
:''For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation).'' The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University, is a privately-funded United States university in Stanford, California. Located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco, California in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County, California adjacent to the city of Palo Alto, California, Stanford lies at the heart of the Silicon Valley, both literally and historically. Situated on an expansive and picturesque campus in suburban California, Stanford University offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate education programs as well as hosting a world-renowned medical center and a wide variety of research facilities and community outreach projects. Stanford is considered to be one of the most prestigious and well-known universities in the world, combining top-notch academics with winning athletic programs. ==History== Stanford was founded by railroad magnate and Governor of California Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Stanford, and is named in honor of their deceased teenage son, Leland Stanford, Jr. Locals and university affiliates are known to refer to the school as The Farm, a nod to the institution's origins as a horse farm. The University's founding grant was written on November 11, 1885, and accepted by the first Board of Trustees on November 14. The cornerstone was laid on May 14, 1887, and the University officially opened on October 1, 1891, to 559 students, with free tuition and fifteen faculty members, seven of whom hailed from Cornell University. The school was established as a coeducational institution although it maintained a cap on female enrollment for many years and continues to have predominantly male enrollment in many strategic areas, such as engineering and computer science. The official motto of Stanford University, selected by the Stanfords, is "''Die Luft der Freiheit weht.''" When loosely translated from the Latin, by way of German language, the quote from Ulrich von Hutten means "The wind of freedom blows." At the time of the school's establishment, German had recently replaced Latin as the dominant language of science and philosophy (a position it would hold until World War II). ==Campus== Stanford University owns 8,180 acres (32 km2), making it the second-largest university complex in the world. The main campus is bounded by El Camino Real (California), Stanford Avenue, Junipero Serra Boulevard and Sand Hill Road, in the center of the Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula. In the summer of 1886, when the campus was first being planned, Stanford brought the president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Francis Amasa Walker, and prominent Boston, Massachusetts landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted westward for consultations. Olmsted worked out the general concept for the campus and its buildings, rejecting a hillside site in favor of the more practical flatlands. Charles Allerton Coolidge then developed this concept in the style of his late mentor, Henry Hobson Richardson, in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, characterized by rectangular stone buildings linked by arcades of half-circle arches. Much of this first construction was destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake but the University retains the Quad, the old Chemistry Building (which is currently unoccupied) and Encina Hall (reportedly the residence of John Steinbeck during his time at Stanford). After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake inflicted further damage the University implemented a billion-dollar capital improvement plan to retrofit and renovate older buildings for new, up-to-date uses. Many of the modern buildings were designed in the Spanish-colonial style common to California, with red tile roofs and white stucco exteriors, which gives the campus a uniform yet distinctly Californian look that many find aesthetically pleasing—the red tile roofs and bright blue skies common to the region are a famously complementary combination. The University has its own golf course and a seasonal lake (Lagunita), both home to the endangered California Tiger Salamander. The off-campus Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is a nature reserve owned by the university and used by wildlife biologists for research. Hopkins Marine Station, located in Pacific Grove, California, is a marine biology research center owned by the university since 1892. Contemporary campus landmarks include the Stanford Quad and Stanford Memorial Church, the art museum and art gallery, the Stanford Mausoleum and the Angel of Grief, Hoover Institution, the Auguste Rodin sculpture garden, the Papua New Guinea sculpture garden, Green Library and the Dish. Frank Lloyd Wright's 1937 Hanna House, and the 1919 Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House, are both National Historic Landmarks now on university grounds. ==Institutions== Besides the university, the Stanford trustees oversee Stanford Research Park, the Stanford Shopping Center, the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University Medical