Faculty in the News Archive:

January, 2014

Mongolian singers, California orchestra, Verdi's Requiem

January 28, 2014

Jindong Cai, associate professor of music, and director of orchestral studies, describes how he created and continues to curate the Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival.

San Jose Mercury News

When Meta-MOOC meets Wiki: transforming higher education

January 23, 2014

David Palumbo-Liu, professor of comparative literature, will teach a course on higher education alongside professors from Duke and UC Santa Barbara as part of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) project on the history and future of higher education.

Chronicle of Higher Education #Future Ed

MLK, the reluctant civil rights leader

January 20, 2014

Because of the accolades he received after his martyrdom, King is often viewed as a charismatic leader who was responsible for the success of the campaign for civil rights reform. But many forget his international outlook, including protest of the war in Vietnam. And history reveals that before he was a civil rights leader he was, first, a...

CNN

Toxic wine might have killed Alexander the Great

January 14, 2014

Stanford classics scholar Adrienne Mayor counters the hypothesis that Alexander the Great’s death was caused by toxic wine.

Discovery News

Music and science meld in Richard Powers' 'Orfeo.'

January 13, 2014

Music, bioengineering, and government surveillance all inform the development of Stanford English Professor's new novel Orfeo.

San Jose Mercury News

Whiffle Hurling? Bag Tag? Hey, It's Art

New York Times, May 15, 2009

Whiffle Hurling? Bag Tag? Hey, It's Art

Century After it was Banned, Place of Honor for Twain Tale

The New York Times, September 22, 2011

Century After it was Banned, Place of Honor for Twain Tale

Why football is just as much an art form as anything else

San Francisco Chronicle, August 26, 2007

Why football is just as much an art form as anything else

Athletic Beauty

Philosophy Talk (NPR), August 15, 2006

Athletic Beauty

Writings show King as liberal Christian, rejecting literalism

San Francisco Chronicle, January 15, 2007

Writings show King as liberal Christian, rejecting literalism

The art of sport

Boston Globe, May 21, 2006

The art of sport

Found in Translation: King’s ‘Dream’ Plays in Beijing

New York Times, May 30, 2006

Found in Translation: King’s ‘Dream’ Plays in Beijing

Occupy your imagination

Boston Review, December 5 2011

Occupy your imagination

A man in full: Play paints sweeping portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr., in all his flaws and triumphs

Palo Alto Weekly, January 13, 2006

A man in full: Play paints sweeping portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr., in all his flaws and triumphs

Why black firsts matter

Huffington Post, November 9 2011

Why black firsts matter

In an essay for the Thinking Twice opinion column, Prof. Satz tackles the issue of equality in education

The Human Experience at Stanford: Thinking Twice, December
2009

In an essay for the Thinking Twice opinion column, Prof. Satz tackles the issue of equality in education

How art propels Occupy Wall Street

CNN, November 2011

How art propels Occupy Wall Street

The Power of Food: more consumers consider ethics when choosing what to eat.

Palo Alto Weekly, October 24, 2008

The Power of Food: more consumers consider ethics when choosing what to eat.

Pushing boundaries, mixed-race artists gain notice

The New York Times, July 2011

Pushing boundaries, mixed-race artists gain notice

Mr. Rumsfeld goes to Stanford

Inside Higher Ed, September 21, 2007

Mr. Rumsfeld goes to Stanford

Stanford scholar investigates the "Mulatto Millennium" through literature, theatre, art, & pop culture

The Human Experience at Stanford, May 2011

Stanford scholar investigates the "Mulatto Millennium" through literature, theatre, art, & pop culture

The cost of saving a jumper

San Francisco Chronicle, April 8, 2004

The cost of saving a jumper

Census serves up racial buffet in Silicon Valley

Inside Bay Area, March 2010

Census serves up racial buffet in Silicon Valley

Medieval peasants worked less than we do, says Stanford prof

Sacramento Business Journal, March 3, 2003

Medieval peasants worked less than we do, says Stanford prof

2010 Census: Think twice, check once

The Huffington Post, March 2010

2010 Census: Think twice, check once

Are you ethical? The truth isn’t exactly clear

ABC News, February 21, 2002

Are you ethical? The truth isn’t exactly clear

Opinion: Obama’s Mixology: Give Obama credit for not trying to use his biracial background as an appeal to white working-class voters

The Root, October 30, 2008

Opinion: Obama’s Mixology: Give Obama credit for not trying to use his biracial background as an appeal to white working-class voters

