In the 2025–2026 academic year, Branner Library’s exhibit series will explore Earth’s oceans’ complex biological and ecological systems that regulate climate and support life.

April’s exhibition examines how the Gulf Stream and broader Atlantic circulation serve as a powerful engine in the Earth’s climate system. Featured books, atlases, and maps examine the movement of heat, water, and energy across the Atlantic basin, highlighting patterns such as the North Atlantic Oscillation.

Curated resources include historical studies, observational datasets, and contemporary research that illuminate the Atlantic’s central role in Earth’s interconnected ocean–climate system.

The exhibit is available for viewing Monday through Friday during regular library open hours.
Check out past exhibits and subscribe to the Branner Library Newsletter.

A current Stanford ID is needed to enter the library, visitors must present a valid, physical government-issued photo ID to sign-in at the front desk.

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This program will be ongoing, so we will be accepting responses on a rolling basis. Fill out this form to register.

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The universal expositions had lasting effects on Paris itself, changing the culture, commerce, and appearance of the city. Many of the monuments that we associate with the city today - the Eiffel Tower, the Paris Metro, and the Grand and Petit Palais, were built expressly for these events. While travellers had long visited Paris, these expositions opened the city to massive numbers of new visitors, new types of leisure experiences, and new products from around the world. Using a wide variety of materials from the Roxane Debuisson Collection on Paris History, this exhibit showcases the universal expositions through the following themes: innovation and industry; commerce; monuments and infrastructure; leisure and the lived experience; and the world in Paris.

Roxane Debuisson had an indefatigable appetite for seeking out and acquiring materials documenting the changing urban fabric and commercial life of Paris. Her collecting activities spanned over 60 years, from 1957, when she purchased her first book on the history of Paris, until 2018, the year of her passing. Her collection centered on the commercial, cartographic, and architectural history of the city, with a focus on the long 19th century. She documented this history through books, postcards, stereoview cards, photographs, maps, engravings, periodicals, and invoices from shops around Paris. Stanford University Libraries acquired her collection in 2020.

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The Art of Science Competition is a campus wide event to celebrate the aesthetic beauty of science. Last year we received nearly 100 submissions representing more than 40 departments across the university, encompassing the schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Sustainability, and Engineering. Join us to celebrate the 15th Art of Science this year!

An exhibition showcasing the best submissions will take place in Spring Quarter, opening on May 15th from 4 - 7 pm in the Huang Foyer. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 21th at 11:59 pm. We will award monetary prizes to the best submissions as determined by an independent panel of judges as well as a popular vote.

Check out prior years work: https://mrs.groups.stanford.edu/art-science

Submission form: tinyurl.com/aos2026

Submission guidelines:

All members of the Stanford community are invited to submit, and multiple submissions are allowed. Alumni are also allowed to submit. The focus of this competition is art, and thus the aesthetic rather than scientific quality of the image is key. Creativity and uniqueness will be considered favorably. Images produced in the process of performing research, such as photographs, micrographs, and simulation results, as well as art inspired by science, are gladly accepted. Lastly, think outside the box - every year we receive amazing paintings, mixed media and audio/visual works. All submissions should be made through the link above.

Questions? Contact: racrusso@stanford.edu and darshanm@stanford.edu

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Contact Fidelity directly to schedule an appointment with a representative to review your current and future retirement savings options:

Fidelity appointment scheduler(800) 642-7131

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Rooted in Community. Transforming Care.

Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week 2026

This year’s conference holds special significance as it aligns with the ten-year anniversary of Black Maternal Health Week. The theme acknowledges the week’s focus on “justice and joy” during the birthing experience and the role of healthcare professionals in fostering positive health and experience outcomes through exceptional care.

The Mid-Coastal California Perinatal Outreach Program (MCCPOP) is located at Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Neonatology. MCCPOP leaders include neonatologists and maternal fetal medicine specialists who consult on perinatal clinical care questions and provide education on current standards of care for mothers and newborns. These leaders partner with the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) and the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC), as well as other specialists and healthcare providers at Stanford Medicine, to provide a full spectrum of expertise, supporting high quality care for newborns and for women. For over forty years, the Annual MCCPOP Perinatal Potpourri Conference has provided current advances in maternal, fetal, and neonatal medicine for healthcare providers around the world. Perinatal clinicians and other experts present on a variety of topics through lectures, panel presentations and case-based discussions.

This year’s program will include a focus on multiple advances in perinatal care. Agenda subject to change. Some included topics:

Black Maternal Mental Health

Severe Maternal Morbidity

Neonatal Pain Management

Equitable Use of AI

Obstetric Sepsis

Anemia and Pregnancy

Placenta Accreta Spectrum

Registration

Virtual attendance fees:
Physicians: $300

Nurses/AHPs/Pharmacists/Social Workers/Registered Dietitians/Midwives: $150

Fellows/Residents: $80

Public Health/Community Health Organizations Staff NOT Seeking Continuing Education Credit: $80

BIH/PEI Partners: $80

Doulas: $50

Students: $50

In person day 1 attendance fees:

Physicians: $200

Nurses/AHPs/Pharmacists/Social Workers/Registered Dietitians/Midwives: $125

Fellows/Residents: $100

Public Health/Community Health Organizations Staff NOT Seeking Continuing Education Credit: $100

BIH/PEI Partners: $100

Doulas: $100

Students: $100

In person day 1 plus virtual day 2 attendance fees:

Physicians: $350

Nurses/AHPs/Pharmacists/Social Workers/Registered Dietitians/Midwives: $200

Fellows/Residents: $140

Public Health/Community Health Organizations Staff NOT Seeking Continuing Education Credit: $140

BIH/PEI Partners: $140

Doulas: $100

Students: $100

Registration fees may be paid by Visa, MasterCard, or American Express.

If you are registering a group of 5 or more from one organization, email hollykm@stanford.edu for a 20% discount.

STAP-eligible employees can use STAP funds towards the registration fees for this activity. Complete the STAP Reimbursement Request Form and submit to your department administrator.

Your email address is used for critical information, including registration confirmation, evaluation, and certificate. Be sure to include an email address that you check frequently.

Credits

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (12.75 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (12.75 hours), ASWB Continuing Education (ACE) credits (12.75 hours), CA BRN - California Board of Registered Nurses Contact Hours (12.75 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (12.75 hours)

Target Audience

Specialties - Maternal-Child Health, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Midwifery, Neonatology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Professions - Advance Practice Nurse (APN), Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Nurse, Physician, Registered Nurse (RN), Student

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to:

1. Utilize the most recent clinical guidelines for effective pain management in newborns.
2. Integrate a respect-based approach to Black maternal mental health that honors the lived experience and dismantles a mask of resilience to foster stigma-free support.
3. Identify the optimal time for umbilical cord clamping to maximize neonatal health benefits.
4. Employ evidence-based strategies to address identified disparities in care, specifically regarding Severe Maternal Morbidity (SMM), mental health care, anemia and newborn pain management.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation
American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 12.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Stanford Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.75 ANCC contact hours.

California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
Stanford Medicine Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17874, for 12.75 contact hours.

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 12.75 general continuing education credits.

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Learn how to use ArcGIS Online at this bootcamp hosted over two days:

April 15, 9:00–12:00: Introduction to ArcGIS Online. No prior experience with GIS needed!
April 17, 9:00–12:00: Advanced ArcGIS Online.

Breakfast will be served on both days at 8:30. RSVP for one or both days.

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Finely Printed Books tells the incredible story of Albert Bender and his remarkable gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections. It has been almost one hundred years since the first beautiful book came to the Green Library. From 1926 to 1941, Albert M. Bender personally donated more than five hundred volumes and encouraged his friends to contribute to the growing collection.

“This, my copy of the Laudes Creaturarum of S. Francis, I now give to the Leland Stanford Junior University through Albert M. Bender, in memory of my husband’s dearly loved sister Frances A. H. Sanderson Stewart.
–Anne Cobden-Sanderson, Stanford, June 27th, 1926.”

On Sunday, June 27, 1926, Anne Cobden-Sanderson made her way down the peninsula from San Francisco to the Stanford campus. The previous evening, she had attended a meal in her honor at Coppa’s restaurant in San Francisco, a haunt for Bohemians, artists, literati, and book people. The trip to Stanford came at the end of a week of celebration of the “book beautiful,” during which Cobden-Sanderson, was feted by the area’s printers, publishers, and book collectors. It was one of the final stops on a West Coast visit from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, a tour punctuated by lectures on the suffragette movement, the labor movement in England, the Doves Press, and interviews and research on prison reform – all topics which had played key roles in Cobden-Sanderson’s life – with every event documented by the California newspapers as she worked her way north.

While we cannot know for certain what was discussed over dinner that Saturday evening nearly a century ago, we do know three things with some certainty: first, that Albert M. Bender was there; second, that he encouraged Cobden-Sanderson to travel from the city to a young campus near Palo Alto, pay a visit to the Stanford University Library in what is now the Green Library building, and inscribe her copy of a book from the Doves Press, founded by her husband T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and financed by Anne herself, to a nascent rare book collection; third, that this gift to the University, from a person who bridged the worlds of William Morris, Jane Stanford, and the burgeoning post-earthquake Bay Area book arts scene, was the first step in the transformation of a haphazard accumulation of old and rare books acquired in the first three decades of the University’s operations into a well-organized Department of Special Collections serving the faculty and students of a major research institution.

Albert M. Bender (1866–1941), the self-effacing catalyst who transformed Bay Area cultural life through his extensive philanthropy and enthusiasm for beauty in art, literature, and the book arts, shaped Stanford’s collections in ways that are still felt today. He encouraged dozens of his friends and acquaintances to give generously to help Stanford grow from a library that struggled to keep up with the demands of building a basic teaching collection to one that could also support access to rare, antiquarian, and unique materials for serious scholarship. By providing us with carefully selected examples of fine printing, illustration, type design, papermaking, and binding, ranging across all periods, he challenged the librarians at the time to rethink how Stanford viewed its role as a repository of research materials. No longer were our rare books defined just by how old they were or which texts they contained, but now there was a need to consider aesthetics, research importance, monetary value, book history, provenance, uniqueness, and, in short, all the myriad attributes that might make a book an object of scholarly inquiry.

This exhibition tells the story of Albert M. Bender’s remarkable gift to Stanford University. An inventory of the gifts that Bender helped bring to Stanford in 1926 and 1927, Finely Printed Books Presented to the Library of Stanford University: A Catalogue, has allowed us to identify and update the provenance for 179 volumes from that initial gift, recovering information that had been lost from our catalog decades ago in the conversion from card catalogs to online records. On display are highlights from this bountiful donation. The archival traces of Albert M. Bender, his circle of friends who made the initial donations possible, the librarians who helped shepherd in a new era of collecting for Stanford University, and the impact that this gift had on the Stanford community at the time. As we look ahead to a second century of rare book collecting, much has been done, and much remains to be done, to build a world-class resource to support Stanford scholarship.

This exhibition is curated by Benjamin Albritton, Rare Books Curator for the Department of Special Collections. Produced and designed by Deardra Fuzzell, with assistance from Elizabeth Fischbach, Kylee Diedrich, and Pasha Tope.

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For older readers, books in verse are less intimidating and less overwhelming, yet still convey complex ideas and deep emotions—often making them a bridge to building lifelong readers.

Come check out the exhibit brilliant examples of these in Cubberley Library's Curriculum Collection. Find lists and descriptions in our guide to Poetry for children and young adults.

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Curated by Amelie Pak. Library hours: M-Th 9-7pm; Friday 9-5pm; Sunday 12-6pm.

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Students and postdocs working on sustainability and data science will give 8-10 minute presentations about their work.

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You Are Here is an exhibition that explores the unique relationship between transit maps and the identity of their subjects. A transportation system can become synonymous with a city or nation, reflecting its change over time, spearheading cartographic innocations, or reifying an entirely new vision for space and place. The individual maps in the exhibit serve as a window into the histories of the places they represent and the history of transit cartography as a whole.

Curated by the winner of the California Map Society Student Exhibition Competition Jayne Kilander, will be on view through Friday, August 21, 2026. It is also available to view digitally.

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The exhibition will be on view in the Wisch Family Gallery from April 2 – August 17, 2026

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Erika Chong Shuch is a choreographer, director, and performance maker whose work bridges experimental performance and social practice through inventive forms of audience engagement. Centering people and labor often overlooked, her projects reimagine where and how art-making begins. She is the founder of For You, a performance group that brings strangers together through experiences ranging from intimate encounters to large-scale public gatherings. Erika has been commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Court Theatre (Chicago), The Momentary, Cantor Arts Center, and Edge on the Square (San Francisco). Her work has been supported by Creative Capital, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Gerbode Foundation. She was a 2022–23 Bay Area Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts and is currently co-creating The Table with Mei Ann Tao and the San Francisco Civic Theater Project with Jonathan Moscone.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1,000 Ways to Hold: A new work by Erika Chong Shuch is organized by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for the Arts. Thank you to the core team of individuals whose dedication and expertise were essential to the realization of this project, as well as to the incredible community whose hands shaped the work in this exhibition. We gratefully acknowledge generous support provided by the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation, The Draper Foundation, Melissa and Trevor Fetter, Carloyn and William Langelier, William Reller and Kristin E. Klint, and the Office for Religious & Spiritual Life.

This exhibition was made possible through the significant commitment of the following individuals: Ellen Oh (producer), Edi Dai (producer), Hideo Mabuchi (ceramics management), Sean Riley (machine design), Crow Cianciola (machine fabrication), Werd Pace (sound design), Tiffany Steinwert (dialogic facilitator), Taylor Jones (videographer), Niharika Gunturu (lead electronics design), Eito Murakami (sound design), Xinyuan Pu (facilitation), Caitlin Main (dramaturg), Yinuo Yu (data specialist), Jason Wilson Navarro-Lopez (data specialist), Heechan Lim (videographer assistant), Miley Sinantha-Hu (project assistant), Jacob Eldred (mechanical design), and Lily Thai (electronics design assistant).

Ceramics production: Sally Jackson, Ryan Schnirel, Grace Potter, Sarah Logan, Scott Parady, Casey Beck, Joan Lin, and Phil Park.

Workshop coordination: Claudia Dorn, Tyler Brooks, Claire Kuan, Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon, Ken N. Lee, Jessica Castillo, Amara Tabor-Smith, Jazlyn Patricio-Archer, Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez, Kim Beil, Michaela Hulstyn, Jessi Pipert, Jessica Gonzales Chu, Mushi Wooseong James, Craig Adams, Natasha Noel, Sophina McDaniel, Karina Kloos, and Ken Becker.

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Tours are held every Friday* starting at 11 AM. Please meet in front of the church before the tour starts.

For large groups (more than 10 attendees), please notify us at stanfordorsl@stanford.edu at least 14 days in advance if you would like to attend our Friday 11:00 am tour so that we may schedule an additional docent. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate tour requests of any size outside of our regular Friday tour time. Your group is welcome to visit Memorial Church during open hours, Monday-Thursday 9:00 am-4:00 pm and Friday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.

*Tours are not held on University holidays, during church services, and during Winter Closure.

If you cannot make the tour, download the Memorial Church Self-Guided Tour Brochure for your visit.

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Public Tours: Fridays and Saturdays at 11:30am

Admission Info

Tours do not require a reservation and are free of charge.

First come, first served!

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Join us on Friday, April 17 from 11:30 - 1:30pm at the WCC for a Self-Care and Gratitude Friday Community Gathering. For lunch we will be having Treehouse burritos + chips + guac, and a create your own flavored lemonade bar.

We will also have:

-a DIY self-care kit bar

-a DIY essential oil spray station

-a gratitude letter area (for yourself or another grad student on campus)

We hope to see you there!

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"How sleep shapes the infant brain"

Friday, April 17th, 2026 at 12pm PST

Mark S. Blumberg, Ph.D.
University of Iowa Distinguished Chair, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Location: Li Ka Shing Center, Room LK130 (291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305)

Zoom link (if unable to attend in person): https://stanford.zoom.us/j/99004753637?pwd=RWVUem1FbTNneFhlVFF1Z0l6Mi90UT09

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Mari-Liis Madisson is a cultural semiotician who works as a research fellow at the department of semiotics, University of Tartu. She is the principal investigator for the Baltic work package in the international research project Researching Europe, Digitalisation, and Conspiracy Theories (CHANSE-41). Her research lies at the intersection of critical security studies, cultural analysis, and strategic narrative theory. Focusing on the Baltic region, she explores how threats are discursively constructed under conditions of fear and uncertainty, and how collective meaning-making frameworks shape societal responses to hybrid challenges. Her work has been published in internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals, including Semiotica, Problems of Post-Communism, Media, War & Conflict, and European Security. She is the co-author of three monographs: Varjatud märgid ja salaühingud: vandenõuteooriate tähendusmaailm (Postimees, 2023), Strategic Conspiracy Narratives: A Semiotic Approach (Routledge, 2021), and Conspiracy Theories in the European Digital Sphere (Routledge, forthcoming in 2026). She is also the co-editor of the volume Through the Lens of Dread: Exploring the Meaning-Making of Fear in the Mediasphere (Tallinn University Press, 2025).

Andreas Ventsel is Professor of Political and Sociosemiotics at the University of Tartu. His interdisciplinary research encompasses semiotics, discourse theory, visual communication, security studies, and political analysis. He has published extensively in leading academic journals, including Media, War & Conflict, European Security, Armed Forces & Society, Europe-Asia Studies, and Theory, Culture & Society. Ventsel is the co-author of several books, such as Strategic Conspiracy Narratives: A Semiotic Approach (Routledge, 2021, with Mari-Liis Madisson, University of Tartu), Introducing Relational Political Analysis: Political Semiotics as a Theory and Method (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, with Peeter Selg, Tallinn University), and Varjatud märgid ja salaühingud: Vandenõuteooriate tähendusmaailm (Postimees Kirjastus, 2023, with Mari-Liis Madisson and Mihhail Lotman). He is also the editor of Power of Emotions: On the Affective Constitution of Political Struggle. A Multidisciplinary Approach (Springer, 2025, with Peeter Selg).

Currently, Ventsel is the principal investigator of the Estonian Research Council grant PRG1716, “Relational Approach to Strategic History Narratives,” and leads the project “The Strategic Partnership between Russia and China and the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Information Influence Operations,” funded by the Estonian Defence Forces. Photo by Kerttu Kruusla.

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In the recusatio of Ode 2.12, Horace declares the unsuitability of the lyre to the weighty subjects of history, conveyed by a list of conflicts that moves chronologically backward from the Numantine War to the Second Punic War to the First Punic War. This paper asks why Horace begins with the bellum Numantinum, which marked the final stage of the long and unpopular Iberian Wars that occupied Rome for much of the second century BCE. I argue that his choice becomes legible in relation to Cicero, who uses Numantia as a proxy for Carthage to denote the decline of the republic. Through his engagement with this tradition, Horace explores questions of civil strife, exemplary statesmanship, and the periodization of Roman history.

Short Bio:

Julia Mebane is Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Classical Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. Her research explores the role of metaphor and allusion in Roman political thought. Her first book, The Body Politic in Roman Political Thought, came out with Cambridge in 2024 and was the recipient of the Goodwin Award. She is currently working on projects related to the symbolic seascapes of republican prose and the "weight of empire" trope in early imperial literature.

This talk will not be recorded and will not be available on Zoom.

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Art practice majors are accepted into the honors program based on the strength of the portfolios and written proposals submitted at the end of the student’s junior year. As honors students, Kea and Zoë have worked throughout the fall and winter quarters of their senior year, mentored by faculty and Art Practice MFA students, to develop their proposals into the bodies of work on display.

The title of the exhibition, selected by the students, is excerpted from the first line of a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The poem begins: “Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring.” The author continues through lyrical descriptions of natural elements, moving through dirt, plants, birds, celestial objects, and even weather. The poem concludes “But you were something more than young and sweet and fair, - and the long year remembers you.” Through the cyclical act of the year’s remembering, the “you” Millay is mindful of becomes all the things described—a vast and multitudinous self. With their thesis work, Kea and Zoë offer us a similar proposition as Millay. They invite us to find ourselves in expansive worlds where it is possible for our boundaries to fail, for us to become porous and multiple—more than a single self could ever be.

—Camille Utterback, Exhibition Curator and Honors Director

On View: April 14-30, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 4-6pm
Coulter Art Gallery (McMurtry Building)
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 12-5pm
Free & open to the public

Kea Kahoilua-Clebsch is a Native Hawaiian visual artist from the Island of Hawaiʻi. Her art practice is grounded in a love for her ancestors and ʻohana, who she gets to honor and know more deeply through her work. Through painting, Kea activates family and historical archives to bring her ancestors and the practices that sustained them into space and vibrant color. Her work reflects a personal reclamation of her mo’okūʻauhau (genealogical story) in a settler-colonial context, where knowing and reciting one's genealogy often requires re-learning — calling out, listening, diving and digging. Painting has enabled this process, allowing an intimate engagement with her own genealogy. As she gathers stories from her grandmother, spends time in the guava fields her grandpa once tended to, paints the hands of her great-grandma she never knew, she reclaims her right to remember while creating space for her familyʻs moʻolelo in historical and visual canons.

Zoë Rehnborg (b. 2003, Los Angeles) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture and installation. Informed by her experience working in microbiology labs, her practice explores the ecological and existential dimensions of decay, with a particular focus on microorganisms as agents of transformation in both natural systems and human narratives. Rehnborg works with organic materials — soil, SCOBY, mycelium, salvaged wood, and beeswax — to create sculptural forms that engage processes of decomposition and regeneration, treating fungi and bacteria not as mere subject matter but as active collaborators in the formation of the work. She is currently completing her BAS in Art Practice and Biology at Stanford University.

VISITOR INFORMATION: Coulter Art Gallery is located at 355 Roth Way (McMurtry Building) on Stanford campus. The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 12-5pm. Visitor parking is available in designated areas and payment is managed through ParkMobile (free after 4pm, except by the Oval). Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle. This exhibition is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. Admission is free.

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The good news is that lifestyle choices, including proper nutrition, play a key role in maintaining bone density. In this noontime webinar, you will learn the important role of nutrition to prevent and treat osteoporosis and the dietary components that are key to good bone health.

We’ll explore the many nutrients integral to bone health—you may be surprised to discover that it’s more than just calcium! You will learn how to get these nutrients from diverse foods including plant sources, not just dairy, as well as the latest scientific research about calcium supplements. We will also identify other lifestyle risk factors for osteoporosis, with tips on when to seek help from a healthcare professional. Walk away with practical dietary tips to keep your bones healthy and strong as you age.

This class will be recorded and a one-week link to the recording will be shared with all registered participants. To receive incentive points, attend at least 80% of the live session or listen to the entire recording within one week. Request disability accommodations and access info.

Class details are subject to change.

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Finally, I will reflect on my role as a practitioner-researcher working in this space - and the potential for partnerships between universities and conservation organizations to help solve pressing socio-environmental problems.

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Alice Bertaina, MD, PhD, Lorry I. Lokey Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Stem Cell Transplantation, Stanford University

"Full Donor Chimerism to Eliminate Immunosuppression and Chronic Rejection in Solid Organ Transplantation"

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You will create an individualized plan for recognizing and working with stress and anxiety during this workshop.

Multiple dates and times available to attend this 2 hour workshop.Multiple CAPS therapists collaborate to provide these workshops.All enrolled students are eligible to participate in CAPS groups and workshops. Connecting with CAPS is required to join this group. Please call 650.723.3785 during business hours (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. weekdays) to connect and meet with a CAPS therapist, or message your therapist/contact person at CAPS, to determine if this workshop is right for you, and be added to the workshop meeting that works best for your schedule. Workshops are in person.Access Anxiety Toolbox Workshop 2025-26 slides here.Anxiety Toolbox Dates

Friday, April 17, 2026 from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, 2026 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Thursday, May 7, 2026 from 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, 2026 from 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

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The session will combine visual storytelling with expert analysis, fostering a conversation that bridges rigorous research with practitioner insights.

BACKGROUND

Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador, is currently one of the most popular leaders in Latin America. Much of this support stems from the perception that his administration has successfully addressed the country’s most pressing issue: gang-related violence. To achieve this, Bukele implemented a state of exception, repeatedly extended, which allows military and police forces to detain individuals — primarily young men from low-income backgrounds — without judicial warrants. This security strategy has gained international attention and has become a reference point for political actors across the region. However, this apparent success carries significant costs.

Dr. Beatriz Magaloni, together with a research team from the Democracy Action Lab at Stanford University, conducted an in-depth field investigation into the consequences of the state of exception in El Salvador. The study includes fieldwork in both urban and rural areas, over one hundred hours of interviews, and qualitative analysis of testimonies and institutional dynamics.

KEY FINDINGS

The findings align with warnings from national and international human rights organizations, as well as leading media outlets. They point to severe human rights violations, including mass detention of innocent individuals without due process, the systematic use of torture in detention centers, and cases of enforced disappearance. Dr. Magaloni characterizes this system as a “carceral state of terror.” Additionally, the research highlights that the system has created economic incentives that disproportionately affect impoverished families, has become a tool to silence dissent and political opposition, and is contributing to significant democratic backsliding in the country.

SPEAKERS

Dr. Beatriz Magaloni — Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Director of PovGov, and Co-Director of DAL

Mr. Noah Bullock — Executive Director, Cristosal, a regional human rights organization working across El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras

Mr. Manuel Ortiz — Journalist, sociologist, and Audio Visual Consultant at the Democracy Action LabMODERATOR

Dr. Alberto Díaz-Cayeros — Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science, and Co-Director of DAL

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Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a selection of works spanning varied cultures and time periods.

Admission Info

Please confirm all tours with our Visitor Services staff when you check in at the information desk. Tours may be subject to change or cancellation.

Scheduled Public Tours are first come, first served. They do not require separate advance registration.Scheduled Public Tours are between forty-five minutes and one hour long, free of charge, and meet in the lobby unless otherwise noted.

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Air photos have wide-ranging applications in the natural sciences, land use and urban planning, civil and environmental law, real estate, and more. They are essential primary sources for 20th century research and provide a historic archive of change over time before the availability of high-resolution, wide-spread satellite imagery and remote-sensing data.

In this hands-on workshop will be covering search skills for locating digitized and un-digitized air photos in Stanford University Libraries' collections and beyond for use in nearly any place-based discipline. This session is open to any and all levels of interest.

Attendees can expect to learn how to find air photos for use in their own work. Please bring a laptop.

We will cover:

The history of aerial photographyHow to find air photosThe basics of air photo interpretationRegister or drop in: https://luma.com/amnb55yx

Hope to see you there!

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This presentation analyzes a rare corpus of deflowering (estupro) lawsuits filed by enslaved women and compares them with similar suits filed by free women in nineteenth-century Cuba. Estupro accusations traditionally protected free women’s standing, or honor, in their communities. Free women’s honor depended on a contextually defined combination of lineage membership and sexual behavior. When deflowered, free unmarried women and their families lost their honor and could file sexual crime accusations against the men responsible for the act for compensation. Barred from criminal jurisdiction and denied honor (because they allegedly lacked lineage), enslaved women took their cases to civil courts as property disputes: they asked that defendants provide manumission monies in return for their virginity.

The plaintiffs advanced a novel legal strategy: they reframed sexual intimacy as labor and asserted property rights in their reproductive selves. They also tried to upend the association of honor from lineage, linking it instead to property and contractual obligations. Rare (or even unique) within Latin America, these lawsuits likely arose as part of the unprecedented levels of monetization of slave labor in nineteenth-century Cuba. While the courts seldom granted relief, the litigation nonetheless generated enduring knowledge of the economic worth of feminized labor that persisted into Black women’s post-emancipation era calls for wages for housework.

Adriana Chira is the Winship Distinguished Research Professor of History and an Associate Professor of History at Emory University. She works on slavery, law, emancipation, and recently consent in Cuba and Latin America. She is the author of Patchwork Freedom: Slavery, Law, and Race beyond Cuba's Plantations (2022), which won the James Rawley Prize for Atlantic World History from The American Historical Association, the Peter Gonville Stein Prize for best book in non-US legal history from the American Society for Legal History, the Outstanding First Book Prize from the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora, and the Elsa Goveia Prize for excellence in Caribbean history from the Association of Caribbean Historians.

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Come through for the AASib Game Mixer, the last AASib Social of the year! Hang with your SibFam, munch on snacks, and make some final memories together 🧡🌿

📅 Friday, April 17th 🕑 2–3:30PM 📍 A3C Couchroom, Old Union Clubhouse (2nd Floor)

Don't miss out!

RSVP by Tuesday, April 14th — link in bio! 🔗

For accommodations, reach out to a3c_aasibteam@stanford.edu 💌

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The Cantor is honored to be the final—and only west coast—venue for this acclaimed exhibition organized by the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. Seventh-generation basket weaver Jeremy Frey (b. 1978) often remarks that the exhibition was “thousands of years in the making.” Wabanaki baskets have existed for more than thirteen thousand years in what is today known as Maine. The tradition was under threat when Frey, who is Passamaquoddy (one of four federally recognized Wabanaki tribes), began making baskets out of ash and sweetgrass in the early 2000s, helping to revitalize the art form.

Frey learned to weave from his mother Frances “Gal” Frey, an accomplished artist, and from important workshops offered by the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance to facilitate an intergenerational transfer of this knowledge. He began to attract national recognition for fine weave baskets that involve whittling down ash to nearly thread-like widths and for baskets in the shapes of sea urchins. Known for making his own tools, Frey also harvests his materials—from identifying promising ash trees in the woods to chop down, to pounding logs with the blunt end of an axe to loosen the growth rings that form the strands of each basket.

Jeremy Frey: Woven traces the artist’s development from the early 2000s to the present day, demonstrating the extent to which he continues to expand the possibilities of this woven art form. More than 30 baskets come together in a single gallery to showcase Frey’s vibrant color palette, distinctive patterns, and tremendous technical skill and ingenuity. Braiding natural growth cycles with his own ancestral history, Frey continues to add new letters to an ancient language, helping to ensure its future.

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Public tours are free for all.

Image: Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Observer (detail on the left), 2022, ash, sweetgrass, porcupine quill on birch bark, and dye, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Collection of Carole Katz, California. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Eric Stoner

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Date: Friday, April 17Time: 3PM – 5PMRegistration is requiredVisit the website for more information and to register.

This workshop is open to the Stanford research community.

About the Data Best Practices Workshop Series
The Data Best Practices workshop series aims to educate and empower the Stanford neuroscience and broader research communities to work with data in a more rigorous and reproducible manner. These recurring workshops provide attendees with hands-on introductions and training with essential tools.

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In most sessions, one faculty member shares the personal side of their individual journey through academia. Occasionally, PhD-holding speakers from outside the academic research environment may also speak. The stories focus on the struggles, doubts, weaknesses, and failures we all face as young scientists. GUIS aims to normalize discussing these personal and interpersonal challenges, and supporting one another through them. There will be no (or minimal) discussion of the speaker's research.

GUIS seminars are intended for current academic trainees, including undergraduates, post-bac technicians, graduate students, post-docs, lab managers, and other in-training research support staff.

Please note that all events in the Spring 2026 quarter will be held from 3-4pm in the first floor conference room of the Bass Biology Research Building, instead of our usual space in the Neuro/ChEM-H building. Bass is the first building across Campus Dr. from the Clark Center, and the conference room can be accessed by entering the doors on the left hand side.

AY2025-2026 Events:

November 7 - Paula Welander (Earth Science)

November 14 - Jennifer Brophy (Bioengineering)

December 12 - Laura Seeholzer (Neurobiology)

January 9 - Luis Hernandez-Nunez (Biology)

January 16 - Rogelio Hernandez-Lopez (Bioengineering)

April 17** - Marion Buckwalter (Neurology)

April 24** - Kabir Peay (Biology)

May 15** - Julie Kauer (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)

** Due to scheduling conflicts, events on 4/17, 4/24. and 5/15 will be held in Bass 121.

More information about this cross-university series can be found here. Contact Tim (currier@stanford.edu) and Mikaela (mikaelaw@stanford.edu) with any questions.

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This event is open to all enrolled graduate students and requires advanced registration. Light refreshments will be provided. Submit your questions and RSVP here.

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Microgreens are nutrient-dense plant shoots. With a wide variety of flavors and textures, microgreens can be grown on a windowsill and are an easy and nutritious way to enhance a diet. Join the Haas Center in assembling kits of materials to grow microgreens. The kits will be donated to Valley Verde, a food justice non-profit that provides access to healthy food. This activity is great for anyone 5 years old to 95 years old!

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Friday, April 17, 4:00–6:00 PM
O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm
555 Fremont Road, Stanford
Parking located at the Searsville Lot

Join us for a lively celebration of fermentation, art–science collaboration, and Stanford’s first Chef in Residence, Ramón Perisé of two-Michelin starred Mugaritz.

Enjoy small bites, music, and educational giveaways while discovering the magic of microbes and mycelium—and the groundbreaking work happening at Stanford around food, sustainability, and the future of how we eat.

This program is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for the Arts and the Doerr School of Sustainability Visiting Artist Program in collaboration with the Department of Bioengineering, the Hill-Maini Lab, and the O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm. Special thanks to Vera Prokopieva (Farm Cookbook), Chef Andrew Mayne (R&DE), and the Community Print Shop team at the d.school.

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Join us for From Empire to Erasure: The View from Mediterranean Africa with Professor Vaughn Rasberry. This event explores the power of memory as a form of resistance in North Africa, particularly in moments of political upheaval, post-colonialism, and forced displacement. Through a discussion of modernity, language, and memory, including the histories of Nubian displacement and Amazigh revival, Professor Rasberry will guide us in examining how literature and memory confront oppression and preserve what systems of power attempt to erase.

We invite you to reflect on the role of storytelling in reclaiming identity through remembrance, resistance, and revival.

Vaughn Rasberry is a Stanford professor of English and African & African American Studies whose work examines African diaspora literature, postcolonial theory, and modernity. He is the award-winning author of Race and the Totalitarian Century: Geopolitics in the Black Literary Imagination.

The event will be moderated by the Abbasi-Markaz 25-26 Fellow Ameera Eshtewi.

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What to Expect: Each week's program is freshly crafted by Zen master Rebecca D. Nie to meet you where you are. You'll move through restorative postures designed to open the body's energy channels, then settle into guided Zen meditation to quiet the mind. The session is gentle, grounding, and unhurried—a true midday pause designed to leave you refreshed and clear-headed for the afternoon ahead.

Who Is It For? This practice is for anyone navigating the pace of urban life. Whether you're new to yoga and meditation or returning to a practice you love, no prior experience…

For current Stanford students, faculty, and staff, the event is covered by the generosity of the university. If you are a member of one of those categories, please use the coupon code you get through the Stanford Buddhist communities' mailing list or WhatsApp group.