Center and many associated medical facilities (including the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital), as well as many acres of undeveloped foothills. Other prominent Stanford-affiliated institutions include the Stanford Linear Accelerator and the Stanford Research Institute, a now-independent institution which originated at the University. Stanford also houses the Hoover Institution, a major public policy think tank that attracts visiting scholars from around the world. The Stanford Institute for International Studies, which is dedicated to the more specific study of international relations, is also a notable institution. The Stanford University Libraries hold a collection of more than eight million volumes. The main library in the SU library system is Green Library. Meyer Library holds the East Asia collection and the student-accessible media resources. Other significant collections include the Lane Medical Library, Jackson Business Library, Falconer Biology Library, Cubberley Education Library, Branner Earth Sciences Library, Swain Chemistry and Chem-E Library, Jonsson Government Documents collection, Crown Law Library, the Stanford Auxiliary Library (SAL), the SLAC Library, the Hoover library, the Marine Biology Library at Hopkins Marine Station and the University's special collections. Digital libraries and text services include HighWire Press, the Humanities Digital Information Services group and the Media Microtext Center. Several academic departments and some residences also have their own libraries. Stanford University student traditions include Full Moon on the Quad, [http://flicks.stanford.edu Sunday Flicks], steam-tunnelling and Primal Scream. Other old traditions, some of which have ended, include the Big Game bonfire at Lake Lag, the Halloween party at the Stanford family mausoleum and Viennese Ball, which was started in the 1970's by students returning from the now defunct Stanford in Vienna program. ==Academics== The University enrolls approximately 6,500 undergraduates and 7,300 grad students. Stanford has a reputation among students as being a relaxed, fun-loving, warm-weather alternative to the Ivy League schools of the east coast. The schools of the University include the Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University School of Engineering, Stanford University School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University School of Education, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Law School and the Stanford University School of Medicine. Admission is extremely competitive, and according to ''Atlantic Monthly'', it is the sixth-most selective college in the United States (after Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Caltech, Yale and Harvard). It is currently ranked 5th by U.S. News & World Report, along with Duke University and MIT. Stanford awards the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, B.A.S., Master of Arts, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, D.M.A., Doctor of Education, Ed.S., Doctor of Medicine, Master of Business Administration, Juris Doctor, J.S.D., J.S.M., Master of Laws, M.A.T._(disambiguation), M.F.A., M.L.S., M.L.A. and ENG. The University has approximately 1,700 faculty members, including 17 Nobel laureates and 23 MacArthur fellows. The largest part of the faculty (40 percent) are affiliated with the medical school, while a third serve in the School of Humanities and Sciences. Stanford built its international reputation as the pioneering Silicon Valley institution through top programs in engineering and the sciences, and birthed companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Cisco Systems, Yahoo!, Google and Sun Microsystems—indeed, "Sun" originally stood for "Stanford University Network." The university also offers world-class programs in the humanities, particularly creative writing, history, government, economics and psychology. == University leadership == Stanford University is governed by a board of trustees, in conjuction with the university president and provosts and the deans of the various schools. === Presidents === # David Starr Jordan (1891-1913) # John Casper Branner (1913-1915) # Ray Lyman Wilbur (1916-1943) # Donald Tresidder (1943-1948) # J. E. Wallace Sterling (1949-1968) # Kenneth Pitzer (1968-1970) # Richard Lyman (1970-1980) # Donald Kennedy (1980-1992) # Gerhard Casper (1992-2000) # John Hennessy (2000-present) === Provosts === The position of Provost (education) was created in 1952 during the Presidency of J. E. Wallace Sterling. Many people consider the Stanford Provost to be the "heir apparent" to the President because of the five men who succeeded Sterling as President, three were Provost of Stanford (Lyman, Kennedy, and Hennessy), one was Provost of the University of Chicago (Casper), while the other was President of Rice University (Pitzer). The Provost is the University's chief academic and budget officer. The Provost and the President together conduct Stanford's relationships with the neighboring community and other schools and organizations. # Douglas Witaker (1952-1955) # Frederick Terman (1955-1965) # Richard Lyman (1967-1970) # William F. Miller (1971-1978) # Gerald