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The Russian Revolution Comes to Stanford: Alexander Kerensky on Campus
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Alexander Kerensky was the charismatic leader of the Provisional Government that held a tenuous grip on power in Russia between the fall of the Romanovs in February 1917 and the storming to power of the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution. Kerensky first visited Stanford in 1955 and spent much of the next ten years on campus, conducting research in the Hoover Library & Archives, teaching seminars, giving guest lectures, and appearing on panel discussions devoted to the latest developments in the USSR. He left lasting impressions on Stanford students and faculty—and is even alleged to have carved his initials into a table at the Oasis. Dr. Patenaude, a Stanford History PhD, discussed Kerensky's sojourn on the Farm and attempted to separate fact from fiction.
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12/21/2017
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The Forgotten History of Stanford University Press
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Through some simple archival detective work, the staff of Stanford University Press (SUP) unearthed the long and lesser-told history of the Press, from its humble origins in 1892 to its myriad transformations over the course of the 20th century. This history, studded with the stories of plucky pressmen, master craftspeople, and intellectual luminaries reveals a deep tradition of the Press’s pioneering spirit, its indelibly Californian character, and an unremitting commitment to plumbing even the most obscure corners of human inquiry. SUP Director Alan Harvey provided an update on this ongoing historical survey and presented some of the more intriguing, amusing, and even alarming events SUP staff have uncovered.
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12/21/2017
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Stanford University’s Central Energy Facility: Celebrating 125 Years of Innovation in Energy Systems
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Laura Jones, Joseph Stagner and James Sweeney talked about the history, the transformation, and the current state of the energy system at Stanford.
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8/26/2017
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Reassessing Herbert Hoover, the Stanford Techie
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Elena Danielson, Hoover Institution Archivist, Emerita, gave a talk on Herbert Hoover, a geology graduate at Stanford, and how he was the original Stanford techie.
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2/14/2017
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Roble Rewind: A Look Back at Dance and Theater at Stanford
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Theater and Performance Studies
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12/7/2016
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Cathedrals in the Wheatfields: Parables from Stanford's Founding
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Leland and Jane Stanford founded their university amidst the kinetic tumult of Gilded Age America. It was a time of swashbuckling capitalist ambition, let-‘er-rip financial finagling, and epic corruption. It was also a time of accelerating immigration, the rapid peopling and development of the great American West – and the golden age of American philanthropy, when so-called Robber Barons like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and the Stanfords' lavished their millions on building lasting institutions to serve the common weal (well before the tax code conferred any advantage for doing so). James Campbell and David Kennedy revisited that founding moment, exploring the ways in which the circumstances of Stanford's birth might give guidance to the university in its second century and beyond.
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11/7/2016
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Tracking a Lost Voice: The Chinese Workers on the Transcontinental Railroad
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Between 1865 and 1869, thousands of Chinese migrants toiled at a grueling pace and in perilous working conditions to help construct the railroad. The railroad, which could not have been completed without these Chinese workers, was the main source of the fortune with which Leland Stanford founded Stanford University. The history of these Chinese workers is a transnational story, told from both U.S. and Chinese perspectives, that the Chinese Railroad Workers Project tries to document and share. As co-directors of the project, Prof. Chang and Prof. Fishkin will talk about how the project gives a voice to these Chinese migrants.
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3/7/2016
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Camp Fremont: Stanford’s World War I Battlefield
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"As America entered World War I in 1917, Stanford University leased three-fourths of its Palo Alto land to allow the creation of an Army training camp, Camp Fremont, headquartered in present-day Menlo Park. The camp brought the war and its controversies home. Stanford adapted to the proximity of 28,000 soldiers, and the foothills acquired a trench ground and artillery range where dugouts and unexploded ordnance occasionally still emerge decades later. Peace broke out before most Camp Fremont troops saw battle, but the skills they acquired helped transform the West.
Barbara Wilcox, MLA ’15 and the author of World War I Army Training by San Francisco Bay: The Story of Camp Fremont (History Press, 2016), gave a presentation on Camp Fremont and its legacy."
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1/28/2016
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VideoGenetic Determinants of Adaptability and Trade-Offs in Yeast Laboratory Evolution
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On January 13, 2016, Elizabeth Jerison (Harvard) delivered a talk on Stanford campus for the Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics (CEHG). She discussed her study of trade-offs after adaptation to different environmental conditions, for which she evolved 260 populations of budding yeast to 13 different environmental conditions.