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This six-part series features short, practical videos that fit seamlessly into busy schedules. From quick make-ahead breakfasts and no-cook lunches to energizing snacks and creative spins on dinner classics, these recipes highlight how plant-rich proteins and pantry staples can come together to create balanced, nourishing meals. You’ll also find a roundtable discussion where Stanford dietitians share the benefits of plant-rich eating along with realistic, actionable tips to help you get started.

Developed by Stanford Registered Dietitians with support from Stanford Health Care Clinical Nutrition and the Stanford Nutrition Research Group, this series delivers practical, evidence-based guidance straight to your kitchen.

🎥 Watch the videos here: https://healthlibrary.stanford.edu/video/plant-powered.html

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Tickets are $12 and include roundtrip transportation. Limited Financial Assistance for tickets is available, please follow this link.

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 3 at 10am.

Buses will depart from the Faculty Club at 5:15pm.
Buses will leave Paypal Park after the game (approximately 2.5hours).
Kickoff is at 7:00 PM

Valid Stanford SUID needed to purchase. If you need a disability-related accommodation or wheelchair access information, please contact: Rebecca Scarra at rscarra@stanford.edu. Requests should be made by Thurs April 9

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Admission Information

Free admission.This event will be livestreamed.

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Free admission

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Join us in the beautiful and serene setting of wine country for the 4th Annual Updates in Gastroenterology and Hepatology—a dynamic and engaging course designed to bring you the latest advances in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal and liver disorders. The program incorporates cutting-edge medical education with the opportunity to unwind amidst vineyards, rolling hills, and exceptional hospitality.

Tailored for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, primary care physicians, internists, family practitioners, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses, this comprehensive one-day course offers evidence-based updates in a picturesque, retreat-like atmosphere perfect for learning and professional connection.

RegistrationEarly Bird Registration (through January 15, 2026)
Physicians: $595
Advanced Practice Providers: $395
Trainees: $150
Industry: $895

January 16, 2026 through March 15, 2026
Physicians: $695
Advanced Practice Providers: $495
Trainees: $150
Industry: $895

March 16, 2026 hrough April 15, 2026
Physicians: $795
Advanced Practice Providers: $595
Trainees: $150
Industry: $895

STAP-eligible employees can use STAP funds towards the registration fees for this activity. Complete the STAP Reimbursement Request Form and submit to your department administrator.

CreditsAMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (20.00 hours), AAPA Category 1 CME credits (20.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (20.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (20.00 hours)

Target AudienceSpecialties - Family Medicine & Community Health, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Internal Medicine, Primary Care & Population Health, SurgeryProfessions - Advance Practice Nurse (APN), Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Nurse, Physician, Physician Associate, Registered Nurse (RN), Student ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to:
1. Understand advances in therapeutic endoscopy and approach to pancreaticobiliary disease
2. Integrate updates in chronic liver disease and liver transplantation into current management of patients
3. Review the most recent screening and surveillance protocols for gastrointestinal malignancy
4. Evaluate medical and surgical treatment approaches for gastroesophageal reflux and other esophageal disorders
5. Incorporate new diagnostics and therapeutics for management of inflammatory bowel disease
6. Describe changes in approach to small and large bowel disorders
7. Analyze the complaint of dysphagia and other symptoms of dysmotility with updated diagnostic and therapeutic frameworks

AccreditationIn support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation
American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Stanford Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 20 ANCC contact hours.

California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
Stanford Medicine Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17874, for 20.00 contact hours.

American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) - Live
Stanford Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This live activity is designated for 20 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

American Board of Internal Medicine MOC Credit
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 20 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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Stanford acquired Hernandez’s archive (Special Collections, M1301) in 2001.

Archive Room: Ester Hernandez is curated by Jorge Eduardo Sibaja, Curatorial Assistant. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Hockwald Fund.

IMAGE: Ester Hernandez, Sun Mad, 1982. Courtesy of Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. © Ester Hernandez

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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Stanford acquired Asawa’s archive (Special Collections, M1585) in 2007 with additional materials arriving in subsequent years. To explore Asawa’s archive online, please visit Stanford Libraries’ website.

Archive Room: Ruth Asawa is curated by Kathryn Cua, Curatorial Assistant, Asian American Art Initiative. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Robert Mondavi Family Fund.

IMAGE: Ruth Asawa teaching geometric patterns with milk cartons, c. 1981. Courtesy Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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The universal expositions had lasting effects on Paris itself, changing the culture, commerce, and appearance of the city. Many of the monuments that we associate with the city today - the Eiffel Tower, the Paris Metro, and the Grand and Petit Palais, were built expressly for these events. While travellers had long visited Paris, these expositions opened the city to massive numbers of new visitors, new types of leisure experiences, and new products from around the world. Using a wide variety of materials from the Roxane Debuisson Collection on Paris History, this exhibit showcases the universal expositions through the following themes: innovation and industry; commerce; monuments and infrastructure; leisure and the lived experience; and the world in Paris.

Roxane Debuisson had an indefatigable appetite for seeking out and acquiring materials documenting the changing urban fabric and commercial life of Paris. Her collecting activities spanned over 60 years, from 1957, when she purchased her first book on the history of Paris, until 2018, the year of her passing. Her collection centered on the commercial, cartographic, and architectural history of the city, with a focus on the long 19th century. She documented this history through books, postcards, stereoview cards, photographs, maps, engravings, periodicals, and invoices from shops around Paris. Stanford University Libraries acquired her collection in 2020.

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The Art of Science Competition is a campus wide event to celebrate the aesthetic beauty of science. Last year we received nearly 100 submissions representing more than 40 departments across the university, encompassing the schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Sustainability, and Engineering. Join us to celebrate the 15th Art of Science this year!

An exhibition showcasing the best submissions will take place in Spring Quarter, opening on May 15th from 4 - 7 pm in the Huang Foyer. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 21th at 11:59 pm. We will award monetary prizes to the best submissions as determined by an independent panel of judges as well as a popular vote.

Check out prior years work: https://mrs.groups.stanford.edu/art-science

Submission form: tinyurl.com/aos2026

Submission guidelines:

All members of the Stanford community are invited to submit, and multiple submissions are allowed. Alumni are also allowed to submit. The focus of this competition is art, and thus the aesthetic rather than scientific quality of the image is key. Creativity and uniqueness will be considered favorably. Images produced in the process of performing research, such as photographs, micrographs, and simulation results, as well as art inspired by science, are gladly accepted. Lastly, think outside the box - every year we receive amazing paintings, mixed media and audio/visual works. All submissions should be made through the link above.

Questions? Contact: racrusso@stanford.edu and darshanm@stanford.edu

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Finely Printed Books tells the incredible story of Albert Bender and his remarkable gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections. It has been almost one hundred years since the first beautiful book came to the Green Library. From 1926 to 1941, Albert M. Bender personally donated more than five hundred volumes and encouraged his friends to contribute to the growing collection.

“This, my copy of the Laudes Creaturarum of S. Francis, I now give to the Leland Stanford Junior University through Albert M. Bender, in memory of my husband’s dearly loved sister Frances A. H. Sanderson Stewart.
–Anne Cobden-Sanderson, Stanford, June 27th, 1926.”

On Sunday, June 27, 1926, Anne Cobden-Sanderson made her way down the peninsula from San Francisco to the Stanford campus. The previous evening, she had attended a meal in her honor at Coppa’s restaurant in San Francisco, a haunt for Bohemians, artists, literati, and book people. The trip to Stanford came at the end of a week of celebration of the “book beautiful,” during which Cobden-Sanderson, was feted by the area’s printers, publishers, and book collectors. It was one of the final stops on a West Coast visit from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, a tour punctuated by lectures on the suffragette movement, the labor movement in England, the Doves Press, and interviews and research on prison reform – all topics which had played key roles in Cobden-Sanderson’s life – with every event documented by the California newspapers as she worked her way north.

While we cannot know for certain what was discussed over dinner that Saturday evening nearly a century ago, we do know three things with some certainty: first, that Albert M. Bender was there; second, that he encouraged Cobden-Sanderson to travel from the city to a young campus near Palo Alto, pay a visit to the Stanford University Library in what is now the Green Library building, and inscribe her copy of a book from the Doves Press, founded by her husband T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and financed by Anne herself, to a nascent rare book collection; third, that this gift to the University, from a person who bridged the worlds of William Morris, Jane Stanford, and the burgeoning post-earthquake Bay Area book arts scene, was the first step in the transformation of a haphazard accumulation of old and rare books acquired in the first three decades of the University’s operations into a well-organized Department of Special Collections serving the faculty and students of a major research institution.

Albert M. Bender (1866–1941), the self-effacing catalyst who transformed Bay Area cultural life through his extensive philanthropy and enthusiasm for beauty in art, literature, and the book arts, shaped Stanford’s collections in ways that are still felt today. He encouraged dozens of his friends and acquaintances to give generously to help Stanford grow from a library that struggled to keep up with the demands of building a basic teaching collection to one that could also support access to rare, antiquarian, and unique materials for serious scholarship. By providing us with carefully selected examples of fine printing, illustration, type design, papermaking, and binding, ranging across all periods, he challenged the librarians at the time to rethink how Stanford viewed its role as a repository of research materials. No longer were our rare books defined just by how old they were or which texts they contained, but now there was a need to consider aesthetics, research importance, monetary value, book history, provenance, uniqueness, and, in short, all the myriad attributes that might make a book an object of scholarly inquiry.

This exhibition tells the story of Albert M. Bender’s remarkable gift to Stanford University. An inventory of the gifts that Bender helped bring to Stanford in 1926 and 1927, Finely Printed Books Presented to the Library of Stanford University: A Catalogue, has allowed us to identify and update the provenance for 179 volumes from that initial gift, recovering information that had been lost from our catalog decades ago in the conversion from card catalogs to online records. On display are highlights from this bountiful donation. The archival traces of Albert M. Bender, his circle of friends who made the initial donations possible, the librarians who helped shepherd in a new era of collecting for Stanford University, and the impact that this gift had on the Stanford community at the time. As we look ahead to a second century of rare book collecting, much has been done, and much remains to be done, to build a world-class resource to support Stanford scholarship.

This exhibition is curated by Benjamin Albritton, Rare Books Curator for the Department of Special Collections. Produced and designed by Deardra Fuzzell, with assistance from Elizabeth Fischbach, Kylee Diedrich, and Pasha Tope.

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We welcome volunteers 10 years old and older. Those between 10 and 14 years old are required to have a guardian actively volunteering alongside them for the duration of the volunteer session.

We reserve the right to cancel volunteer sessions up to two hours in advance. Possible reasons for cancelation are a change in COVID-19 guidelines as outlined by the University or County Officials, excessive heat (90 degree and above), poor air quality, rain or other inclement weather.

We encourage all volunteers to carpool, bike, ride public transportation; there is a charge for parking on all Stanford property. The farm is not responsible for any tickets incurred while volunteering.

UPON ARRIVAL: ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST COMPLETE A SAFETY WAIVER

WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE FARM: Complete Waiver Form

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The exhibition will be on view in the Wisch Family Gallery from April 2 – August 17, 2026

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Erika Chong Shuch is a choreographer, director, and performance maker whose work bridges experimental performance and social practice through inventive forms of audience engagement. Centering people and labor often overlooked, her projects reimagine where and how art-making begins. She is the founder of For You, a performance group that brings strangers together through experiences ranging from intimate encounters to large-scale public gatherings. Erika has been commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Court Theatre (Chicago), The Momentary, Cantor Arts Center, and Edge on the Square (San Francisco). Her work has been supported by Creative Capital, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Gerbode Foundation. She was a 2022–23 Bay Area Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts and is currently co-creating The Table with Mei Ann Tao and the San Francisco Civic Theater Project with Jonathan Moscone.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1,000 Ways to Hold: A new work by Erika Chong Shuch is organized by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for the Arts. Thank you to the core team of individuals whose dedication and expertise were essential to the realization of this project, as well as to the incredible community whose hands shaped the work in this exhibition. We gratefully acknowledge generous support provided by the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation, The Draper Foundation, Melissa and Trevor Fetter, Carloyn and William Langelier, William Reller and Kristin E. Klint, and the Office for Religious & Spiritual Life.

This exhibition was made possible through the significant commitment of the following individuals: Ellen Oh (producer), Edi Dai (producer), Hideo Mabuchi (ceramics management), Sean Riley (machine design), Crow Cianciola (machine fabrication), Werd Pace (sound design), Tiffany Steinwert (dialogic facilitator), Taylor Jones (videographer), Niharika Gunturu (lead electronics design), Eito Murakami (sound design), Xinyuan Pu (facilitation), Caitlin Main (dramaturg), Yinuo Yu (data specialist), Jason Wilson Navarro-Lopez (data specialist), Heechan Lim (videographer assistant), Miley Sinantha-Hu (project assistant), Jacob Eldred (mechanical design), and Lily Thai (electronics design assistant).

Ceramics production: Sally Jackson, Ryan Schnirel, Grace Potter, Sarah Logan, Scott Parady, Casey Beck, Joan Lin, and Phil Park.

Workshop coordination: Claudia Dorn, Tyler Brooks, Claire Kuan, Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon, Ken N. Lee, Jessica Castillo, Amara Tabor-Smith, Jazlyn Patricio-Archer, Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez, Kim Beil, Michaela Hulstyn, Jessi Pipert, Jessica Gonzales Chu, Mushi Wooseong James, Craig Adams, Natasha Noel, Sophina McDaniel, Karina Kloos, and Ken Becker.

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Public Tours: Fridays and Saturdays at 11:30am

Admission Info

Tours do not require a reservation and are free of charge.

First come, first served!

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SCHEDULE

Welcome (1:00 pm)

Peter Stansky

Panel 1 – Communism, Law and Crime (1:05 – 1:35 pm)

Chair: Peter Stansky

Charles G. Palm, Documenting Communism: The Hoover Project to Microfilm and Publish the Soviet ArchivesAlan O. Sykes, The Law and Economics of International Trade AgreementsDavid A. Sklansky, Criminal Justice in Divided America: Police, Punishment, and the Future of Our DemocracyPanel 2 – Writing (1:45 – 2:15 pm)

Chair: Cynthia Haven

Laura Goode, Pitch Craft: The Writer’s Guide to Getting Agented, Published, and PaidThomas Ehrlich, Murder at SeascapeShane Denson, Bride of FrankensteinPanel 3 – The Wide World (2:25 – 2:55 pm)

Chair: Leslie Friedman

Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs, 90 Seconds to Midnight: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear OdysseyJohn G. Brock-Utne, Memories from the German Occupation of Norway 1940–45Leslie Friedman, Coming Home to India Panel 4 – Literature (3:05 – 3:35 pm)

Chair: Roland Greene

Keith Ekiss, Burial Fragments: PoemsAdam Johnson, The Wayfinder: A NovelShelley Fisher Fishkin, Jim: The Lives and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn’s Comrade Panel 5 – History (3:45 – 4:15 pm)

Chair: Carolyn Lougee

Rowan Dorin, No Return: Jews, Christian Usurers, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval EuropeGordon H. Chang, War, Race, and Culture: Journeys in Trans-Pacific and Asian American HistoriesJonathan Clark, Ottawa, Illinois: 1967Panel 6 – Coping with America (4:25 – 4:55 pm)

Chair: Larry Horton

William B. Gould IV, Those Who Travail and Are Heavy Laden: Memoir of a Labor LawyerLiran Einav & Amy Finkelstein, We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care (presented by Liran Einav)Mark G. Kelman, Understanding Harm: How the Law Should Assess InjuryPanel 7 – Dealing with the World (5:05 – 5:35 pm)

Chair: Charlie Junkerman

Keith Michael Baker, Jean-Paul Marat: Prophet of TerrorDan Edelstein, The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to LeninSteven J. Zipperstein, Philip Roth: Stung by Life

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Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a selection of works spanning varied cultures and time periods.

Admission Info

Please confirm all tours with our Visitor Services staff when you check in at the information desk. Tours may be subject to change or cancellation.

Scheduled Public Tours are first come, first served. They do not require separate advance registration.Scheduled Public Tours are between forty-five minutes and one hour long, free of charge, and meet in the lobby unless otherwise noted.

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The Cantor is honored to be the final—and only west coast—venue for this acclaimed exhibition organized by the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. Seventh-generation basket weaver Jeremy Frey (b. 1978) often remarks that the exhibition was “thousands of years in the making.” Wabanaki baskets have existed for more than thirteen thousand years in what is today known as Maine. The tradition was under threat when Frey, who is Passamaquoddy (one of four federally recognized Wabanaki tribes), began making baskets out of ash and sweetgrass in the early 2000s, helping to revitalize the art form.

Frey learned to weave from his mother Frances “Gal” Frey, an accomplished artist, and from important workshops offered by the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance to facilitate an intergenerational transfer of this knowledge. He began to attract national recognition for fine weave baskets that involve whittling down ash to nearly thread-like widths and for baskets in the shapes of sea urchins. Known for making his own tools, Frey also harvests his materials—from identifying promising ash trees in the woods to chop down, to pounding logs with the blunt end of an axe to loosen the growth rings that form the strands of each basket.

Jeremy Frey: Woven traces the artist’s development from the early 2000s to the present day, demonstrating the extent to which he continues to expand the possibilities of this woven art form. More than 30 baskets come together in a single gallery to showcase Frey’s vibrant color palette, distinctive patterns, and tremendous technical skill and ingenuity. Braiding natural growth cycles with his own ancestral history, Frey continues to add new letters to an ancient language, helping to ensure its future.

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Public tours are free for all.

Image: Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Observer (detail on the left), 2022, ash, sweetgrass, porcupine quill on birch bark, and dye, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Collection of Carole Katz, California. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Eric Stoner

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Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a selection of works spanning varied cultures and time periods.

Admission Info

Please confirm all tours with our Visitor Services staff when you check in at the information desk. Tours may be subject to change or cancellation.

Scheduled Public Tours are first come, first served. They do not require separate advance registration.Scheduled Public Tours are between forty-five minutes and one hour long, free of charge, and meet in the lobby unless otherwise noted.

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Stanford acquired Hernandez’s archive (Special Collections, M1301) in 2001.

Archive Room: Ester Hernandez is curated by Jorge Eduardo Sibaja, Curatorial Assistant. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Hockwald Fund.

IMAGE: Ester Hernandez, Sun Mad, 1982. Courtesy of Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. © Ester Hernandez

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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Stanford acquired Asawa’s archive (Special Collections, M1585) in 2007 with additional materials arriving in subsequent years. To explore Asawa’s archive online, please visit Stanford Libraries’ website.

Archive Room: Ruth Asawa is curated by Kathryn Cua, Curatorial Assistant, Asian American Art Initiative. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Robert Mondavi Family Fund.

IMAGE: Ruth Asawa teaching geometric patterns with milk cartons, c. 1981. Courtesy Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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The universal expositions had lasting effects on Paris itself, changing the culture, commerce, and appearance of the city. Many of the monuments that we associate with the city today - the Eiffel Tower, the Paris Metro, and the Grand and Petit Palais, were built expressly for these events. While travellers had long visited Paris, these expositions opened the city to massive numbers of new visitors, new types of leisure experiences, and new products from around the world. Using a wide variety of materials from the Roxane Debuisson Collection on Paris History, this exhibit showcases the universal expositions through the following themes: innovation and industry; commerce; monuments and infrastructure; leisure and the lived experience; and the world in Paris.

Roxane Debuisson had an indefatigable appetite for seeking out and acquiring materials documenting the changing urban fabric and commercial life of Paris. Her collecting activities spanned over 60 years, from 1957, when she purchased her first book on the history of Paris, until 2018, the year of her passing. Her collection centered on the commercial, cartographic, and architectural history of the city, with a focus on the long 19th century. She documented this history through books, postcards, stereoview cards, photographs, maps, engravings, periodicals, and invoices from shops around Paris. Stanford University Libraries acquired her collection in 2020.

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The Art of Science Competition is a campus wide event to celebrate the aesthetic beauty of science. Last year we received nearly 100 submissions representing more than 40 departments across the university, encompassing the schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Sustainability, and Engineering. Join us to celebrate the 15th Art of Science this year!

An exhibition showcasing the best submissions will take place in Spring Quarter, opening on May 15th from 4 - 7 pm in the Huang Foyer. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 21th at 11:59 pm. We will award monetary prizes to the best submissions as determined by an independent panel of judges as well as a popular vote.

Check out prior years work: https://mrs.groups.stanford.edu/art-science

Submission form: tinyurl.com/aos2026

Submission guidelines:

All members of the Stanford community are invited to submit, and multiple submissions are allowed. Alumni are also allowed to submit. The focus of this competition is art, and thus the aesthetic rather than scientific quality of the image is key. Creativity and uniqueness will be considered favorably. Images produced in the process of performing research, such as photographs, micrographs, and simulation results, as well as art inspired by science, are gladly accepted. Lastly, think outside the box - every year we receive amazing paintings, mixed media and audio/visual works. All submissions should be made through the link above.

Questions? Contact: racrusso@stanford.edu and darshanm@stanford.edu

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Finely Printed Books tells the incredible story of Albert Bender and his remarkable gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections. It has been almost one hundred years since the first beautiful book came to the Green Library. From 1926 to 1941, Albert M. Bender personally donated more than five hundred volumes and encouraged his friends to contribute to the growing collection.

“This, my copy of the Laudes Creaturarum of S. Francis, I now give to the Leland Stanford Junior University through Albert M. Bender, in memory of my husband’s dearly loved sister Frances A. H. Sanderson Stewart.
–Anne Cobden-Sanderson, Stanford, June 27th, 1926.”

On Sunday, June 27, 1926, Anne Cobden-Sanderson made her way down the peninsula from San Francisco to the Stanford campus. The previous evening, she had attended a meal in her honor at Coppa’s restaurant in San Francisco, a haunt for Bohemians, artists, literati, and book people. The trip to Stanford came at the end of a week of celebration of the “book beautiful,” during which Cobden-Sanderson, was feted by the area’s printers, publishers, and book collectors. It was one of the final stops on a West Coast visit from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, a tour punctuated by lectures on the suffragette movement, the labor movement in England, the Doves Press, and interviews and research on prison reform – all topics which had played key roles in Cobden-Sanderson’s life – with every event documented by the California newspapers as she worked her way north.

While we cannot know for certain what was discussed over dinner that Saturday evening nearly a century ago, we do know three things with some certainty: first, that Albert M. Bender was there; second, that he encouraged Cobden-Sanderson to travel from the city to a young campus near Palo Alto, pay a visit to the Stanford University Library in what is now the Green Library building, and inscribe her copy of a book from the Doves Press, founded by her husband T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and financed by Anne herself, to a nascent rare book collection; third, that this gift to the University, from a person who bridged the worlds of William Morris, Jane Stanford, and the burgeoning post-earthquake Bay Area book arts scene, was the first step in the transformation of a haphazard accumulation of old and rare books acquired in the first three decades of the University’s operations into a well-organized Department of Special Collections serving the faculty and students of a major research institution.

Albert M. Bender (1866–1941), the self-effacing catalyst who transformed Bay Area cultural life through his extensive philanthropy and enthusiasm for beauty in art, literature, and the book arts, shaped Stanford’s collections in ways that are still felt today. He encouraged dozens of his friends and acquaintances to give generously to help Stanford grow from a library that struggled to keep up with the demands of building a basic teaching collection to one that could also support access to rare, antiquarian, and unique materials for serious scholarship. By providing us with carefully selected examples of fine printing, illustration, type design, papermaking, and binding, ranging across all periods, he challenged the librarians at the time to rethink how Stanford viewed its role as a repository of research materials. No longer were our rare books defined just by how old they were or which texts they contained, but now there was a need to consider aesthetics, research importance, monetary value, book history, provenance, uniqueness, and, in short, all the myriad attributes that might make a book an object of scholarly inquiry.

This exhibition tells the story of Albert M. Bender’s remarkable gift to Stanford University. An inventory of the gifts that Bender helped bring to Stanford in 1926 and 1927, Finely Printed Books Presented to the Library of Stanford University: A Catalogue, has allowed us to identify and update the provenance for 179 volumes from that initial gift, recovering information that had been lost from our catalog decades ago in the conversion from card catalogs to online records. On display are highlights from this bountiful donation. The archival traces of Albert M. Bender, his circle of friends who made the initial donations possible, the librarians who helped shepherd in a new era of collecting for Stanford University, and the impact that this gift had on the Stanford community at the time. As we look ahead to a second century of rare book collecting, much has been done, and much remains to be done, to build a world-class resource to support Stanford scholarship.

This exhibition is curated by Benjamin Albritton, Rare Books Curator for the Department of Special Collections. Produced and designed by Deardra Fuzzell, with assistance from Elizabeth Fischbach, Kylee Diedrich, and Pasha Tope.

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ART for ALL Family Day is a celebration for all families and ages. Engage with art at the Stanford museums through free hands-on art activities and live music outside on the lawn plus story time and a scavenger hunt in the galleries! Our upcoming activities are inspired by the Cantor’s featured exhibitions, Jeremy Frey: Woven and Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto, as well as works in the Anderson Collection including Sam Francis’s The Beaubourg and Erika Chong Shuch’s 1,000 Ways to Hold.

Art Activities at the Cantor Arts Center

Fantastical animal botanicals/ Patterns in the Round / Fabric Baskets

Art Activities at the Anderson Collection

Clay bowls / Tissue paper watercolor

Story Time & Scavenger Hunt

Join us in the galleries for family-friendly stories and an interactive scavenger hunt!

Live Performance

Enjoy lively performances by Stanford student groups on the outdoor stage!

Sessions:

Morning: 10AM - 12PM | Afternoon: 1PM - 3PM

Space is limited. Please register for one session only.

Important Event Information:

Photography & Filming: Please be advised that professional filming and photography will be taking place at this event for future promotional use. If you or your children prefer not to be recorded, please notify staff at the check-in desk to receive a colored sticker. Our videographer will avoid capturing anyone wearing this sticker.Pet Policy: For the safety and comfort of all guests, pets are not permitted at this event.Art for All Family Day is made possible through the generous support of the Hohbach Family Fund.

REGISTER AND GET YOUR FREE TICKETS:

Space is limited. Please register for one session only!

Morning Session HERE / Afternoon Session HERE

Parking

Free visitor parking is available along Lomita Drive as well as on the first floor of the Roth Way Garage Structure, located at the corner of Campus Drive West and Roth Way at 345 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305. From the Palo Alto Caltrain station, the Cantor Arts Center is about a 20-minute walk.

Disability parking is located along Lomita Drive near the main entrance of the Cantor Arts Center. Additional disability parking is located on Museum Way and in Parking Structure 1 (Roth Way & Campus Drive). Please click here to view the disability parking and access points.

Accessibility Information or Requests

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University is committed to ensuring our programs are accessible to everyone. To request access information and/or accommodations for this event, please complete this form at least one week prior to the event: museum.stanford.edu/access.

The main entrance of the Cantor Arts Center (Lomita Drive) is not accessible. The accessible entrance is down a pathway just to the left of the main entrance stairs. Just inside the accessible entrance, equipped with a power-operated door, an enclosed wheelchair lift provides access to the 1st floor main lobby.

For accessibility questions, please contact disability.access@stanford.edu

All public programs at the Cantor Arts Center are always free! Space for this program is limited; advance registration is recommended. Those who have registered will have priority for seating.

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Accessibility Information or Requests

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University is committed to ensuring our programs are accessible to everyone. To request access information and/or accommodations for this event, please complete this form at least one week prior to the event: museum.stanford.edu/access.

For questions, please contact disability.access@stanford.edu or Kwang-Mi Ro, kwangmi8@stanford.edu, (650) 723-3469.

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The exhibition will be on view in the Wisch Family Gallery from April 2 – August 17, 2026

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Erika Chong Shuch is a choreographer, director, and performance maker whose work bridges experimental performance and social practice through inventive forms of audience engagement. Centering people and labor often overlooked, her projects reimagine where and how art-making begins. She is the founder of For You, a performance group that brings strangers together through experiences ranging from intimate encounters to large-scale public gatherings. Erika has been commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Court Theatre (Chicago), The Momentary, Cantor Arts Center, and Edge on the Square (San Francisco). Her work has been supported by Creative Capital, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Gerbode Foundation. She was a 2022–23 Bay Area Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts and is currently co-creating The Table with Mei Ann Tao and the San Francisco Civic Theater Project with Jonathan Moscone.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1,000 Ways to Hold: A new work by Erika Chong Shuch is organized by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for the Arts. Thank you to the core team of individuals whose dedication and expertise were essential to the realization of this project, as well as to the incredible community whose hands shaped the work in this exhibition. We gratefully acknowledge generous support provided by the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation, The Draper Foundation, Melissa and Trevor Fetter, Carloyn and William Langelier, William Reller and Kristin E. Klint, and the Office for Religious & Spiritual Life.

This exhibition was made possible through the significant commitment of the following individuals: Ellen Oh (producer), Edi Dai (producer), Hideo Mabuchi (ceramics management), Sean Riley (machine design), Crow Cianciola (machine fabrication), Werd Pace (sound design), Tiffany Steinwert (dialogic facilitator), Taylor Jones (videographer), Niharika Gunturu (lead electronics design), Eito Murakami (sound design), Xinyuan Pu (facilitation), Caitlin Main (dramaturg), Yinuo Yu (data specialist), Jason Wilson Navarro-Lopez (data specialist), Heechan Lim (videographer assistant), Miley Sinantha-Hu (project assistant), Jacob Eldred (mechanical design), and Lily Thai (electronics design assistant).

Ceramics production: Sally Jackson, Ryan Schnirel, Grace Potter, Sarah Logan, Scott Parady, Casey Beck, Joan Lin, and Phil Park.

Workshop coordination: Claudia Dorn, Tyler Brooks, Claire Kuan, Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon, Ken N. Lee, Jessica Castillo, Amara Tabor-Smith, Jazlyn Patricio-Archer, Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez, Kim Beil, Michaela Hulstyn, Jessi Pipert, Jessica Gonzales Chu, Mushi Wooseong James, Craig Adams, Natasha Noel, Sophina McDaniel, Karina Kloos, and Ken Becker.

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University Public Worship gathers weekly for the religious, spiritual, ethical, and moral formation of the Stanford community. Rooted in the history and progressive Christian tradition of Stanford’s historic Memorial Church, we cultivate a community of compassion and belonging through ecumenical Christian worship and occasional multifaith celebrations.

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Curated by Amelie Pak. Library hours: M-Th 9-7pm; Friday 9-5pm; Sunday 12-6pm.

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Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a selection of works spanning varied cultures and time periods.

Admission Info

Please confirm all tours with our Visitor Services staff when you check in at the information desk. Tours may be subject to change or cancellation.

Scheduled Public Tours are first come, first served. They do not require separate advance registration.Scheduled Public Tours are between forty-five minutes and one hour long, free of charge, and meet in the lobby unless otherwise noted.

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The Cantor is honored to be the final—and only west coast—venue for this acclaimed exhibition organized by the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. Seventh-generation basket weaver Jeremy Frey (b. 1978) often remarks that the exhibition was “thousands of years in the making.” Wabanaki baskets have existed for more than thirteen thousand years in what is today known as Maine. The tradition was under threat when Frey, who is Passamaquoddy (one of four federally recognized Wabanaki tribes), began making baskets out of ash and sweetgrass in the early 2000s, helping to revitalize the art form.

Frey learned to weave from his mother Frances “Gal” Frey, an accomplished artist, and from important workshops offered by the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance to facilitate an intergenerational transfer of this knowledge. He began to attract national recognition for fine weave baskets that involve whittling down ash to nearly thread-like widths and for baskets in the shapes of sea urchins. Known for making his own tools, Frey also harvests his materials—from identifying promising ash trees in the woods to chop down, to pounding logs with the blunt end of an axe to loosen the growth rings that form the strands of each basket.

Jeremy Frey: Woven traces the artist’s development from the early 2000s to the present day, demonstrating the extent to which he continues to expand the possibilities of this woven art form. More than 30 baskets come together in a single gallery to showcase Frey’s vibrant color palette, distinctive patterns, and tremendous technical skill and ingenuity. Braiding natural growth cycles with his own ancestral history, Frey continues to add new letters to an ancient language, helping to ensure its future.

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Public tours are free for all.

Image: Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Observer (detail on the left), 2022, ash, sweetgrass, porcupine quill on birch bark, and dye, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Collection of Carole Katz, California. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Eric Stoner

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Explora las colecciones del Cantor con un guía que te guiará a través de una selección de obras de diferentes culturas y épocas.

Los participantes están muy bienvenidos a participar en la conversación y aportar sus ideas sobre los temas explorados a lo largo de la visita si lo desean.

Las visitas no requieren reserva previa y son gratuitas. Se ruega registrarse en el mostrador de atención al visitante del vestíbulo principal del museo.

¡Esperamos verte en el museo!
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Come and visit the Cantor!

Explore the Cantor's collections with a museum engagement guide who will lead you through a selection of works from different cultures and time periods.

Participants are welcomed to participate in the conversation and provide their thoughts on themes explored throughout the tour but are also free to engage at their own comfort level.

Tours do not require a reservation and are free of charge. Please check-in at the visitor services desk in the main museum lobby.

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Public Tours: 3rd Sunday of each month 2 pm; meet in front of museum, rain or shine

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Tours do not require a reservation and are free of charge.

First come, first served!

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Program

George & Ira Gershwin – The Gershwin Songbook Suite Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovksy – Lensky's Aria from Eugene OneginAndré Jolivet – Chant de LinosCharles-Marie Widor – Suite for Flute and Piano, Op. 34Claude Debussy – Beau Soir, L. 84Click here to view the complete digital program.

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Free admission

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Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a selection of works spanning varied cultures and time periods.

Admission Info

Please confirm all tours with our Visitor Services staff when you check in at the information desk. Tours may be subject to change or cancellation.

Scheduled Public Tours are first come, first served. They do not require separate advance registration.Scheduled Public Tours are between forty-five minutes and one hour long, free of charge, and meet in the lobby unless otherwise noted.

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Was it a vision, or a waking dream?
Fled is that music:—Do I wake or sleep?

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In the 2025–2026 academic year, Branner Library’s exhibit series will explore Earth’s oceans’ complex biological and ecological systems that regulate climate and support life.

April’s exhibition examines how the Gulf Stream and broader Atlantic circulation serve as a powerful engine in the Earth’s climate system. Featured books, atlases, and maps examine the movement of heat, water, and energy across the Atlantic basin, highlighting patterns such as the North Atlantic Oscillation.

Curated resources include historical studies, observational datasets, and contemporary research that illuminate the Atlantic’s central role in Earth’s interconnected ocean–climate system.