Lieberman (1979-1979) # Donald Kennedy (1979-1980) # Albert Hastorf (1980-1984) # James Rosse (1984-1992) # Gerald Lieberman (1992-1993) # Condoleezza Rice (1993-1999) # John Hennessy (1999-2000) # John Etchemendy (2000-present) == Notable alumni and faculty == *List of Stanford University people == Stanford athletics == Stanford participates in the NCAA's Division I-A and forms part of the Pacific Ten Conference athletic conference. It also has membership in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for indoor athletics (men and women), water polo (men and women), women's gymnastics, women's lacrosse, men's gymnastics, and men's volleyball. Stanford's traditional sports rival is University of California, Berkeley. Stanford has won the NACDA Director's Cup (formerly known as the ''Sears Cup'') every year for the past ten years (the award has been offered the past eleven years), honoring the first-ranked collegiate athletic program in the United States. In addition, Stanford University has earned 89 NCAA National Titles since its establishment (2nd most by any university or college). Stanford offers 34 varsity sports (18 female, 15 male, one coed), 19 club sports and 37 intramural sports—about 800 students participate in intercollegiate sports. The University offers about 300 athletic scholarships. The winner of the annual "Big Game" between the Cal and Stanford football teams gains custody of the Stanford Axe. Stanford's football team played in the first Rose Bowl (game) in 1902, losing 49-0 to the University of Michigan. Stanford has played in 12 Rose Bowls, most recently in 2000. Until 1930, Stanford did not have a "mascot" name for its athletic teams. In that year, the athletic department adopted the name "Indians" in response to the "Bears" name used by the Cal-Berkeley teams. In 1972, "Indians" was dropped after a complaint was lodged by American Indian students at Stanford, based on racial insensitivity. The Stanford sports teams are now officially referred to as the Stanford cardinal (color) (the bright red color, not the bird), but the band's mascot, Stanford Tree, is often mistaken as the school's mascot. Part of Stanford Band, the tree symbol derives from the El Palo Alto redwood tree on the Stanford and City of Palo Alto seals. Stanford hosts an annual US Open Series tennis tournament (Bank of the West Classic) at Taube Stadium. Cobb Track, Angell Field, and Avery Stadium Pool are considered world-class athletic facilities. Stanford athletes are also world class; fifteen athletes affiliated with Stanford University participated in the 2004 2004 Summer Olympics, winning a total of seventeen medals. === Stanford club sports === Club sports, while not officially a part of Stanford athletics, are numerous at Stanford. Teams include Archery, Badminton, Cricket, Cycling, Equestrianism, Ice Hockey, Judo, Men's Lacrosse, Polo, Rugby football, Squash, Skiing, Taekwondo, Triathlon and Ultimate frisbee, and in some cases have historically performed quite well. For instance, the men's and women's Ultimate Frisbee teams won national championships in 2002 and 2003, respectively. === Notable Stanford athletes === * List of Stanford University people#Notable Stanford athletes ==Further reading== *Stuart W. Leslie,'' The Cold War and American Science: The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex at MIT and Stanford'', Columbia University Press 1994 *Rebecca S. Lowen, R. S. Lowen, ''Creating the Cold War University: The Transformation of Stanford'', University of California Press 1997 ==See also== *Stanford prison experiment *List of colleges and universities *Committee for Green Foothills *Stanford Band == External links == *[http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Official Website] *[http://www.stanford.edu/home/prospective/ Stanford University Prospective Students Site] *[http://www.gostanford.com/ Stanford Athletics Official Website] *[http://osa.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Student Groups Website] *[http://www.stanfordmanage.org/ Stanford Management Company Official Website] *[http://www.stanford.edu/group/wellspring/ Wellspring of Innovation: Database of Stanford-affiliated companies] *[http://assu.stanford.edu/ Associated Students of Stanford University Official Website] *[http://sse.stanford.edu/ Stanford Student Enterprises] *[http://daily.stanford.edu/ ''The Stanford Daily''] *[http://chappie.stanford.edu/ Stanford Chaparral Official Website] *[http://campus-map.stanford.edu/campus_map/index.jsp Searchable Campus Map] *[http://unofficial.stanford.edu/ Unofficial Guide to Stanford] *[http://www.terragalleria.com/california/california.stanford.html Photos of Stanford University] *[http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=953 Rate Professors]
