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Stanford’s ‘Another Look’ to discuss the best books you’ve never read
Book clubs have proliferated across the United States, though most stick to middle-of-the-road bestsellers. Once in a while, however, you run across an off-the-beaten-track book you may not know about, praised by a leading literary figure. Where do you go to talk about this unfamiliar, top-notch fare? Look no further. Stanford is allowing readers to…
Robert Whitman: Local Report 2012
Local Report 2012 was an international media and telecommunications work in which Robert Whitman used live video and audio reports from approximately ninety participants around the world. Whitman used these reports to create a live sound and video performance, composing what he calls “a cultural map of the world.” Local Report 2012 was the latest…
In a series of gatherings, Stanford discusses the ethics of wealth
With all the things that money can buy comes a slew of ethical and moral dilemmas. To name a few: Does wealth make people happy? Are large wealth inequalities damaging to a democracy? What are the moral obligations of the wealthy to those in need? Throughout the 2012-13 academic year scholars from an array of…
Remarks by Alex Nemerov at Anderson Collection Groundbreaking
Professor Alex Nemerov speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, which took place on October 9th, 2012. The Anderson Collection is one of the largest and most outstanding private collections of post-World War II American art in the world. The collection has been built over the last 50 years by…
Remarks by Provost John Etchemendy at Anderson Collection Groundbreaking
Good afternoon and welcome. For those of you I haven’t had a chance to meet, I am John Etchemendy, Stanford provost. It is my honor to welcome everyone to this groundbreaking ceremony for the Anderson Collection at Stanford University. We are delighted that Hunk, Moo and Putter are here to help us mark the occasion….
Remarks by Roberta Denning at Anderson Collection Groundbreaking
Throughout the world, a groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of an important construction project. Our ritual turning of the sod will occur a little later this afternoon. But given the nature of today’s occasion—the beginning of the building that will house the Anderson Collection at Stanford University—any reference to groundbreaking is closer in meaning to…
Dance all day? Arts boot camp energizes Stanford students and staff
Last April, 240 Stanford students willingly filled out applications to shorten the length of their summer vacation. The reason? Arts Intensive – the opportunity to spend two and a half weeks with a select group of fellow students immersed in an arts seminar before the start of fall quarter. Dedicating time to focus on a…
This is your brain on Jane Austen, and Stanford researchers are taking notes
The inside of an MRI machine might not seem like the best place to cozy up and concentrate on a good novel, but a team of researchers at Stanford are asking readers to do just that. In an innovative interdisciplinary study, neurobiological experts, radiologists and humanities scholars are working together to explore the relationship between…
Miwok, Stanford’s monumental outdoor sculpture by di Suvero, moves to a new home
Moving art can get complicated very quickly. Frames aren’t always stable, wires fray, pastels and old paint don’t like movement. Sculptural elements become loose or detached, doorways and halls that were adequately high and wide when moving a piece in are inexplicably smaller when moving out. Large-scale outdoor sculpture often takes complicated to a whole…
Design and mechanical engineering share a seat in Stanford’s Product Realization Lab
The signs on the chairs read, “Please do not sit,” but these chairs were in fact designed for sitting – or reclining, in one case. A selection of seven seats of distinction, products of the Stanford spring course ARTSTUDI 262, “The Chair,” are currently on view in Cummings Art Building. The temptation, of course, is…
A comedy set in an Indian restaurant in NYC opens Stanford summer film series
With its summer film series Feast to Famine: Global Politics of Food and Water, Stanford University will host screenings and discussions about the culture and politics of the world’s two most important commodities. The principal characters of the film series, which includes one drama, two comedies and three documentaries, are a chef in an Indian family…
Stanford professor leads exploration of the work of actor, playwright Sam Shepard
It’s as if Sam Shepard could see the Occupy movement coming 36 years ago when he wroteCurse of the Starving Class. His characters, who might identify as the 99 percent today, imagine that the future belongs to them if they borrow or go in debt or buy land or speculate, only to find that the…
Robert Henke, 2013 Mohr Visiting Artist
At Stanford: Spring Quarter 2013 Hosted at Stanford by: Department of Music The Stanford University Department of Music is pleased to host Berlin based artist Robert Henke during the spring 2013 term as the second Mohr Visiting Artist. Henke’s residency is part of the Mohr Visiting Artist Program, administered by the Stanford Arts Institute, which brings acclaimed and…
New building, new faculty demonstrate ambitious growth plans for Stanford’s Department of Art and Art History
Earlier this month, during their final meeting of the academic year, the Stanford Board of Trustees moved two significant building projects forward: the Anderson Collection at Stanford University and the McMurtry Building for the Department of Art and Art History. Ennead Architects’ renderings of the building to house the Anderson Collection of post-World War II American art…
Stanford’s Apostolidès teaches his gender studies/French film class for the last time
With a periodic table on the wall and an eyewash faucet next to the door, it’s clear that the William D. Hewitt amphitheater is intended for science. But twice a week during the spring quarter, French Professor Jean-Marie Apostolidès has introduced students to a decidedly different type of experimentation. Instead of beakers and data tables,…
Anderson Collection at Stanford University to be displayed in an elegant new home
The Anderson Collection at Stanford University has reached another on-schedule milestone in the trek toward beginning construction this summer and opening its doors in 2014. The Stanford Board of Trustees approved Ennead Architects‘ building design at their meeting this week. The Anderson Collection is one of the largest and most outstanding private collections of post-World War…