The exhibit is available for viewing Monday through Friday during regular library open hours.
Check out past exhibits and subscribe to the Branner Library Newsletter.

A current Stanford ID is needed to enter the library, visitors must present a valid, physical government-issued photo ID to sign-in at the front desk.

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The universal expositions had lasting effects on Paris itself, changing the culture, commerce, and appearance of the city. Many of the monuments that we associate with the city today - the Eiffel Tower, the Paris Metro, and the Grand and Petit Palais, were built expressly for these events. While travellers had long visited Paris, these expositions opened the city to massive numbers of new visitors, new types of leisure experiences, and new products from around the world. Using a wide variety of materials from the Roxane Debuisson Collection on Paris History, this exhibit showcases the universal expositions through the following themes: innovation and industry; commerce; monuments and infrastructure; leisure and the lived experience; and the world in Paris.

Roxane Debuisson had an indefatigable appetite for seeking out and acquiring materials documenting the changing urban fabric and commercial life of Paris. Her collecting activities spanned over 60 years, from 1957, when she purchased her first book on the history of Paris, until 2018, the year of her passing. Her collection centered on the commercial, cartographic, and architectural history of the city, with a focus on the long 19th century. She documented this history through books, postcards, stereoview cards, photographs, maps, engravings, periodicals, and invoices from shops around Paris. Stanford University Libraries acquired her collection in 2020.

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The Art of Science Competition is a campus wide event to celebrate the aesthetic beauty of science. Last year we received nearly 100 submissions representing more than 40 departments across the university, encompassing the schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Sustainability, and Engineering. Join us to celebrate the 15th Art of Science this year!

An exhibition showcasing the best submissions will take place in Spring Quarter, opening on May 15th from 4 - 7 pm in the Huang Foyer. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 21th at 11:59 pm. We will award monetary prizes to the best submissions as determined by an independent panel of judges as well as a popular vote.

Check out prior years work: https://mrs.groups.stanford.edu/art-science

Submission form: tinyurl.com/aos2026

Submission guidelines:

All members of the Stanford community are invited to submit, and multiple submissions are allowed. Alumni are also allowed to submit. The focus of this competition is art, and thus the aesthetic rather than scientific quality of the image is key. Creativity and uniqueness will be considered favorably. Images produced in the process of performing research, such as photographs, micrographs, and simulation results, as well as art inspired by science, are gladly accepted. Lastly, think outside the box - every year we receive amazing paintings, mixed media and audio/visual works. All submissions should be made through the link above.

Questions? Contact: racrusso@stanford.edu and darshanm@stanford.edu

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If you plan to attend, RSVP using the following link or via the QR code: RSVP HERE

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Contact Fidelity directly to schedule an appointment with a representative to review your current and future retirement savings options:

Fidelity appointment scheduler(800) 642-7131

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Finely Printed Books tells the incredible story of Albert Bender and his remarkable gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections. It has been almost one hundred years since the first beautiful book came to the Green Library. From 1926 to 1941, Albert M. Bender personally donated more than five hundred volumes and encouraged his friends to contribute to the growing collection.

“This, my copy of the Laudes Creaturarum of S. Francis, I now give to the Leland Stanford Junior University through Albert M. Bender, in memory of my husband’s dearly loved sister Frances A. H. Sanderson Stewart.
–Anne Cobden-Sanderson, Stanford, June 27th, 1926.”

On Sunday, June 27, 1926, Anne Cobden-Sanderson made her way down the peninsula from San Francisco to the Stanford campus. The previous evening, she had attended a meal in her honor at Coppa’s restaurant in San Francisco, a haunt for Bohemians, artists, literati, and book people. The trip to Stanford came at the end of a week of celebration of the “book beautiful,” during which Cobden-Sanderson, was feted by the area’s printers, publishers, and book collectors. It was one of the final stops on a West Coast visit from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, a tour punctuated by lectures on the suffragette movement, the labor movement in England, the Doves Press, and interviews and research on prison reform – all topics which had played key roles in Cobden-Sanderson’s life – with every event documented by the California newspapers as she worked her way north.

While we cannot know for certain what was discussed over dinner that Saturday evening nearly a century ago, we do know three things with some certainty: first, that Albert M. Bender was there; second, that he encouraged Cobden-Sanderson to travel from the city to a young campus near Palo Alto, pay a visit to the Stanford University Library in what is now the Green Library building, and inscribe her copy of a book from the Doves Press, founded by her husband T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and financed by Anne herself, to a nascent rare book collection; third, that this gift to the University, from a person who bridged the worlds of William Morris, Jane Stanford, and the burgeoning post-earthquake Bay Area book arts scene, was the first step in the transformation of a haphazard accumulation of old and rare books acquired in the first three decades of the University’s operations into a well-organized Department of Special Collections serving the faculty and students of a major research institution.

Albert M. Bender (1866–1941), the self-effacing catalyst who transformed Bay Area cultural life through his extensive philanthropy and enthusiasm for beauty in art, literature, and the book arts, shaped Stanford’s collections in ways that are still felt today. He encouraged dozens of his friends and acquaintances to give generously to help Stanford grow from a library that struggled to keep up with the demands of building a basic teaching collection to one that could also support access to rare, antiquarian, and unique materials for serious scholarship. By providing us with carefully selected examples of fine printing, illustration, type design, papermaking, and binding, ranging across all periods, he challenged the librarians at the time to rethink how Stanford viewed its role as a repository of research materials. No longer were our rare books defined just by how old they were or which texts they contained, but now there was a need to consider aesthetics, research importance, monetary value, book history, provenance, uniqueness, and, in short, all the myriad attributes that might make a book an object of scholarly inquiry.

This exhibition tells the story of Albert M. Bender’s remarkable gift to Stanford University. An inventory of the gifts that Bender helped bring to Stanford in 1926 and 1927, Finely Printed Books Presented to the Library of Stanford University: A Catalogue, has allowed us to identify and update the provenance for 179 volumes from that initial gift, recovering information that had been lost from our catalog decades ago in the conversion from card catalogs to online records. On display are highlights from this bountiful donation. The archival traces of Albert M. Bender, his circle of friends who made the initial donations possible, the librarians who helped shepherd in a new era of collecting for Stanford University, and the impact that this gift had on the Stanford community at the time. As we look ahead to a second century of rare book collecting, much has been done, and much remains to be done, to build a world-class resource to support Stanford scholarship.

This exhibition is curated by Benjamin Albritton, Rare Books Curator for the Department of Special Collections. Produced and designed by Deardra Fuzzell, with assistance from Elizabeth Fischbach, Kylee Diedrich, and Pasha Tope.

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For older readers, books in verse are less intimidating and less overwhelming, yet still convey complex ideas and deep emotions—often making them a bridge to building lifelong readers.

Come check out the exhibit brilliant examples of these in Cubberley Library's Curriculum Collection. Find lists and descriptions in our guide to Poetry for children and young adults.

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Curated by Amelie Pak. Library hours: M-Th 9-7pm; Friday 9-5pm; Sunday 12-6pm.

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The exhibition will be on view in the Wisch Family Gallery from April 2 – August 17, 2026

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Erika Chong Shuch is a choreographer, director, and performance maker whose work bridges experimental performance and social practice through inventive forms of audience engagement. Centering people and labor often overlooked, her projects reimagine where and how art-making begins. She is the founder of For You, a performance group that brings strangers together through experiences ranging from intimate encounters to large-scale public gatherings. Erika has been commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Court Theatre (Chicago), The Momentary, Cantor Arts Center, and Edge on the Square (San Francisco). Her work has been supported by Creative Capital, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Gerbode Foundation. She was a 2022–23 Bay Area Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts and is currently co-creating The Table with Mei Ann Tao and the San Francisco Civic Theater Project with Jonathan Moscone.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1,000 Ways to Hold: A new work by Erika Chong Shuch is organized by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for the Arts. Thank you to the core team of individuals whose dedication and expertise were essential to the realization of this project, as well as to the incredible community whose hands shaped the work in this exhibition. We gratefully acknowledge generous support provided by the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation, The Draper Foundation, Melissa and Trevor Fetter, Carloyn and William Langelier, William Reller and Kristin E. Klint, and the Office for Religious & Spiritual Life.

This exhibition was made possible through the significant commitment of the following individuals: Ellen Oh (producer), Edi Dai (producer), Hideo Mabuchi (ceramics management), Sean Riley (machine design), Crow Cianciola (machine fabrication), Werd Pace (sound design), Tiffany Steinwert (dialogic facilitator), Taylor Jones (videographer), Niharika Gunturu (lead electronics design), Eito Murakami (sound design), Xinyuan Pu (facilitation), Caitlin Main (dramaturg), Yinuo Yu (data specialist), Jason Wilson Navarro-Lopez (data specialist), Heechan Lim (videographer assistant), Miley Sinantha-Hu (project assistant), Jacob Eldred (mechanical design), and Lily Thai (electronics design assistant).

Ceramics production: Sally Jackson, Ryan Schnirel, Grace Potter, Sarah Logan, Scott Parady, Casey Beck, Joan Lin, and Phil Park.

Workshop coordination: Claudia Dorn, Tyler Brooks, Claire Kuan, Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon, Ken N. Lee, Jessica Castillo, Amara Tabor-Smith, Jazlyn Patricio-Archer, Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez, Kim Beil, Michaela Hulstyn, Jessi Pipert, Jessica Gonzales Chu, Mushi Wooseong James, Craig Adams, Natasha Noel, Sophina McDaniel, Karina Kloos, and Ken Becker.

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Maria Raimundo is a Visitor Experience Assistant and Museum Engagement Guide at the Anderson Collection. She brings a deep love of art, storytelling, and community to her work, and believes that every artwork — and every person — holds a story worth sharing. Outside the museum, she enjoys prioritizing wellness and slowing down with a good cup of tea.

No RSVP necessary, walk-ins welcome!

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Leverage the expertise of your Lecturer and Academic Teaching Staff (LATS) colleagues to help tackle teaching challenges, be it brainstorming ways to address a classroom issue, an idea you want to have a partner to discuss, or a reflection that could benefit from another perspective. In this event, we will use a fun “speed-dating” format to workshop teaching challenges with other LATS and act as each other’s sounding board.

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP ahead of time to help us confirm the food order.

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We will cover a wide range of topics including:

Tomer's firsthand experience leading LinkedIn's AI transformation — from reimagining the product org and scrapping traditional career tracks to building an entirely new model of how people build productsThe evolving role of product teams and the emergence of the "full stack builder" as a new workforce archetypeWhat LinkedIn's platform data reveals about the changing job market, including which industries and roles are being disrupted the fastestThe role of reskilling in today's workforce and what career trajectories will look like in an AI-driven worldWhat it takes to thrive as a business leader in an AI-powered world: not just technical fluency, but the agency, resourcefulness, and adaptability to keep learning as the landscape shifts

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

2026 Perry McCarty Distinguished Lecture

"Antibiotic Resistance Genes as Environmental Contaminants: An Odyssey of Navigating Research, Policy, and Practice to Protect Public Health"

Amy Pruden

W. Thomas Rice Professor and University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech

Bio: Prof. Amy Pruden earned her B.S. in Biological Sciences and her PhD in Environmental Science, both at the University of Cincinnati. Her research and teaching focus on bringing a microbial ecological perspective to advancing control of pathogens and antibiotic resistance in the design and management of water, wastewater, and recycled water systems. Pruden is widely known for her research on antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) as environmental contaminants and is currently engaged in research aimed at advancing metagenomic approaches for surveillance of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in sewage. Pruden has served on several USA National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) committees and currently serves on the Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB).

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Speaker: Zhongjie “Jeffrey” Lin is Benjamin Lin Presidential Professor of Urban Design at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, where he serves as Head of the Urban Design program and directs the Future Cities Initiative. An internationally renowned expert in urban planning and design, Dr. Lin has published numerous books on Asian architecture and cities, including Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement: Urban Utopias of Modern Japan (2010/2023), Vertical Urbanism: Designing Compact Cities in China (2018), and Constructing Utopias: China’s New Town Movement in the 21st Century (2025). He was the recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Abe Fellowship, and three Graham Foundation awards.

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In the new book American Peril, author Scott Kurashige situates the Atlanta shootings within a 175-year pattern of white supremacist, misogynist, and colonial violence. He traces the dehumanization of Asian women as sexualized labor, whose value lies only in its service to American men, though decades of militarism and labor exploitation. He links the murder of Vincent Chin to reactionary notions of race and masculinity at the core of the right-wing MAGA counterrevolution.

Transcending victimhood, Kurashige demonstrates why an intersectional analysis of anti-Asian violence is crucial to developing effective organizing strategies driven by grassroots activism and multiracial solidarity.

Scott Kurashige will be in conversation with Thaomi Michelle Dinh, Associate Director of Asian American Studies.

Lunch will be provided with RSVP. RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/KURASHIGESTANFORD

Co-sponsored by Asian American Studies, the Asian American Activities Center, Stanford Asian American Action Committee, Asian American Research Center at Stanford, and the Asian American Art Initiative.

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In the new book American Peril, author Scott Kurashige situates the Atlanta shootings within a 175-year pattern of white supremacist, misogynist, and colonial violence. He traces the dehumanization of Asian women as sexualized labor, whose value lies only in its service to American men, though decades of militarism and labor exploitation. He links the murder of Vincent Chin to reactionary notions of race and masculinity at the core of the right-wing MAGA counterrevolution.

Transcending victimhood, Kurashige demonstrates why an intersectional analysis of anti-Asian violence is crucial to developing effective organizing strategies driven by grassroots activism and multiracial solidarity.

Scott Kurashige will be in conversation with Thaomi Michelle Dinh, Associate Director of Asian American Studies.

Lunch will be provided with RSVP.

Co-sponsored by Asian American Studies, the Asian American Activities Center, Stanford Asian American Action Committee, Asian American Research Center at Stanford, and the Asian American Art Initiative.

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We’ll explore common foot and ankle issues, including plantar fasciitis, bunions, tendonitis, and sprains, and share tips on prevention and care. You’ll also learn how to make smart choices around footwear, socks, hygiene, and orthotics to support comfort and mobility.

Whether you’re managing ongoing issues or hoping to prevent them, this session will help you put your best foot forward with greater knowledge and confidence.

This class will be recorded and a one-week link to the recording will be shared with all registered participants. To receive incentive points, attend at least 80% of the live session or listen to the entire recording within one week. Request disability accommodations and access info.

Class details are subject to change.

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We recruited 34 financial professionals to complete a complex valuation task using GPT-4o and developed a transcript-based framework estimating intrinsic and extraneous load from computational indicators anchored in a task decomposition and knowledge graph. Across 1,178 participant–subtask observations, AI-generated content usage is positively associated with quality, while extraneous load shows the largest negative association—roughly three times that of intrinsic load.

Mediation reveals a compensatory pathway partially offsetting but not eliminating load-related deficits. Extraneous load persists within speakers and spills asymmetrically to model responses. Model-initiated task switching is the strongest predictor of decline. Expertise moderates these dynamics: less experienced professionals face larger penalties and derive greater marginal gains from AI-generated content, yet are not those who most increase uptake under load.

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Art practice majors are accepted into the honors program based on the strength of the portfolios and written proposals submitted at the end of the student’s junior year. As honors students, Kea and Zoë have worked throughout the fall and winter quarters of their senior year, mentored by faculty and Art Practice MFA students, to develop their proposals into the bodies of work on display.

The title of the exhibition, selected by the students, is excerpted from the first line of a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The poem begins: “Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring.” The author continues through lyrical descriptions of natural elements, moving through dirt, plants, birds, celestial objects, and even weather. The poem concludes “But you were something more than young and sweet and fair, - and the long year remembers you.” Through the cyclical act of the year’s remembering, the “you” Millay is mindful of becomes all the things described—a vast and multitudinous self. With their thesis work, Kea and Zoë offer us a similar proposition as Millay. They invite us to find ourselves in expansive worlds where it is possible for our boundaries to fail, for us to become porous and multiple—more than a single self could ever be.

—Camille Utterback, Exhibition Curator and Honors Director

On View: April 14-30, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 4-6pm
Coulter Art Gallery (McMurtry Building)
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 12-5pm
Free & open to the public

Kea Kahoilua-Clebsch is a Native Hawaiian visual artist from the Island of Hawaiʻi. Her art practice is grounded in a love for her ancestors and ʻohana, who she gets to honor and know more deeply through her work. Through painting, Kea activates family and historical archives to bring her ancestors and the practices that sustained them into space and vibrant color. Her work reflects a personal reclamation of her mo’okūʻauhau (genealogical story) in a settler-colonial context, where knowing and reciting one's genealogy often requires re-learning — calling out, listening, diving and digging. Painting has enabled this process, allowing an intimate engagement with her own genealogy. As she gathers stories from her grandmother, spends time in the guava fields her grandpa once tended to, paints the hands of her great-grandma she never knew, she reclaims her right to remember while creating space for her familyʻs moʻolelo in historical and visual canons.

Zoë Rehnborg (b. 2003, Los Angeles) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture and installation. Informed by her experience working in microbiology labs, her practice explores the ecological and existential dimensions of decay, with a particular focus on microorganisms as agents of transformation in both natural systems and human narratives. Rehnborg works with organic materials — soil, SCOBY, mycelium, salvaged wood, and beeswax — to create sculptural forms that engage processes of decomposition and regeneration, treating fungi and bacteria not as mere subject matter but as active collaborators in the formation of the work. She is currently completing her BAS in Art Practice and Biology at Stanford University.

VISITOR INFORMATION: Coulter Art Gallery is located at 355 Roth Way (McMurtry Building) on Stanford campus. The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 12-5pm. Visitor parking is available in designated areas and payment is managed through ParkMobile (free after 4pm, except by the Oval). Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle. This exhibition is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. Admission is free.

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Do you find that stress, anxiety, and mental health issues make it difficult for you to thrive at Stanford? Would you like to identify the resources and support you need that are most helpful to YOU in managing your daily life?

Developing an Action Plan For Mental Health helps identify feelings, behaviors, and triggers that threaten wellbeing.

This workshop consists of two meetings. The dates for the workshop are: Monday, April 20 and Monday, April 27 from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. As a series, participants plan to attend both sessions with an option to meet with the facilitator at the end of the workshops on a day agreed upon collaboratively.Facilitated by RosaMaria Oceguera, LMFTAll enrolled students are eligible to participate in CAPS groups and workshops. A meeting with a facilitator is required before participation in this group. Please contact CAPS at (650) 723-3785 to schedule a pre-group meeting with the facilitator or sign up on the Vaden portal rosters, and under Groups and Workshops find "INTEREST_LIST_ACTION_PLAN_IN-PERSON_SPRING_Q" to register.

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Please register to attend. Registration is exclusively open to current Stanford Affiliates and will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Given the limited space, a waitlist will be available once all spots are filled. (Please cancel your registration if you can’t make it.)

For those attending the in-person event, please bring your Stanford ID card or mobile ID to enter the library.

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Date: Monday, April 20Time: 3PM – 5PMRegistration is requiredVisit the website for more information and to register.

This workshop is open to the Stanford research community.

About the Data Best Practices Workshop Series
The Data Best Practices workshop series aims to educate and empower the Stanford neuroscience and broader research communities to work with data in a more rigorous and reproducible manner. These recurring workshops provide attendees with hands-on introductions and training with essential tools.

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​Lead Principal Investigators Rosemary Knight and Fio Michelli will discuss their Integrative Projects — how they built cross-sector partnerships with key decision makers, mobilized interdisciplinary teams of researchers, and developed their theory of change to tackle large systemic environmental challenges. Hear directly from researchers about what they have learned in year one of this work.

​This event is designed for anyone interested in partner-engaged research, including current solution area cohort members and prospective applicants for Integrative Projects funding.

​The event will feature a conversation-style discussion, moderated Q&A, and an open reception to follow.

​3:30–4:30 PM | Reception to follow

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How are dynamical systems composed for complex behavior?Abstract

Computational processes in neural systems emerge through learning across multiple timescales; from evolution and development to immediate, in-context adaptation. Yet fundamental questions remain: Which neural architectures confer evolutionary advantages? How do experiences shape circuit dynamics? What principles govern how specific computations arise during training? My group addresses these questions using data-driven models, simulations, and analytical methods. Building on a decade of research across multiple labs, we focus on fixed point structures, termed "dynamical motifs”, that serve as computational primitives. We've discovered that these motifs can be flexibly composed to solve diverse tasks, with rapid learning often involving novel recombination of existing motifs rather than construction of entirely new dynamics. However, the principles governing motif composition remain poorly understood, motivating our simulation-based approach. I will present two ongoing projects that illustrate this framework: Dynamical motifs underlying foraging behavior: How fundamental dynamical motifs support naturalistic decision-making and navigation. How task structure shapes computational dynamics: The relationship between problem structure and the organization of dynamical systems that solve it.

Laura DriscollAllen Institute

Very little is known about how humans and other animals compose elements of past learning to solve similar problems in new situations. To explore these and related questions, I recently joined the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics. My group will utilize data-driven models, simulations, and analytical methods, with close ties to experimental groups collecting behavioral and neural data. We will examine how previous learning shapes behavior in novel environments.

This work is informed by my postdoctoral training with Krishna V. Shenoy and David Sussillo in the Neural Prosthetic Systems Laboratory (NPSL) at Stanford University, where I reverse-engineered recurrently connected neural networks to uncover shared dynamical motifs across multiple related computations.

My graduate training with Chris Harvey at Harvard University shapes my thinking about structures of knowledge in the brain. We discovered that neural activity patterns, correlated with sensation and action, often aren’t stable. Instead, they undergo large-scale changes over days and weeks — a phenomenon now called representational drift.

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About the Mind, Brain, Computation, and Technology (MBCT) Seminar SeriesThe Stanford Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology (MBCT) Seminars explore ways in which computational and technical approaches are being used to advance the frontiers of neuroscience.

The series features speakers from other institutions, Stanford faculty, and senior training program trainees. Seminars occur about every other week, and are held at 4:00 pm on Mondays at the Cynthia Fry Gunn Rotunda - Stanford Neurosciences E-241.

Questions? Contact neuroscience@stanford.edu

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Moyer writes: “Cream Psychosis is testament to the life of the essay. Through uneasy if adept contortion, Walling Blackburn metamorphoses the essay into its urgent, necessary other. We might be transformed by this work—if we allow the groping deftness of its reach to reach us, if we swallow its connective line across our histories, our bodies; it would excavate us. Walling Blackburn’s writing cannot be summarized, it cannot be systematized, it cannot be ignored. If there is a future to the essay, it is here. “

Mary Walling Blackburn will read an excerpt from one of the essays in the book, followed by a discussion between Walling Blackburn and Moyer on, amongst other things, the practice and process of writing in the context of contemporary technology, the lumpen line as form without form and if and where pleasure and discomfort, intimacy and scrutiny meet (perhaps at the same bar where lumpen and miscreant chug?).
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Cream Psychosis (2026). The lumpen and the miscreant walk a long, long way together into a bar. That bar is a landmass, is an empire, is an institution, is a painter, is insistent laughter through death. Deep gallows (sometimes humor) built for survival. The lumpen are kin to that famous glom of the proletariat. The miscreant treads earth in overlapping circles.

This book of essays, written by the artist Mary Walling Blackburn between the 2010s and the present, moves with near-psychedelic precision across American time and its surrounding spaces. It begins near the annals of the Arkansas Lunatic Asylum, March 1883. Conspiring sugar planters, descendants of missionaries, overthrow indigenous Hawaii in 1895. A child learns how to split screens: hardcore film, documentary, destruction, and queer care in 1970s Times Square and in SROs in 1980s Salt Lake City. In 2020, protestors meet BORTAC-trained soldiers under skies choked with noxious propellants.
Facing a spiraling empire, Blackburn insists on showing volumes of teeming, vibrant, life. The essays and works collected here are movies of America in parallax view.

A copy of the essay can be found here
For more information, contact gmoyer@stanford.edu

This event is co-sponsored by the Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) at Stanford and the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages (DLCL).

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Abstract: French sound artist Félix Blume started Disco pirata in 2016 as a project to record everyday sounds that he identified as endemic of Mexico City. The recorded sounds were packaged and presented as a pirate CD, imitating informal economy circulation strategies, and later featured as part of a larger sound installation at Mexico’s Fonoteca Nacional [National Sound Archive]. This exhibit sought to encourage Mexico City natives to develop more deliberate ways of listening in detail to the sounds of their city. Eventually, Blume uploaded Disco pirata as an open-access Internet archive available for free downloading and use. This move presented sound designers in the Mexican film industry with a significant resource to recreate the sonic environments of Mexico City in movies. Based on Cristina Rivera Garza’s conceptualizations of noriginales [non-originals] and her theorization about archives as the previous future of a hyperreal present, this lecture examines the potential and shortcomings of this archive as a repository of postnational significance in continual flux rather than as a database of fixed, static meaning. The author argues that the dynamics at stake in this archive speak of an Aural City, an intellectual elite interested in a type of production and circulation of knowledge based on sound and aurality that seeks to bypass the logocentric character of the Lettered City as model of epistemic and social organization.

Alejandro L. Madrid is a cultural theorist of sound and music working in Latin American and Latinx studies. He is the author of more than a dozen books and has received several prestigious national and international awards, including the Humboldt-Forschungspreis, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Dent Medal —given by the Royal Musical Association for “outstanding contributions to musicology”—, and Cuba’s Casa de las Américas Musicology Prize; as well as top prizes from the American Musicological Society, the Latin American Studies Association, the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, the ASCAP Foundation, and the Society for Ethnomusicology among others.

Madrid is editor of the series Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music at Oxford University Press and is frequently invited as an expert commentator for national and international media outlets, including BBC-3, New York Times, The Washington Post, Agence-France, etc. He was also musical advisor to renowned Welsh director Peter Greenaway for the film Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015). Madrid is currently working on a book about the album Días y flores by Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez, and collaborates with the Momenta Quartet in the recording project of Mexican microtonal maverick Julián Carrillo’s complete string quartets for the Naxos label.

After earning a Ph.D. in musicology and comparative cultural studies at the Ohio State University in 2003, Madrid has held professorships at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Cornell University. He is currently chair of the Department of Music at Harvard University where he is also the Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Music.

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Free admission

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Nuclear energy is often labeled “too expensive.” This conclusion too often relies on incomplete and shallow analyses that rely on small samples and focus on a narrow set of benefits. This session examines the full economic picture of nuclear power: 1. Characterize overnight construction, financing, and operating costs for nuclear reactors in a larger sample of countries. This research shows the US is often an outlier in terms of exceptionally costly nuclear reactor builds. That is, many other countries can build nuclear power plants substantially faster and cheaper. 2. Discuss a wider set of benefits that are frequently excluded from standard economic analyses of different energy sources. Nuclear power plants, once built (including in the US) dramatically reduce operating costs of energy production. This direct benefit is typically the focus of comparative energy analyses. The wider set of benefits include zero carbon emissions, reduced pollution, and a range of indirect economic benefits. We will explore how these factors reshape the economics of nuclear energy in real-world systems—and why overlooking them can lead to distorted policy and investment decisions.

Takeaway: When a more comprehensive characterization of all costs and benefits are considered, nuclear power may look very different than its reputation suggests.

Speakers:

Dr. Jeffrey Bohn is a senior advisor, researcher, and investor focusing on data engineering, machine intelligence, climate resilience, and risk modeling for enterprise deployment at financial services and energy companies. Previous roles include Chief Research & Innovation Officer at Swiss Re in Zürich and Chief Science Officer at State Street Global Exchange in San Francisco. His academic affiliations include UC Berkeley, NYU, University of Tokyo, and EPFL. He received his Ph.D. in Finance from UC Berkeley. Dr. Bohn often conducts seminars on topics ranging from risk & portfolio management to machine learning. He has published widely in the area of credit risk. He co-authored with Roger Stein Active Credit Portfolio Management in Practice (Wiley, 2009). His recent research focuses on credit-risk modeling, clean energy (with a focus on nuclear), resilience modeling, ESG investing, socially responsible machine intelligence, causal inference to improve machine-learning interpretability, quantum computing, and machine-intelligence-enabled tools to assess company & urban resilience.

Guido Núñez-Mujica is a data scientist with an interdisciplinary background, experience in mathematical modeling, stochastic methods and analysis of complex systems. He is passionate about communicating science in understandable terms to general audiences. Guido is a former entrepreneur (founder of LavaAmp and In Situ Diagnostics), a TED Fellow, and a Cornell Alliance for Science Fellow.

Anyone with an interest in energy is welcome to join! You can enjoy seminars in the following ways:

Attend live. The auditorium may change quarter by quarter, so check each seminar event to confirm the location. Explore the current quarter's schedule.Watch live in a browser livestream if available. Check each seminar event for its unique livestream URL.Watch recordings of past seminars Available on the Past Energy Seminars page and the Energy Seminars playlist of the Stanford Energy YouTube channel(For students) Take the seminar as a 1-unit class (CEE 301/ENERGY 301/MS&E 494)

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Drawing on more than 440 cases across five millennia, Kemp offers an unprecedented “deep systems” analysis of why societies rise and fall. At a time of climate crisis and global instability, the book asks a pressing question: will we make it?

Join us for a timely conversation on what the past reveals about the risks ,and possibilities, facing our shared future.

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In light of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), we're bringing back a fan-favorite event from last year, Design for Denim Day. Join us as we honor the history and purpose of Denim Day, a day of solidarity and awareness around sexual violence prevention. While we reflect and learn, we’ll also get creative together! 💙

Feel free to bring your own denim clothes (e.g. jackets and jeans) to customize with us! We'll provide the decorating supplies. 🙂↕️

🗓 Date: Monday, April 20th

⏰ Time: 5:00-7:00PM

📍Location: Kingscote Gardens, Room 104

☑️ RSVP: here! Bring a friend, all are welcome 😄

Oh, and did I mention there will be free pizza 🍕 and boba 🧋

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This six-part series features short, practical videos that fit seamlessly into busy schedules. From quick make-ahead breakfasts and no-cook lunches to energizing snacks and creative spins on dinner classics, these recipes highlight how plant-rich proteins and pantry staples can come together to create balanced, nourishing meals. You’ll also find a roundtable discussion where Stanford dietitians share the benefits of plant-rich eating along with realistic, actionable tips to help you get started.

Developed by Stanford Registered Dietitians with support from Stanford Health Care Clinical Nutrition and the Stanford Nutrition Research Group, this series delivers practical, evidence-based guidance straight to your kitchen.

🎥 Watch the videos here: https://healthlibrary.stanford.edu/video/plant-powered.html

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Saad Khan is a New York–based filmmaker and archivist, and the founder of Khajistan, an archive dedicated to rescuing and digitizing neglected histories from the Greater Middle East. He is also the director of Showgirls of Pakistan (2020).

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Saad Khan, moderated by Professor Usha Iyer.

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Co-sponsored by Film & Media Studies, Center for South Asia, Asian American Studies, The Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford Arts Institute, Performance Studies, Stanford Cinematheque, the Berkeley-Stanford Transpacific/Asian American Art History Working Group, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and the Asian American Activities Center.

VISITOR INFORMATION
Oshman Hall is located within the McMurtry Building on Stanford campus at 355 Roth Way. Visitor parking is available in designated areas and is free after 4pm on weekdays. Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle. If you need a disability-related accommodation or wheelchair access information, please contact Julianne White at jgwhite@stanford.edu. This event is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. Admission is free with RSVP.

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Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe is a Doctoral Candidate in Yoga Philosophy at the Graduate Theological Union, writing her dissertation on yoga and meditation for sleep. With nearly 30 years of teaching experience, she holds a Master’s in Yoga Studies from Loyola Marymount University and completed three 500-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings. She is the Founding Director of YogaUSC, Co-Director of USC Yoga Teacher Training, and a recipient of USC's Sustainability Across Curriculum grant. In 2024, she began teaching at Stanford, focusing on movement, meditation, and sleep.

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Friedman is the author of the memoir Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope (2022).

A catered kosher meal will be provided.

This event is generously co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Education, the Taube Center for Jewish Studies, the Concentration in Education and Jewish Studies, Hillel at Stanford, Stanford Chabad.

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What is an upstander?

Upstanders are individuals who witness a behavior that could lead to something high risk or harmful, and make the choice to intervene. Learn from fellow PEERs how you can create a culture of consent within and outside your communities! This Upstander Training will take place at FLOMO on Monday, April 20th, 2026 from 7:00-8:00 PM❗

RSVP Here! Drop-ins are also welcome but RSVP helps us know how much boba tea to bring.

Drop ins welcome!Open to all Stanford UndergraduatesIf you have any questions about this event or want to request a training please email peerprogram@stanford.edu

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The Art of Science Competition is a campus wide event to celebrate the aesthetic beauty of science. Last year we received nearly 100 submissions representing more than 40 departments across the university, encompassing the schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Sustainability, and Engineering. Join us to celebrate the 15th Art of Science this year!

An exhibition showcasing the best submissions will take place in Spring Quarter, opening on May 15th from 4 - 7 pm in the Huang Foyer. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 21th at 11:59 pm. We will award monetary prizes to the best submissions as determined by an independent panel of judges as well as a popular vote.

Check out prior years work: https://mrs.groups.stanford.edu/art-science

Submission form: tinyurl.com/aos2026

Submission guidelines:

All members of the Stanford community are invited to submit, and multiple submissions are allowed. Alumni are also allowed to submit. The focus of this competition is art, and thus the aesthetic rather than scientific quality of the image is key. Creativity and uniqueness will be considered favorably. Images produced in the process of performing research, such as photographs, micrographs, and simulation results, as well as art inspired by science, are gladly accepted. Lastly, think outside the box - every year we receive amazing paintings, mixed media and audio/visual works. All submissions should be made through the link above.

Questions? Contact: racrusso@stanford.edu and darshanm@stanford.edu

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Contact Fidelity directly to schedule an appointment with a representative to review your current and future retirement savings options:

Fidelity appointment scheduler(800) 642-7131

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SPEAKER
Tami Benton, MD
Psychiatrist-in-Chief & Chair, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

SESSION DESCRIPTION
This session will describe the current state of children's mental health, its impacts, major challenges, solutions and needed advocacy for systems change. Examples of innovative solutions and priority advocacy initiatives will be discussed.

EDUCATION GOALS

Participants will describe common psychiatric presentations for youth and their impacts.Participants will describe two innovative approaches to addressing the current mental health challenges to care access.Participants will discuss two major threats to children’s mental health that require action and focus by pediatricians and mental health professionals.

ZOOM INFORMATION
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CME ACCREDITATION
This session is eligible for CME credit. To claim CME credit, text code to (844) 560-1904 to confirm attendance. A new code will be provided at beginning of the session.