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''An event mentioned in this article is an Template:October 1 selected anniversaries.'' --- == Municipal association == Stanford U. is not in Palo Alto! All addresses direct to "Stanford, CA" and not "Palo Alto, CA". --User:Jiang 20:43, 3 Sep 2003 (UTC) :Stanford, CA is NOT a city as explained in the article. I would like to see some confirmation and proof otherwise. User:Kowloonese 06:18, 8 Sep 2003 (UTC) :Ok, my bad then...the article used to call it a "town" and someone changed it not too long ago without me noticing... --User:Jiang 06:21, 8 Sep 2003 (UTC) == Headers == Jiang, would you please revert your addition of headers to the Stanford University article? I spent a long time tonight on a complete rewrite and I put the things were they were for a reason. It had a nice flow and logical coherence after I was done, and now it does not. Let's let the page grow a bit more, organically, before we chop it up. Thank you in advance. User:Jengod 08:11, Jan 17, 2004 (UTC) :Unfortunately, our dictators have decided that the table of contents should go above the first header, thus forcing us to limit our introduction to a paragraph or two. Sooner or later, all that content above what was in the first header needs to be broken up into sections. Why not start now? The page is long enough for a TOC to be useful. Wouldn't starting now allow time for logical coherence to be established? How would more content prevent headers from breaking the flow? The Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities template could be applied too. --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang 08:16, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC) :Looking at it again, I don't think I did much damage to the flow. Why should campus landmarks be separated from the paragraph on the physical campus by a discussion of the number of undergraduates? Is the band part of the athletic dept? --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang 08:20, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC) :Seriously dude, this page was a wasteland for a really long time. I just gave it some soul. Don't force a template on it, don't make it make sense, don't build a TOC where one currently doesn't need to be. This page doesn't need you right now. It's fine. Please leave it alone. AND YES, THE BAND *IS* PART OF THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT. User:Jengod 08:21, Jan 17, 2004 (UTC) :Are you a Stanfurd student or alum? --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang ::Why yes, I am. Does that disqualify me from contributing to this article? User:Jengod 08:25, Jan 17, 2004 (UTC) ::No, I'm just trying to figure out why, rather than explaining why I violated the "logical coherence" of ''your'' text (part of my edit which you later partly restored), you ignored the issue, tried to establish possession of this article, and asked me to leave this article alone. --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang 09:27, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC) == Alumni list == What is the logic behind the ordering of the alumni list? Or is there none? The degree and year should be added. --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang == Rankings & Reputation == Hi, I have reverted the page back to last edit. Some people seem to feel that anything that damages the school's reputation should not be placed here, even if it's true. Please recognize that Wikipedia articles should be neutral. Therefore, both positive and negative aspects of the school should be written. In this most recent case, Jengod decided that the comment "Stanford ranks lower than Harvard, Yale, and Princeton in U.S. News Rankings" to somehow be a violation or vandalous. This is a fact, and there is nothing wrong with stating it as such. :The comment was a crack at Stanford's ranking, deliberately inserted by a Yale IP address into the first sentence of a long article, in an attempt to make Stanford look bad. The presentation of facts can be manipulated to influence opinion almost as well as opinionated writing. User:Silsor 02:42, Feb 26, 2004 (UTC) :''"Although Stanford students often refer to their school as the "Harvard of the West", for the past 10 years it has consistently ranked below Harvard, Yale and Princeton in the U.S. News and World Report annual college rankings."'' I reverted because it was denigrating and useless, but provide me a table of USNewsWorldReport undergrad and grad schools rankings for Stanford, Yale, Princeton and then Harvard. If it turns out to be true, which I suspect it is not, then surely add it in. It definitely won't start a ranking war amongst college rivals throughout the U.S. Also, a quick look at the edit history of Acorn and the IP address that made the origin edits reveals a very short Wikipedian history almost all of which is devoted to dismissing "lower Ivies" and promoting the prestige of Yale-Harvard-Princeton. All of which are damn fine institutions, but this is not a college fair, this is an encyclopedia. User:Jengod 02:56, Feb 26, 2004 (UTC) :"Stanford ...