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1/28/2016
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Faculty Club Golden Jubilee and Rededication
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A presentation and celebration of the history of the Faculty Club. Founded in 1908, the original Faculty Club was burned to the ground in the 1960s. A new building was dedicated in 1965 in a ceremony presided by President Wallace Sterling.
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12/3/2015
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Trees of Stanford: A Walk through Time
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Join Canopy and the Stanford Historical Society as we explore the rich mosaic of Stanford trees on a journey through the past, present and future.
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11/2/2015
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Stanford Field Stations: Hopkins Marine Station and Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
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Philippe Cohen, Executive Director of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve and Stephen Palumbi, Jane and Marshall Steel Jr. Professor in Marine Sciences and Director of the Hopkins Marine Station were the featured speakers. They talked about the rich history and recent activities of the Stanford field stations.
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8/29/2015
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Angels in the Architecture: Restoring the Stained Glass of Stanford Memorial Church
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"Three large nave windows were painstakingly restored in recent years by Clerkin Higgins Stained Glass of New York City. Mary Clerkin Higgins will address problems encountered in the conservation treatment and highlight the skills of the artist and artisans who created the windows.
Ms. Higgins is an award-winning artist and conservator who has worked in stained glass for 39 years. She has written about and restored glass from the 12th century to the present for numerous museums and institutions."
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6/9/2015
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VideoThe Evolution of Architecture and Landscape at Stanford: From the Farm to the 21st Century
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University Architect David Lenox described the historic evolution of the campus and its architecture from its earliest incarnations to its current state, and provided a glimpse into the future development of the campus. Chris Wasney (B.A 1980) presented some of his firm's work on buildings from virtually all of the eras of Stanford's development.
http://historicalsociety.stanford.edu/programs.shtml
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4/1/2015
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VideoStanford Pioneering Women I A Conversation with Women Hired between 1958 and 1975
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Stanford Pioneering Women Video Series captures the memories and reflections of distinguished faculty members about their early experiences as women in predominantly male-dominated fields at Stanford. The purpose of this series is to illuminate the experiences of women who arrived at Stanford in different periods in the University’s history.
http://historicalsociety.stanford.edu/ohistoryinterviews.shtml
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3/21/2015
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Stanford and VIA (Volunteers in Asia): 50 years of International Service
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The panel explored the role that VIA played at Stanford during the turbulent 1960s and early 1970s at a time of student activism, and the ways that VIA complemented Stanford’s engagement with Asia. The panelists also discussed how Stanford participants engaged with the dramatic changes in Asia in the past 50 years and how the VIA experience affected their lives.
http://histsoc.stanford.edu/programspast.shtml
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1/13/2015
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Stanford and Silicon Valley: A Thirty-Year History
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President Hennessy discussed the history of the relationship between Stanford and the Silicon Valley in the last thirty years.
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5/19/2014
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The Winds of Freedom, Addressing Challenges to the University
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Stanford University’s unofficial motto, “Die Luft der Freiheit weht” (translated as “The wind of freedom blows”), was the theme of Gerhard Casper’s 1992 inaugural address as Stanford president. In his speech, he talked about the nine aspects of a university’s freedom. Twenty years later, as president emeritus, Gerhard Casper reflected on the freedoms of and at the university in his new book, The Winds of Freedom: Addressing Challenges to the University. The freedoms of and at the university in a historical, philosophical, ethical and experiential context was the subject of this talk. Casper explored the complexities faced by the leadership of research-intensive universities, especially, but not only, those of the United States; issues regarding campus speech and campus diversity, government regulation and politics, affirmative action; and the role of the research-intensive university, its faculty and students, in the pursuit of knowledge.
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4/8/2014
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Teaching Sex at Stanford
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The teaching of human sexuality at Stanford is usually associated with Herant Katchadourian’s course Human Sexuality (Human Biology 10) which was initiated in 1968 and enrolled over 20,000 students over the next several decades. While that course was the first to explicitly focus on sex, there have been earlier courses about topics that most probably touched on the subject in one way or another. Some of these courses go back all the way to the founding of Stanford. Between 1891 and the post-World War II period, they were typically listed under physical education and hygiene, as part of the more general concern with infectious illnesses, including venereal diseases. In the 1950s, there was a shift to courses on marriage and the family with references to physical intimacy and sex.