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Finely Printed Books tells the incredible story of Albert Bender and his remarkable gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections. It has been almost one hundred years since the first beautiful book came to the Green Library. From 1926 to 1941, Albert M. Bender personally donated more than five hundred volumes and encouraged his friends to contribute to the growing collection.

“This, my copy of the Laudes Creaturarum of S. Francis, I now give to the Leland Stanford Junior University through Albert M. Bender, in memory of my husband’s dearly loved sister Frances A. H. Sanderson Stewart.
–Anne Cobden-Sanderson, Stanford, June 27th, 1926.”

On Sunday, June 27, 1926, Anne Cobden-Sanderson made her way down the peninsula from San Francisco to the Stanford campus. The previous evening, she had attended a meal in her honor at Coppa’s restaurant in San Francisco, a haunt for Bohemians, artists, literati, and book people. The trip to Stanford came at the end of a week of celebration of the “book beautiful,” during which Cobden-Sanderson, was feted by the area’s printers, publishers, and book collectors. It was one of the final stops on a West Coast visit from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, a tour punctuated by lectures on the suffragette movement, the labor movement in England, the Doves Press, and interviews and research on prison reform – all topics which had played key roles in Cobden-Sanderson’s life – with every event documented by the California newspapers as she worked her way north.

While we cannot know for certain what was discussed over dinner that Saturday evening nearly a century ago, we do know three things with some certainty: first, that Albert M. Bender was there; second, that he encouraged Cobden-Sanderson to travel from the city to a young campus near Palo Alto, pay a visit to the Stanford University Library in what is now the Green Library building, and inscribe her copy of a book from the Doves Press, founded by her husband T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and financed by Anne herself, to a nascent rare book collection; third, that this gift to the University, from a person who bridged the worlds of William Morris, Jane Stanford, and the burgeoning post-earthquake Bay Area book arts scene, was the first step in the transformation of a haphazard accumulation of old and rare books acquired in the first three decades of the University’s operations into a well-organized Department of Special Collections serving the faculty and students of a major research institution.

Albert M. Bender (1866–1941), the self-effacing catalyst who transformed Bay Area cultural life through his extensive philanthropy and enthusiasm for beauty in art, literature, and the book arts, shaped Stanford’s collections in ways that are still felt today. He encouraged dozens of his friends and acquaintances to give generously to help Stanford grow from a library that struggled to keep up with the demands of building a basic teaching collection to one that could also support access to rare, antiquarian, and unique materials for serious scholarship. By providing us with carefully selected examples of fine printing, illustration, type design, papermaking, and binding, ranging across all periods, he challenged the librarians at the time to rethink how Stanford viewed its role as a repository of research materials. No longer were our rare books defined just by how old they were or which texts they contained, but now there was a need to consider aesthetics, research importance, monetary value, book history, provenance, uniqueness, and, in short, all the myriad attributes that might make a book an object of scholarly inquiry.

This exhibition tells the story of Albert M. Bender’s remarkable gift to Stanford University. An inventory of the gifts that Bender helped bring to Stanford in 1926 and 1927, Finely Printed Books Presented to the Library of Stanford University: A Catalogue, has allowed us to identify and update the provenance for 179 volumes from that initial gift, recovering information that had been lost from our catalog decades ago in the conversion from card catalogs to online records. On display are highlights from this bountiful donation. The archival traces of Albert M. Bender, his circle of friends who made the initial donations possible, the librarians who helped shepherd in a new era of collecting for Stanford University, and the impact that this gift had on the Stanford community at the time. As we look ahead to a second century of rare book collecting, much has been done, and much remains to be done, to build a world-class resource to support Stanford scholarship.

This exhibition is curated by Benjamin Albritton, Rare Books Curator for the Department of Special Collections. Produced and designed by Deardra Fuzzell, with assistance from Elizabeth Fischbach, Kylee Diedrich, and Pasha Tope.

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For older readers, books in verse are less intimidating and less overwhelming, yet still convey complex ideas and deep emotions—often making them a bridge to building lifelong readers.

Come check out the exhibit brilliant examples of these in Cubberley Library's Curriculum Collection. Find lists and descriptions in our guide to Poetry for children and young adults.

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Curated by Amelie Pak. Library hours: M-Th 9-7pm; Friday 9-5pm; Sunday 12-6pm.

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Finding the right funding opportunity can be time-consuming. GrantForward helps streamline the process by delivering tailored funding recommendations and strategic insights directly to you.

Join this interactive session to learn how to:

Search for grants efficiently using keywords, filters, and alertsReceive personalized funding recommendations and connect with collaborators based on your research profileTrack sponsors, upcoming opportunities, and award trendsWhether you are just getting started with GrantForward or want to refine your search approach, this session will help you uncover new funding opportunities and make your grant search more strategic.

A Q&A session will follow to address your questions.

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Erdem Ilter is a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University’s Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. He received his Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he specialized in the late Ottoman Empire and the modern Middle East. His dissertation, Making Majorities and Minorities: Demography, Sovereignty, and Governance in the Late Ottoman Empire (1878-1923), examines the role of demographic knowledge and governance in state formation.

He holds an M.A. in History from Binghamton University and previously served as Editorial Assistant for the Journal of Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (JOTSA). He is currently a member of the Ottoman Demographic, Social, and Family History (ODSFH) Research Group at Binghamton University’s Center for Middle East and North Africa Studies. His research focuses on colonial governance, borderlands, demographic engineering, and knowledge production in the late nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire.

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Stanford affiliates are invited to join us at 11:40 AM for lunch, prior to the seminar. The Spring Seminar Series continues through May; see our Spring Seminar Series page for speakers and topics. Sign up for our newsletter for announcements.

About the Seminar:

There has been much discussion of how AI can help humans cooperate, but much less about what happens when you add AI to humans who disagree -- potentially violently. Social media systems, which are increasingly AI driven, may amplify divisive or escalatory narratives. LLMs may similarly exacerbate conflict, especially if they give different answers to people on different sides. I'll present recent work testing alternative social media algorithms with real users on real platforms in an attempt to reduce polarization around the 2024 election, and using LLMs to produce "politically neutral" answers on maximally controversial topics. These early experiments give us a glimpse into the turbulent future of AI-mediated conflict.

About the Speaker:

Jonathan Stray is a Senior Scientist at the Center for Human-compatible AI at UC Berkeley, where he works on the design of AI-driven media with a particular interest in well-being and conflict. Previously, he taught the dual masters degree in computer science and journalism at Columbia University, worked as an editor at the Associated Press, and built document mining software for investigative journalism.

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This panel examines the rationales, scope, and limits of academic freedom, especially in the classroom, how it differs from the protection of free speech, and why academic freedom is not constitutionally assured in state universities.

Note that no food will be provided. Participants are welcome to bring their own.
Walk-ins welcome.

Sponsored by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Heterodox Academy, and the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society

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Stanford's libraries include some of the most extensive digitized primary source collections on African history available to researchers today, but many researchers are unfamiliar with what is available or how to use it effectively. This session, led by Academic Engagement Specialist Joseph Young-Perez, introduces Stanford researchers and students to AM (formerly Adam Matthew)’s collections in African and colonial history. The session will include a live demonstration of one or more databases, with an eye toward both research applications and classroom use. Whether you are a seasoned archival researcher or just beginning to explore digital primary sources, this is an opportunity to see what is available at Stanford and how to make the most of it.

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Short Bio: Joseph Young-Perez is an Academic Engagement Specialist at AM, where he works with historians and researchers across the United States to help them integrate AM's primary source databases into their scholarship and teaching. A graduate of Yale University, he plans to pursue doctoral study in History beginning in Fall 2026 with a focus on modern France and the afterlives of the French empire.

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About the speaker: X Zhang is a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. Zhang received a PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and their research examines the political psychology of international security, with a focus on interstate conflict, public opinion, and the domestic foundations of foreign policy. Zhang is also a Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow at the O’Brien Notre Dame International Security Center.

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Bio: Scott Evans is an Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History and a Professor in the Richard Gilder Graduate School. He received undergraduate degrees in Geology and Mathematics from the State University of New York at Geneseo, MS and PhD in paleobiology at the University of California, Riverside followed by appointments as a Buck fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and an Agouron Geobiology fellowship at Virginia Tech. Scott’s research covers exceptional fossil preservation, focused on the early record of animals in the Ediacaran to try and understand the biology, ecology and environmental context of these often enigmatic soft-bodied macrofauna.

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In a time of overlapping crises—political polarization, economic pressure, and rapid digital transformation—the cultural sector is navigating profound uncertainty. This lecture examines current debates in German cultural policy within a broader international context, focusing on questions of artistic freedom, participation, and institutional responsibility. Drawing on examples from countries such as South Korea, Italy, and Ireland, the talk explores how cultural policy can move beyond reactive crisis management toward more imaginative approaches. It argues that the future of culture depends on protecting spaces where ambiguity, experimentation, and reflection remain possible. Rather than controlling complexity, cultural institutions may need to embrace uncertainty—the “unpredictable space”—as a condition for new artistic and social possibilities to emerge. At the heart of this space lies curiosity. Drawing on philosophical reflections as well as artistic practices, the lecture considers curiosity not as a simple interest in novelty but as a cultural and political practice. Curiosity allows artists and institutions alike to question familiar frameworks, remain attentive to the unexpected, and open spaces where new forms of artistic imagination and democratic dialogue can develop.

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The German Studies Lecture Series is hosted by the Department of German Studies, Stanford University.

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Join us for a three-part online class grounded in a whole body, whole food, whole person approach to nutrition. Designed and led by a dietitian who views health as more than numbers or weight, this interactive series integrates nutrition science with self-reflection and practical skill-building. You will explore how body perception, lived experiences, and environmental influences shape eating behaviors, while learning how to move away from rigid rules and toward nourishment that supports the whole person.

Throughout the series, you will gain tools to untangle cognitive dissonance around food and health, rebuild trust in hunger and fullness cues, and cultivate body respect and self-compassion. Emphasis is placed on sustainable, realistic strategies that honor physical needs, mental health, culture, and daily life, not perfection or restriction.

By the end of the series, you will have a clearer framework for navigating nutrition information without overwhelm and a deeper understanding of how to care for your body with intention, flexibility, and compassion.

This class will not be recorded. Attendance requirement for incentive points - at least 80% of all 3 sessions. Request disability accommodations and access info.

Class details are subject to change.

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Art practice majors are accepted into the honors program based on the strength of the portfolios and written proposals submitted at the end of the student’s junior year. As honors students, Kea and Zoë have worked throughout the fall and winter quarters of their senior year, mentored by faculty and Art Practice MFA students, to develop their proposals into the bodies of work on display.

The title of the exhibition, selected by the students, is excerpted from the first line of a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The poem begins: “Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring.” The author continues through lyrical descriptions of natural elements, moving through dirt, plants, birds, celestial objects, and even weather. The poem concludes “But you were something more than young and sweet and fair, - and the long year remembers you.” Through the cyclical act of the year’s remembering, the “you” Millay is mindful of becomes all the things described—a vast and multitudinous self. With their thesis work, Kea and Zoë offer us a similar proposition as Millay. They invite us to find ourselves in expansive worlds where it is possible for our boundaries to fail, for us to become porous and multiple—more than a single self could ever be.

—Camille Utterback, Exhibition Curator and Honors Director

On View: April 14-30, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 4-6pm
Coulter Art Gallery (McMurtry Building)
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 12-5pm
Free & open to the public

Kea Kahoilua-Clebsch is a Native Hawaiian visual artist from the Island of Hawaiʻi. Her art practice is grounded in a love for her ancestors and ʻohana, who she gets to honor and know more deeply through her work. Through painting, Kea activates family and historical archives to bring her ancestors and the practices that sustained them into space and vibrant color. Her work reflects a personal reclamation of her mo’okūʻauhau (genealogical story) in a settler-colonial context, where knowing and reciting one's genealogy often requires re-learning — calling out, listening, diving and digging. Painting has enabled this process, allowing an intimate engagement with her own genealogy. As she gathers stories from her grandmother, spends time in the guava fields her grandpa once tended to, paints the hands of her great-grandma she never knew, she reclaims her right to remember while creating space for her familyʻs moʻolelo in historical and visual canons.

Zoë Rehnborg (b. 2003, Los Angeles) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture and installation. Informed by her experience working in microbiology labs, her practice explores the ecological and existential dimensions of decay, with a particular focus on microorganisms as agents of transformation in both natural systems and human narratives. Rehnborg works with organic materials — soil, SCOBY, mycelium, salvaged wood, and beeswax — to create sculptural forms that engage processes of decomposition and regeneration, treating fungi and bacteria not as mere subject matter but as active collaborators in the formation of the work. She is currently completing her BAS in Art Practice and Biology at Stanford University.

VISITOR INFORMATION: Coulter Art Gallery is located at 355 Roth Way (McMurtry Building) on Stanford campus. The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 12-5pm. Visitor parking is available in designated areas and payment is managed through ParkMobile (free after 4pm, except by the Oval). Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle. This exhibition is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. Admission is free.

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Aniket Verma, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University
"Quantifying Uncertainty in Urban Water Demand Projections"

Abstract:

Water demand projections are essential for urban water supply planning. Yet, long-term demand projections are highly overestimated and uncertain, potentially warranting unneeded costly infrastructure, which may lead to irreversible environmental impacts and exacerbate water affordability outcomes. While demand forecasting methods have improved, uncertainty in long-term demand projections remains poorly understood. Our study develops a novel uncertainty characterization framework that can quantify and partition uncertainty in long-term urban water demand projections across planning-relevant spatial scales. Results show that demand uncertainty at the household-, neighborhood-, and city-scale is dominated by human behavior, population growth and housing diversity, and economic trends and policy action, respectively. Our analysis offers new insights into the magnitude and sources of urban water demand uncertainty, informing utility decisions about urban water supply planning, infrastructure investments, and conservation policies.

Bio:

Aniket is a third-year PhD candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Stanford University and is advised by Prof. Sarah Fletcher. He completed his MS in Environmental Engineering at Stanford in 2023 and is a recipient of the 2025 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship-Doctoral (PGSD). His research integrates a systems modeling framework grounded in decision making under deep uncertainty (DMDU) and reinforcement learning (RL) principles together with uncertainty quantification and hydrologic and econometric modeling. His primary research area focuses on investigating the impact of demand uncertainty in urban water resources planning.

The topics of this seminar are broad but typically fall under technologies’ scaling potential and impact on (the system of) people, the environment and the economy. A particular focus is placed on the interaction potential of technologies with the energy, water, and material systems. Our goal is to create an intimate, collaborative space for students, postdocs, scientists, and PIs within Stanford across micro-level (material and technology) to macro-level (system) interests. These seminars will provide an opportunity to disseminate insights from your studies, connect with fellow researchers, and strengthen bonds across the community.

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Stanford Web Services hosts office hours by appointment. During these half-hour appointments, we can assist you with editing existing content, creating new content, editing or adjusting site-wide options, and more!

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026 from 2-6pm in Branner Library (2nd Floor, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building). Proceed to the mezzanine/map floor via the stairs or request elevator access at the front desk

Each month we'll be featuring a new selection so follow us on Instagram @brannerlibrary

A current Stanford ID is needed to enter the library, visitors must present a government issued ID card to sign-in at the front desk.

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Join Matthew Clair (Assistant Professor of Sociology), Judge Jeremy Fogel (Executive Director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, former Director of the Federal Judicial Center in Washington D.C.), and David Sklansky (Stanley Morrison Professor of Law) for a wide-ranging discussion of the American legal system.

This event is part of the course “America at 250,” which reflects on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The class brings together 30 faculty from across the university for a series of roundtable discussions on how the concerns and values expressed in that document have played out across U.S. history. Members of the Stanford community (faculty, students, postdocs, staff) are welcome to attend individual sessions.

Sponsored by: Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford Democracy Hub and Department of History

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Date: Tuesday, April 21Time: 3PM – 5PMRegistration is requiredVisit the website for more information and to register.

This workshop is open to the Stanford research community.

About the Data Best Practices Workshop Series
This workshop series aims to educate and empower the Stanford neuroscience and broader research communities to acquire, store, and analyze their data more effectively. These recurring workshops provide attendees with hands-on introductions and training with essential tools.

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Please register to attend. Registration is exclusively open to current Stanford Affiliates and will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Given the limited space, a waitlist will be available once all spots are filled. (Please cancel your registration if you can’t make it.)

For those attending the in-person event, please bring your Stanford ID card or mobile ID to enter the library.

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This is an open and ongoing group for students who live with OCD to support each other and have a safe space to connect. The group will focus on providing mutual support, sharing wisdom, increasing self-compassion, and enhancing overall coping and wellness.

Meeting with a facilitator is required to join this group. You can sign up on the INTEREST LIST_LIVING_WITH_OCD_IN-PERSON_SPRING_Q on Vaden Portal rosters, in the "Groups and Workshops" section. This group will take place in-person on Tuesdays from 3-4pm on 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26.Facilitated by Jennifer Maldonado, LCSWAll enrolled students are eligible to participate in CAPS groups and workshops. A pre-group meeting is required prior to participation in this group. Please contact CAPS at (650) 723-3785 to schedule a pre-group meeting with the facilitators, or sign up on the portal as instructed above.

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Simon Caron-Huot is an Assistant Professor of Physics at McGill University, where he joined the faculty in 2016. His research focuses on high-energy particle theory, particularly the study of scattering amplitudes in quantum chromodynamics—the theory describing the strong interaction between quarks and gluons. Caron-Huot develops new on-shell techniques that simplify complex calculations in particle physics and open the door to previously intractable problems. He also studies the highly symmetric N=4 Super Yang–Mills theory, a model that may become the first exactly solved quantum field theory in four dimensions. In addition, his work explores the physics of the quark–gluon plasma, an extreme high-temperature state of strongly interacting matter produced in heavy-ion collisions, with a focus on modeling how energetic particles (hard probes) interact with the plasma. In 2020, he was awarded the New Horizons in Physics Prize for his contributions to theoretical particle physics

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An undocumented activist and a social scientist come together to tally of the structural costs of undocumented life.

An inhumane math pervades this country: even as our government extracts labor and often taxes from undocumented workers, it excludes these same workers from its social safety net. As a result, these essential workers struggle to get their own basic needs met, from healthcare to education, from freedom of association to the ability to drive to work without looking for ICE in the rearview mirror.

When Alix Dick’s family found themselves in the crosshairs of cartel violence in Sinaloa, Mexico, she and her siblings were forced to flee to the U.S. Many of the scenes that she shares are difficult and unforgettable: escaping from a relationship in which her partner threatened to report her to immigration; getting root canals done in an underground dental clinic. But there are moments of triumph, too: founding her own nonprofit; working on films that tell important stories; and working with her co-author Dr. Garcia to tell her story in a framework that lays bare the realities of structural oppression.

As Alix and Antero tally the costs of undocumented life, they present a final bill of what is owed to the immigrant community. In this way, their book flips the traditional narrative about the economics of immigration on its head.

Sponsored by the Research Institute of CCSRE.

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Facilitated by Cierra Whatley, PhD & Katie Ohene-Gambill, PsyDThis group meets in-person on Tuesdays from 4-5pm on 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26All enrolled students are eligible to participate in CAPS groups and workshops. A pre-group meeting is required prior to participation in this group. Please contact CAPS at (650) 723-3785 to schedule a pre-group meeting with the facilitators.

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Featuring a performance by Stanford U.S. Cultural Policy Fellow Benny Starr, a presentation by civil engineering professor Khalid Osman, and a conversation moderated by IAJS Founding Faculty Co-Director Brian Lowery, followed by a reception.

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This group during Winter quarter provides a safe, affirming environment where members can explore their LGBTQ+ identities, share experiences, and find solidarity with others who understand their struggles and triumphs.

QTrees will meet for 60 mins, weekly for 7 weeks, with the same people each week.April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26, June 2Facilitated by Christine Catipon, PsyDAll enrolled students are eligible to participate in CAPS groups and workshops.Meeting with a facilitator is required to join this group. You can sign up on the INTEREST LIST_QTrees_IN-PERSON_SPRING_Q on Vaden Portal rosters, in the "Groups and Workshops" section. The location of the group will be provided upon completion of the pre-group meeting with the facilitator.

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As an Eisenhower Fellow, Sega represents Taiwan's technology sector in high-level dialogues with global political and economic leaders in the U.S. His objective is to forge stronger, multi-layered ties between Taiwan and the U.S. across government, industry, and academia, elevating Taiwan from a hardware manufacturing powerhouse to a strategic nexus for global AI transformation.

The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Richard Dasher, Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center.

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Sega Cheng was born in Taipei, Taiwan, to a family of entrepreneurs spanning three generations. His maternal grandfather, Lin Zhong-Li, was the founder of the SPIL Group. His father, Mr. Cheng Wen-Lung, retired as a senior vice president from CTBC Group and later became an angel investor and co-founder of several tech groups.

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Registration:

To attend in-person, please RSVP here.To attend by Zoom, please register here.Agenda:

4:30 pm – 5:50 pm Discussion and Audience Q&A5:50 pm – 6:30 pm Networking Reception over light refreshments---

The Entrepreneurship in Asian High-Tech Industries series begins March 31, 2026 and continues until June 2, 2026. Seminars will be held in-person and on Zoom, Tuesdays, 4:30 PM – 5:50 PM.

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Tonight's game, Black Wall Street, was inspired by one of the wealthiest Black communities in American history, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Known as "Black Wall Street," this thriving community was systematically looted and burned by mobs of white residents on June 1, 1921. This board game commemorates the economic success and prosperity of the Greenwood District, educating players about Black history and celebrating Black entrepreneurs.

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Diane Saenz (she/her) is a yoga instructor with more than 20 years of experience in the use of yoga and meditation to improve mental and physical well-being. Following a classical approach, she leans on asana and pranayama as tools to invite participants into the present moment. Diane completed her 500 hour level training with the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Organization in South India, followed by specializations in adaptive yoga and yoga for kids. She has taught adult and youth audiences around the globe.

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In this talk, I’ll share how our research group is developing advanced biologging tools to study the physiology of blue whales (Balenoptera musculus) and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in places like Monterey Bay. While past biologging tags have helped us answer questions like “where do whales go?” and “what do they do there?” the next generation of biologgers will be equipped to answer the question “how do they do it?” These data will help to understand how large whales dive to depths to feed and perform extended migrations across ocean basins.

My presentation will discuss the engineering design process that has enabled heart rate measurements via electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings from large whales. I’ll present first-of-its-kind heart rate data from whales in Monterey Bay and explain what these data are revealing about their biology and ecology. Finally, I’ll also share some behind-the-scenes stories from the field and lab, and discuss the exciting horizons for the future of this work.

Dr. Ashley Blawas is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Goldbogen Lab at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University.

Registration required whether attending in person or via Zoom.

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Together, these elements offer opportunities for education, visibility, and healing. Participants are invited to gather in community, honor lived experiences, and engage in a shared commitment to building safer, more just environments. Take Back the Night centers the importance of reclaiming spaces and experiences that have been shaped by harm, while imagining a world where all people can move through their lives with safety, autonomy, and freedom.

Whether you are attending for the first time or returning, we welcome you to join us in reflection, solidarity, and collective care.

This event is intended for Stanford students. Faculty and staff are warmly welcomed to attend the Rally to show their support, and we encourage them to help preserve the Speak-Out as a student-centered space for sharing openly and freely.

Schedule of Events

7:00PM - Rally at White Plaza

7:30 PM - Silent March through campus (led by SHARE Student Staff)

8:00PM - Survivor Speak-Out at Toyon

Accommodations are available. If you have questions, please reach out to shareeducation@stanford.edu

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Stanford acquired Hernandez’s archive (Special Collections, M1301) in 2001.

Archive Room: Ester Hernandez is curated by Jorge Eduardo Sibaja, Curatorial Assistant. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Hockwald Fund.

IMAGE: Ester Hernandez, Sun Mad, 1982. Courtesy of Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. © Ester Hernandez

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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Stanford acquired Asawa’s archive (Special Collections, M1585) in 2007 with additional materials arriving in subsequent years. To explore Asawa’s archive online, please visit Stanford Libraries’ website.

Archive Room: Ruth Asawa is curated by Kathryn Cua, Curatorial Assistant, Asian American Art Initiative. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Robert Mondavi Family Fund.

IMAGE: Ruth Asawa teaching geometric patterns with milk cartons, c. 1981. Courtesy Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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The Art of Science Competition is a campus wide event to celebrate the aesthetic beauty of science. Last year we received nearly 100 submissions representing more than 40 departments across the university, encompassing the schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Sustainability, and Engineering. Join us to celebrate the 15th Art of Science this year!

An exhibition showcasing the best submissions will take place in Spring Quarter, opening on May 15th from 4 - 7 pm in the Huang Foyer. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 21th at 11:59 pm. We will award monetary prizes to the best submissions as determined by an independent panel of judges as well as a popular vote.

Check out prior years work: https://mrs.groups.stanford.edu/art-science

Submission form: tinyurl.com/aos2026

Submission guidelines:

All members of the Stanford community are invited to submit, and multiple submissions are allowed. Alumni are also allowed to submit. The focus of this competition is art, and thus the aesthetic rather than scientific quality of the image is key. Creativity and uniqueness will be considered favorably. Images produced in the process of performing research, such as photographs, micrographs, and simulation results, as well as art inspired by science, are gladly accepted. Lastly, think outside the box - every year we receive amazing paintings, mixed media and audio/visual works. All submissions should be made through the link above.

Questions? Contact: racrusso@stanford.edu and darshanm@stanford.edu

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Participants will gain practical strategies and evidence-based tools to:

Deliver age-appropriate lessons to middle and high school students about the risks and effects of cannabis and other commonly used substances.

Explore the latest research on cannabis use in youth, including its impact on the brain, cardiovascular system, and respiratory health. Identify early intervention strategies for adolescents experimenting with or regularly using substances.

By bringing together healthcare professionals, educators, and community leaders, the conference promotes a collaborative approach to youth substance use prevention and equips participants with the skills to support healthier futures for adolescents.

RegistrationRegistration for all healthcare providers and participants:

Early Bird Registration Fee (ends 02/02/2026): $100.00

Registration Fee (after 02/02/2026): $125.00

To register for this activity, please click HERE

CreditsAMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (9.25 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (9.25 hours), APA Continuing Education credits (9.25 hours), ASWB Continuing Education (ACE) credits (9.25 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (9.25 hours)

Target AudienceSpecialties - Adolescent Medicine, Community Health and Family Medicine, Family Medicine & Community Health, Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, Pediatrics, Preventative Medicine & Nutrition, Psychiatry & Behavioral SciencesProfessions - Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Nurse, Physician, Psychologist, Registered Nurse (RN), Social Worker ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to: 1. Discuss the latest research on cannabis and other substances in youth, including the effects on the brain, heart, and lungs
2. Explain how tobacco, cannabis, and other drugs intersect
3. Apply evidence-based early intervention strategies to prevent and reduce ongoing substance use in adolescents.
4. Identify key state and federal policies that impact youth access, prevention, and treatment related to cannabis and other substances
5. Integrate practical, age-appropriate lessons and teaching strategies into clinical or educational settings to support substance use awareness and prevention AccreditationIn support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 9.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Stanford Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 9.25 ANCC contact hours.

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 9.25 general continuing education credits.

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Counseling CE
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences recognizes the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) and the American Psychological Association (APA) as approval agencies for CE. Through Joint Accreditation, Stanford Medicine is able to provide ASWB and APA credits for its activities.

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Finely Printed Books tells the incredible story of Albert Bender and his remarkable gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections. It has been almost one hundred years since the first beautiful book came to the Green Library. From 1926 to 1941, Albert M. Bender personally donated more than five hundred volumes and encouraged his friends to contribute to the growing collection.

“This, my copy of the Laudes Creaturarum of S. Francis, I now give to the Leland Stanford Junior University through Albert M. Bender, in memory of my husband’s dearly loved sister Frances A. H. Sanderson Stewart.
–Anne Cobden-Sanderson, Stanford, June 27th, 1926.”

On Sunday, June 27, 1926, Anne Cobden-Sanderson made her way down the peninsula from San Francisco to the Stanford campus. The previous evening, she had attended a meal in her honor at Coppa’s restaurant in San Francisco, a haunt for Bohemians, artists, literati, and book people. The trip to Stanford came at the end of a week of celebration of the “book beautiful,” during which Cobden-Sanderson, was feted by the area’s printers, publishers, and book collectors. It was one of the final stops on a West Coast visit from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, a tour punctuated by lectures on the suffragette movement, the labor movement in England, the Doves Press, and interviews and research on prison reform – all topics which had played key roles in Cobden-Sanderson’s life – with every event documented by the California newspapers as she worked her way north.

While we cannot know for certain what was discussed over dinner that Saturday evening nearly a century ago, we do know three things with some certainty: first, that Albert M. Bender was there; second, that he encouraged Cobden-Sanderson to travel from the city to a young campus near Palo Alto, pay a visit to the Stanford University Library in what is now the Green Library building, and inscribe her copy of a book from the Doves Press, founded by her husband T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and financed by Anne herself, to a nascent rare book collection; third, that this gift to the University, from a person who bridged the worlds of William Morris, Jane Stanford, and the burgeoning post-earthquake Bay Area book arts scene, was the first step in the transformation of a haphazard accumulation of old and rare books acquired in the first three decades of the University’s operations into a well-organized Department of Special Collections serving the faculty and students of a major research institution.

Albert M. Bender (1866–1941), the self-effacing catalyst who transformed Bay Area cultural life through his extensive philanthropy and enthusiasm for beauty in art, literature, and the book arts, shaped Stanford’s collections in ways that are still felt today. He encouraged dozens of his friends and acquaintances to give generously to help Stanford grow from a library that struggled to keep up with the demands of building a basic teaching collection to one that could also support access to rare, antiquarian, and unique materials for serious scholarship. By providing us with carefully selected examples of fine printing, illustration, type design, papermaking, and binding, ranging across all periods, he challenged the librarians at the time to rethink how Stanford viewed its role as a repository of research materials. No longer were our rare books defined just by how old they were or which texts they contained, but now there was a need to consider aesthetics, research importance, monetary value, book history, provenance, uniqueness, and, in short, all the myriad attributes that might make a book an object of scholarly inquiry.

This exhibition tells the story of Albert M. Bender’s remarkable gift to Stanford University. An inventory of the gifts that Bender helped bring to Stanford in 1926 and 1927, Finely Printed Books Presented to the Library of Stanford University: A Catalogue, has allowed us to identify and update the provenance for 179 volumes from that initial gift, recovering information that had been lost from our catalog decades ago in the conversion from card catalogs to online records. On display are highlights from this bountiful donation. The archival traces of Albert M. Bender, his circle of friends who made the initial donations possible, the librarians who helped shepherd in a new era of collecting for Stanford University, and the impact that this gift had on the Stanford community at the time. As we look ahead to a second century of rare book collecting, much has been done, and much remains to be done, to build a world-class resource to support Stanford scholarship.

This exhibition is curated by Benjamin Albritton, Rare Books Curator for the Department of Special Collections. Produced and designed by Deardra Fuzzell, with assistance from Elizabeth Fischbach, Kylee Diedrich, and Pasha Tope.

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The Alliance for Civics in the Academy hosts "Historical Thinking and Democratic Citizenship" with Mary Clark, Suzanne Marchand, Jeffrey Collins, and Jonathan Gienapp on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, from 9:00–10:00 a.m. PT.

The Civics in the Academy webinar series features in-depth discussions on the practice, pedagogy, and state of civics in higher education. Drawing on the diverse expertise and perspectives within the Alliance network, each session features topics and panelists sourced directly from our membership. The series aims to foster dialogue, share practical knowledge and best practices, and contribute to a shared, pluralistic framework in the evolving field of civics in the academy.

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For older readers, books in verse are less intimidating and less overwhelming, yet still convey complex ideas and deep emotions—often making them a bridge to building lifelong readers.

Come check out the exhibit brilliant examples of these in Cubberley Library's Curriculum Collection. Find lists and descriptions in our guide to Poetry for children and young adults.

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Curated by Amelie Pak. Library hours: M-Th 9-7pm; Friday 9-5pm; Sunday 12-6pm.

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WHERE: Mitchell Patio and Hartley Conference Room - for individual presentations and group posters -
WHEN: 9:00-5:00
FREE FOOD: Food will be available throughout the day to help you digest the research.

Agenda

9-10:30 SPARK Mingling and Networking Breakfast

10:30-12:00 Talks

12:00-1:30 Discussion Groups and Lunch

1:30-3:00 Talks

3:15-3:45 Panel

4-5:00 Poster and Art Presentations

The Research Review student organizing team looks forward to seeing many of you on on the 22nd!

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We reserve the right to cancel volunteer sessions up to two hours in advance. Possible reasons for cancelation are a change in COVID-19 guidelines as outlined by the University or County Officials, excessive heat (90 degree and above), poor air quality, rain or other inclement weather.

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In this thesis, I develop physical models constrained by remote sensing observational data to describe fracture across these varied glacial environments. In Chapter 1, I consider the influence of the vertical temperature profile on fracture depths and ultimately calving stress across several fracture theories and two Antarctic ice shelves. In Chapter 2, I extend the most promising model from Chapter 1 from ice shelves to marine- and land-terminating glaciers with and without meltwater, finding analytical calving functions that could be utilized by numerical models. In Chapter 3, I combine remote sensing observations of supraglacial lake englacial drainage events with analytical theory to understand if cascading lake drainage events are consistent with predicted tensile stress perturbations. This body of work addresses pressing knowledge gaps in polar climate science by advancing our understanding of glacial ice fracture and its impacts.

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Hayatullah Ahmadzai is an applied economist and External Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT) at the University of Nottingham, UK, and is based in North Carolina. From 2011 to 2015, he served as an Assistant Professor at Kabul University, Afghanistan. He holds a Ph.D. in Development and Agricultural Economics from the University of Nottingham, UK, and a Master’s degree in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Purdue University, USA. His research spans over a decade of academic and policy-oriented work across South Asia, the MENA region, and Sub-Saharan Africa. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of agricultural development, rural livelihoods, and climate resilience, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected contexts such as Afghanistan and Iraq. Using applied econometrics and causal inference methods, his work examines how agricultural systems respond to shocks—from conflict and market failures to environmental stressors like sand and dust storms.
His recent projects have explored agricultural diversification as a strategy for enhancing food security, transaction cost barriers to rural market access in Afghanistan, and the productivity and welfare impacts of environmental degradation and natural disasters in Iraq, Mongolia, and Afghanistan. He has also contributed to research on the adoption of non-traditional crops such as quinoa in marginal environments and regional studies on salinity, land degradation, and climate adaptation. His work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals such as Food Policy, The Journal of Development Studies, Middle Eastern Development Journal, Journal of Social and Economic Development, PLOS ONE, and Sustainability, as well as in book chapters and policy briefs or reports. With experience in both academic and policy settings in Afghanistan and the MENA region, he brings grounded insights into regional development challenges. He is committed to interdisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based policy, and mentoring scholars from conflict-affected regions to support inclusive, sustainable development.
Selected Publications:
Ahmadzai, H. & Morrissey, O. (2025). Climate shocks, household food security and welfare in Afghanistan. Food Policy, 134, 102910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102910
Ahmadzai, H. & Morrissey, O. (2025). Crop diversification and farm household welfare during conflict: Afghanistan 2011–2017. The Journal of Development Studies, 61(3), 381–399. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2024.2404576
Ahmadzai, H., Malhotra, A., & Tutundjian, S. (2023). Empirical analysis of impacts of sand and dust storms on agricultural productivity in Mongolia. PLOS ONE, 18(2), e0269271. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269271
Ahmadzai, H., Tutundjian, S., & Elouafi, I. (2022). Policies for sustainable agriculture and livelihood in marginal lands: A review. Sustainability, 13(16), 8692. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168692
To learn more about his research, publications, and full CV, please visit Hayat’s personal website or Google Scholar page.

