Faculty in the News Archive:

January, 2013

January 24, 2013

An article on the future of digital learning that quotes Petra Dierkes-Thrun, lecturer in comparative
literature, who is working with her husband, Professor of Computer Science Sebastian Thrun, on a "bill of
rights" for digital learning.

Read the story - Inside Higher Ed

Plenty of volunteer opportunties tied to MLK Day celebration

January 22, 2013

Clayborne Carson, director of Stanford's Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute is quoted in an article detailing the upcoming 15 MLK Weekend of Service projects organized by Hands On Sacramento.

Read the story - Sacramento Bee

Jon Nakamatsu joins Jindong Cai and Stanford Symphony for 'Beethoven Project'

January 19, 2013

A review of a performance by pianist and Stanford alumnus (BA '91 and Med '92), Jon Nakamatsu.

Read the story - Sacramento Bee

Medicaid Expansion is Delicate Manuver for Arizona's Republican Governor

January 19, 2013

American History Professor Richard White is quoted in this report on Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's decision to expand the stateâs Medicaid program to include anyone who makes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, or $14,856 for an individual.

Read the story - The New York Times

A Lost City Remembered

January 18, 2013

Remnants of San Jose's Chinatown are part of an exhibit at the Stanford Archaeology Center. Barbara Voss, associate professor of anthropology, was principal investigator of the project to study and catalog the artifacts and put them in historic context.

Read the story - Palo Alto Weekly

Rigorous and Precise Thinking.

January 17, 2013

An article written by Ruth Starkman, lecturer in the Stanford Program in Writing and Rhetoric

Read the story - Inside Higher Education

Stanford/REVS Recieves Road and Track Archives

January 16, 2013

Stanford University Libraries has acquired the Road & Track Archives. The article includes quotes by Henry
Lowood, library curator for history of science and technology collections, and Reilly Brennan, executive
director of the Revs program who describe it as a "trans-disciplinary field connecting the past,...

Read the story - Veloce Today

Stanford Podcast Addresses Religious Perspectives on War And Peace.

January 16, 2013

An article discussing the lecture by Linda Hess, senior lecturer in religious studies.

Read the story - Los Altos Town Crier

Sunday Dialogue: Is a Bigger House Better?

January 13, 2013

A Letter to the Editor by Jack Rakove, professor of history and of political science.

New York Times

The 'Brotherhoodization' of Egypt and its unions.

January 9, 2013

Is the Muslim Brotherhood making moves to extend its control over local governments and labor unions? (Includes
quotes from Stanford History Professor Joel Beinin)

Read the story - Christian Science Monitor

PhDs Without 'Coverage'.

January 7, 2013

Stanford's Russell Berman makes a case for fewer years to earn a humanities PhD at the annual MLA
meeting.

Read the story - Inside Higher Ed