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On Thursday at noon the campus community gathered on White Plaza to take photos in solidarity with the students at the University of Missouri, where racial tensions came to the fore this week. Stanford community members were encouraged to wear Stanford gear. Photographer Tamer Shabani was there.
On Oct. 28, hundreds gathered at Memorial Auditorium for a night of storytelling and conversation with former Stanford faculty member ANNA DEAVERE SMITH, an award-winning pioneer in the field of documentary theater.
Smith is best known for her one-woman, multi-character performances, which depict...
New report by Kenji Hakuta, Ilana Umansky and others offers evidence of inequitable treatment of English Language Learners in California schools.
California public schools often trap non-native English speakers into rigid categories for “English Learners” that jeopardize students’ long-...
The new Stanford exhibition, "From 'Curios' to Ambassadors: Changing Roles of the Daggett Collection from Tribes of the Lower Klamath River," highlights Native American tribal objects in a way that more precisely reflects their origins. It is on view through June 4, 2016.
In the late 1890s,...
Among African American youth, moving from a poor neighborhood to one with less poverty results in a lower use of African American Vernacular English, new Stanford research shows.
What neighborhood children grow up in can influence their use of African American Vernacular English and...