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Organized and hosted by the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CMEMS).

Filippo de Vivo (University of Oxford) presents, "Between Bacon and Galileo: The Culture of Cross-Confessional Politics in Seventeenth-Century Venice and England"

The CMEMS Workshop series meets most Wednesdays during the academic year. Lunch is provided. See the CMEMS website for the list of upcoming speakers.

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This discussion will be moderated by STS Director Tom Mullaney. Copies of Kemp’s book will be available to the first ten registrants who also attend the talk.

Please RSVP to help us plan for lunch.

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Abstract:

This presentation aims to contribute to the interdisciplinary discussion on the relationship between food/subsistence diversity and biodiversity in Japan, examining its continuity and change through time from the Jomon period to the 1950s. Traditional food and subsistence practices in Japan, up to the 1950s, emphasized the importance of subsistence diversification, environmental management, long-term storage of starchy foods (including rice, millets, and nuts), and communal land ownership (iriaichi). These practices were key strategies for the resilience of foodways and lifeways. Archaeological data from the prehistoric Jomon period support the hypothesis that subsistence diversity was critical for the long-term sustainability of human-environment interactions. The presentation introduces relevant case studies primarily from northeastern Japan in both archaeological and ethnographic contexts.

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Art practice majors are accepted into the honors program based on the strength of the portfolios and written proposals submitted at the end of the student’s junior year. As honors students, Kea and Zoë have worked throughout the fall and winter quarters of their senior year, mentored by faculty and Art Practice MFA students, to develop their proposals into the bodies of work on display.

The title of the exhibition, selected by the students, is excerpted from the first line of a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The poem begins: “Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring.” The author continues through lyrical descriptions of natural elements, moving through dirt, plants, birds, celestial objects, and even weather. The poem concludes “But you were something more than young and sweet and fair, - and the long year remembers you.” Through the cyclical act of the year’s remembering, the “you” Millay is mindful of becomes all the things described—a vast and multitudinous self. With their thesis work, Kea and Zoë offer us a similar proposition as Millay. They invite us to find ourselves in expansive worlds where it is possible for our boundaries to fail, for us to become porous and multiple—more than a single self could ever be.

—Camille Utterback, Exhibition Curator and Honors Director

On View: April 14-30, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 4-6pm
Coulter Art Gallery (McMurtry Building)
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 12-5pm
Free & open to the public

Kea Kahoilua-Clebsch is a Native Hawaiian visual artist from the Island of Hawaiʻi. Her art practice is grounded in a love for her ancestors and ʻohana, who she gets to honor and know more deeply through her work. Through painting, Kea activates family and historical archives to bring her ancestors and the practices that sustained them into space and vibrant color. Her work reflects a personal reclamation of her mo’okūʻauhau (genealogical story) in a settler-colonial context, where knowing and reciting one's genealogy often requires re-learning — calling out, listening, diving and digging. Painting has enabled this process, allowing an intimate engagement with her own genealogy. As she gathers stories from her grandmother, spends time in the guava fields her grandpa once tended to, paints the hands of her great-grandma she never knew, she reclaims her right to remember while creating space for her familyʻs moʻolelo in historical and visual canons.

Zoë Rehnborg (b. 2003, Los Angeles) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture and installation. Informed by her experience working in microbiology labs, her practice explores the ecological and existential dimensions of decay, with a particular focus on microorganisms as agents of transformation in both natural systems and human narratives. Rehnborg works with organic materials — soil, SCOBY, mycelium, salvaged wood, and beeswax — to create sculptural forms that engage processes of decomposition and regeneration, treating fungi and bacteria not as mere subject matter but as active collaborators in the formation of the work. She is currently completing her BAS in Art Practice and Biology at Stanford University.

VISITOR INFORMATION: Coulter Art Gallery is located at 355 Roth Way (McMurtry Building) on Stanford campus. The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 12-5pm. Visitor parking is available in designated areas and payment is managed through ParkMobile (free after 4pm, except by the Oval). Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle. This exhibition is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. Admission is free.

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Get valuable professional development wisdom that you can apply right away! Quick Bytes sessions cover a variety of topics and include lunch. Relevant to graduate students at any stage in any degree program.

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In this talk, James Adam Redfield presents his book Adventures of Rabbah & Friends: The Talmud’s Strange Tales and Their Readers (2025) which explores a cluster of the Talmud’s most perplexing narratives—stories that have baffled readers for centuries. Medieval commentators treated them as cryptic allegories. Early modern scholars mined them for hidden philosophy. Modern academics have approached them as myth and folklore. Yet none of these approaches fully resolves the sense that something deliberately strange is happening in these tales.

Rather than trying to decode the stories once and for all, this talk asks another question: What happens when readers confront a text that refuses to behave as expected? Redfield traces a long history of wildly creative and fundamentally different attempts to interpret these narratives, showing how generations of readers have struggled with their oddness—and, in doing so, have produced their own original ways of traveling through the Talmud itself. At stake is not only how we understand these strange tales, but how we understand the very act of reading.

Co-sponsored with Religious Studies

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These free events are open to the public.

12:15 - 12:45 pm | Concert
12:45 - 1:15 pm | Tea & cookies

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Locked beneath its icy crust, Jupiter’s moon Europa likely harbors one of the largest bodies of liquid water in the Solar System—a global, salty, internal ocean that may present a hospitable environment for life. Currently, investigations of the composition of Europa’s geologically young, fractured surface provide our best window into its ocean chemistry and, thus, its potential habitability. I will discuss how I have been using Earth-based spectroscopic observations from facilities like the Hubble Space Telescope, Keck Observatory, and JWST to improve our understanding of Europa’s surface chemistry and its relationship to the internal ocean. These observations complement the past and future spacecraft exploration of the Jupiter system and are revealing new avenues for up-close investigation by the upcoming Europa Clipper mission.

Bio: Dr. Samantha Trumbo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at UC San Diego, where she combines observations from several ground- and space-based telescopes to study the mysteries of the diverse planetary satellites of the outer solar system. She is also a co-investigator of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, which is currently en-route to the Jupiter system. Prior to joining UC San Diego, she was a 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University. She holds a B.A. in Astronomy and Biology from Cornell University, an M.S. in Oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and a PhD in Planetary Science from Caltech.

Speaker-suggested reading: Samantha K. Trumbo, Michael E. Brown, The distribution of CO2 on Europa indicates an internal source of carbon.Science381,1308-1311(2023).DOI:10.1126/science.adg4155

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You Are Here is an exhibition that explores the unique relationship between transit maps and the identity of their subjects. A transportation system can become synonymous with a city or nation, reflecting its change over time, spearheading cartographic innocations, or reifying an entirely new vision for space and place. The individual maps in the exhibit serve as a window into the histories of the places they represent and the history of transit cartography as a whole.

Curated by the winner of the California Map Society Student Exhibition Competition Jayne Kilander, will be on view through Friday, August 21, 2026. It is also available to view digitally.

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This is for current Earth Systems undergrad and coterm students.

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Please join us for a special event with Katharine Wilkinson, author of the new book Climate Wayfinding and co-founder & lead of The All We Can Save Project. Drawing on her work at the intersections of climate, culture, and community, Wilkinson will explore salient questions about navigating climate uncertainty, crisis, and pathways towards collective healing.

This event – a guest lecture co-hosted by the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health in Stanford Earth Systems’ EARTHSYS 108 course – is open to the Stanford community. Building on themes of reflection, relationality, and imagination, this conversation will resonate with EARTHSYS 108's focus on “environmental wayfinding” – inviting participants to consider how diverse ways of knowing and being can inform more just and sustainable futures.

Wednesday, April 22, 1:30-2:50pm, Alway M106, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford CA

Register here: tinyurl.com/StanfordWayfinding2026

Co-hosted by Stanford’s EARTHSYS108 course ("Environmental Wayfinding: Cultural, Artistic, and Spiritual Approaches to Life on a Changing Planet'" | EARTHSYS 208, NATIVEAM 108, RELIGST 108X) and the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health

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Application Link for Short-term (PE) and Standard Program:

https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/application.html

Application Link for Invitational Program:
https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-inv/application/guideline.html

For questions regarding the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and JSPS fellowship opportunities, contact (510) 665-1890 or sfo-info@overseas.jsps.go.jp

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In this lecture, Becker will share her transhistorical curatorial approach to African art, exploring how exhibitions and collections might be shaped by heritage, care, and relationality rather than institutional taxonomies. Engaging contemporary artists, The Living Archive foregrounds themes of ancestral presence, material memory, performative ecologies, and social space, inviting audiences into an immersive, nonlinear, and deeply contextual experience.

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Natasha Becker is the inaugural Curator of African Art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, where she leads the museum’s growing collection and curates exhibitions that bring contemporary African artists into dialogue with historical traditions. Since 2020, she has reenergized the Arts of Africa gallery with innovative exhibitions such as Lhola Amira: Facing the Future and Leilah Babirye: We Have a History, each exploring how today’s artists critically engage with African art legacies.
Becker has also expanded the collection with works by influential figures, including Esther Mahlangu, Yinka Shonibare, Elias Sime, and William Kentridge, alongside rising voices such as Leilah Babirye, Ranti Bam, and Wendimagegn Belete. A respected voice in the field, Becker is deeply committed to mentorship, guiding museum fellows, graduate students, and emerging professionals. She serves on the advisory group for Nexus/Black Art Week at the Museum of the African Diaspora and contributes regularly to the Fine Arts Museums Magazine, exhibition catalogues, and artist monographs. An active public speaker, she has presented at institutions such as the Neuberger Museum, LACMA, and Stanford University, and is a member of both the Arts Council of the African Studies Association and the Association of Art Museum Curators. Becker holds a Master’s degree in History from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and pursued graduate coursework in art history at Binghamton University, New York.

"We gratefully acknowledge support from the Ruth K. Franklin Lecture and Symposium Fund."

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The GoodFellows, economist John Cochrane, historian Niall Ferguson, and geopolitical strategist and scholar Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, will be joined by moderator Bill Whalen to explore the United States Constitution as one of the most consequential frameworks ever devised for governing a nation.

Through three perspectives—historical innovation, national power, and economic design, the conversation will examine:

Why the Constitution was a radical departure from previous systems of government

How it was designed to preserve a strong union while limiting and dividing power, including authority over war and the military

The economic foundations it established for long-term prosperity, including trade, property rights, and a national currency

This live taping brings the GoodFellows conversation from the studio to the stage for the first time, offering a rare opportunity to experience it in person.

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This appearance by Harry Tannebaum is part of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series. Subscribe to our eCorner YouTube channel, where we bring founders, investors and industry influencers to center stage and invite them to share what it takes to become a disruptor.

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Russia’s self-representation at world’s fairs in the mid to late 19th century showed increasing self-consciousness and complexity, combining both a desire to appear sophisticated and European, but also to display abundant raw materials and provide ethnographic displays. A particularly salient example is that of the 1900 Exposition universelle in Paris, which was the largest exhibition in the world at the time it was held, visited by 50 million people. Russia’s exhibits emphasized both the technological – the newly constructed Trans-Siberian railway – and the colonial, with a Kremlin-like “palace” surrounding displays focusing on Russian Eastern and Southern peripheries. Further, non-Russians participated in the exhibition in their capacity as both colonized people and imperial representatives, displaying the Russian empire to the world. As guardians, interpreters and colonial subjects, Bukharans, Sakha representatives and artisans from the Caucasus all participated in the Russian exhibit, undermining any easy designation of “us” and “them” and opening up the category of who could serve as an imperial representative.

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Wednesday, April 22 - 5:00 PM – 8:00 PMMonday, May 11- 5:00 PM – 8:00 PMMonday, June 8 - 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

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This six-part series features short, practical videos that fit seamlessly into busy schedules. From quick make-ahead breakfasts and no-cook lunches to energizing snacks and creative spins on dinner classics, these recipes highlight how plant-rich proteins and pantry staples can come together to create balanced, nourishing meals. You’ll also find a roundtable discussion where Stanford dietitians share the benefits of plant-rich eating along with realistic, actionable tips to help you get started.

Developed by Stanford Registered Dietitians with support from Stanford Health Care Clinical Nutrition and the Stanford Nutrition Research Group, this series delivers practical, evidence-based guidance straight to your kitchen.

🎥 Watch the videos here: https://healthlibrary.stanford.edu/video/plant-powered.html

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Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe, M.A., Ph.D., earned her doctorate in Yoga Philosophy from the Graduate Theological Union. Her dissertation, In Search of Sleep: A Comprehensive Study of Yoga Philosophy, Therapeutic Practice, and Improving Sleep in Higher Education, examines the integration of contemplative practices within university settings. She joined the Stanford community in Spring 2024, where she has taught Sleep for Peak Performance and Meditation through Stanford Living Education (SLED), and currently teaches Yoga for Stress Management in the Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER). Dr. Ivanhoe is the Founding Director Emeritus of YogaUSC and previously lectured in USC’s Mind–Body Department, where she also served on faculty wellness boards. A practitioner and educator since 1995, she has completed three 500-hour teacher training programs. She has served as the Yoga Spokesperson for Weight Watchers: Yoga, Yoga for Dummies, and Crunch: Yoga, and was the yoga columnist for Health magazine for three years. Her work has appeared in nearly every major yoga and wellness publication. In 2018, she co-created Just Breathe, a yoga, breathwork, and meditation initiative in partnership with Oprah Magazine. She is a recipient of USC’s Sustainability Across the Curriculumgrant and the Paul Podvin Scholarship from the Graduate Theological Union. She currently serves as Interim Director of Events and Operations in Stanford’s Office for Religious and Spiritual Life, where she also teaches weekly contemplative practice classes.

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Jessica Riskin will be in conversation with Tom Hayden, Director of Stanford's Graduate Environmental Communication Program. They will discuss everything from how to wrangle controversial scientific ideas into a compelling story to the journey of writing a book for a popular audience. Book selling and signing to follow!

This event is cosponsored by the Departments of History and Biology, the Program in Human Biology, the Earth Systems Environmental Communication Program, and the Stanford Humanities Center.

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Jessica Riskin is the Frances and Charles Field Professor of History at Stanford University, where she teaches modern European history and the history of science. Her work examines the changing nature of scientific explanation, the relations of science, culture and politics, and the history of theories of life and mind. Her books include The Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick (2016) and Science in the Age of Sensibility (2002). She is a regular contributor to various publications including Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books and the New York Review of Books.

Tom Hayden is the founding director of Stanford’s graduate program in Environmental Communication. His students engage with the full range of science and environmental communication, including journalism, multimedia production, strategic and policy communications, education, and art. Hayden trained as an oceanographer and came to Stanford in 2008 following a career in magazine journalism at publications including Newsweek and US News & World Report. He is coauthor of two books and co-editor of The Science Writers’ Handbook.

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Conversation | 5:30–6:45pm | Life Unearthed director and host Ariel Waldman and supervising sound editor Nathan Moody in conversation with Zephyr Frank, Stanford Professor of History and faculty director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West

Reception | 6:45–7:30pm | Networking, refreshments, signing of Ariel Waldman's book, Out There: The
Science Behind Sci-Fi Film and TV (2023).

Screening | 7:30pm | Showing of two episodes of Life Unearthed, followed by audience questions*

*Note the change of venue for the screening:
Room 105 of Building 320 in the "Braun Corner" of the Main Quad

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(Delta)Data is a new CESTA Seminar series that invites academics and industry leaders to explore through a shared lens the evolving landscape of data and to advance the academic-private partnerships critical to the future of innovation.

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Dominic Parviz Brookshaw is Professor of Persian Literature and Iranian Culture at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow in Persian at Wadham College, Oxford. From 2011 - 2013, he was Assistant Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature at Stanford University. He has published widely on premodern and modern Persian literature, and his articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals including Iranian Studies, Middle Eastern Literatures, and IRAN: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies. His most recent book, Hafiz and His Contemporaries: Poetry, Performance, and Patronage in Fourteenth-century Iran (Bloomsbury, 2019), won the Saidi-Sirjani Book Award in 2020. He serves currently as the President of the Association for Iranian Studies.

Part of the Stanford Festival of Iranian Arts

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Participants will gain practical strategies and evidence-based tools to:

Deliver age-appropriate lessons to middle and high school students about the risks and effects of cannabis and other commonly used substances.

Explore the latest research on cannabis use in youth, including its impact on the brain, cardiovascular system, and respiratory health. Identify early intervention strategies for adolescents experimenting with or regularly using substances.

By bringing together healthcare professionals, educators, and community leaders, the conference promotes a collaborative approach to youth substance use prevention and equips participants with the skills to support healthier futures for adolescents.

RegistrationRegistration for all healthcare providers and participants:

Early Bird Registration Fee (ends 02/02/2026): $100.00

Registration Fee (after 02/02/2026): $125.00

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CreditsAMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (9.25 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (9.25 hours), APA Continuing Education credits (9.25 hours), ASWB Continuing Education (ACE) credits (9.25 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (9.25 hours)

Target AudienceSpecialties - Adolescent Medicine, Community Health and Family Medicine, Family Medicine & Community Health, Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, Pediatrics, Preventative Medicine & Nutrition, Psychiatry & Behavioral SciencesProfessions - Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Nurse, Physician, Psychologist, Registered Nurse (RN), Social Worker ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to: 1. Discuss the latest research on cannabis and other substances in youth, including the effects on the brain, heart, and lungs
2. Explain how tobacco, cannabis, and other drugs intersect
3. Apply evidence-based early intervention strategies to prevent and reduce ongoing substance use in adolescents.
4. Identify key state and federal policies that impact youth access, prevention, and treatment related to cannabis and other substances
5. Integrate practical, age-appropriate lessons and teaching strategies into clinical or educational settings to support substance use awareness and prevention AccreditationIn support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation
American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 9.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Stanford Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 9.25 ANCC contact hours.

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 9.25 general continuing education credits.

American Psychological Association (APA)
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

Counseling CE
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences recognizes the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) and the American Psychological Association (APA) as approval agencies for CE. Through Joint Accreditation, Stanford Medicine is able to provide ASWB and APA credits for its activities.

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Stanford acquired Hernandez’s archive (Special Collections, M1301) in 2001.

Archive Room: Ester Hernandez is curated by Jorge Eduardo Sibaja, Curatorial Assistant. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Hockwald Fund.

IMAGE: Ester Hernandez, Sun Mad, 1982. Courtesy of Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. © Ester Hernandez

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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Stanford acquired Asawa’s archive (Special Collections, M1585) in 2007 with additional materials arriving in subsequent years. To explore Asawa’s archive online, please visit Stanford Libraries’ website.

Archive Room: Ruth Asawa is curated by Kathryn Cua, Curatorial Assistant, Asian American Art Initiative. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Robert Mondavi Family Fund.

IMAGE: Ruth Asawa teaching geometric patterns with milk cartons, c. 1981. Courtesy Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
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The Art of Science Competition is a campus wide event to celebrate the aesthetic beauty of science. Last year we received nearly 100 submissions representing more than 40 departments across the university, encompassing the schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Sustainability, and Engineering. Join us to celebrate the 15th Art of Science this year!

An exhibition showcasing the best submissions will take place in Spring Quarter, opening on May 15th from 4 - 7 pm in the Huang Foyer. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 21th at 11:59 pm. We will award monetary prizes to the best submissions as determined by an independent panel of judges as well as a popular vote.

Check out prior years work: https://mrs.groups.stanford.edu/art-science

Submission form: tinyurl.com/aos2026

Submission guidelines:

All members of the Stanford community are invited to submit, and multiple submissions are allowed. Alumni are also allowed to submit. The focus of this competition is art, and thus the aesthetic rather than scientific quality of the image is key. Creativity and uniqueness will be considered favorably. Images produced in the process of performing research, such as photographs, micrographs, and simulation results, as well as art inspired by science, are gladly accepted. Lastly, think outside the box - every year we receive amazing paintings, mixed media and audio/visual works. All submissions should be made through the link above.

Questions? Contact: racrusso@stanford.edu and darshanm@stanford.edu

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Contact Fidelity directly to schedule an appointment with a representative to review your current and future retirement savings options:

Fidelity appointment scheduler(800) 642-7131

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Together we’ll explore ways to navigate academic and professional stress, manage anxiety, reflect on identity-related experiences, and address impostor feelings- along with other student-led topics. The group also fosters moments of joy and connection as part of the healing process.

This group is held on Thursdays 8:30-9:30 AM, starting April 16, 2026. Meeting dates for spring quarter are 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, and 5/21. Sessions are both virtual and in-person. In-person dates are 4/23, 5/7, and 5/21.

A meeting with a facilitator is required to join this group. You can sign up on the on "*INTEREST_LIST_SOM_Students_of_Color_GROUP_SPRING_Q" on the Vaden Portal rosters, in the "Groups and Workshops" section. A facilitator will reach out to you to schedule a pre-group meeting.

Open to all registered BioSci PhD/MS, MSPA, and MD students in the School of Medicine.Facilitated by Isela Garcia White, LCSW and Mariko Sweetnam, LCSW

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Finely Printed Books tells the incredible story of Albert Bender and his remarkable gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections. It has been almost one hundred years since the first beautiful book came to the Green Library. From 1926 to 1941, Albert M. Bender personally donated more than five hundred volumes and encouraged his friends to contribute to the growing collection.

“This, my copy of the Laudes Creaturarum of S. Francis, I now give to the Leland Stanford Junior University through Albert M. Bender, in memory of my husband’s dearly loved sister Frances A. H. Sanderson Stewart.
–Anne Cobden-Sanderson, Stanford, June 27th, 1926.”

On Sunday, June 27, 1926, Anne Cobden-Sanderson made her way down the peninsula from San Francisco to the Stanford campus. The previous evening, she had attended a meal in her honor at Coppa’s restaurant in San Francisco, a haunt for Bohemians, artists, literati, and book people. The trip to Stanford came at the end of a week of celebration of the “book beautiful,” during which Cobden-Sanderson, was feted by the area’s printers, publishers, and book collectors. It was one of the final stops on a West Coast visit from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, a tour punctuated by lectures on the suffragette movement, the labor movement in England, the Doves Press, and interviews and research on prison reform – all topics which had played key roles in Cobden-Sanderson’s life – with every event documented by the California newspapers as she worked her way north.

While we cannot know for certain what was discussed over dinner that Saturday evening nearly a century ago, we do know three things with some certainty: first, that Albert M. Bender was there; second, that he encouraged Cobden-Sanderson to travel from the city to a young campus near Palo Alto, pay a visit to the Stanford University Library in what is now the Green Library building, and inscribe her copy of a book from the Doves Press, founded by her husband T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and financed by Anne herself, to a nascent rare book collection; third, that this gift to the University, from a person who bridged the worlds of William Morris, Jane Stanford, and the burgeoning post-earthquake Bay Area book arts scene, was the first step in the transformation of a haphazard accumulation of old and rare books acquired in the first three decades of the University’s operations into a well-organized Department of Special Collections serving the faculty and students of a major research institution.

Albert M. Bender (1866–1941), the self-effacing catalyst who transformed Bay Area cultural life through his extensive philanthropy and enthusiasm for beauty in art, literature, and the book arts, shaped Stanford’s collections in ways that are still felt today. He encouraged dozens of his friends and acquaintances to give generously to help Stanford grow from a library that struggled to keep up with the demands of building a basic teaching collection to one that could also support access to rare, antiquarian, and unique materials for serious scholarship. By providing us with carefully selected examples of fine printing, illustration, type design, papermaking, and binding, ranging across all periods, he challenged the librarians at the time to rethink how Stanford viewed its role as a repository of research materials. No longer were our rare books defined just by how old they were or which texts they contained, but now there was a need to consider aesthetics, research importance, monetary value, book history, provenance, uniqueness, and, in short, all the myriad attributes that might make a book an object of scholarly inquiry.

This exhibition tells the story of Albert M. Bender’s remarkable gift to Stanford University. An inventory of the gifts that Bender helped bring to Stanford in 1926 and 1927, Finely Printed Books Presented to the Library of Stanford University: A Catalogue, has allowed us to identify and update the provenance for 179 volumes from that initial gift, recovering information that had been lost from our catalog decades ago in the conversion from card catalogs to online records. On display are highlights from this bountiful donation. The archival traces of Albert M. Bender, his circle of friends who made the initial donations possible, the librarians who helped shepherd in a new era of collecting for Stanford University, and the impact that this gift had on the Stanford community at the time. As we look ahead to a second century of rare book collecting, much has been done, and much remains to be done, to build a world-class resource to support Stanford scholarship.

This exhibition is curated by Benjamin Albritton, Rare Books Curator for the Department of Special Collections. Produced and designed by Deardra Fuzzell, with assistance from Elizabeth Fischbach, Kylee Diedrich, and Pasha Tope.

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For older readers, books in verse are less intimidating and less overwhelming, yet still convey complex ideas and deep emotions—often making them a bridge to building lifelong readers.

Come check out the exhibit brilliant examples of these in Cubberley Library's Curriculum Collection. Find lists and descriptions in our guide to Poetry for children and young adults.

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Curated by Amelie Pak. Library hours: M-Th 9-7pm; Friday 9-5pm; Sunday 12-6pm.

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About the Speaker: Logan Grosenick, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Cornell who develops AI and neuroengineering approaches that bridge algorithms and experiments to explain why patients differ and how treatments can be more precisely tailored. His lab’s work spans multimodal and causal representation learning, word models, graph representations, and reinforcement learning, alongside preclinical and clinical research supporting precision psychiatry. He received his PhD in Neurosciences at Stanford with Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, and completed postdoctoral training in Statistics at Columbia University with Liam Paninski, PhD. He serves as the inaugural AI Editor for JAMA Psychiatry and is a Consulting Editor for JAMA+ AI.

Suggested Reading:

1. Hargrave M, Spaeth A, Grosenick L. EpiCare: A Reinforcement Learning Benchmark for Dynamic Treatment Regimes. NeurIPS 2024.
2. Drysdale AT, Grosenick L, Downar J, et al. Resting-state connectivity biomarkers define neurophysiological subtypes of depression. Nature Medicine. 2017.
3. Buch AM, Vértes PE, Seidlitz J, Kim SH, Grosenick L*, Liston C*. Molecular and network-level mechanisms explaining individual differences in autism spectrum disorder. Nature Neuroscience. 2023. co-senior.
4. Buch AM, Liston C, Grosenick L. Simple and Scalable Algorithms for Cluster-Aware Precision Medicine. AISTATS 2024.
5. Ajirak M, Bein O, Bowen ER, Kanellopoulos D, Falk A, Gunning FM, Solomonov N*, Grosenick L*. Learning to Route: Per-Sample Adaptive Routing for Multimodal Multitask Prediction. NeurIPS 2025. Co-senior.
6. Sandilya R, Perez S, Lynch C, Victoria L, Zebley B, Buchanan DM, Bhati MT, Williams NR, Spellman TJ, Gunning FM, Liston C, Grosenick L. Contrastive Diffusion Alignment: Learning Structured Latents for Controllable Generation. arXiv 2510.14190, 2025.

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The exhibition will be on view in the Wisch Family Gallery from April 2 – August 17, 2026

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Erika Chong Shuch is a choreographer, director, and performance maker whose work bridges experimental performance and social practice through inventive forms of audience engagement. Centering people and labor often overlooked, her projects reimagine where and how art-making begins. She is the founder of For You, a performance group that brings strangers together through experiences ranging from intimate encounters to large-scale public gatherings. Erika has been commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Court Theatre (Chicago), The Momentary, Cantor Arts Center, and Edge on the Square (San Francisco). Her work has been supported by Creative Capital, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Gerbode Foundation. She was a 2022–23 Bay Area Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts and is currently co-creating The Table with Mei Ann Tao and the San Francisco Civic Theater Project with Jonathan Moscone.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1,000 Ways to Hold: A new work by Erika Chong Shuch is organized by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for the Arts. Thank you to the core team of individuals whose dedication and expertise were essential to the realization of this project, as well as to the incredible community whose hands shaped the work in this exhibition. We gratefully acknowledge generous support provided by the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation, The Draper Foundation, Melissa and Trevor Fetter, Carloyn and William Langelier, William Reller and Kristin E. Klint, and the Office for Religious & Spiritual Life.

This exhibition was made possible through the significant commitment of the following individuals: Ellen Oh (producer), Edi Dai (producer), Hideo Mabuchi (ceramics management), Sean Riley (machine design), Crow Cianciola (machine fabrication), Werd Pace (sound design), Tiffany Steinwert (dialogic facilitator), Taylor Jones (videographer), Niharika Gunturu (lead electronics design), Eito Murakami (sound design), Xinyuan Pu (facilitation), Caitlin Main (dramaturg), Yinuo Yu (data specialist), Jason Wilson Navarro-Lopez (data specialist), Heechan Lim (videographer assistant), Miley Sinantha-Hu (project assistant), Jacob Eldred (mechanical design), and Lily Thai (electronics design assistant).

Ceramics production: Sally Jackson, Ryan Schnirel, Grace Potter, Sarah Logan, Scott Parady, Casey Beck, Joan Lin, and Phil Park.

Workshop coordination: Claudia Dorn, Tyler Brooks, Claire Kuan, Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon, Ken N. Lee, Jessica Castillo, Amara Tabor-Smith, Jazlyn Patricio-Archer, Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez, Kim Beil, Michaela Hulstyn, Jessi Pipert, Jessica Gonzales Chu, Mushi Wooseong James, Craig Adams, Natasha Noel, Sophina McDaniel, Karina Kloos, and Ken Becker.

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Returning to work while continuing to breastfeed can feel logistically complex and emotionally charged. Questions about pumping schedules, milk storage, workplace accommodations, and maintaining supply often add stress during an already significant transition.

This free webinar is designed for parents preparing to return to work or navigating their first weeks back. We’ll cover the essentials of pumping at work, safe storage and transport of human milk, and how to create a realistic pumping plan that supports both your job responsibilities and your breastfeeding goals. We’ll also discuss strategies for communicating with employers and advocating for the accommodations you need.

You’ll leave with a clear plan, evidence-based guidance, and confidence to navigate the return-to-work transition while continuing to nourish your baby, even when you are apart.

This class will be recorded and a one-week link to the recording will be shared with all registered participants. To receive incentive points, attend at least 80% of the live session or listen to the entire recording within one week. Request disability accommodations and access info.

Class details are subject to change.

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Drawing on in-depth interviews with 60 Latino fathers in California, the book highlights these men’s familial stories of joy, sorrow, humor, pain, uncertainty, and hope. These narratives illuminate the men’s paradoxical relationships with work, capture the emotional intensity of their relationships with their own fathers, elicit strong memories about their childhoods, and allude to the role of motherhood and religion in shaping their definitions of fatherhood. Latino Fathers provides a compassionate, intimate account of a group of fathers challenging the myths about them, wrestling with the tensions they experience as they negotiate cultural ideas of good fathering, and the structural realities that make it possible and difficult to meet those expectations.

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Author Bio:

Fatima Suarez is an author, researcher, and professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She earned her PhD in Sociology from UC Santa Barbara, and served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford. She also earned a MSc. in Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BS in Criminology from the University of La Verne. She is the first person in her family to earn a college degree.

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Art practice majors are accepted into the honors program based on the strength of the portfolios and written proposals submitted at the end of the student’s junior year. As honors students, Kea and Zoë have worked throughout the fall and winter quarters of their senior year, mentored by faculty and Art Practice MFA students, to develop their proposals into the bodies of work on display.

The title of the exhibition, selected by the students, is excerpted from the first line of a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The poem begins: “Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring.” The author continues through lyrical descriptions of natural elements, moving through dirt, plants, birds, celestial objects, and even weather. The poem concludes “But you were something more than young and sweet and fair, - and the long year remembers you.” Through the cyclical act of the year’s remembering, the “you” Millay is mindful of becomes all the things described—a vast and multitudinous self. With their thesis work, Kea and Zoë offer us a similar proposition as Millay. They invite us to find ourselves in expansive worlds where it is possible for our boundaries to fail, for us to become porous and multiple—more than a single self could ever be.

—Camille Utterback, Exhibition Curator and Honors Director

On View: April 14-30, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 4-6pm
Coulter Art Gallery (McMurtry Building)
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 12-5pm
Free & open to the public

Kea Kahoilua-Clebsch is a Native Hawaiian visual artist from the Island of Hawaiʻi. Her art practice is grounded in a love for her ancestors and ʻohana, who she gets to honor and know more deeply through her work. Through painting, Kea activates family and historical archives to bring her ancestors and the practices that sustained them into space and vibrant color. Her work reflects a personal reclamation of her mo’okūʻauhau (genealogical story) in a settler-colonial context, where knowing and reciting one's genealogy often requires re-learning — calling out, listening, diving and digging. Painting has enabled this process, allowing an intimate engagement with her own genealogy. As she gathers stories from her grandmother, spends time in the guava fields her grandpa once tended to, paints the hands of her great-grandma she never knew, she reclaims her right to remember while creating space for her familyʻs moʻolelo in historical and visual canons.

Zoë Rehnborg (b. 2003, Los Angeles) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture and installation. Informed by her experience working in microbiology labs, her practice explores the ecological and existential dimensions of decay, with a particular focus on microorganisms as agents of transformation in both natural systems and human narratives. Rehnborg works with organic materials — soil, SCOBY, mycelium, salvaged wood, and beeswax — to create sculptural forms that engage processes of decomposition and regeneration, treating fungi and bacteria not as mere subject matter but as active collaborators in the formation of the work. She is currently completing her BAS in Art Practice and Biology at Stanford University.