In his talk, Katchadourian reviewed this historical background, then focused on how his course was established and what it entailed, as well as how the topic of sex is currently addressed in the context of various courses.
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3/30/2014
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Stanford and Government
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In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Stanford in Government (SIG) during the seismic social change of the mid-1960s, a panel moderated by Larry Diamond ’73, MA ’78, PhD ’80, SIG faculty advisor, Hoover Institution Senior Fellow and faculty co-director of the Haas Center for Public Service, explored Stanford’s emergence after World War II as a national and international institution with complex ties to government. Drawing on their personal experiences, panelists discussed how a private university fulfils its public purpose—what creates and sustains Stanford faculty, student and alumni connections with government service.
Co-sponsored by Haas Center for Public Service and Stanford in Government
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2/13/2014
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Stanford and the Military
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Professor Kennedy talked about "The Modern American Military," which is also the title of his most recent book (Oxford Press, June 2013) and Stanford's tangled history with ROTC.
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1/17/2014
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History of the Music Department
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With its establishment in 1947, the Department of Music began a steady expansion of academic courses that had initially been offered as part of the curriculum in Education. In keeping with Stanford's tradition of combining theory and practice, knowledge and invention, community service and individual discovery, the Department has always sought to connect its programs to a broad range of scholarly and creative activities, which today embrace performance, composition, electroacoustic music, musicology and ethnomusicology. The patent established after Professor John Chowning’s discovery of FM synthesis in 1967 became the principal source for endowing the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), whose groundbreaking research has contributed significantly to the Department's international profile. In 2013, with the opening of the state-of-the-art Bing Concert Hall, the Department is positioned to take all of its programs to new levels of excellence.
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11/13/2013
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LSJUMB 101: 50 Years of Stanford Band History
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Since the mid-1960s, one of the most distinctive aspects of student life at Stanford and most visible features of the university’s on-campus culture has been The Incomparable Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band. This panel presentation will address the genesis and development of the Band as we know it today, beginning with the “Band Strike” in 1963. The discussion will be moderated by John Mannion, ’89, and will feature Dr. Arthur P. Barnes, emeritus professor of music and the Band’s director when it created its unique performance style. Other panelists are scheduled to include Frank Robertson, ’65; Dr. David Ruiz, ’73; Jacki Williams-Jones, ’76, A.M. ’77; and Patrick Neschleba, ’96, M.S. ’98.
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11/8/2013
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VideoGrowing Pains of Physics at Stanford
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Stanford Historical Society
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2/6/2013
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Victor Arnautoff, The House of Un-American Activities Committee, and Stanford
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Stanford Historical Society
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2/6/2013
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Women's Sports at Stanford: 40 Years of Title IX
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Stanford Historical Society
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11/29/2012
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Growing Pains of Physics at Stanford Part II
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Malcolm Beasley, Sidney Drell and Alexander Fetter discuss the origin of SLAC and the applied physics department at Stanford. (November 15, 2011)
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11/21/2012
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Growing Pains of Physics at Stanford Part I
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Malcolm Beasley, Sidney Drell and Alexander Fetter discuss the origin of SLAC and the applied physics department at Stanford. (November 14, 2011)
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11/21/2012
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Finding Its Place: The Catholic Community at Stanford
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Nancy Greenfield moderates a program with fellow Catholic Community leaders Nathan Castle, Barbara Gelpi, Teresa Pleins, and Peter Salazar, each highlighting a different aspect of the common history of Catholicism at Stanford University. (April 17, 2012)
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8/30/2012
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Press Past: The Life and Time of the Stanford Daily
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A panel of past Stanford Daily editors discuss the life and times of the publication, its place in university and journalistic annals, their experience at the paper and how it helped shape their careers in the industry. (February 15, 2012)
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3/26/2012