[is] one of the most prestigious [universities] in the world" is as NPOV as such things get. Does anyone doubt it's true? It's not even saying 'top thousand', much less 'more prestigious than Reed College'. --User:Wwoods 08:22, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC) == Mistake In Translation == The German phrase "Die Luft der Freiheit weht", found on the Standford emblem, is subbed incorrectly ("Let the winds of freedom blow"). A correct translation would be: "The winds of freedom blow" Even more correct: "The wind of freedom blows" : Yes, "the wind of freedom blows" is the most correct translation. But I'm guessing they're leaving it as "the winds of freedom blow" because of the Beavis and Butthead connotation that "blows" carries. As in, huh huh dude... like, the wind of freedom totally BLOWS! User:Jawed :: It is a bad idea to change a translation to thwart a misinterpretation by immature high schoolers, when the incorrect result leaves millions of mature Germans thinking that this university cannot teach the German language properly. Well, to be a stickler about it, a word-for-word translation would be "The air of freedom blows" -- former Stanford pres. Gerhard Casper (German by birth) noted that -- but that's not really in the spirit of the motto, which I think was originally Latin. "The winds of freedom blow" is a perfectly reasonable and arguably more poetic-sounding translation. In any event, I don't think a plural version of "die Luft" even exists, and it's certainly not always the case that you would want to be so literal as always to match number in a translation -- die Hose and die Brille, pants and glasses respectively, are both singular in German but plural in English, for example. -User:Ergative 19:37, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC) :::I don't think it's a question so much of avoiding immature misinterpretation rather than being more idiomatic English. In English, metaphorical winds are almost always plural: "the winds of change", "the winds of war", "the winds of fortune", etc. I think "the winds of freedom" is much more natural sounding than "the wind of freedom". Although this doesn't match the exact syntax of the German, I think it captures the intent of the German while sounding like more natural English. Of course, one can find examples of singular metaphorical winds, so one could aruge that this alteration is not strictly necessary. Nevertheless, surely German speakers understand that not every phrase can be translated to English with word-for-word exactness. User:Nohat 19:43, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC) :::(On edit conflict, also what Ergative says) User:Nohat 19:43, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC) Based on the text of Stanford ex-President Gerhardt Casper's 1995 paper, ''Die Luft der Freiheit weht - on and off: On the Origins and History of the Stanford Motto'' [http://www.stanford.edu/group/identity/dieluft.pdf] (PDF), the correct translation of the motto (which is a possibly-incorrect German translation of a Latin phrase) appears to be "the wind of freedom is blowing" (see end of p. 2 of the pdf). This is the translation found in David Jordan's (Stanford's first president) 1896 paper on Ulrich von Hutten. However, Casper's paper also discusses the fact the "luft" actually means "air," not "wind," so the motto, if accurately translated from the original Latin, would be "Der Wind der Freiheit weht", and that the translation from the original Latin directly to English produces "the wind of freedom blows." However, the paper also quotes from Jordan's 1893 Charter Day speech at Berkeley, in which Jordan himself translates the motto as "the winds of freedom are blowing" (see middle of p. 3 of the pdf). In the paper, Casper never explicitly states what he deems to be the correct English translation of the motto. A 1995 Stanford press release ([http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/95/950919Arc5095.html]) regarding the presentation of the above-mentioned paper contains the translation "the wind of freedom blows," and a Stanford webpage on the founding of the university ([http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/facts/founding.html]) says the English translation of the motto is "the wind of freedom blows." Based on the above, I believe we should consider the most-appropriate translation of the motto to be "the wind of freedom blows," despite the more poetic nature of "the winds of freedom blow" and the possible increased accuracy of "the winds of freedom are blowing" and "the wind of freedom is blowing." Hence, User:Pdehaye's edit to the translation of the motto should remain. :I just realized (long after the fact), that I forgot to sign this edit. And it took me a fair amount of research too. Darn. -- ericl234">User:Ericl234 talk">User_talk:Ericl234 10:36, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC) == Lead section == This article needs an expanded wikipedia:lead section about 2 paragraphs in length. --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang 04:48, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC) == added Memorial Church / Mausoleum articles == These could use some content... Stanford Memorial Church Stanford Mausoleum User:Jawed == Reputation revisited == OK, as it stands the article reads "Stanford University...is one of the more prestigious universities in the U.S.," which is pretty wishy-washy, no offense to whomever eventually phrased it this way (Jengod?). I do remember the NPOV objections to the various ways this was worded in the past, and not to be petty about it, but other schools who have as much right as Stanford to claim being one of the most prestigious universities in the world have articles that say this: * "Harvard University is one of the world's most prestigious universities" * "Yale University...