Book review describing Stanford English Professor Adam Johnson's
novel The Orphan Master's Son as a "chilling
but wonderfully written novel about present-day North Korea ranks as
a
contemporary 'Darkness at Noon.'"
In his February 16th lecutre entitled "Why the West Rules
- For Now" Stanford
Classics and History Professor, Ian Morris, said that the world at
the
21st century will differ more from today than how present day is
currently comparted the the world of...
Renowned artist Camille Utterback, known for her interactive
insallations
and reactive sculptures, teaches an art practice course to Stanford
undergraduates
Stanford researchers have found that classical music activates
parts
of the brain that involve paying attention, making predictions, and
committing details to memory.
Professor Librandi-Rocha, originall from Brazil, told the audience
that
moving to the United States and experiencing daily life as a
foreigner
profoundly affected her habits of thinking.
Stanford is among the universities to provide support to Anvil
Academic,
a new platform for digital humanists to publish nontraditional
scholarship. Michael Keller, university librarian, is on Anvil's
board of directors.
Artistry, artifacts and scholarship come together in a dance
history
project presented by Stanford Dance, the Clayman Institute for
Gender Research, and Stanford Hillel.
"Driven", a campus film series, explores the
dymanic
relationship between the cinema and the profound social impact of
the automobile during the 20th century.
The Creative Writing Program sponsored a poetry reading by Mohr
Visitng
Poet and Pulizer Prize winner, Louise Glück. An audio
recording of
this reading is now available online on the Creative Writing Program's
website.
In December 2006, (a month after they became engaged), Otis '00,
and
Elizabeth Chandler, '99, funded Goodreads.com, hoping to
convert
self-identified book-lovers into a profitable social networking
site.