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International Students at Stanford
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John Pearson gives an overview of the presence of international students on campus. He discusses how they have helped shape the culture and learning experience of Stanford since the founding class. (November 15, 2011)
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1/23/2012
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VideoWhen the World Changed: The Impact of WWII on Women at Stanford
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Five extraordinary women share poignant and often humorous stories of how they helped rewrite the rules about gender roles on campus during WWII, a period of profound change. (May 17, 2011)
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6/24/2011
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Psychology at Stanford: A History
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Professor Al Hastorf describes how he first became involved in psychology in the army and the history of the department's enormous growth from its founding in 1892 under Frank Angell to what it is today. (April 21, 2011)
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6/15/2011
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The Railroad King at Court: The Stanfords in the 1870s
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Diana Strazdes discusses Leland Stanford in the late 1800s and how the mansions he constructed lent themselves to a useful purpose as well as sent a message to the public. (March 10, 2011)
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5/25/2011
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Jewish LIfe at Stanford
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The prominent Jewish figures on the Stanford University campus discuss how the Jewish community has evolved over the years and what direction in might be heading towards in the future. (January 13, 2011)
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3/9/2011
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Native American Life at Stanford
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In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Stanford American Indian Organization, three members of the Stanford community discuss the experiences of Native Americans at the university. (November 10, 2010)
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12/16/2010
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Watering the Farm: Stanford's Water Systems Old and New, Near and Far
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David Freyberg explores the past and the future of Stanford University's complex water source, distribution, and management system that typifies the challenges of managing water resources in a densely-populated, semi-arid environment. (October 13, 2010)
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12/16/2010
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Health Care in the United States: A Work in Progress
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A panel of Stanford and UCSF professors discuss the newly implemented health care plan and the effect it has on citizens now and in the future. (April 14, 2010)
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8/9/2010
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VideoLasers at 50: The History of Lasers at Stanford
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Robert Byer discusses his involvement in the development of laser technology while at Stanford University. (May 25, 2010)
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7/22/2010
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The Roots of Stanford Peace Movement in the 1960s and 1970s
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The movement at Stanford University against the Vietnam War emerged as a significant force in 1965 and continued through the end of the war in 1975. (April 1, 2010)
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6/7/2010
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From Greystone Quarry to Stone River: A History of Stanford Sandstone
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Charles Junkerman followed the fluid biography of Stanford's sandstone: scoured out of the Sierras by great rivers, sedimented along the ancient ocean shore, upthrust by colliding tectonic plates, and blasted out of Greystone Quarry.(February 17, 2010)
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3/31/2010
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As Old as the University Itself: The History of Asian Americans at Stanford
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The presence of persons of Asian ancestry has been at Stanford since its earliest days. As students, staff, and faculty, Asian Americans have played an important role in the life of the University. (March 10, 2010)
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3/31/2010
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From the Stanford Museum to the Cantor Arts Center: A Curatorial Perspective
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Betsy Fryberger, who recently retired after many years as the Burton and Deedee McMurtry Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Cantor Arts Center, discusses the history of the museum with particular attention to some of the exhibitions. (January 7, 2010)
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2/26/2010
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Gay at Stanford: Past, Present and Future
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This is a symposium of presentations on the past, present and future of being gay at Stanford. A presentation is given by Gerard Koskovich, a historian of gay life at Stanford, about the past. (December 3, 2009)
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2/1/2010
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What Does the Board of Trustees Actually Do?
