If Stanford isn’t careful, CS+X could send the message that the humanities are secondary to technical fields and only worth pursuing for their pre-professional value.
Over the last decade, the University has seen a soaring interest in what is often referred to as the “Digital Humanities,” a term that has become more and more a part of the University’s lexicon.
The SF Chronicle profiles Jeff Chang, executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts, and his new book "Who We Be: The Colorization of America.”
Mildred Cho, professor (research) of pediatrics and associate director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, says that consultations with drug firms are treated as both a scholarly activity and a service.
"The New Yorker" profiles Adrienne Mayor's latest book, "The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World" and discusses her expertise on these female warriors.
Jeff Smith, a serial tech entrepreneur who got a doctorate in computer music from Stanford, talks about launching Smule in 2008 with Stanford assistant professor Ge Wang.
Clayborne Carson, professor of history and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, talks about MLK's focus on the triple threat of racism, poverty and war since the earliest parts of his career.
English Professor Saikat’s Majumdar writes about Stanford's new curricular experimentation, specifically the new dual major between Computer Science and English & Music.
Ian Beacock, a doctoral student in history, writes about Facebook’s controversial decision to delete the accounts of several San Francisco drag queens, enforcing a longstanding policy that users go by their real names on the site.
NPR's "All Things Considered" features Stanford historian Allyson Hobbs' book on racial passing, A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life.
Pete Mohanty, a Thinking Matters lecturer, writes on the recently sharpened debate about the relationship between immigrant integration and Muslim extremism in Europe.
