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On a road trip from California to New Mexico, Ashley Overbeek (BA ’17, IR) captured “Open Road.”

This year’s Student Photo Contest received more than 170 outstanding entries and judging was extremely difficult.  There are some very talented photographers in SGS.  Our judging team of Connie Wolf, Scott Sugiura, Bissera Pentcheva,…
Scotland will hold a referendum on Sept. 18 to decide whether it should break away from the United Kingdom. A new chapter in the Scottish independence movement could reshape the future of that country and the rest of the United Kingdom, Stanford…

Founder and Executive Director of the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF)

Paris, May 24, 2014 JASMINA BOJIC, Founder and Executive Director of the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF), has been awarded UNESCO's Fellini Medal. The International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication (…

Professor Duara aims to restore hope in the possibility of planetary sustainability during his lecture.

Photo by Mark Rapacz

The twenty-first century has been marked by a growing concern over environmental sustainability. Though many believe that the harmful effects of climate change are beyond repair, the renowned historian Dr. Prasenjit Duara, Raffles Professor of…

Stanford students Havi Mirell (fourth from left) and Daniel Mattes (second from right) with the rest of the trial monitoring team, including members from...

On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia by violent overthrow of the Lon Nol government.  The secretive leaders of this radical Maoist regime ruled Cambodia for a period of 3 years, 8 months and 20 days, during which time at…