VISITOR INFORMATION: Coulter Art Gallery is located at 355 Roth Way (McMurtry Building) on Stanford campus. The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 12-5pm. Visitor parking is available in designated areas and payment is managed through ParkMobile (free after 4pm, except by the Oval). Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle. This exhibition is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. Admission is free.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Miriam Golden is a Visiting Scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law in the Freeman Spogli Institute. Between 2019 and 2024, Golden held the Peter Mair Chair of Comparative Politics in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the European University Institute. Prior to her 2019 move to the EUI, she taught at the University of California at Los Angeles. Golden was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Cornell University. Golden's research is in the area of political economy, and she is currently engaged in a large-scale cross-national study of why reelection rates of national legislators rise with economic development. The book manuscript in preparation is provisionally entitled Capacity Gap: Electoral Failure in Weak States. A first publication from this project, co-authored with Eugenia Nazrullaeva, appeared in 2023 as "The Puzzle of Clientelism: Political Discretion and Elections Around the World" in Cambridge University Press' Elements in Political Economy series.

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Genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms of hormonal variation and its influence on behaviorAbstract

The Red Queen paradigm describes how systems of interacting elements with conflicting interests often evolve: changes in one element lead to compensatory changes in another element, establishing a (fragile) equilibrium. Red Queen interactions have been described in several contexts — between pathogens and their hosts, between transposable elements and their host genome, and between paternally-silenced and maternally-silenced genes in the case of genomic imprinting. I will describe how the evolution of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis of Peromyscus mice has many features of Red Queen interactions. We discovered multiple evolutionary changes in the HPA axes of closely-related Peromyscus species that have large individual effects, but that in aggregate neutralize each other to achieve similar HPA axis states. This highlights a potential role for Red Queen dynamics in the evolution of endocrine systems and suggests the presence of underlying conflicts.

Andres Bendesky, MD, PhDAssociate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology; Principal Investigator at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute (he/him)

Andrés grew up in Mexico City, where he attended medical school at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Dr. Bendesky pursued his Ph.D at The Rockefeller University and proceeded to do postdoctoral work at Harvard University. There, he focused on studying the genetic basis of why monogamous rodents are more dedicated fathers than fathers from promiscuous species. In 2017 Dr. Bendesky joined the faculty of Columbia, where he continues to focus on discovering genetic, molecular, and neuronal mechanisms leading to diversity of social behaviors within species and across species—the study of how behavior evolves.

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This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Art & Art History, DLCL, ILAC, CompLit, FRIT, and the Iberian Studies Program at the Europe Center. A reception will follow at the Oregon Courtyard at 5:00 PM.

"The lecture will address both artists' works considering their parallel and divergent backgrounds in provincial Switzerland and Dalí's native Catalonia, their intersection and collaborations in Parisian Surrealism and striking aspects of their later works which reveal a surprising dialogue."

Please RSVP for the Sant Jordi 2026 Lecture by Dr. William Jeffett and the reception to follow.

We look forward to seeing you at both occasions!

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New works are featured each week! Meet at the top of the stairs.

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With nearly two decades at Meta, Javier previously served as Chief Growth Officer, leading international expansion, overseeing major acquisitions such as WhatsApp, and managing growth, integrity, ads, and commerce across Meta’s platforms.

Before joining Meta, Javier was a product manager at Siemens Mobile, where he led a cross-functional team responsible for developing and launching handset devices worldwide.

Javier holds a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford University, as well as master’s degrees in electrical and industrial engineering from the University of Navarra. He serves on the board of Endeavor, a nonprofit organization supporting the global entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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A large literature has examined the “rise of the state” in early modern Europe, focusing on the increase in the capacity of states due to war. However, state institutions were increasing not only in size but also in their quality, through the creation of “modern” or “Weberian” bureaucracies. To illustrate these distinct processes, our project examines the state in early modern Britain, often cited as the ideal type of a bureaucratic transformation. To do so, we are building a dataset of every central government employee in Britain between 1660 and 1870, capturing not just their numbers but several measures of bureaucratic rationalization: structured career progression, functional specialization, remuneration through salaries rather than user fees, higher salaries, increased time in office, the de-linking of bureaucratic and political careers, and reduced nepotism.

Anil Menon is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Merced. His research focuses on the legacies of political violence and political responses to conditions of vulnerability more broadly. Dr. Menon’s work is published or forthcoming at journals including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, the Economic Journal, and Lancet Regional Health Europe.

Dr. Menon’s work on Europe concerns both historical and contemporary topics. For instance, he has investigated the long-term electoral legacies of forced migration at the end of World War 2 in Germany. In more recent work, he examines whether citizens are willing to trade off civil liberties for decisive policy action in the domain of immigration.

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About the Lecture
Bengal had been one of the strongholds of the Communist Party of India and at the time of Partition, many Bengali Communists, Hindu and Muslim, opted for Pakistan rather than India. Among them were Hena Das and her friends who had joined the Communist Party as teenagers in Sylhet in the late 1930s. This talk will situate Das and other veteran women activists in the tug-of-war for Sylhet between Assam and Bengal; struggles by local tea plantation workers; the new state of Pakistan’s suppression of the Communist Party; and the decades of women’s feminist activism that led to the establishment of the Mahila Shongram Parishad (Women’s Revolutionary Council) in 1969, renamed the East Pakistan Mahila Parishad in 1970 and Bangladesh Mahila Parishad after the country’s independence in 1971.

About the Speaker
Elora Shehabuddin is Professor of Gender & Women's Studies and Global Studies at UC Berkeley. She is currently Director of Global Studies and of the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies.

Her most recent book, Sisters in the Mirror: A History of Muslim Women and the Global Politics of Feminism (University of California Press, 2021), was selected as a 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association and awarded the 2023 Coomaraswamy Book Prize from the Association for Asian Studies.

She is Co-editor of Journal of Bangladesh Studies (Brill) and on the editorial board of a new Cambridge University Press book series titled “Muslim South Asia.” She is Vice President (president-elect) of the Association for Asian Studies.

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The lecture explores both the artistic and pedagogical dimensions of the project. Ordway discusses his compositional approach to a cycle characterized by restraint, repetition, and sustained attention as well as the collaborative process through which Stanford student composers and vocalists developed their own works in dialogue with these themes. Emphasizing listening as a shared ethical practice, the residency invited participants to engage California's cultural and environmental realities through voice, text, and sound.

Combining musical excerpts with reflections on the compositional process, collaborative rehearsals, and upcoming public premiere, this talk offers a portrait of Evening Land as both a finished work and a collective act of artistic inquiry.

Don't miss the premiere of EVENING LAND on on Saturday, April 25th, at 7:30pm in Campbell Reictal Hall, Braun Music Center. The event is free and open to the public.

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The backlash was swift when the NFL announced Bad Bunny would perform at Super Bowl LX. The global superstar’s status as a Spanish-speaking Latino and his statements about ICE made him a natural target for conservative outrage; some online commenters called for Bad Bunny’s deportation before the February game. (As a Puerto Rican, Bad Bunny is a U.S. citizen.) One week before the Halftime Show, Bad Bunny made history by becoming the first-ever Spanish-language artist to win the Grammy for Album of the Year, for his latest album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS. Global superstar Bad Bunny’s record-breaking success is due in large part to his unapologetic championing of his homeland and the intimate connections he maintains in Puerto Rico.

Born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Bad Bunny has lived a life marked by public crises—blackouts, hurricanes, political corruption and oppression—that have exposed the ongoing impacts of colonialism in Puerto Rico. Offering a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices, P FKN R draws on ethnographic research and interviews with journalists, politicians, and the pop star’s close collaborators to set Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican resistance in a historical, political, and cultural context. Authors Vanessa Díaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau—creators of the “Bad Bunny Syllabus”—situate Bad Bunny in the long tradition of infusing joy and protest into music.

P FKN R honors the many, evolving forms of daily resistance to oppression and colonialism that are part of Puerto Rican life.

VANESSA DÍAZ is Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University and the author of Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood.

PETRA R. RIVERA - RIDEAU is Associate Professor of American Studies at Wellesley College and the author of Remixing Reggaetón: The Cultural Politics of Race in Puerto Rico and Fitness Fiesta!: Selling Latinx Culture through Zumba.

The authors have written about Bad Bunny for the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Washington Post, and elsewhere. Their “Bad Bunny Syllabus” has been covered by the New York Times, Boston Globe, NPR, Vanity Fair, and The Tonight Show.

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How do we produce safety in places where trust, stability, and institutional support have collapsed? This talk introduces streetcorner mediation, an emerging model of public safety operating on some of America’s most challenged blocks. Rather than relying on armed enforcement, the model deploys trained, unarmed practitioners—many formerly incarcerated—to calm conflict, support vulnerable residents, and sustain order through everyday presence and relationships. Drawing on multiple years of ethnographic fieldwork, I show how these mediators reduce crime and disorder through non-coercive means. Their success challenges prevailing frameworks such as collective efficacy, which assume a baseline of trust and cohesion among residents. Streetcorner mediation begins where those conditions are absent, revealing how safety can be built from scratch through the gradual accumulation of reciprocity, recognition, and obligation—a process I describe as social debt.

Forrest Stuart is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University, where he directs the Program on Urban Studies and the Stanford Ethnography Lab. A 2020 MacArthur Fellow, his research examines the causes, contours, and consequences of urban poverty. He is the author of Down, Out, and Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life in Skid Row and Ballad of the Bullet: Gangs, Drill Music, and the Power of Online Infamy.

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New works are featured each week! Meet at the top of the stairs

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Stanford Web Services hosts office hours by appointment. During these half-hour appointments, we can assist you with editing existing content, creating new content, editing or adjusting site-wide options, and more!

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Engineered Biopolymer Composite (EBC) represents a paradigm shift in decarbonizing the built environment through a transformative, nature-inspired approach with potential to be cost-effective while supporting local ecosystems and improving community health. EBC is produced by combining granular material, biopolymer binder(s), and solvent, achieving compressive strength comparable to conventional concrete, approximately 35 MPa. The construction industry remains a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions due to resource-intensive processes across building life cycles. Rapid urbanization, especially in developing regions, is increasing demand for infrastructure, making decarbonization urgent. Building materials and construction account for approximately 11% of global carbon emissions, with cement production as a major source. EBC helps reduce these emissions by providing a low-carbon alternative to conventional cement-based materials.

This dissertation introduces the Smart Circular Building Materials (SCBM) framework for developing carbon-negative EBCs. The framework integrates material innovation, life cycle assessment, circular design, smart manufacturing, and microstructural characterization. Hydrophobic lignin variants are used to develop biopolymer-based construction materials, while life cycle assessment enables design based on environmental targets. A closed-loop recycling strategy maintains or improves material properties. Systematic solvent design supports material optimization, and natural biopolymers are incorporated with lignin to enhance intermolecular interactions, producing concrete-like performance. An AI-enabled, non-destructive sensing framework enables real-time quality control. Overall, this work delivers an integrated experimental and environmental framework for sustainable, high-performance nature-based construction materials.

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Na Li is a Winokur Family Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. She received her BS degree in Mathematics from Zhejiang University in 2007 and PhD degree in Control and Dynamical systems from California Institute of Technology in 2013. She was a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2013-2014. She has held a variety of short-term visiting appointments including the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, MIT, Google Brain, and MERL. Her research lies in the control, learning, and optimization of networked systems, including theory development, algorithm design, and applications to real-world cyber-physical societal systems. She is an IEEE fellow and a senior editor of IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems. She was an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Systems & Control Letters, IEEE Control Systems Letters and also served on the organizing committee for a few conferences and workshops such as IEEE CDC, AMC E-energy, and NSF workshop on Reinforcement Learning. She received the NSF career award, AFSOR Young Investigator Award, ONR Young Investigator Award, Donald P. Eckman Award, McDonald Mentoring Award, IEEE CSS Distinguished Lecturer, IFAC Distinguished Lecturer, IFAC Manfred Thoma Medal, Ruberti Young Researcher Prize, along with other awards.

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You Are Here is an exhibition that explores the unique relationship between transit maps and the identity of their subjects. A transportation system can become synonymous with a city or nation, reflecting its change over time, spearheading cartographic innocations, or reifying an entirely new vision for space and place. The individual maps in the exhibit serve as a window into the histories of the places they represent and the history of transit cartography as a whole.

Curated by the winner of the California Map Society Student Exhibition Competition Jayne Kilander, will be on view through Friday, August 21, 2026. It is also available to view digitally.

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If you’re enrolled this fall quarter, located inside the state of California, and in the process of writing (whether you are just starting, or approaching completion) please consider signing up.

Ideal for students who have already begun the dissertation writing process. All enrolled students are eligible to participate in CAPS groups and workshops. A group facilitator may contact you for a pre-group meeting prior to participation in Dissertation Support space.

Facilitated by Cierra Whatley, PhD & Angela Estrella on Thursdays at 3pm-4pm; 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28; virtualJoin at any point in the Quarter. Sign up on the Graduate Life Office roster through this link.

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Join VPGE for a virtual information session to learn about the new Emerging Scholars Network (ESN), a cohort-based three-quarter program for mid-stage PhD students who have advanced to candidacy. It supports the shift from structured coursework to independent scholarship by pairing practical tools with a supportive community of peers moving through the same stage. Participants work alongside one another to sustain research progress, navigate advisor relationships, and build the skills needed for timely degree completion and career success. All participants receive a $2000 quarterly stipend and participate in targeted workshops, guided advising, peer accountability, and structured opportunities to connect with campus resources and alumni.

Learn more about this opportunity and apply at VPGE's Emerging Scholars Network website.

To get the Zoom information for this information session, please follow the link below to get to our application portal. From there, select "4/23/26 Emerging Scholars Network Virtual Info Session #2" under the available applications, and select "apply" to RSVP. You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom information.

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This virtual Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group is a quarter-long workshop-style group on how to identify and work with intense emotions.

DBT addresses skills to understand and regulate emotion, tolerate distress, and be more effective in interpersonal concerns. Each group includes mindfulness practice.

This group will meet virtually in the Spring Quarter 2026 on 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, and 5/28. As a series, members are expected to attend all 6 sessions.A meeting with a facilitator is required before participation in this group. Please sign up on the Vaden portal rosters, and under Groups and Workshops find "INTEREST_LIST_WISE_MIND_VIRTUAL_SPRING_Q." Facilitated by Jade Seto, PhDAll enrolled students are eligible to participate in CAPS groups and workshops. Please contact CAPS at (650) 723-3785 to schedule a pre-group meeting with the facilitators or sign up on the portal as instructed above.

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There will be a book signing event prior to the lecture. Come and meet the Author of of Drown, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, and This Is How You Lose Her. This is an opportunity to interact with an award winning author, and get a copy of your book signed.

When: Thursday, April 23 | 3:30-4.30 PMWhere: Stanford Humanities Center PatioPlease sign up HERE.

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Dr. Stephen Luby, a physician, researcher, and educator whose global health work has spanned five years in Pakistan and eight years in Bangladesh before joining the Stanford faculty. Dr. Luby brings the perspective of a public health expert deeply familiar with the challenges faced by both fragile and resilient societies on the ground.

Dr. Scott Sagan, Co-Director and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and a leading authority on international security and political science. Dr. Sagan brings a global security and governance lens, informed by his academic and government experience, to the discussion of how great powers succeed or fail in adapting to existential threats.

Together, Drs. Kemp, Luby, and Sagan will engage in a wide-ranging discussion on what history can teach us about the risks and possibilities of collapse today, from the threats of pandemic and climate crisis to the resiliency of democratic institutions and the fragility of hierarchical power structures. The event will conclude with a moderated audience Q&A.

About the speakers: Luke Kemp researches the end of the world. He is the author of the bestselling book Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at the University of Cambridge. He has advised and led foresight studies for multiple international organisations, including the WHO and Convention on Biological Diversity. Luke’s work has been covered by the BBC, The New York Times, and The New Yorker.

Prof. Stephen Luby studied philosophy and earned a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude from Creighton University. He then earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas and completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Rochester-Strong Memorial Hospital. He studied epidemiology and preventive medicine at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading here.

Scott D. Sagan is Co-Director and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science, and the Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford University. He also serves as Co-Chair of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Committee on International Security Studies. Before joining the Stanford faculty, Sagan was a lecturer in the Department of Government at Harvard University and served as special assistant to the director of the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon. Continue reading here.

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Built in 2018 specifically to house Knight-Hennessy Scholars, Denning House provides an inspiring venue for scholars, staff, and visitors, and a magnificent setting for art. A gift from Roberta Bowman Denning, '75, MBA '78, and Steve Denning, MBA '78, made the building possible. Read more about Denning House in Stanford News.

Tour size is limited. Registration is required to attend a tour of Denning House.

Note: Most parking at Stanford is free of charge after 4 pm. Denning House is in box J6 on the Stanford Parking Map. Please see Stanford Parking for more information on visitor parking at Stanford. Tours last approximately 30 minutes.

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Intensity Level: Mild intensity

Multiple topics are covered at a steady pace, with in-class activities requiring some preparation. Some out-of-class work is required, and regular in-class participation is expected. Students will develop a moderate level of skill-building during the course.Facilitated by: Kel Haung, student

Details:

When: April 15, 23, 30 (Wed/Thurs/Thurs), 4:30-6:30PM

Open to enrolled graduate students at any stage in any discipline or degree program. Postdocs will be accepted if space is available, but priority is given to graduate students.

Metaphors in Science is an in-person, three-part workshop. Session dates are Wed/Thurs/Thurs April 15, 23, 30 from 4:30-6:30PM. Space is limited. Due to the workshop’s interactive format, full participation in all three sessions is required. Dinner will be served.

If you are accepted to this workshop, you must confirm your place by submitting a Student Participation Fee Agreement, which authorizes VPGE to charge $50 to your Stanford bill – only if you do not fully participate in the event. You will receive a link to the Agreement and instructions if you are offered a place.

Application deadline: Tuesday, April 14th @11:59PM PT.

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When platforms like Temu and Shein can expeditiously ship cheap clothes around the world and to our doorsteps, fast fashion appeals to many as an affordable way to participate in popular trends. But what happens to these clothes when trends just as rapidly fade and consumers move on? Weaving together academic, business, cultural, and policy perspectives, we will discuss the effects of fast fashion on our lives and climate and examine how we can do better.

This panel features Dr. Meital Peleg Mizrachi (Yale University), Danielle Vermeer (Head of Product, ThredUp), Mina Le (Creator & Video Essayist), and Zoe Heller (Director of CalRecycle). Moderated by Richard Thompson Ford (Stanford University), this event will illuminate how fashion trends contribute to textile waste and labor exploitation and will explore sustainable alternatives for sourcing and producing clothes.

Speakers:

⭐️ Dr. Meital Peleg Mizrachi is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Economics at Yale University and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut’s School of Public Policy. Her work focuses on environmental regulation and sustainable fashion, with particular attention to the intersection of environmental and social justice and the global trade in second-hand clothing, especially in Ghana. She serves on the Executive Board of the International Sustainable Fashion Consumption Research Network, where she leads education initiatives. In 2021, TheMarker magazine named her one of 40 promising leaders under 40 for her contributions to fashion and environmental sustainability.

⭐️ Danielle Vermeer is an experienced leader in fashion, tech, and sustainability on a mission to make secondhand consumers' first choice. She is the Head of Product at ThredUp, one of the largest online resale platforms for apparel, shoes, and accessories. Prior to joining ThredUp, she was the Co-Founder & CEO of Teleport, a startup building the "TikTok for thrifting" app for Gen Z secondhand fashion, and was the Product Lead at Amazon Fashion for the luxury resale business and customer experience. Danielle has an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS from Georgetown University. She's had a 100% thrifted and secondhand closet for over 14 years, and enjoys treasure hunting for vintage finds.

⭐️ Originally from Maryland and American of Vietnamese descent, Mina Le launched her YouTube channel in 2020, spotting a gap in the fashion and culture space she knew she could fill. With just a few videos, most notably “Rating Disney Princess Dresses on Historical Accuracy,” her channel took off, becoming a trusted voice where fashion meets culture. Whether breaking down fashion in film, unpacking cultural trends, or going viral with her witty takes on history, Mina blends intellect and humor in a way distinctly her own. Today, with 2M subscribers and 150M+ views, Mina continues to shape conversations across platforms.

⭐️ Zoe Heller has served as Director of CalRecycle since May 2024. She previously led the Division of Circular Economy as CalRecycle’s first deputy director and oversaw the Division of Materials Management and Local Assistance. Earlier, she served as deputy director for the Office of Policy, advancing statewide recycling and waste reduction strategies. Before joining CalRecycle, Heller spent more than a decade at the U.S. EPA’s Pacific Southwest Office, including roles as manager of the Zero Waste section, special assistant to the Regional Administrator, and environmental protection specialist in the Environmental Justice program.

Moderator:

⭐️ Richard Thompson Ford is the George E. Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Stanford Law Review, Yale Law Journal, and more. His latest book, Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History (2021), was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and inspired a 2021 Editors’ Choice TED Talk. Two of his other books, The Race Card (2008) and Rights Gone Wrong (2011), were selected as Notable Books by the New York Times. He has appeared on national television and radio programs including The Colbert Report, the Rachel Maddow Show, The New Yorker Radio Hour and All Things Considered and co-hosted Stanford Legal on Sirius XM Radio with Joe Bankman from 2020-2022.

This event will have a photographer present to document the event. No personal recordings (audio or visual) are allowed. By attending, you consent for your image to be used for Stanford-related promotions and materials. If you have any questions, please contact ethics-center@stanford.edu.

If you require disability-related accommodation, please contact disability.access@stanford.edu as soon as possible or at least 7 business days in advance of the event.

See this link for information about Visitor parking.

Learn more about the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society.

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The Shizhu piposha lun 十住毘婆沙論, or “Vibhāṣā-commentary on the Ten Stages,” is an influential commentary on the “Sūtra of the Ten Stages” (Daśabhūmika-sūtra), traditionally attributed to Nāgārjuna and Kumārajīva. However, a closer examination shows it rarely quotes the Daśabhūmika-sūtra and discusses only two of the ten bodhisattva stages. Furthermore, the text does not conform to the conventional understanding of the vibhāṣā-commentary style. The circumstances of its creation are equally complex: not only is Nāgārjuna’s authorship disputed, but many scholars, both past and present, also question whether Kumārajīva was its primary translator.

In this talk, I will highlight how these labels—regarding its scriptural affiliation, style, author, and translation—were applied to the text over time. I will then consider what these labels contribute to our understanding of the text, and what they obscure. This discussion attempts to not only shed light on the mysteries surrounding the text’s creation but also improve our understanding of scripture–commentary relationship and Mahāyāna textual genres.

Bio:

Yixiu Jiang is the current Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford. She completed her PhD at Leiden University in 2024, specializing in the doctrine of the bodhisattva path in early Mahāyāna scriptures. Her research interests also include Gāndhārī manuscripts and documents, Central Asian Buddhism, and visions and dreams in Buddhist traditions.

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Open to Stanford Affiliates. Free, no pre-registration is required.

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Queer Yoga 🌈☀️

Join the Weiland Health Initiative in a queer community space of movement to not only move, but to be moved! All bodies and identities are welcome! This class will be for all levels of yoga experience and will provide variations for poses and props to meet ALL body needs. Potential things needed: a willingness to let your intuition guide your movements :) We have extra mats, blocks, straps, and blankets to borrow!

Thursdays 5:30-6:30 PM during weeks 4-9!

We will be outside Kingscote Gardens, by the water fountain facing Denning House, weather permitting!

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About Junot Diaz:

Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of Drown, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, and This Is How You Lose Her. Díaz has been awarded a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, the 2002 PEN/Malamud Award and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Díaz is a MacArthur fellow and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Lecture Abstract:

In our anti-democratic socially mediated conjuncture where the act of listening has eroded to the point of near-extinction, what is learned when those of us living under conditions of Pattersonian social death attempt to super-listen to the actual dead through the (undead) medium of literature — a super-listening that evokes Donald Davidson’s concept of radical interpretation. What is made possible with such deep dead communions, and what is not?

Book signing:

Thursday April 23: 3.30-4.30pm, Stanford Humanities Center

St. Clair Drake Memorial Lecture:

The St. Clair Drake Memorial Lectures are dedicated to the memory of Professor St.Clair Drake, renowned African American anthropologist and educator, and the founding Director of the Program in African & African American Studies at Stanford University.

St. Clair Drake Memorial Lecture presented by the Department of African & African American Studies (DAAAS). Visit our website at aaas.stanford.edu for more information about the department.

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Dr. Milthlo will be joined in conversation with ​Professor Jennifer DeVere Brody (Theater and Performance Studies and African and African American Studies at Stanford University; Guggenheim Fellow in Fine Arts Research; recent curator of Edmonia Lewis: Indelible Impressions at Cantor Arts Center).

Books will be for sale at the Stanford Campus Bookstore and through the publisher, the University of Nebraska Press. Please preorder a copy and bring it to the event. Dr. Mithlo will be available for book signing at the end of the event.

All public programs at the Cantor Arts Center are always free! Space for this program is limited; advance registration is recommended. Those who have registered will have priority for seating.

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This program is co-sponsored by the Native American Studies, Cantor Arts Center, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, and Native American Cultural Center​.

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Parking

Free visitor parking is available along Lomita Drive as well as on the first floor of the Roth Way Garage Structure, located at the corner of Campus Drive West and Roth Way at 345 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305. From the Palo Alto Caltrain station, the Cantor Arts Center is about a 20-minute walk or the free Marguerite shuttle will bring you to campus via the Y or X lines.

Disability parking is located along Lomita Drive near the main entrance of the Cantor Arts Center. Additional disability parking is located on Museum Way and in Parking Structure 1 (Roth Way & Campus Drive). Please click here to view the disability parking and access points.

Accessibility Information or Requests

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University is committed to ensuring our programs are accessible to everyone. To request access information and/or accommodations for this event, please complete this form at least one week prior to the event: museum.stanford.edu/access.

For questions, please contact disability.access@stanford.edu or Oswaldo Rosales, orosal@stanford.edu.

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Book Cover Image by Shelley Niro. The Show Off, digital image, 2017. Courtesy of the Artist. Photo of Nancy Marie Mithlo by Marc Hausman​.

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Whether you’re a caregiver, new beneficiary, or healthcare professional, this session will help you navigate coverage options with confidence and avoid costly surprises.

Maha Justi, HICAP Counselor of San Mateo County, provides free and objective information and counseling about Medicare.

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Achievement is a continuous, 50-minute piece made up of 13 crossfaded musical modules, each designed by Bucket List’s alter ego—"The Achievement Institute." Each musical module is scientistically engineered and clinically tested to advance the audience’s achievement in various domains. Performed in the round, the show will begin with a welcome introduction. Billionaires are encouraged to bring their checkbooks for exciting investment opportunities.

Admission Information

Free admission.Livestream

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📅 Friday, April 24th 🏛️ Community Open House 📍 520 Lasuen Mall, Old Union Courtyard 🕑 2:00–4:00 PM Meet our student staff, explore our space, and learn about all the programs & resources A3C has to offer! All families & students welcome 🫶

📅 Saturday, April 25th ☕ A3C Café Hour 📍 524 Lasuen Mall, A3C Center, 2nd Floor 🕙 10:00–11:30 AM Light breakfast, Asian treats, and real conversations about Stanford life with current students 🍡

For accommodations, contact Angela Zhang at angiezha@stanford.edu by Thursday, April 16th 💌

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Stanford acquired Hernandez’s archive (Special Collections, M1301) in 2001.

Archive Room: Ester Hernandez is curated by Jorge Eduardo Sibaja, Curatorial Assistant. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Hockwald Fund.

IMAGE: Ester Hernandez, Sun Mad, 1982. Courtesy of Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. © Ester Hernandez

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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Stanford acquired Asawa’s archive (Special Collections, M1585) in 2007 with additional materials arriving in subsequent years. To explore Asawa’s archive online, please visit Stanford Libraries’ website.

Archive Room: Ruth Asawa is curated by Kathryn Cua, Curatorial Assistant, Asian American Art Initiative. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Robert Mondavi Family Fund.

IMAGE: Ruth Asawa teaching geometric patterns with milk cartons, c. 1981. Courtesy Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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In the 2025–2026 academic year, Branner Library’s exhibit series will explore Earth’s oceans’ complex biological and ecological systems that regulate climate and support life.

April’s exhibition examines how the Gulf Stream and broader Atlantic circulation serve as a powerful engine in the Earth’s climate system. Featured books, atlases, and maps examine the movement of heat, water, and energy across the Atlantic basin, highlighting patterns such as the North Atlantic Oscillation.

Curated resources include historical studies, observational datasets, and contemporary research that illuminate the Atlantic’s central role in Earth’s interconnected ocean–climate system.

The exhibit is available for viewing Monday through Friday during regular library open hours.
Check out past exhibits and subscribe to the Branner Library Newsletter.

A current Stanford ID is needed to enter the library, visitors must present a valid, physical government-issued photo ID to sign-in at the front desk.

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This program will be ongoing, so we will be accepting responses on a rolling basis. Fill out this form to register.

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The Art of Science Competition is a campus wide event to celebrate the aesthetic beauty of science. Last year we received nearly 100 submissions representing more than 40 departments across the university, encompassing the schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Sustainability, and Engineering. Join us to celebrate the 15th Art of Science this year!

An exhibition showcasing the best submissions will take place in Spring Quarter, opening on May 15th from 4 - 7 pm in the Huang Foyer. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 21th at 11:59 pm. We will award monetary prizes to the best submissions as determined by an independent panel of judges as well as a popular vote.

Check out prior years work: https://mrs.groups.stanford.edu/art-science

Submission form: tinyurl.com/aos2026

Submission guidelines:

All members of the Stanford community are invited to submit, and multiple submissions are allowed. Alumni are also allowed to submit. The focus of this competition is art, and thus the aesthetic rather than scientific quality of the image is key. Creativity and uniqueness will be considered favorably. Images produced in the process of performing research, such as photographs, micrographs, and simulation results, as well as art inspired by science, are gladly accepted. Lastly, think outside the box - every year we receive amazing paintings, mixed media and audio/visual works. All submissions should be made through the link above.

Questions? Contact: racrusso@stanford.edu and darshanm@stanford.edu

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Contact Fidelity directly to schedule an appointment with a representative to review your current and future retirement savings options:

Fidelity appointment scheduler(800) 642-7131

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*** Ph.D. Thesis/ Oral Defense ***

Land-Water-Energy Transitions by Mid-Century: Evaluating Policies for Urban Water Security and Assessing Renewable Energy Impacts

Ankun Wang

Friday, April 24, 9:00 AM

Y2E2 299

Department of Earth System Science

Advisor: Dr. Steve Gorelick

Water insecurity threatens many cities, primarily in the global south. Simultaneously, the global transition towards renewable energy can place increasing demands on water and land, with major implications for agriculture and rural livelihoods. Pune, an emerging Indian megacity in an agricultural region the size of Switzerland, is emblematic of challenges stemming from rapid urban growth and renewable energy expansion. This dissertation research developed a comprehensive coupled human-natural systems model that was first used to evaluate policy options to address urban water insecurity under a mid-century drought, urbanization, population growth, and economic development. Results show that development of an agricultural-to-urban water transfer market was the most beneficial intervention, particularly when employed in combination with additional supply-side and demand-side measures. Water cost for the lowest 10% income households fell from 18% to 3% of their income, and these households received 50% more water compared to a no-intervention scenario. However, these households still had access only to subsistence quantities of water. Next, the systems model was further extended to evaluate the impacts of achieving two federal renewable-energy goals: expanding bio-ethanol production by expanding sugarcane farming and increasing photovoltaic solar-farming on low economic return cropland. While farmer profits more than double, achieving these goals drives a 35% increase in agricultural water use, resulting in rural region groundwater depletion. This research provides a transferable integrated analytic framework for understanding how interconnected water, land, and energy systems co-evolve, and how policy interventions can be quantitatively assessed to aid decision making by water planners and managers to prepare for their challenging future.

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Does doublespeak subsume the novel form? Far from Orwell's England, how does it diffract in fiction writers around the world, from Iranian Baha'i feminist Esmat Ashtiyani to Latin American dictatorship novelists and beyond? How do speech and thought relate today, when fast-paced, algorithmic-driven half-baked ideas commandeer the conversation, with the slower work of reading novels somehow caught in the maelstrom? Who is the agent of doublespeak? Is it language itself, as a deconstructionist might purport, or is it ideology, as a critical theorist would claim?

Participants: Timothy Brennan (Minnesota), Dominic Brookshaw (Oxford), Matylda Figlerowicz (Harvard), James Phelan (Ohio State), Burhan Sönmez (PEN International), Alexandra Valint (Southern Mississippi).

This conference is co-sponsored by the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies; and the Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies.

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Finely Printed Books tells the incredible story of Albert Bender and his remarkable gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections. It has been almost one hundred years since the first beautiful book came to the Green Library. From 1926 to 1941, Albert M. Bender personally donated more than five hundred volumes and encouraged his friends to contribute to the growing collection.

“This, my copy of the Laudes Creaturarum of S. Francis, I now give to the Leland Stanford Junior University through Albert M. Bender, in memory of my husband’s dearly loved sister Frances A. H. Sanderson Stewart.
–Anne Cobden-Sanderson, Stanford, June 27th, 1926.”

On Sunday, June 27, 1926, Anne Cobden-Sanderson made her way down the peninsula from San Francisco to the Stanford campus. The previous evening, she had attended a meal in her honor at Coppa’s restaurant in San Francisco, a haunt for Bohemians, artists, literati, and book people. The trip to Stanford came at the end of a week of celebration of the “book beautiful,” during which Cobden-Sanderson, was feted by the area’s printers, publishers, and book collectors. It was one of the final stops on a West Coast visit from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, a tour punctuated by lectures on the suffragette movement, the labor movement in England, the Doves Press, and interviews and research on prison reform – all topics which had played key roles in Cobden-Sanderson’s life – with every event documented by the California newspapers as she worked her way north.

While we cannot know for certain what was discussed over dinner that Saturday evening nearly a century ago, we do know three things with some certainty: first, that Albert M. Bender was there; second, that he encouraged Cobden-Sanderson to travel from the city to a young campus near Palo Alto, pay a visit to the Stanford University Library in what is now the Green Library building, and inscribe her copy of a book from the Doves Press, founded by her husband T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and financed by Anne herself, to a nascent rare book collection; third, that this gift to the University, from a person who bridged the worlds of William Morris, Jane Stanford, and the burgeoning post-earthquake Bay Area book arts scene, was the first step in the transformation of a haphazard accumulation of old and rare books acquired in the first three decades of the University’s operations into a well-organized Department of Special Collections serving the faculty and students of a major research institution.