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Panelists Leslie Hume and Burt McMurtry discuss the structure of the Stanford Board of Trustees, their mission, and methodology of directing the university's future. (October 27, 2009)
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12/4/2009
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One Hundred Years of Medicine at Stanford
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Dean Philip Pizzo, the Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the School of Medicine, talked about the history of the medical school since its beginning. (May 21, 2009)
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8/26/2009
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Stanford in Turmoil: Campus Unrest 1966-1972
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Richard W. Lyman, President Emeritus of Stanford University, talked about the period of 1966-1972 when anti-war protests took place at Stanford. (March 12, 2009)
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8/26/2009
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The King Legacy at Stanford
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Clayborne Carson, the founding director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford and head of the King Papers Project, speaks about his life. (January 12, 2009)
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6/29/2009
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Reflections on Latinos at Stanford Over Three Decades
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Professor Al Camarillo reviews the history of Latinos at Stanford over the last three decades. (February 17, 2009)
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4/8/2009
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A Sustainable Stanford in a Sustainable World
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Professor Koseff describes the Initiative on the Environment and Sustainability at Stanford, focusing on the role of the Woods Institute for the Environment in the Initiative. (October 15, 2008)
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1/21/2009
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The Mayfield Brewing Company and the History of Palo Alto
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John Alderete discusses the history of the company, which was founded by Alsace native Michel Klineclaus in 1868. (November 5, 2008)
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1/21/2009
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Back To The Future: Revisiting Stanford's Agenda For 2010 After 20 Years
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In winter quarter 1987, then President Donald Kennedy initiated a planning process with four Stanford faculty/staff members to try to generate a picture of what the University would be like in the year 2010. (May 13, 2008)
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7/7/2008
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Class of 1957 Alumni Stories
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This is a sampler of the oral history interviews conducted with various Class of 1957 alumni during the 2007 Reunion Homecoming Weekend. (October 12, 2007)
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5/12/2008
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The Haas Center and the Tradition of Public Service at Stanford
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Catherine Milton talks about the history of the Haas Center and how the tradition of public service evolved at the University. (February 25, 2008)
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3/17/2008
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The Legendary Wayne Vucinich: Growing Up in Yugoslavia
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Introduced by Norman Naimark, Larry Wolff talks about Wayne Vucinich's memoirs "Memoirs of My Childhood in Yugoslavia" and shared stories about Vucinich's childhood. (October 29, 2007)
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1/7/2008
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A Snapshot in Time: Stanford University Campus Planning
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David P. Lenox, University Architect, shares his vision on the future development of the Stanford campus. (January 30, 2007)
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5/8/2007
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Collegial Capital: The Organizations Research Community at Stanford 1970 - 2000
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Dick Scott, Professor of Sociology, Emeritus. Introduction by Ray Bacchetti, University Vice Provost, Emeritus.
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3/30/2007
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Bright Ideas that Make a Difference: Stanford Patents that have Changed the World
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Panel Discussion with: John Chowning, Professor of Music Emeritus; Leonard Herzenberg, Professor of Genetics Emeritus; Cal Quate, Professor of Applied Physics Emeritus; Kathy Ku, Director, Office of Technology Licensing; and Niels Reimers.
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3/30/2007
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How Stanford Spawned Silicon Valley: An Historical Perspective
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In what sense did the Valley's spirit of innovation, management styles, and entrepreneurial spirit all have roots on campus? A close look at the history of this relationship can tell us more about what Stanford has meant for Silicon Valley.
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3/30/2007
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Leland Stanford: The Man and The Book
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Norman Tutorow, '60, PhD '68, historian and author, will talk about his myth-busting book on Leland Stanford.
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3/30/2007
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One Cool Cop Tells All (Almost)
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Former director of public safety, Marvin Herrington shares his behind-the-scenes perspective on more than 30 years as Stanford's top cop.
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3/30/2007
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Reflections on a Zillion Years of College Admissions Decisions
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The insights and musings of Fred Hargadon, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Stanford 1969-1984, in conversation with Bill Stone of the Society's Board of Directors.
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3/30/2007
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Stanford and the West
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By telling the story of Robert Louis Stevenson's journey from Europe to the American West, Kennedy drew parallels between the railroad and Stanford University and contemplated on what each represented in American history.
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3/30/2007
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The Globalization of the Stanford Student: Overseas Studies 1973 - 1985
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Mike Hudnall, former deputy general counsel, will interview Professor Mark Mancall about his vision as director of Overseas Studies and the changes in the program between '73 and '85 that reflect the increasing globalization of the Stanford student.
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3/30/2007
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The Renovated Knoll: Presidents, Precedents and Computer Music
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The speakers discuss the history of the Knoll and its renovation, and Chris Chafe performs computer music.
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3/30/2007
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The Stanford Chapel: From Non-Denominational to Multi-Faith
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Join a panel discussion on the history of change to multi-faith religions at the Stanford Chapel.
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3/30/2007
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The Stanford Presidency
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Former and current Stanford University presidents Richard Lyman, Donald Kennedy, Gerhard Casper and John Hennessy discuss their experiences.
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3/30/2007
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Through the Dean's Open Door
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Join former student affairs deans James W. Lyons and Norman W. Robinson for a provocative and entertaining retrospective on student affairs "management" during challenging times on the Stanford campus.
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3/30/2007
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VideoThe Stanford Presidency
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Former and current Stanford University presidents Richard Lyman, Donald Kennedy, Gerhard Casper and John Hennessy discuss their experiences.
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3/30/2007
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