Announcements

An update on efforts to confront racial bias
Dear Stanford students,

As the end of fall quarter approaches, with the winter break close behind, we want to provide an update on issues that have been on many of our minds in recent weeks.

An important subject at Stanford this fall has been the need to confront and vigorously address incidents of racial bias and racially motivated attacks on others. There have been several of these incidents, affecting members of different communities.

Among those credited with leading and sustaining the effort proposed by Native American students to rename landmarks honoring Junipero Serra is Carson Smith, now a graduate student at Oxford. She reflects on lessons learned about ameliorating the pain inflicted by California’s mission system.

Gerald Vizenor, an award-winning author and citizen of the White Earth Nation, will be in residence at Stanford during winter quarter as the Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitor.

Stanford dedicated Jane Stanford Way on Thursday, honoring the woman whose vision and leadership had a profound effect on the shaping of the university she co-founded with her husband, Leland. Leaders of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe participated in the ceremony, welcoming the audience with prayer and song.

At a recent event, President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Provost Persis Drell and other faculty welcomed the newest members of the Stanford professoriate.

Stanford will celebrate the renaming of Serra Mall as Jane Stanford Way from 4-5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, in Memorial Court. All members of the Stanford community are invited.

Stanford will celebrate Veterans Day today by placing floral wreaths in Memorial Court and Memorial Auditorium, accompanied by a letter from President Marc Tessier-Lavigne.

Including a gender and sex analysis in scientific research can open the door to discovery and innovation.

As Stanford prepares to celebrate the new Jane Stanford Way, university archaeologist Laura Jones talks about Native American history in this area, the university’s relationship with the Muwekma Ohlone and the decision to rename landmarks that once honored Junipero Serra.

At the 25th annual Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame induction ceremony during the recent Reunion Homecoming, Stanford recognized SIDNEY DILLARD, ’84; NEIL KAHO‘OKELE HANNAHS, ’73, MA ’74; MAE LEE, ’92, MA ’93; and ALMA MEDINA, ’92, JD ’95, P ’19, P ’22.