[is] one of the most prestigious and well-known [universities] in the world." * "University of Pennsylvania is known as one of America's best universities, and is internationally known as one of the world's most prestigious universities" * "Duke University is recognized internationally as one of the leading institutions of higher education in the United States" * "Columbia University is internationally recognized as one of the world's foremost and most prestigious research universities." * "Northwestern University is one of the United States' premier institutions of higher education" * "One of the most prestigious universities in the world, Brown University distinguishes itself..." etc. So, would people be in favor of changing the phrase back into something along the lines of what was there before? (disclaimer: I am a Stanford alumnus) -User:Ergative 01:55, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC) == Motto is wrong == I don't think the motto ''Die Luft der Freiheit weht'' is correct. The actual motto is: '''Stanford -- we're ''better'' than you!''' == Queued images == ==CSLI== Could someone merge CSLI with this page, or rename and expand the CSLI article, thanks--User:Petaholmes 01:17, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC) == Cornell faculty == I reverted your change because it seems odd why you would only mention the Cornell faculty. You could provide a full breakdown of where all the other faculty "hailed" from. But I'm not sure it makes sense to single out a single school. Why this one? What about the other faculty? I mention this, because I find it to be significant that half of the original faculty all had roots from the same school. I happened to find that fact while reading an official Cornell source and thought that others might be interested in that little factoid. --User:Xtreambar 13:37, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC) : Your information is back in the article. It is significant, especially because Leland Stanford Sr. had previously tried to donate contributions (in memory of his deceased son) to the prominent established institutions in the East such as Yale and Harvard, which subsequently rejected him. Had they accepted Stanford's offerings, Stanford University never would have been born. Their rejection inspired Stanford to establish his own university, and importing a large number of Cornell people was definitely sending a message to the East Coast education establishment that Stanford was serious about his mission. David Starr Jordan, Stanford's first president, went to Cornell as an undergraduate. Regarding the pejorative comment one person wrote about Cornell being the "worst of the Ivy League", many current prominent faculty members at Stanford received their bachelor's degrees from Cornell, such as former Law Dean Kathleen Sullivan, Stephen Krasner (recently appointed to a high position in the State Department by Condolezza Rice), and Religious Studies professor Hester Gelber. :: Just so you know, that story with Harvard and Yale etc is complete BS. See [http://www.harvard.edu/siteguide/faqs/faq19.html] [http://www.harvard.edu/siteguide/faqs/stanford.html]. User:Jawed 01:00, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC) ::: Heck, that story was told as a ''joke'', at least 25 years ago. The punchline was the unnamed mother losing her patience and saying, "Come on, Leland. Let's start our ''own'' university!" :::User:Wwoods 16:44, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC) ::: Also, see Stanford's take on the Harvard donation story.[http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/history/begin.html#Found] [http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/history/begin.html#myth] == Stanford pictures in Wikimedia Commons == Please contribute more pictures: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University] User:Jawed 08:10, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Old Chemistry Building == I recently walked by the old Chemistry Building on the Stanford campus. It has been unoccupied for a very long time -- the grass around it is waist-high, there are trees growing in front of the doors, the windows are shuttered, and the entire building is fenced off. The building carries the inscription "1900" on the front. It's a window into the past. Does anyone know what's up with this building? Why is it unoccupied and abandoned? User:Jawed 07:58, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC) :My understanding is that it's structurally unsound as a result of one earthquake or another. It's a historically significant building, so they can't/don't want to tear it down, but renovating it probably wouldn't be cost-effective. User:Ergative 13:28, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC) "The 1903 building, condemned in the mid-1980s for seismic safety reasons, is one of the few damaged buildings on campus that has not been restored since the earthquake."