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President Marc Tessier-Lavigne reviewed key progress made toward implementing the university’s Long-Range Vision during his annual report to the Academic Council on Thursday. A faculty panel discussion moderated by Provost Persis Drell also touched on key academic themes in the Long-Range Vision.

In opening remarks to the Academic Council on Thursday, President Marc Tessier-Lavigne reflected that the past two years represent a unique moment in Stanford University’s history.Not only has the Stanford community navigated new challenges posed by

It was a gift from a billionaire venture capitalist.

Stanford University will launch a new school focusing on climate change thanks to a $1.1 billion gift from billionaire venture capitalist John Doerr and his wife, Ann, the university announced Tuesday.

Stanford University has received the largest gift in its history, and it’s for a school dedicated to studying the climate crisis. 

It was a gift from a billionaire venture capitalist.

Stanford University will launch a new school focusing on climate change thanks to a $1.1 billion gift from billionaire venture capitalist John Doerr and his wife, Ann, the university announced Tuesday

Stanford University will launch a new school focusing on climate change thanks to a $1.1 billion gift from billionaire venture capitalist John Doerr and his wife, Ann, the university announced Tuesday. The gift, one of the largest single donations to an American institute of higher education, will open the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability this…

The notion of a return to some kind of prepandemic normal without intervention has been abandoned.

A look at the higher-ed landscape helps put the university’s eye-catching donation in context.