The troupe's farewell tour comes to Stanford two years
after the
death of its founder, who collaborated with Stanford composer Mark
Applebaum and whose work is described by dance lecturer Diane Frank
as
having "tremendous clarity".

Abbas Milani, the director of Stanford's Iranian Studies
Program,
considers Iran, Turkey and Egypt in the context of current changes
in the Middle East.

PayPal founder and Stanford alum Thiel has launched a new program,
Breakout Labs, that will fund early stage science and technology
research by independent scientists and companies pursuing "radical
ideas".

Playwright and Stanford alum David Henry Hwang has been in high
demand in China recently, much as a result of his standing as "the
only son of Asia to be represtened regularly on Broadway".

Michael Shanks, the director of the Stanford Archaeology Center's
Metamedia Lab believes that the ways in which humans relate to their
things is a core component of archaeology.

The concept of a flexible core curriculum, as outlined by Stanford French and Italian scholar Dan Edelstein, is cited as a potential solution to inter-departmental conflict in a time of Humanities budget crises.

In a new book, Assistant Professor Marisa Galvez finds that the
poem
as we know it came to exist as a result of 12th century troubadours
and their insistence on singing the profane.

Choreographer Ann Carlson will stage live reenactments of archival
photos taken at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve,
in
visiting artist role designed to highlight the artistic significance
of the site.

Assistant Professor at the Center for Computer Research Ge Wang says that Steve Jobs will continue to be an icon because of his ability to change our lives through technology.