Albert M. Bender (1866–1941), the self-effacing catalyst who transformed Bay Area cultural life through his extensive philanthropy and enthusiasm for beauty in art, literature, and the book arts, shaped Stanford’s collections in ways that are still felt today. He encouraged dozens of his friends and acquaintances to give generously to help Stanford grow from a library that struggled to keep up with the demands of building a basic teaching collection to one that could also support access to rare, antiquarian, and unique materials for serious scholarship. By providing us with carefully selected examples of fine printing, illustration, type design, papermaking, and binding, ranging across all periods, he challenged the librarians at the time to rethink how Stanford viewed its role as a repository of research materials. No longer were our rare books defined just by how old they were or which texts they contained, but now there was a need to consider aesthetics, research importance, monetary value, book history, provenance, uniqueness, and, in short, all the myriad attributes that might make a book an object of scholarly inquiry.

This exhibition tells the story of Albert M. Bender’s remarkable gift to Stanford University. An inventory of the gifts that Bender helped bring to Stanford in 1926 and 1927, Finely Printed Books Presented to the Library of Stanford University: A Catalogue, has allowed us to identify and update the provenance for 179 volumes from that initial gift, recovering information that had been lost from our catalog decades ago in the conversion from card catalogs to online records. On display are highlights from this bountiful donation. The archival traces of Albert M. Bender, his circle of friends who made the initial donations possible, the librarians who helped shepherd in a new era of collecting for Stanford University, and the impact that this gift had on the Stanford community at the time. As we look ahead to a second century of rare book collecting, much has been done, and much remains to be done, to build a world-class resource to support Stanford scholarship.

This exhibition is curated by Benjamin Albritton, Rare Books Curator for the Department of Special Collections. Produced and designed by Deardra Fuzzell, with assistance from Elizabeth Fischbach, Kylee Diedrich, and Pasha Tope.

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For older readers, books in verse are less intimidating and less overwhelming, yet still convey complex ideas and deep emotions—often making them a bridge to building lifelong readers.

Come check out the exhibit brilliant examples of these in Cubberley Library's Curriculum Collection. Find lists and descriptions in our guide to Poetry for children and young adults.

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Curated by Amelie Pak. Library hours: M-Th 9-7pm; Friday 9-5pm; Sunday 12-6pm.

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This year’s conference will focus on AI evaluation, featuring diverse perspectives on how we evaluate AI systems—from methodological advances to applied case studies and normative inquiry.

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You Are Here is an exhibition that explores the unique relationship between transit maps and the identity of their subjects. A transportation system can become synonymous with a city or nation, reflecting its change over time, spearheading cartographic innocations, or reifying an entirely new vision for space and place. The individual maps in the exhibit serve as a window into the histories of the places they represent and the history of transit cartography as a whole.

Curated by the winner of the California Map Society Student Exhibition Competition Jayne Kilander, will be on view through Friday, August 21, 2026. It is also available to view digitally.

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The exhibition will be on view in the Wisch Family Gallery from April 2 – August 17, 2026

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Erika Chong Shuch is a choreographer, director, and performance maker whose work bridges experimental performance and social practice through inventive forms of audience engagement. Centering people and labor often overlooked, her projects reimagine where and how art-making begins. She is the founder of For You, a performance group that brings strangers together through experiences ranging from intimate encounters to large-scale public gatherings. Erika has been commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Court Theatre (Chicago), The Momentary, Cantor Arts Center, and Edge on the Square (San Francisco). Her work has been supported by Creative Capital, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Gerbode Foundation. She was a 2022–23 Bay Area Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts and is currently co-creating The Table with Mei Ann Tao and the San Francisco Civic Theater Project with Jonathan Moscone.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1,000 Ways to Hold: A new work by Erika Chong Shuch is organized by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for the Arts. Thank you to the core team of individuals whose dedication and expertise were essential to the realization of this project, as well as to the incredible community whose hands shaped the work in this exhibition. We gratefully acknowledge generous support provided by the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation, The Draper Foundation, Melissa and Trevor Fetter, Carloyn and William Langelier, William Reller and Kristin E. Klint, and the Office for Religious & Spiritual Life.

This exhibition was made possible through the significant commitment of the following individuals: Ellen Oh (producer), Edi Dai (producer), Hideo Mabuchi (ceramics management), Sean Riley (machine design), Crow Cianciola (machine fabrication), Werd Pace (sound design), Tiffany Steinwert (dialogic facilitator), Taylor Jones (videographer), Niharika Gunturu (lead electronics design), Eito Murakami (sound design), Xinyuan Pu (facilitation), Caitlin Main (dramaturg), Yinuo Yu (data specialist), Jason Wilson Navarro-Lopez (data specialist), Heechan Lim (videographer assistant), Miley Sinantha-Hu (project assistant), Jacob Eldred (mechanical design), and Lily Thai (electronics design assistant).

Ceramics production: Sally Jackson, Ryan Schnirel, Grace Potter, Sarah Logan, Scott Parady, Casey Beck, Joan Lin, and Phil Park.

Workshop coordination: Claudia Dorn, Tyler Brooks, Claire Kuan, Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon, Ken N. Lee, Jessica Castillo, Amara Tabor-Smith, Jazlyn Patricio-Archer, Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez, Kim Beil, Michaela Hulstyn, Jessi Pipert, Jessica Gonzales Chu, Mushi Wooseong James, Craig Adams, Natasha Noel, Sophina McDaniel, Karina Kloos, and Ken Becker.

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Tours are held every Friday* starting at 11 AM. Please meet in front of the church before the tour starts.

For large groups (more than 10 attendees), please notify us at stanfordorsl@stanford.edu at least 14 days in advance if you would like to attend our Friday 11:00 am tour so that we may schedule an additional docent. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate tour requests of any size outside of our regular Friday tour time. Your group is welcome to visit Memorial Church during open hours, Monday-Thursday 9:00 am-4:00 pm and Friday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.

*Tours are not held on University holidays, during church services, and during Winter Closure.

If you cannot make the tour, download the Memorial Church Self-Guided Tour Brochure for your visit.

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Public Tours: Fridays and Saturdays at 11:30am

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Tours do not require a reservation and are free of charge.

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A keynote talk will be delivered by Nava Ashraf, the 2026–27 Noosheen Hashemi Visiting Fellow at the King Center on Global Development, and Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Additional funding for this event is provided by the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (VPUE) and the Vice Provost for Graduate Education (VPGE).

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The Romans love of puls--porridge--is analogous to an American fondness for chicken soup. Soup, of course, is an expression of love poured carefully into a bowl. It reminds you of grandma, and care given to you on a sick day home from school. It nourishes the soul. And this perception has been deliberately nurtured, and developed in part due to successful advertising campaigns based on nostalgia. Though expressed in different terms, Romans understood puls to be a foodstuff that restored and reminded one of simple, pure living. This food is often associated with the olla, the rounded cooking pot described by Michel Bats as "the vessel par excellence of Roman cuisine after the Bronze Age.” This paper scrutinizes the use of the olla and the porridge it produced, arguing that our textual evidence for Roman love of this meal is largely born from a similar sense of nostalgia, a manufactured understanding of the past formed by authors such as Cato, who stressed simplicity and fidelity to a somewhat imagined past as Rome was evolving into a Mediterranean power, and later accepted as fact by later authors such as Juvenal, for whom a pan-Mediterranean empire was the norm and the concept of puls as a necessary staple of a traditional, rustic Roman home had become reified.

Short Bio:

Andrew Donnelly is assistant professor of history at Texas Tech University. His work focuses on textual and archaeological evidence for cooking and changing patterns of foodways in imperial and Late Antique Italy. He is currently working on a monograph on this topic and recently co-edited a volume on the relationship between sauces and identity.

This talk will not be recorded and will not be available on Zoom.

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This free drop-in activity provides all skill levels with a chance to experiment with pencils and paper while getting the opportunity to enjoy the collection from a creative perspective.

- All materials are provided, including gallery stools

- Program is loosely supervised

-Guests meet in the museum lobby

-All ages welcome!

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Join us for a noontime webinar to learn what causes these negative health effects from technology and steps you can take to improve your well-being in the digital age. We will explore the factors such as covert muscle tension with shallow breathing, incorrect ergonomics, evolutionary traps, and workstyle/lifestyle factors that contribute to the development of these negative symptoms including neck and shoulder pain, and eye discomfort. You will learn why so many people still experience discomfort after their office equipment has been ergonomically optimized and steps you can take to reduce this discomfort.

You will leave with strategies that you can use for yourself and others to prevent illness and optimize health at work and at home while working in a digital environment.

This class will be recorded and a one-week link to the recording will be shared with all registered participants. To receive incentive points, attend at least 80% of the live session or listen to the entire recording within one week. Request disability accommodations and access info.

Class details are subject to change.

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The first stage of this initiative launches with competitive funding to faculty, instructors, and students. There are three streams of funding:

Course and curriculum grants to help develop and revise Stanford classes that meaningfully address AI, whether or not students use AIInnovation with evidence grants to support the development and empirical testing of innovative approaches to AI, teaching, and learning at StanfordThought leadership grants for contributing thought provoking intellectual works, of all forms, on pressing issues in AI and Education.See the full announcement and detailed requests for proposals.

These sessions on Zoom will cover the grant information and answer questions:

Friday, April 24, 2026, 12–1 pmThursday, May 7, 2026, 2–3 pmZoom will have auto-captioning enabled. If you need a disability-related accommodation, please contact Jessica Tsang, jmtsang@stanford.edu, and Kenji Ikemoto, kikemoto@stanford.edu. Requests should be made at least one full week in advance of the meeting date and time.

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Art practice majors are accepted into the honors program based on the strength of the portfolios and written proposals submitted at the end of the student’s junior year. As honors students, Kea and Zoë have worked throughout the fall and winter quarters of their senior year, mentored by faculty and Art Practice MFA students, to develop their proposals into the bodies of work on display.

The title of the exhibition, selected by the students, is excerpted from the first line of a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The poem begins: “Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring.” The author continues through lyrical descriptions of natural elements, moving through dirt, plants, birds, celestial objects, and even weather. The poem concludes “But you were something more than young and sweet and fair, - and the long year remembers you.” Through the cyclical act of the year’s remembering, the “you” Millay is mindful of becomes all the things described—a vast and multitudinous self. With their thesis work, Kea and Zoë offer us a similar proposition as Millay. They invite us to find ourselves in expansive worlds where it is possible for our boundaries to fail, for us to become porous and multiple—more than a single self could ever be.

—Camille Utterback, Exhibition Curator and Honors Director

On View: April 14-30, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 4-6pm
Coulter Art Gallery (McMurtry Building)
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 12-5pm
Free & open to the public

Kea Kahoilua-Clebsch is a Native Hawaiian visual artist from the Island of Hawaiʻi. Her art practice is grounded in a love for her ancestors and ʻohana, who she gets to honor and know more deeply through her work. Through painting, Kea activates family and historical archives to bring her ancestors and the practices that sustained them into space and vibrant color. Her work reflects a personal reclamation of her mo’okūʻauhau (genealogical story) in a settler-colonial context, where knowing and reciting one's genealogy often requires re-learning — calling out, listening, diving and digging. Painting has enabled this process, allowing an intimate engagement with her own genealogy. As she gathers stories from her grandmother, spends time in the guava fields her grandpa once tended to, paints the hands of her great-grandma she never knew, she reclaims her right to remember while creating space for her familyʻs moʻolelo in historical and visual canons.

Zoë Rehnborg (b. 2003, Los Angeles) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture and installation. Informed by her experience working in microbiology labs, her practice explores the ecological and existential dimensions of decay, with a particular focus on microorganisms as agents of transformation in both natural systems and human narratives. Rehnborg works with organic materials — soil, SCOBY, mycelium, salvaged wood, and beeswax — to create sculptural forms that engage processes of decomposition and regeneration, treating fungi and bacteria not as mere subject matter but as active collaborators in the formation of the work. She is currently completing her BAS in Art Practice and Biology at Stanford University.

VISITOR INFORMATION: Coulter Art Gallery is located at 355 Roth Way (McMurtry Building) on Stanford campus. The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 12-5pm. Visitor parking is available in designated areas and payment is managed through ParkMobile (free after 4pm, except by the Oval). Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle. This exhibition is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. Admission is free.

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Marine ecosystems across ecological and evolutionary time have been structured by the energetic consequences of body size. Here, modern observations, historical ecology, geochemical proxies, and bioenergetic theory are brought together to examine how giant marine predators interacted with prey and with one another from contemporary to ancient ocean communities. Particular emphasis is placed on the extent to which trophic role can be understood not simply from predator size or isotopic position alone, but from the energetic feasibility of specific predator-prey relationships. This perspective also raises the possibility that baleen whales have served as trophic short circuits for large apex predators, linking high trophic levels to exceptionally large, lower-trophic prey in ways that may have been ecologically important in both past and present marine communities. Within this framework, prey identity, predator size, and the distinct constraints imposed by ingestion and digestion shape the range of viable trophic interactions available to sharks and raptorial whales. Taken together, we aim for this synthesis to motivate a more mechanistic view of marine megapredation, providing a basis for linking modern ecosystems, paleontological inference, and macroevolutionary change within a common energetic framework.

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Jovana Babović is an Associate Professor of History at SUNY Geneseo. She holds a PhD in modern European history from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign as well as MA degrees from New York University and Central European University. She is the author of The Youngest Yugoslavs: An Oral History of Post-Socialist Memory, just published by the Indiana University Press this year, Metropolitan Belgrade: Class and Culture in Interwar Yugoslavia, published in the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2018, and Sleater-Kinney’s Dig Me Out, published by Bloomsbury Academic Press in 2016 as part of the 33 1/3 Series.

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Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a selection of works spanning varied cultures and time periods.

Admission Info

Please confirm all tours with our Visitor Services staff when you check in at the information desk. Tours may be subject to change or cancellation.

Scheduled Public Tours are first come, first served. They do not require separate advance registration.Scheduled Public Tours are between forty-five minutes and one hour long, free of charge, and meet in the lobby unless otherwise noted.

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The Cantor is honored to be the final—and only west coast—venue for this acclaimed exhibition organized by the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. Seventh-generation basket weaver Jeremy Frey (b. 1978) often remarks that the exhibition was “thousands of years in the making.” Wabanaki baskets have existed for more than thirteen thousand years in what is today known as Maine. The tradition was under threat when Frey, who is Passamaquoddy (one of four federally recognized Wabanaki tribes), began making baskets out of ash and sweetgrass in the early 2000s, helping to revitalize the art form.

Frey learned to weave from his mother Frances “Gal” Frey, an accomplished artist, and from important workshops offered by the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance to facilitate an intergenerational transfer of this knowledge. He began to attract national recognition for fine weave baskets that involve whittling down ash to nearly thread-like widths and for baskets in the shapes of sea urchins. Known for making his own tools, Frey also harvests his materials—from identifying promising ash trees in the woods to chop down, to pounding logs with the blunt end of an axe to loosen the growth rings that form the strands of each basket.

Jeremy Frey: Woven traces the artist’s development from the early 2000s to the present day, demonstrating the extent to which he continues to expand the possibilities of this woven art form. More than 30 baskets come together in a single gallery to showcase Frey’s vibrant color palette, distinctive patterns, and tremendous technical skill and ingenuity. Braiding natural growth cycles with his own ancestral history, Frey continues to add new letters to an ancient language, helping to ensure its future.

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Public tours are free for all.

Image: Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Observer (detail on the left), 2022, ash, sweetgrass, porcupine quill on birch bark, and dye, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Collection of Carole Katz, California. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Eric Stoner

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You Are Here is an exhibition that explores the unique relationship between transit maps and the identity of their subjects. A transportation system can become synonymous with a city or nation, reflecting its change over time, spearheading cartographic innocations, or reifying an entirely new vision for space and place. The individual maps in the exhibit serve as a window into the histories of the places they represent and the history of transit cartography as a whole.

Curated by the winner of the California Map Society Student Exhibition Competition Jayne Kilander, will be on view through Friday, August 21, 2026. It is also available to view digitally.

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Date: Friday, April 24Time: 3PM – 5PMRegistration is requiredVisit the website for more information and to register.

This workshop is open to the Stanford research community.

About the Data Best Practices Workshop Series
This workshop series aims to educate and empower the Stanford neuroscience and broader research communities to acquire, store, and analyze their data more effectively. These recurring workshops provide attendees with hands-on introductions and training with essential tools.

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Join us for a guided tour of the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Libraries. Upon arrival, you'll be greeted by one of our knowledgeable staff members for an immersive experience.

30-Minute Overview: Dive deep into the history, collections, and special exhibitions of the David Rumsey Map Center, enriched with insights and stories from our passionate team.Interactive Experience: After the guided portion, we invite you to explore the digital collections on our state-of-the-art large touch screen monitors. Feel the past come alive at your fingertips!Exhibition Exploration: Take your time to peruse our rotating exhibition, showcasing rare and fascinating maps from various eras and regions.Connect with Experts: Our friendly staff will be around for a chat, ready to share their knowledge and answer any questions you might have.✍️ Registration Details

🔗 Register for the tour here

Deadline: Registration closes at 4:00pm on the Thursday before the tour.Note: Tours without registrants by the deadline will be canceled.Drop-in Visitors: Not registered? No problem! We welcome and encourage visitors to explore the David Rumsey Map Center, its exhibitions, and technology at their own pace.

🚫 Please Note

No food, drink, or pen/ink is allowed inside the Center to protect our collections.Photography: Feel free to capture your memories! Personal photography without flash is permitted.Discover the stories maps can tell at the David Rumsey Map Center. See you there!

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About Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Knight-Hennessy Scholars is a multidisciplinary, multicultural graduate scholarship program. Each Knight-Hennessy scholar receives up to three years of financial support to pursue graduate studies at Stanford while participating in engaging experiences that prepare scholars to be visionary, courageous, and collaborative leaders who address complex challenges facing the world.

Eligibility

You are eligible to apply to the 2027 cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars if you earned (or will earn) your bachelor's degree in 2020 or later. For military (active or veteran) applicants, you are eligible if you earned your bachelor's degree in 2018 or later. Additionally, current Stanford PhD students in the first year of enrollment may apply if starting at KHS in the second year of PhD enrollment.

Deadline

The KHS application to join the 2026 cohort is now closed. The KHS application to join the 2027 cohort will open in summer 2026.

Parking

Parking at Stanford University is free after 4:00 pm Monday-Friday. We recommend you use the Tressider Lot or street parking. Please visit Stanford Transportation for more information.

You will receive details on how to join the event by email following registration.

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What to Expect: Each week's program is freshly crafted by Zen master Rebecca D. Nie to meet you where you are. You'll move through restorative postures designed to open the body's energy channels, then settle into guided Zen meditation to quiet the mind. The session is gentle, grounding, and unhurried—a true midday pause designed to leave you refreshed and clear-headed for the afternoon ahead.

Who Is It For? This practice is for anyone navigating the pace of urban life. Whether you're new to yoga and meditation or returning to a practice you love, no prior experience…

For current Stanford students, faculty, and staff, the event is covered by the generosity of the university. If you are a member of one of those categories, please use the coupon code you get through the Stanford Buddhist communities' mailing list or WhatsApp group.

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Abstract:
This lecture will discuss my research on the phenomenon of partial to complete dialectal translations of Dante’s Divine Comedy during the long nineteenth-century period known as the Risorgimento. What are we to make of this phenomenon in light of the language politics of the period? Are we to see these works as conspiring with the unification movement, familiarizing a linguistically diverse population—of which, it is reported, only between 2.5 and 10 percent spoke the so-called standard language—with this foundational work of Italian literature? Or is a more surreptitious gesture afoot such that, in recalling Dante’s own decision to write in Tuscan instead of Latin during the late medieval period, these translators can be seen as leveraging the poet for their own local cause? What emerges from my investigation is a portrait of a nation-in-translation with important implications for contemporary language politics.

RSVP for the Italian Lecture Series Talk by Giancarlo Tursi

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This six-part series features short, practical videos that fit seamlessly into busy schedules. From quick make-ahead breakfasts and no-cook lunches to energizing snacks and creative spins on dinner classics, these recipes highlight how plant-rich proteins and pantry staples can come together to create balanced, nourishing meals. You’ll also find a roundtable discussion where Stanford dietitians share the benefits of plant-rich eating along with realistic, actionable tips to help you get started.

Developed by Stanford Registered Dietitians with support from Stanford Health Care Clinical Nutrition and the Stanford Nutrition Research Group, this series delivers practical, evidence-based guidance straight to your kitchen.

🎥 Watch the videos here: https://healthlibrary.stanford.edu/video/plant-powered.html

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Prof. Donnelly works on a period of time known as late antiquity, the era associated with the end of the Roman empire and its transformation into a new, equally complex world. He was originally trained as a textual historian but was introduced to the study of archaeological material early on in his graduate career. His scholarship tends to involve a close reading of textual sources combined with information gained from the examination of material culture.

He is particularly interested in helping give voice to the lives of those who have walked more softly through history—in this case, the laborers, sailors, and workers of the ancient world—and feel that this is best accomplished by examining aspects of their quotidian lives, or the small details of daily existence that define so much of the human experience. This is why he began studying foodways. His research is built on the premise that foodways, or the everyday relationship people had with the food they collected, prepared, and consumed, can serve as a record of cultural values and are invaluable for investigating historical change in ancient Italy and the Mediterranean more broadly. His current publications have centered on this, including his co-edited volume, From Garum to Mole: Sauces and Identity in the Western World, which will soon be published by Oxford University Press. He also recently wrote a book chapter on the phenomenology of the Roman meal and co-authored an article in the Journal of Roman Archaeology on the dining habits of sailors in late antiquity and the relationship of this to labor practices. Now, however, he is currently working away on his first monograph, tentatively titled Cooking in Italy from the Republic to Late Antiquity, which examines textual and archaeological evidence for developments in cooking across several hundred years in the Italian peninsula.

Prof. Donnelly was born and raised in New York City but has not lived there for many years. His youthful experiences surrounded by so many different peoples, languages, and foods developed his curiosity for studying history. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in history from Boston University, an M.A. in Classical Archaeology from Tufts University, and a Ph.D. in history from Loyola University Chicago. Before coming to Texas Tech he taught for four years at East Texas A&M University (formerly Texas A&M University-Commerce). In 2024 he was a Fellow in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. He has participated on archaeological excavations in Portugal, England, and Italy, and of late have spent considerable time studying and working with pottery, specifically the ceramic vessels that ancient peoples used to hold, prepare, and consume their meals. Some of his more recent work has examined material from two shipwrecks, the 6th century CE Marzamemi II off Sicily and the 7th century Yassıada, whose finds are stored in Bodrum, Türkiye.

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Stanford acquired Hernandez’s archive (Special Collections, M1301) in 2001.

Archive Room: Ester Hernandez is curated by Jorge Eduardo Sibaja, Curatorial Assistant. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Hockwald Fund.

IMAGE: Ester Hernandez, Sun Mad, 1982. Courtesy of Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. © Ester Hernandez

MUSEUM HOURS
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Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
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Stanford acquired Asawa’s archive (Special Collections, M1585) in 2007 with additional materials arriving in subsequent years. To explore Asawa’s archive online, please visit Stanford Libraries’ website.

Archive Room: Ruth Asawa is curated by Kathryn Cua, Curatorial Assistant, Asian American Art Initiative. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Robert Mondavi Family Fund.

IMAGE: Ruth Asawa teaching geometric patterns with milk cartons, c. 1981. Courtesy Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
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The Art of Science Competition is a campus wide event to celebrate the aesthetic beauty of science. Last year we received nearly 100 submissions representing more than 40 departments across the university, encompassing the schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Sustainability, and Engineering. Join us to celebrate the 15th Art of Science this year!

An exhibition showcasing the best submissions will take place in Spring Quarter, opening on May 15th from 4 - 7 pm in the Huang Foyer. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 21th at 11:59 pm. We will award monetary prizes to the best submissions as determined by an independent panel of judges as well as a popular vote.

Check out prior years work: https://mrs.groups.stanford.edu/art-science

Submission form: tinyurl.com/aos2026

Submission guidelines:

All members of the Stanford community are invited to submit, and multiple submissions are allowed. Alumni are also allowed to submit. The focus of this competition is art, and thus the aesthetic rather than scientific quality of the image is key. Creativity and uniqueness will be considered favorably. Images produced in the process of performing research, such as photographs, micrographs, and simulation results, as well as art inspired by science, are gladly accepted. Lastly, think outside the box - every year we receive amazing paintings, mixed media and audio/visual works. All submissions should be made through the link above.

Questions? Contact: racrusso@stanford.edu and darshanm@stanford.edu

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RegistrationTo register for this activity, please click HERE.

To make this event accessible to as many people as possible, Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion and Equity (SMADIE) has decided not to charge a registration fee. For those of you who can contribute, please consider donating as suggested below. There is no minimum, and SMADIE only asks that you contribute what you are able. These donations will allow SMADIE to continue building on their outreach programs, provide more resources, and host more events.

Suggested amounts:

Physicians/Clinicians $300

Other healthcare providers $150

Disability service providers $50

All other attendees $50

SMADIE Donate Link.

For questions related to donations, please contact SMADIE at StanfordmedADIE@stanford.EDU

CreditsAMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (5.75 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (5.75 hours)

Target AudienceSpecialties - Medicine, Non-clinicalProfessions - Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, Physician, Student ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to: 1. Develop strategies to overcome the barriers to disability inclusion in medicine for healthcare professionals, trainees and patients. 2. Foster inclusion and cultivate an environment that values diversity, equity and inclusion with a focus on the unique perspectives and contributions of individuals with disabilities.
3. Incorporate disability justice into teaching, mentoring, collaboration, advocacy and patient care.
4. Apply strategies to create a disability-affirming culture within medical training that will ultimately benefit both patients and medical trainees with physical and psychological disabilities.

AccreditationIn support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation
American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Language Pathology (PT, OT, SLP)
Stanford Health Care Department of Rehabilitation is an approved provider for physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy for courses that meet the requirements set forth by the respective California Boards. This course is approved for 5.75 hour(s) CEU for PT, OT, and SLP.

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Finely Printed Books tells the incredible story of Albert Bender and his remarkable gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections. It has been almost one hundred years since the first beautiful book came to the Green Library. From 1926 to 1941, Albert M. Bender personally donated more than five hundred volumes and encouraged his friends to contribute to the growing collection.

“This, my copy of the Laudes Creaturarum of S. Francis, I now give to the Leland Stanford Junior University through Albert M. Bender, in memory of my husband’s dearly loved sister Frances A. H. Sanderson Stewart.
–Anne Cobden-Sanderson, Stanford, June 27th, 1926.”

On Sunday, June 27, 1926, Anne Cobden-Sanderson made her way down the peninsula from San Francisco to the Stanford campus. The previous evening, she had attended a meal in her honor at Coppa’s restaurant in San Francisco, a haunt for Bohemians, artists, literati, and book people. The trip to Stanford came at the end of a week of celebration of the “book beautiful,” during which Cobden-Sanderson, was feted by the area’s printers, publishers, and book collectors. It was one of the final stops on a West Coast visit from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, a tour punctuated by lectures on the suffragette movement, the labor movement in England, the Doves Press, and interviews and research on prison reform – all topics which had played key roles in Cobden-Sanderson’s life – with every event documented by the California newspapers as she worked her way north.

While we cannot know for certain what was discussed over dinner that Saturday evening nearly a century ago, we do know three things with some certainty: first, that Albert M. Bender was there; second, that he encouraged Cobden-Sanderson to travel from the city to a young campus near Palo Alto, pay a visit to the Stanford University Library in what is now the Green Library building, and inscribe her copy of a book from the Doves Press, founded by her husband T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and financed by Anne herself, to a nascent rare book collection; third, that this gift to the University, from a person who bridged the worlds of William Morris, Jane Stanford, and the burgeoning post-earthquake Bay Area book arts scene, was the first step in the transformation of a haphazard accumulation of old and rare books acquired in the first three decades of the University’s operations into a well-organized Department of Special Collections serving the faculty and students of a major research institution.

Albert M. Bender (1866–1941), the self-effacing catalyst who transformed Bay Area cultural life through his extensive philanthropy and enthusiasm for beauty in art, literature, and the book arts, shaped Stanford’s collections in ways that are still felt today. He encouraged dozens of his friends and acquaintances to give generously to help Stanford grow from a library that struggled to keep up with the demands of building a basic teaching collection to one that could also support access to rare, antiquarian, and unique materials for serious scholarship. By providing us with carefully selected examples of fine printing, illustration, type design, papermaking, and binding, ranging across all periods, he challenged the librarians at the time to rethink how Stanford viewed its role as a repository of research materials. No longer were our rare books defined just by how old they were or which texts they contained, but now there was a need to consider aesthetics, research importance, monetary value, book history, provenance, uniqueness, and, in short, all the myriad attributes that might make a book an object of scholarly inquiry.

This exhibition tells the story of Albert M. Bender’s remarkable gift to Stanford University. An inventory of the gifts that Bender helped bring to Stanford in 1926 and 1927, Finely Printed Books Presented to the Library of Stanford University: A Catalogue, has allowed us to identify and update the provenance for 179 volumes from that initial gift, recovering information that had been lost from our catalog decades ago in the conversion from card catalogs to online records. On display are highlights from this bountiful donation. The archival traces of Albert M. Bender, his circle of friends who made the initial donations possible, the librarians who helped shepherd in a new era of collecting for Stanford University, and the impact that this gift had on the Stanford community at the time. As we look ahead to a second century of rare book collecting, much has been done, and much remains to be done, to build a world-class resource to support Stanford scholarship.

This exhibition is curated by Benjamin Albritton, Rare Books Curator for the Department of Special Collections. Produced and designed by Deardra Fuzzell, with assistance from Elizabeth Fischbach, Kylee Diedrich, and Pasha Tope.

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We welcome volunteers 10 years old and older. Those between 10 and 14 years old are required to have a guardian actively volunteering alongside them for the duration of the volunteer session.

We reserve the right to cancel volunteer sessions up to two hours in advance. Possible reasons for cancelation are a change in COVID-19 guidelines as outlined by the University or County Officials, excessive heat (90 degree and above), poor air quality, rain or other inclement weather.

We encourage all volunteers to carpool, bike, ride public transportation; there is a charge for parking on all Stanford property. The farm is not responsible for any tickets incurred while volunteering.

UPON ARRIVAL: ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST COMPLETE A SAFETY WAIVER

WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE FARM: Complete Waiver Form

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The exhibition will be on view in the Wisch Family Gallery from April 2 – August 17, 2026

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Erika Chong Shuch is a choreographer, director, and performance maker whose work bridges experimental performance and social practice through inventive forms of audience engagement. Centering people and labor often overlooked, her projects reimagine where and how art-making begins. She is the founder of For You, a performance group that brings strangers together through experiences ranging from intimate encounters to large-scale public gatherings. Erika has been commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Court Theatre (Chicago), The Momentary, Cantor Arts Center, and Edge on the Square (San Francisco). Her work has been supported by Creative Capital, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Gerbode Foundation. She was a 2022–23 Bay Area Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts and is currently co-creating The Table with Mei Ann Tao and the San Francisco Civic Theater Project with Jonathan Moscone.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1,000 Ways to Hold: A new work by Erika Chong Shuch is organized by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for the Arts. Thank you to the core team of individuals whose dedication and expertise were essential to the realization of this project, as well as to the incredible community whose hands shaped the work in this exhibition. We gratefully acknowledge generous support provided by the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation, The Draper Foundation, Melissa and Trevor Fetter, Carloyn and William Langelier, William Reller and Kristin E. Klint, and the Office for Religious & Spiritual Life.

This exhibition was made possible through the significant commitment of the following individuals: Ellen Oh (producer), Edi Dai (producer), Hideo Mabuchi (ceramics management), Sean Riley (machine design), Crow Cianciola (machine fabrication), Werd Pace (sound design), Tiffany Steinwert (dialogic facilitator), Taylor Jones (videographer), Niharika Gunturu (lead electronics design), Eito Murakami (sound design), Xinyuan Pu (facilitation), Caitlin Main (dramaturg), Yinuo Yu (data specialist), Jason Wilson Navarro-Lopez (data specialist), Heechan Lim (videographer assistant), Miley Sinantha-Hu (project assistant), Jacob Eldred (mechanical design), and Lily Thai (electronics design assistant).

Ceramics production: Sally Jackson, Ryan Schnirel, Grace Potter, Sarah Logan, Scott Parady, Casey Beck, Joan Lin, and Phil Park.

Workshop coordination: Claudia Dorn, Tyler Brooks, Claire Kuan, Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon, Ken N. Lee, Jessica Castillo, Amara Tabor-Smith, Jazlyn Patricio-Archer, Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez, Kim Beil, Michaela Hulstyn, Jessi Pipert, Jessica Gonzales Chu, Mushi Wooseong James, Craig Adams, Natasha Noel, Sophina McDaniel, Karina Kloos, and Ken Becker.

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Public Tours: Fridays and Saturdays at 11:30am

Admission Info

Tours do not require a reservation and are free of charge.

First come, first served!

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Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a selection of works spanning varied cultures and time periods.

Admission Info

Please confirm all tours with our Visitor Services staff when you check in at the information desk. Tours may be subject to change or cancellation.

Scheduled Public Tours are first come, first served. They do not require separate advance registration.Scheduled Public Tours are between forty-five minutes and one hour long, free of charge, and meet in the lobby unless otherwise noted.

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The Cantor is honored to be the final—and only west coast—venue for this acclaimed exhibition organized by the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. Seventh-generation basket weaver Jeremy Frey (b. 1978) often remarks that the exhibition was “thousands of years in the making.” Wabanaki baskets have existed for more than thirteen thousand years in what is today known as Maine. The tradition was under threat when Frey, who is Passamaquoddy (one of four federally recognized Wabanaki tribes), began making baskets out of ash and sweetgrass in the early 2000s, helping to revitalize the art form.

Frey learned to weave from his mother Frances “Gal” Frey, an accomplished artist, and from important workshops offered by the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance to facilitate an intergenerational transfer of this knowledge. He began to attract national recognition for fine weave baskets that involve whittling down ash to nearly thread-like widths and for baskets in the shapes of sea urchins. Known for making his own tools, Frey also harvests his materials—from identifying promising ash trees in the woods to chop down, to pounding logs with the blunt end of an axe to loosen the growth rings that form the strands of each basket.

Jeremy Frey: Woven traces the artist’s development from the early 2000s to the present day, demonstrating the extent to which he continues to expand the possibilities of this woven art form. More than 30 baskets come together in a single gallery to showcase Frey’s vibrant color palette, distinctive patterns, and tremendous technical skill and ingenuity. Braiding natural growth cycles with his own ancestral history, Frey continues to add new letters to an ancient language, helping to ensure its future.

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Public tours are free for all.

