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The Program in Science, Technology & Society, in collaboration with the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative and the Center for International Security and Cooperation, is pleased to offer seed…
The Waring Historical Library is now accepting applications for our W. Curtis Worthington, Jr. Essay Contest which was established to encourage students to contribute to scholarship about the history…
Dr. Alondra Nelson has been named Deputy Director for Science and Society — a new position — in the Biden administration’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).  Among her many…
As you may have read in this recent message, we are planning to welcome juniors, seniors, and other students with approved exceptions to campus this spring. Stanford will provide updates through this…
Intersect is an international, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, STS-focused, academic research journal run by undergrads that publishes online quarterly at intersect.stanford.edu.  It is…
Stanford will proceed with plans to welcome frosh and sophomores to live on campus in the winter quarter, but in light of public health conditions, will adopt a phased undergraduate arrival process…
Message from the Director:    It’s almost Thanksgiving: a moment for celebration, reflection, and looking ahead.   We all deserve to celebrate, just for surviving the first quarter…
In May 2020, STS hosted our first Zoom version of the annual STS Honors Symposium.  Professor Kyoko Sato and her teaching assistant Efrain Brito worked tireleslly to support the students and…
Responding to the Black Lives Matter movement and the killings of several Black people at the hands of police, professor and Director of Science, Technology & Society (STS) Paul Edwards has…
Antiracism in Biomedical Research and Medicine  Dr. Ibram X. Kendi and Dean Ayodele Thomas Wednesday, September 30 at 11:00 am   The Departments of Genetics, Developmental…
The Program in Science, Technology & Society announces two new concentrations:    Catastrophic Risks and Solutions (CRS) Catastrophic Risks and Solutions will let students explore…
What are the roles of race and racism in science, technology, and medicine?The STS Program and 17 other Stanford centers, programs and departments are collaborating to host a weekly speaker…
This coming year will be like no other, so let’s get ready together. This is where you’ll find information for undergraduates and families about the 2020-21 academic year.
We're preparing for the 2020-21 academic year with your health and education as top priorities.  Grad Updates has current information for new and continuing graduate students,…
by Sandra Feder Teaching students about the existential threat of a pandemic as they are living through one can help make the danger feel less hypothetical and much more real. Rashid Al-Abri did not…
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