Stanford history professor Richard White discusses how at the turn of the last century, industrial philanthropists made large donations to "justify great fortune and attempt to use that to control the direction of societal and cultural change."

Stanford announced today that art historian Alexander Nemerov has been named the new chair of its Art & Art History Department. Nemerov will follow former department head Nancy J. Troy with a tenure that begins this fall.

The Braden Grant, launched in 2011 by Stanford Storytelling Project founder Jonah Willihnganz, introduces undergraduates to the art of spoken storytelling.

Stanford Professor of History Joel Beinin discusses Egyptian television series, "The Jewish Quarter."

Stanford alumnus, UC professor and son of migrant farm workers Juan Felipe Herrera will be the next U.S. poet laureate. The Library of Congress announced the appointment of Herrera as the nation's 21st poet laureate for 2015 through 2016, beginning in September. Herrera, 66, whose parents emigrated from Mexico, will be the nation's first Latino...

Henry Lowood, curator of the history of science and technology and of film and media studies at Stanford University Libraries, is mentioned in a discussion about Game Canon, a list of games under consideration for preservation in the Library of Congress.