Image: Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Observer (detail on the left), 2022, ash, sweetgrass, porcupine quill on birch bark, and dye, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Collection of Carole Katz, California. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Eric Stoner

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Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a selection of works spanning varied cultures and time periods.

Admission Info

Please confirm all tours with our Visitor Services staff when you check in at the information desk. Tours may be subject to change or cancellation.

Scheduled Public Tours are first come, first served. They do not require separate advance registration.Scheduled Public Tours are between forty-five minutes and one hour long, free of charge, and meet in the lobby unless otherwise noted.

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Dr. Ordway is Associate Professor of Music and Head of Composition at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, and a 2025–26 Visiting Scholar with Stanford's Bill Lane Center for the American West. This concert marks the culmination of a year-long collaborative project bringing together student singers, student composers, and a distinguished visiting artist.

Meet the artists after the performance at a reception in Campbell Courtyard.

Also not to be missed: Dr. Ordway will present a lecture about the project on Thursday, April 23rd, at 12:30 pm in Room 103, Braun Music Center.All events are free and open to the public

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Free admission

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Stanford acquired Hernandez’s archive (Special Collections, M1301) in 2001.

Archive Room: Ester Hernandez is curated by Jorge Eduardo Sibaja, Curatorial Assistant. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Hockwald Fund.

IMAGE: Ester Hernandez, Sun Mad, 1982. Courtesy of Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. © Ester Hernandez

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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Stanford acquired Asawa’s archive (Special Collections, M1585) in 2007 with additional materials arriving in subsequent years. To explore Asawa’s archive online, please visit Stanford Libraries’ website.

Archive Room: Ruth Asawa is curated by Kathryn Cua, Curatorial Assistant, Asian American Art Initiative. We gratefully acknowledge sustained support provided by The Robert Mondavi Family Fund.

IMAGE: Ruth Asawa teaching geometric patterns with milk cartons, c. 1981. Courtesy Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

MUSEUM HOURS
Wed & Fri: 11 AM–6 PM
Thurs: 11 AM–8 PM
Sat & Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
CLOSED: Mon and Tues
We’re always free! Come visit us, https://museum.stanford.edu/visit

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The Art of Science Competition is a campus wide event to celebrate the aesthetic beauty of science. Last year we received nearly 100 submissions representing more than 40 departments across the university, encompassing the schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Sustainability, and Engineering. Join us to celebrate the 15th Art of Science this year!

An exhibition showcasing the best submissions will take place in Spring Quarter, opening on May 15th from 4 - 7 pm in the Huang Foyer. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 21th at 11:59 pm. We will award monetary prizes to the best submissions as determined by an independent panel of judges as well as a popular vote.

Check out prior years work: https://mrs.groups.stanford.edu/art-science

Submission form: tinyurl.com/aos2026

Submission guidelines:

All members of the Stanford community are invited to submit, and multiple submissions are allowed. Alumni are also allowed to submit. The focus of this competition is art, and thus the aesthetic rather than scientific quality of the image is key. Creativity and uniqueness will be considered favorably. Images produced in the process of performing research, such as photographs, micrographs, and simulation results, as well as art inspired by science, are gladly accepted. Lastly, think outside the box - every year we receive amazing paintings, mixed media and audio/visual works. All submissions should be made through the link above.

Questions? Contact: racrusso@stanford.edu and darshanm@stanford.edu

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Finely Printed Books tells the incredible story of Albert Bender and his remarkable gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections. It has been almost one hundred years since the first beautiful book came to the Green Library. From 1926 to 1941, Albert M. Bender personally donated more than five hundred volumes and encouraged his friends to contribute to the growing collection.

“This, my copy of the Laudes Creaturarum of S. Francis, I now give to the Leland Stanford Junior University through Albert M. Bender, in memory of my husband’s dearly loved sister Frances A. H. Sanderson Stewart.
–Anne Cobden-Sanderson, Stanford, June 27th, 1926.”

On Sunday, June 27, 1926, Anne Cobden-Sanderson made her way down the peninsula from San Francisco to the Stanford campus. The previous evening, she had attended a meal in her honor at Coppa’s restaurant in San Francisco, a haunt for Bohemians, artists, literati, and book people. The trip to Stanford came at the end of a week of celebration of the “book beautiful,” during which Cobden-Sanderson, was feted by the area’s printers, publishers, and book collectors. It was one of the final stops on a West Coast visit from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, a tour punctuated by lectures on the suffragette movement, the labor movement in England, the Doves Press, and interviews and research on prison reform – all topics which had played key roles in Cobden-Sanderson’s life – with every event documented by the California newspapers as she worked her way north.

While we cannot know for certain what was discussed over dinner that Saturday evening nearly a century ago, we do know three things with some certainty: first, that Albert M. Bender was there; second, that he encouraged Cobden-Sanderson to travel from the city to a young campus near Palo Alto, pay a visit to the Stanford University Library in what is now the Green Library building, and inscribe her copy of a book from the Doves Press, founded by her husband T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and financed by Anne herself, to a nascent rare book collection; third, that this gift to the University, from a person who bridged the worlds of William Morris, Jane Stanford, and the burgeoning post-earthquake Bay Area book arts scene, was the first step in the transformation of a haphazard accumulation of old and rare books acquired in the first three decades of the University’s operations into a well-organized Department of Special Collections serving the faculty and students of a major research institution.

Albert M. Bender (1866–1941), the self-effacing catalyst who transformed Bay Area cultural life through his extensive philanthropy and enthusiasm for beauty in art, literature, and the book arts, shaped Stanford’s collections in ways that are still felt today. He encouraged dozens of his friends and acquaintances to give generously to help Stanford grow from a library that struggled to keep up with the demands of building a basic teaching collection to one that could also support access to rare, antiquarian, and unique materials for serious scholarship. By providing us with carefully selected examples of fine printing, illustration, type design, papermaking, and binding, ranging across all periods, he challenged the librarians at the time to rethink how Stanford viewed its role as a repository of research materials. No longer were our rare books defined just by how old they were or which texts they contained, but now there was a need to consider aesthetics, research importance, monetary value, book history, provenance, uniqueness, and, in short, all the myriad attributes that might make a book an object of scholarly inquiry.

This exhibition tells the story of Albert M. Bender’s remarkable gift to Stanford University. An inventory of the gifts that Bender helped bring to Stanford in 1926 and 1927, Finely Printed Books Presented to the Library of Stanford University: A Catalogue, has allowed us to identify and update the provenance for 179 volumes from that initial gift, recovering information that had been lost from our catalog decades ago in the conversion from card catalogs to online records. On display are highlights from this bountiful donation. The archival traces of Albert M. Bender, his circle of friends who made the initial donations possible, the librarians who helped shepherd in a new era of collecting for Stanford University, and the impact that this gift had on the Stanford community at the time. As we look ahead to a second century of rare book collecting, much has been done, and much remains to be done, to build a world-class resource to support Stanford scholarship.

This exhibition is curated by Benjamin Albritton, Rare Books Curator for the Department of Special Collections. Produced and designed by Deardra Fuzzell, with assistance from Elizabeth Fischbach, Kylee Diedrich, and Pasha Tope.

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The exhibition will be on view in the Wisch Family Gallery from April 2 – August 17, 2026

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Erika Chong Shuch is a choreographer, director, and performance maker whose work bridges experimental performance and social practice through inventive forms of audience engagement. Centering people and labor often overlooked, her projects reimagine where and how art-making begins. She is the founder of For You, a performance group that brings strangers together through experiences ranging from intimate encounters to large-scale public gatherings. Erika has been commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Court Theatre (Chicago), The Momentary, Cantor Arts Center, and Edge on the Square (San Francisco). Her work has been supported by Creative Capital, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Gerbode Foundation. She was a 2022–23 Bay Area Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts and is currently co-creating The Table with Mei Ann Tao and the San Francisco Civic Theater Project with Jonathan Moscone.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1,000 Ways to Hold: A new work by Erika Chong Shuch is organized by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for the Arts. Thank you to the core team of individuals whose dedication and expertise were essential to the realization of this project, as well as to the incredible community whose hands shaped the work in this exhibition. We gratefully acknowledge generous support provided by the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation, The Draper Foundation, Melissa and Trevor Fetter, Carloyn and William Langelier, William Reller and Kristin E. Klint, and the Office for Religious & Spiritual Life.

This exhibition was made possible through the significant commitment of the following individuals: Ellen Oh (producer), Edi Dai (producer), Hideo Mabuchi (ceramics management), Sean Riley (machine design), Crow Cianciola (machine fabrication), Werd Pace (sound design), Tiffany Steinwert (dialogic facilitator), Taylor Jones (videographer), Niharika Gunturu (lead electronics design), Eito Murakami (sound design), Xinyuan Pu (facilitation), Caitlin Main (dramaturg), Yinuo Yu (data specialist), Jason Wilson Navarro-Lopez (data specialist), Heechan Lim (videographer assistant), Miley Sinantha-Hu (project assistant), Jacob Eldred (mechanical design), and Lily Thai (electronics design assistant).

Ceramics production: Sally Jackson, Ryan Schnirel, Grace Potter, Sarah Logan, Scott Parady, Casey Beck, Joan Lin, and Phil Park.

Workshop coordination: Claudia Dorn, Tyler Brooks, Claire Kuan, Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon, Ken N. Lee, Jessica Castillo, Amara Tabor-Smith, Jazlyn Patricio-Archer, Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez, Kim Beil, Michaela Hulstyn, Jessi Pipert, Jessica Gonzales Chu, Mushi Wooseong James, Craig Adams, Natasha Noel, Sophina McDaniel, Karina Kloos, and Ken Becker.

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University Public Worship gathers weekly for the religious, spiritual, ethical, and moral formation of the Stanford community. Rooted in the history and progressive Christian tradition of Stanford’s historic Memorial Church, we cultivate a community of compassion and belonging through ecumenical Christian worship and occasional multifaith celebrations.

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Public Tours: Fourth Sunday of each month at 11:30am, rain or shine.

Admission Info

Tours do not require a reservation and are free of charge.

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Curated by Amelie Pak. Library hours: M-Th 9-7pm; Friday 9-5pm; Sunday 12-6pm.

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Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a selection of works spanning varied cultures and time periods.

Admission Info

Please confirm all tours with our Visitor Services staff when you check in at the information desk. Tours may be subject to change or cancellation.

Scheduled Public Tours are first come, first served. They do not require separate advance registration.Scheduled Public Tours are between forty-five minutes and one hour long, free of charge, and meet in the lobby unless otherwise noted.

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The Cantor is honored to be the final—and only west coast—venue for this acclaimed exhibition organized by the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. Seventh-generation basket weaver Jeremy Frey (b. 1978) often remarks that the exhibition was “thousands of years in the making.” Wabanaki baskets have existed for more than thirteen thousand years in what is today known as Maine. The tradition was under threat when Frey, who is Passamaquoddy (one of four federally recognized Wabanaki tribes), began making baskets out of ash and sweetgrass in the early 2000s, helping to revitalize the art form.

Frey learned to weave from his mother Frances “Gal” Frey, an accomplished artist, and from important workshops offered by the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance to facilitate an intergenerational transfer of this knowledge. He began to attract national recognition for fine weave baskets that involve whittling down ash to nearly thread-like widths and for baskets in the shapes of sea urchins. Known for making his own tools, Frey also harvests his materials—from identifying promising ash trees in the woods to chop down, to pounding logs with the blunt end of an axe to loosen the growth rings that form the strands of each basket.

Jeremy Frey: Woven traces the artist’s development from the early 2000s to the present day, demonstrating the extent to which he continues to expand the possibilities of this woven art form. More than 30 baskets come together in a single gallery to showcase Frey’s vibrant color palette, distinctive patterns, and tremendous technical skill and ingenuity. Braiding natural growth cycles with his own ancestral history, Frey continues to add new letters to an ancient language, helping to ensure its future.

---

Public tours are free for all.

Image: Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Observer (detail on the left), 2022, ash, sweetgrass, porcupine quill on birch bark, and dye, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Collection of Carole Katz, California. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Eric Stoner

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By the end of the workshop, participants will create a one-of-a-kind piece of handmade paper to take home, demonstrating how discarded materials can be reimagined as creative mediums.

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Bailey Scieszka is a performance artist from Detroit working across drawing, painting, puppet dramas, and video. Drawing on the queer art of failure, he reimagines American history through a rotating cast of personas animated by folly. He received a BFA from Cooper Union in New York and was awarded the Benjamin Menschel Grant. He has exhibited with Atlanta Contemporary (Atlanta), MOCAD (Detroit), White Columns (New York), What Pipeline (Detroit), and Maria Bernheim (Zürich and London). His puppet dramas have been performed at Paris Internationale, EMPAC, and NADA New York. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, Vogue, The New York Times, Mousse, Cura, The Whitney Review, and Cultured. Scieszka is currently an MFA candidate in Art Practice at Stanford University.

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Explore the highlights of the Cantor's permanent collection on a public tour that leads you through a selection of works spanning varied cultures and time periods.

Admission Info

Please confirm all tours with our Visitor Services staff when you check in at the information desk. Tours may be subject to change or cancellation.

Scheduled Public Tours are first come, first served. They do not require separate advance registration.Scheduled Public Tours are between forty-five minutes and one hour long, free of charge, and meet in the lobby unless otherwise noted.

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In the 2025–2026 academic year, Branner Library’s exhibit series will explore Earth’s oceans’ complex biological and ecological systems that regulate climate and support life.

April’s exhibition examines how the Gulf Stream and broader Atlantic circulation serve as a powerful engine in the Earth’s climate system. Featured books, atlases, and maps examine the movement of heat, water, and energy across the Atlantic basin, highlighting patterns such as the North Atlantic Oscillation.

Curated resources include historical studies, observational datasets, and contemporary research that illuminate the Atlantic’s central role in Earth’s interconnected ocean–climate system.

The exhibit is available for viewing Monday through Friday during regular library open hours.
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A current Stanford ID is needed to enter the library, visitors must present a valid, physical government-issued photo ID to sign-in at the front desk.

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The Art of Science Competition is a campus wide event to celebrate the aesthetic beauty of science. Last year we received nearly 100 submissions representing more than 40 departments across the university, encompassing the schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Sustainability, and Engineering. Join us to celebrate the 15th Art of Science this year!

An exhibition showcasing the best submissions will take place in Spring Quarter, opening on May 15th from 4 - 7 pm in the Huang Foyer. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 21th at 11:59 pm. We will award monetary prizes to the best submissions as determined by an independent panel of judges as well as a popular vote.

Check out prior years work: https://mrs.groups.stanford.edu/art-science

Submission form: tinyurl.com/aos2026

Submission guidelines:

All members of the Stanford community are invited to submit, and multiple submissions are allowed. Alumni are also allowed to submit. The focus of this competition is art, and thus the aesthetic rather than scientific quality of the image is key. Creativity and uniqueness will be considered favorably. Images produced in the process of performing research, such as photographs, micrographs, and simulation results, as well as art inspired by science, are gladly accepted. Lastly, think outside the box - every year we receive amazing paintings, mixed media and audio/visual works. All submissions should be made through the link above.

Questions? Contact: racrusso@stanford.edu and darshanm@stanford.edu

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Contact Fidelity directly to schedule an appointment with a representative to review your current and future retirement savings options:

Fidelity appointment scheduler(800) 642-7131

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Finely Printed Books tells the incredible story of Albert Bender and his remarkable gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of Stanford University Libraries Special Collections. It has been almost one hundred years since the first beautiful book came to the Green Library. From 1926 to 1941, Albert M. Bender personally donated more than five hundred volumes and encouraged his friends to contribute to the growing collection.

“This, my copy of the Laudes Creaturarum of S. Francis, I now give to the Leland Stanford Junior University through Albert M. Bender, in memory of my husband’s dearly loved sister Frances A. H. Sanderson Stewart.
–Anne Cobden-Sanderson, Stanford, June 27th, 1926.”

On Sunday, June 27, 1926, Anne Cobden-Sanderson made her way down the peninsula from San Francisco to the Stanford campus. The previous evening, she had attended a meal in her honor at Coppa’s restaurant in San Francisco, a haunt for Bohemians, artists, literati, and book people. The trip to Stanford came at the end of a week of celebration of the “book beautiful,” during which Cobden-Sanderson, was feted by the area’s printers, publishers, and book collectors. It was one of the final stops on a West Coast visit from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, a tour punctuated by lectures on the suffragette movement, the labor movement in England, the Doves Press, and interviews and research on prison reform – all topics which had played key roles in Cobden-Sanderson’s life – with every event documented by the California newspapers as she worked her way north.

While we cannot know for certain what was discussed over dinner that Saturday evening nearly a century ago, we do know three things with some certainty: first, that Albert M. Bender was there; second, that he encouraged Cobden-Sanderson to travel from the city to a young campus near Palo Alto, pay a visit to the Stanford University Library in what is now the Green Library building, and inscribe her copy of a book from the Doves Press, founded by her husband T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and financed by Anne herself, to a nascent rare book collection; third, that this gift to the University, from a person who bridged the worlds of William Morris, Jane Stanford, and the burgeoning post-earthquake Bay Area book arts scene, was the first step in the transformation of a haphazard accumulation of old and rare books acquired in the first three decades of the University’s operations into a well-organized Department of Special Collections serving the faculty and students of a major research institution.

Albert M. Bender (1866–1941), the self-effacing catalyst who transformed Bay Area cultural life through his extensive philanthropy and enthusiasm for beauty in art, literature, and the book arts, shaped Stanford’s collections in ways that are still felt today. He encouraged dozens of his friends and acquaintances to give generously to help Stanford grow from a library that struggled to keep up with the demands of building a basic teaching collection to one that could also support access to rare, antiquarian, and unique materials for serious scholarship. By providing us with carefully selected examples of fine printing, illustration, type design, papermaking, and binding, ranging across all periods, he challenged the librarians at the time to rethink how Stanford viewed its role as a repository of research materials. No longer were our rare books defined just by how old they were or which texts they contained, but now there was a need to consider aesthetics, research importance, monetary value, book history, provenance, uniqueness, and, in short, all the myriad attributes that might make a book an object of scholarly inquiry.

This exhibition tells the story of Albert M. Bender’s remarkable gift to Stanford University. An inventory of the gifts that Bender helped bring to Stanford in 1926 and 1927, Finely Printed Books Presented to the Library of Stanford University: A Catalogue, has allowed us to identify and update the provenance for 179 volumes from that initial gift, recovering information that had been lost from our catalog decades ago in the conversion from card catalogs to online records. On display are highlights from this bountiful donation. The archival traces of Albert M. Bender, his circle of friends who made the initial donations possible, the librarians who helped shepherd in a new era of collecting for Stanford University, and the impact that this gift had on the Stanford community at the time. As we look ahead to a second century of rare book collecting, much has been done, and much remains to be done, to build a world-class resource to support Stanford scholarship.

This exhibition is curated by Benjamin Albritton, Rare Books Curator for the Department of Special Collections. Produced and designed by Deardra Fuzzell, with assistance from Elizabeth Fischbach, Kylee Diedrich, and Pasha Tope.

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For older readers, books in verse are less intimidating and less overwhelming, yet still convey complex ideas and deep emotions—often making them a bridge to building lifelong readers.

Come check out the exhibit brilliant examples of these in Cubberley Library's Curriculum Collection. Find lists and descriptions in our guide to Poetry for children and young adults.

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Curated by Amelie Pak. Library hours: M-Th 9-7pm; Friday 9-5pm; Sunday 12-6pm.

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The exhibition will be on view in the Wisch Family Gallery from April 2 – August 17, 2026

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Erika Chong Shuch is a choreographer, director, and performance maker whose work bridges experimental performance and social practice through inventive forms of audience engagement. Centering people and labor often overlooked, her projects reimagine where and how art-making begins. She is the founder of For You, a performance group that brings strangers together through experiences ranging from intimate encounters to large-scale public gatherings. Erika has been commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Court Theatre (Chicago), The Momentary, Cantor Arts Center, and Edge on the Square (San Francisco). Her work has been supported by Creative Capital, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Gerbode Foundation. She was a 2022–23 Bay Area Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts and is currently co-creating The Table with Mei Ann Tao and the San Francisco Civic Theater Project with Jonathan Moscone.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1,000 Ways to Hold: A new work by Erika Chong Shuch is organized by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for the Arts. Thank you to the core team of individuals whose dedication and expertise were essential to the realization of this project, as well as to the incredible community whose hands shaped the work in this exhibition. We gratefully acknowledge generous support provided by the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation, The Draper Foundation, Melissa and Trevor Fetter, Carloyn and William Langelier, William Reller and Kristin E. Klint, and the Office for Religious & Spiritual Life.

This exhibition was made possible through the significant commitment of the following individuals: Ellen Oh (producer), Edi Dai (producer), Hideo Mabuchi (ceramics management), Sean Riley (machine design), Crow Cianciola (machine fabrication), Werd Pace (sound design), Tiffany Steinwert (dialogic facilitator), Taylor Jones (videographer), Niharika Gunturu (lead electronics design), Eito Murakami (sound design), Xinyuan Pu (facilitation), Caitlin Main (dramaturg), Yinuo Yu (data specialist), Jason Wilson Navarro-Lopez (data specialist), Heechan Lim (videographer assistant), Miley Sinantha-Hu (project assistant), Jacob Eldred (mechanical design), and Lily Thai (electronics design assistant).

Ceramics production: Sally Jackson, Ryan Schnirel, Grace Potter, Sarah Logan, Scott Parady, Casey Beck, Joan Lin, and Phil Park.

Workshop coordination: Claudia Dorn, Tyler Brooks, Claire Kuan, Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon, Ken N. Lee, Jessica Castillo, Amara Tabor-Smith, Jazlyn Patricio-Archer, Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez, Kim Beil, Michaela Hulstyn, Jessi Pipert, Jessica Gonzales Chu, Mushi Wooseong James, Craig Adams, Natasha Noel, Sophina McDaniel, Karina Kloos, and Ken Becker.

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Please contact Chali Lee (chalilee@stanford.edu) if you have any questions.

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Gladyshev Lab

Targeting Aging and RejuvenationBio

Vadim Gladyshev is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for Redox Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a faculty member of the Broad Institute. He earned his degrees at Moscow State University and trained at the National Institutes of Health. His laboratory studies aging, rejuvenation, and lifespan control using integrated experimental and computational approaches. He has authored more than 500 publications, is a recipient of the NIH Pioneer, Transformative, and Eureka Awards, and is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

Abstract

Aging is viewed differently by researchers in the field, and its essence remains unclear. However, different manifestations of aging may now be quantified with integrative biomarkers trained for chronological age, mortality, functional decline, rate of age-related changes or accumulation of deleterious changes. Additionally, molecular signatures of processes that support longevity across and within species have been described. With all these tools, it is now possible to assess aging and longevity in a variety of experimental settings and test factors that target them. In particular, application of these tools suggests that it is possible to target biological age in both directions, and that biological systems may be rejuvenated.

About the SeriesThis collaborative seminar is a joint effort of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience and the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research.

To support our researchers' participation in this open science "lab-meeting style" exchange of ideas, these seminars are not streamed/recorded and are only open to members of the Stanford community.

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In this free, interactive webinar, we will explore how to approach money conversations with empathy, clarity, and intention. Through the integration of financial wellness and emotional intelligence, we will focus not only on budgeting skills but on strengthening relationships as a foundation for long-term health and life satisfaction.

You will learn how early money experiences shape beliefs and behaviors, how stress impacts communication, and why starting with context rather than numbers leads to more productive discussions. You will also discover ways to frame questions that build understanding instead of defensiveness, how to define shared financial roles and responsibilities, and develop a simple plan for creating intentional, low-stress “money check-ins.”

Leave with practical tools for initiating conversations, setting boundaries, and fostering shared accountability - all designed to promote sustainable behavior change.

This class will be recorded and a one-week link to the recording will be shared with all registered participants. To receive incentive points, attend at least 80% of the live session or listen to the entire recording within one week. Request disability accommodations and access info.

Class details are subject to change.

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Art practice majors are accepted into the honors program based on the strength of the portfolios and written proposals submitted at the end of the student’s junior year. As honors students, Kea and Zoë have worked throughout the fall and winter quarters of their senior year, mentored by faculty and Art Practice MFA students, to develop their proposals into the bodies of work on display.

The title of the exhibition, selected by the students, is excerpted from the first line of a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The poem begins: “Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring.” The author continues through lyrical descriptions of natural elements, moving through dirt, plants, birds, celestial objects, and even weather. The poem concludes “But you were something more than young and sweet and fair, - and the long year remembers you.” Through the cyclical act of the year’s remembering, the “you” Millay is mindful of becomes all the things described—a vast and multitudinous self. With their thesis work, Kea and Zoë offer us a similar proposition as Millay. They invite us to find ourselves in expansive worlds where it is possible for our boundaries to fail, for us to become porous and multiple—more than a single self could ever be.

—Camille Utterback, Exhibition Curator and Honors Director

On View: April 14-30, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 4-6pm
Coulter Art Gallery (McMurtry Building)
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 12-5pm
Free & open to the public

Kea Kahoilua-Clebsch is a Native Hawaiian visual artist from the Island of Hawaiʻi. Her art practice is grounded in a love for her ancestors and ʻohana, who she gets to honor and know more deeply through her work. Through painting, Kea activates family and historical archives to bring her ancestors and the practices that sustained them into space and vibrant color. Her work reflects a personal reclamation of her mo’okūʻauhau (genealogical story) in a settler-colonial context, where knowing and reciting one's genealogy often requires re-learning — calling out, listening, diving and digging. Painting has enabled this process, allowing an intimate engagement with her own genealogy. As she gathers stories from her grandmother, spends time in the guava fields her grandpa once tended to, paints the hands of her great-grandma she never knew, she reclaims her right to remember while creating space for her familyʻs moʻolelo in historical and visual canons.

Zoë Rehnborg (b. 2003, Los Angeles) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture and installation. Informed by her experience working in microbiology labs, her practice explores the ecological and existential dimensions of decay, with a particular focus on microorganisms as agents of transformation in both natural systems and human narratives. Rehnborg works with organic materials — soil, SCOBY, mycelium, salvaged wood, and beeswax — to create sculptural forms that engage processes of decomposition and regeneration, treating fungi and bacteria not as mere subject matter but as active collaborators in the formation of the work. She is currently completing her BAS in Art Practice and Biology at Stanford University.

VISITOR INFORMATION: Coulter Art Gallery is located at 355 Roth Way (McMurtry Building) on Stanford campus. The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 12-5pm. Visitor parking is available in designated areas and payment is managed through ParkMobile (free after 4pm, except by the Oval). Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle. This exhibition is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. Admission is free.

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Speaker: Susan A. Thornton is a retired senior U.S. diplomat with almost three decades of experience with the U.S. State Department in Eurasia and East Asia. She is currently a Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Fellow at the Yale Law School Paul Tsai China Center. She is also the director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Until July 2018, Thornton was Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of State and led East Asia policymaking amid crises with North Korea, escalating trade tensions with China, and a fast-changing international environment. In previous State Department roles, she worked on U.S. policy toward China, Korea and the former Soviet Union and served in leadership positions at U.S. embassies in Central Asia, Russia, the Caucasus and China. Thornton received her M.A. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and her B.A. from Bowdoin College in Economics and Russian. She serves on several nonprofit boards and speaks Mandarin and Russian.

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Do you find that stress, anxiety, and mental health issues make it difficult for you to thrive at Stanford? Would you like to identify the resources and support you need that are most helpful to YOU in managing your daily life?

Developing an Action Plan For Mental Health helps identify feelings, behaviors, and triggers that threaten wellbeing.

This workshop consists of two meetings. The dates for the workshop are: Monday, April 20 and Monday, April 27 from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. As a series, participants plan to attend both sessions with an option to meet with the facilitator at the end of the workshops on a day agreed upon collaboratively.Facilitated by RosaMaria Oceguera, LMFTAll enrolled students are eligible to participate in CAPS groups and workshops. A meeting with a facilitator is required before participation in this group. Please contact CAPS at (650) 723-3785 to schedule a pre-group meeting with the facilitator or sign up on the Vaden portal rosters, and under Groups and Workshops find "INTEREST_LIST_ACTION_PLAN_IN-PERSON_SPRING_Q" to register.

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Peter Balakian is the author of 9 books of poems, 4 books of prose, 3 collaborative translations and several edited books. Ozone Journal won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry and his new book of poems is New York Trilogy. His poems have appeared widely in the leading magazines and journals in English for decades. His prose books include Vice and Shadow: Essays on the Lyric Imagination, Poetry, Art, and Culture; Black Dog of Fate, a memoir---winner of the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for the Art of the Memoir (a best book of the year for the New York Times, the LA Times, and Publisher’s Weekly); The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response winner of the 2005 Raphael Lemkin Prize and a New York Times Notable Book and a New York Times Best Seller. His collaborative translation of Grigoris Balakian’s Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide was a Washington Post book of the year.

Balakian is the recipient of many awards and prizes and civic citations: the Pulitzer Prize, The Presidential Medal and the Movses Horanatsi Medal from the Republic of Armenia, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, The Spendlove Prize for Social Justice, Tolerance, and Diplomacy and The Emily Clark Balch Prize from the Virginia Quarterly Review. He has appeared widely on national television and radio and his work has been translated into many languages and editions and most recently into Tamil in 2025. He is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities, Professor of English at Colgate University.

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Speaker: Constantine Sideris, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Abstract: Over the past decade, biomedical device technologies have rapidly evolved, significantly transforming healthcare delivery and diagnostics. Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits, traditionally known as the cornerstone of digital computing, have emerged as a powerful platform driving advancements in biomedical devices. CMOS circuits provide unmatched capabilities, including high integration density, exceptional sensitivity, and cost-effective mass production, making them ideal for developing next-generation biomedical systems. In this presentation, I will discuss how the precise manipulation and detection of electric and magnetic fields enabled by CMOS technology can facilitate the creation of innovative, high-performance, and low-power biomedical devices. Highlighted examples, drawn from our recent research, will cover diverse applications such as magnetic biosensors for wash-free immunodetection at the Point-of-Care, magnetic localization techniques for ingestible “smart” pills, wireless wearable systems for motion tracking, high-voltage neural stimulation for optic nerve and deep brain stimulation with fully on-chip charge balancing, and the first pulse-mode Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectrometer integrated onto a single CMOS chip.

Bio: Constantine Sideris is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California from 2018 to 2025 and an Associate Professor from 2025 to 2026. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees with honors from the California Institute of Technology in 2010, 2011, and 2017 respectively. He was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Wireless Research Center from 2013 to 2014. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Caltech from January 2017 to August 2018.

He was the recipient of an ONR YIP award in 2023, an NSF CAREER award in 2021, an AFOSR YIP award in 2020, an AFOSR DURIP award in 2021, the Caltech Leadership Award in 2017, and an NSF graduate research fellowship in 2010. His research is highly interdisciplinary and bridges the fields of bioengineering, medicine, applied mathematics and computation with electrical engineering and physics.

His research interests include analog/RF integrated circuits, photonic integrated circuits, and computational electromagnetics for biomedical and biosensing applications and wireless communications. His current interests in biomedical devices include portable Point-of-Care in-vitro biosensors, wearable devices for real-time monitoring and analysis of biological signals, ingestible “smart” pills, and implantable devices. His current interests in computational electromagnetics include developing fast algorithms for simulating RF and nanophotonic devices and coupling them with efficient optimization algorithms to achieve the automated design of new, high-performance electromagnetic devices.

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1,000 Ways to Hold is the culmination of a year-long participatory project by Stanford Arts’ 2025–26 Visiting Artist Erika Chong Shuch, rooted in conversation and clay. Developed in response to a moment shaped by loneliness, fragmentation, and uncertainty, the project proposes a tender, human-scale intervention: two people at a time sit together, shape ceramic bowls in pairs, and reflect on the question, What have you held, and what has held you? Created across campus in classrooms, community spaces, and everyday gathering sites, the bowls are embedded with digital traces that capture the intimacy of these shared encounters. In this exhibition at the Anderson Collection, the bowls are gathered and activated, inviting visitors to listen, touch, and engage with a living archive of connection. Together, they form both an artwork and a collective portrait—evidence of how small acts of making and listening can hold memory, care, and community.

The exhibition will be on view in the Wisch Family Gallery from April 2 – August 17, 2026.

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Modeling the emergence of complex cortical structures in the brain: maps, hierarchies, and modulesAbstract coming soon

Ila FieteMIT

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Hosted by Gustavo Santiago-Reyes (Poldrack Lab)

About the Mind, Brain, Computation, and Technology (MBCT) Seminar SeriesThe Stanford Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology (MBCT) Seminars explore ways in which computational and technical approaches are being used to advance the frontiers of neuroscience.

The series features speakers from other institutions, Stanford faculty, and senior training program trainees. Seminars occur about every other week, and are held at 4:00 pm on Mondays at the Cynthia Fry Gunn Rotunda - Stanford Neurosciences E-241.

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Expanding data center infrastructure to train and deploy artificial intelligence (AI) models is driving a surge in electricity demand in the U.S., and associated impacts for costs, emissions, and resource use. The electric infrastructure buildout from this AI growth will influence the capabilities and feasibility of broader electrification. We develop an open-source end-to-end techno-economic model of energy solutions to power AI infrastructure across the continental U.S. and compare grid-connected and off-grid data center energy infrastructure using AC-coupled solar and storage, DC-coupled solar and storage, behind the meter natural gas, and conventional grid power across the continental U.S. To estimate opportunity costs of construction and equipment delays, we quantify the deployment speed value of AI data centers using GPU spot market rental prices. We discuss the technical, policy, and environmental implications of these different pathways to power U.S. data centers.

Dr. Costa Samaras is the Director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, and the Trustee Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy and in the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. He analyzes how technologies and policies affect energy and emissions pathways, security, climate resilience, and economic and equity outcomes. From 2021-2024, he served in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) as Principal Assistant Director for Energy, OSTP Chief Advisor for Energy Policy, and then OSTP Chief Advisor for the Clean Energy Transition. He was previously a Senior National Security Researcher at the RAND Corporation as well as a megaprojects engineer in New York City. He received a joint Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon.

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This six-part series features short, practical videos that fit seamlessly into busy schedules. From quick make-ahead breakfasts and no-cook lunches to energizing snacks and creative spins on dinner classics, these recipes highlight how plant-rich proteins and pantry staples can come together to create balanced, nourishing meals. You’ll also find a roundtable discussion where Stanford dietitians share the benefits of plant-rich eating along with realistic, actionable tips to help you get started.

Developed by Stanford Registered Dietitians with support from Stanford Health Care Clinical Nutrition and the Stanford Nutrition Research Group, this series delivers practical, evidence-based guidance straight to your kitchen.

🎥 Watch the videos here: https://healthlibrary.stanford.edu/video/plant-powered.html

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