[Broadcast] Asian American Art

KQED 88.5 FM, December 4, 2008

[Broadcast] Asian American Art

Obama's challenge: Make America see his life story as American

San Jose Mercury News, August 24, 2008

Obama's challenge: Make America see his life story as American

Rare modern Asian American art at de Young

San Francisco Chronicle, November 12, 2003

Rare modern Asian American art at de Young

Stanford profs examine mixed race in U.S. society

The Dartmouth, April 18, 2008

Stanford profs examine mixed race in U.S. society

New Book Examines Asian Artists’ Contributions to American Art

AsianWeek, November 7, 2008

New Book Examines Asian Artists’ Contributions to American Art

Athanasius Kircher, Dude of Wonders

Chronicle of Higher Education, May 28, 2002

Athanasius Kircher, Dude of Wonders

Why Asian guys are on a roll

Newsweek, February 21, 2000

Why Asian guys are on a roll

Audio Interview with Former BBC Radio Presenter Guy Leigh about Athanasius Kircher

Astraea Magazine

Audio Interview with Former BBC Radio Presenter Guy Leigh about Athanasius Kircher

World notes history

Time, March 9, 1992

World notes history

Straight Into Compton: How the country’s murder capital got its groove back

Newsweek, March 24, 2009

Straight Into Compton: How the country’s murder capital got its groove back

Proposition 8: Historic Turning Point, Or Just Another Battle In The Culture Wars?

San Jose Mercury News, November 8, 2008

Proposition 8: Historic Turning Point, Or Just Another Battle In The Culture Wars?

Analysis: Solid Jobs But No KO in Final Obama-McCain Debate

San Jose Mercury News, October 15, 2008

Analysis: Solid Jobs But No KO in Final Obama-McCain Debate

The King Papers Project: An Interview with Clayborne Carson

Chronicle of Higher Education, January 18, 2008

The King Papers Project: An Interview with Clayborne Carson

The immigration debate

American Renaissance, November 5, 2007

The immigration debate

Research on Juana's House

Juana Briones Heritage, 2005

Research on Juana's House

An exhibit of rare books curated by Winterer showcases an array of artifacts from the great age of intellectual discovery that produced the American Revolution.

San Jose Mercury News, February 2011

An exhibit of rare books curated by Winterer showcases an array of artifacts from the great age of intellectual discovery that produced the American Revolution.

Ancient Rome in America

Human Experience, January 2010

Ancient Rome in America

Caroline Winterer is a curatorial consultant for an exhibit at the National Constitution Center entitled "Ancient Rome in America."

Human Experience video interview with Prof. Winterer about
the exhibit, December 15, 2009

Caroline Winterer is a curatorial consultant for an exhibit at the National Constitution Center entitled "Ancient Rome in America."

Reviving Ancient Greece (radio interview)

Odyssey (WBEZ), May 3, 2005

Reviving Ancient Greece (radio interview)

Rallies And Counter-Rallies Compete For King's Legacy

NPR, Talk of the Nation, August 26, 2010

Rallies And Counter-Rallies Compete For King's Legacy

The Reinvention of the Reverend

Newsweek, July 25, 2010

The Reinvention of the Reverend

Sit-ins reignited the civil rights movement

USA Today, February 1, 2010

Sit-ins reignited the civil rights movement

Website of the Week - Martin Luther King Papers

Voice of America, January 14, 2010

Website of the Week - Martin Luther King Papers

Election Of Obama A Civil Rights Triumph

San Francisco Chronicle, January 20, 2009

Election Of Obama A Civil Rights Triumph

Bay Area Civil Rights And Community Organizers Paved Way To Obama's Election

Oakland Tribune, January 18, 2009

Bay Area Civil Rights And Community Organizers Paved Way To Obama's Election

Illegal immigration becomes hot issue in gubernatorial campaign

Oakland Tribune, May 14, 2010

Illegal immigration becomes hot issue in gubernatorial campaign

King papers go public today with online access

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 13, 2009

King papers go public today with online access

East Palo Alto 'Envisioning Peace' mural unveiled

Palo Alto Online, September 12, 2009

East Palo Alto 'Envisioning Peace' mural unveiled

Dr. King’s Documents Withdrawn From Auction

New York Times, December 10, 2008

Dr. King’s Documents Withdrawn From Auction

The two-session solution

January 10, 2014

Russell Berman professor of Comparative Literature and the current director of German Studies at Stanford is quoted on the way that anti-Semitic ideas are being given support by some in the movement to boycott Israeli universities.

Inside Higher Ed

Confronting The Legacy Of Slavery And The Slave Trade: Brown University Investigates Its Painful Past

January 10, 2014

Confronting The Legacy Of Slavery And The Slave Trade: Brown University Investigates Its Painful Past

What’s This Battle About, Anyway?

January 10, 2014

What’s This Battle About, Anyway?

Brown U. to Examine Debt to Slave Trade

January 10, 2014

Brown U. to Examine Debt to Slave Trade

Last Refuge of a Politician in Trouble

January 10, 2014