10 Nov, 2024
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From the Group | A word on tutorial freedom and institutional orthodoxy

There was an excessive amount of dialog in our neighborhood just lately over a movement launched within the School Senate. A number of articles have appeared in The Stanford Every day, and tensions had been excessive on the School Senate assembly on Could 11. Transferring anecdotes have been shared in response to the suggestion that […]

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From the Group | Doerr College confuses wealth and fame for management and information

What group of individuals is greatest positioned to advise a brand new faculty of sustainability? On June fifth, we received Stanford administration’s reply. The Doerr College’s Dean introduced the varsity’s Advisory Council’s new membership. The Council now counts 22 members, over half of whom are both billionaires or their spouses, and half of whom are […]

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From the Group | After demise threats towards its Vietnamese group, Stanford stayed silent.

Content material warning: This message references anti-Asian violence/racial violence. Earlier this quarter, a person was discovered and detained on campus after threatening to enact violence towards Stanford’s Vietnamese group. After posting a sequence of on-line threats and racially charged feedback towards Stanford’s Vietnamese college students, the person bodily confirmed up on campus — and was […]

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From the Neighborhood | SEIU 2007 helps Stanford Graduate Employees Union

Our Union, SEIU 2007, has represented greater than 1200 Stanford staff since 1970. We proudly help the Stanford Graduate Employees Union marketing campaign to unionize graduate pupil staff. The continuing points they face, together with lower-than-living wages, spiraling healthcare prices and intensely excessive housing costs, are the identical points that confront all of our SEIU […]

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From the Neighborhood | Why did we suggest a decision in regards to the affiliation of Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Mercer with Stanford?

On Might 11, 2023, we proposed a decision within the School Senate requesting that the affiliation of Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Mercer in all positions of duty or honor at Stanford College be terminated attributable to promulgation of harmful, racist and antisemitic disinformation on platforms they personal or management. The motivation for our decision was […]

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From the Neighborhood | Letter to our comunidad about El Centro Chicanx/Latinx

Querida Comunidad, The pictures of scholars carrying indicators utilizing profanity towards El Centro and Centro Director Elvira Prieto and calling for workers firing from the Might 5th incident throughout Cafecito at El Centro have been devastating. Intimidation, identify calling and aggressive confrontation will not be how we resolve variations in our comunidad. The checklist of calls […]

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From the Neighborhood | Thought police or ethical integrity?

It’s been an thrilling yr within the College Senate. A quick overview for individuals who have missed the latest kerfuffle: Professor Jakovljevic and Professor Lipsick, who sits on the College Senate Steering Committee, introduced ahead a movement requesting that Rebekah Mercer and Rupert Murdoch be terminated from all affiliation with Stanford. Ms. Mercer and Mr. Murdoch are on […]