[http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/1999/october13/lomaquote-1013.html] User:Jengod 19:54, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC) == Full Moon on the Quad? == Has anyone here actually witnessed Full Moon on the Quad? I'm a student here and eager to try this out :) Are there really just girls waiting to make out with guys? Please enlighten me. : this hardly seems like the place for this question, but the answer is, more or less, yes. i say more or less because it depends on your definition of "make out". of course, it varies by girl, but my (one year of) experience indicates that it ranges from a peck on the cheek to a slightly longer kiss with tongue. -- ericl234">User:Ericl234 talk">User_talk:Ericl234 09:29, May 20, 2005 (UTC) == List of Stanford University people? == What do people think about moving the list of notable students, alumni, and faculty to a separate writeup as I've done for Case Western Reserve University (see List of Case Western Reserve University people)? Either way seems to be OK, just thought I'd suggest it, as many other universities are doing the same (Princeton University, Harvard, MIT, etc). See Category:Lists of people by university affiliation for a full list of other schools with such lists. - User:McCart42 User_talk:McCart42 18:43, 2005 May 25 (UTC) :Support. User:Jengod 20:08, May 25, 2005 (UTC) Well this is nowhere near a consensus but I just went ahead with the move anyway. I didn't change any of the structure, so feel free to revise if you would like. If anyone has any complaints please discuss them here. - User:McCart42 User_talk:McCart42 14:36, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC) == "second-largest university complex in the world" == I always hear that this university has the second-largest complex in the world. So what is the largest in the world? User:Jawed 18:08, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC) : I think I've heard that it's something in Russia...University of Moscow, perhaps, if there even is such a thing. But I have no idea if this is correct or not. -- ericl234">User:Ericl234 talk">User_talk:Ericl234 contribs">Special:Contributions/Ericl234 09:35, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC) ::I was always told it was Duke University. Our article says, "Duke owns 212 buildings on 9,432 acres (38 km²) of land. That includes the Duke Forest and the Sarah P. Duke Gardens." User:Jengod 18:46, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC) ==Removal of copyright notice== I removed this copyright notice from the page:
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:''For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation).'' The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University, is a privately-funded United States university in Stanford, California. Located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco, California in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County, California adjacent to the city of Palo Alto, California, Stanford lies at the heart of the Silicon Valley, both literally and historically. Situated on an expansive and picturesque campus in suburban California, Stanford University offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate education programs as well as hosting a world-renowned medical center and a wide variety of research facilities and community outreach projects. Stanford is considered to be one of the most prestigious and well-known universities in the world, combining top-notch academics with winning athletic programs. ==History== Stanford was founded by railroad magnate and Governor of California Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Stanford, and is named in honor of their deceased teenage son, Leland Stanford, Jr. Locals and university affiliates are known to refer to the school as The Farm, a nod to the institution's origins as a horse farm. The University's founding grant was written on November 11, 1885, and accepted by the first Board of Trustees on November 14. The cornerstone was laid on May 14, 1887, and the University officially opened on October 1, 1891, to 559 students, with free tuition and fifteen faculty members, seven of whom hailed from Cornell University. The school was established as a coeducational institution although it maintained a cap on female enrollment for many years and continues to have predominantly male enrollment in many strategic areas, such as engineering and computer science. The official motto of Stanford University, selected by the Stanfords, is "''Die Luft der Freiheit weht.''" When loosely translated from the Latin, by way of German language, the quote from Ulrich von Hutten means "The wind of freedom blows." At the time of the school's establishment, German had recently replaced Latin as the dominant language of science and philosophy (a position it would hold until World War II). ==Campus== Stanford University owns 8,180 acres (32 km2), making it the second-largest university complex in the world. The main campus is bounded by El Camino Real (California), Stanford Avenue, Junipero Serra Boulevard and Sand Hill Road, in the center of the Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula. In the summer of 1886, when the campus was first being planned, Stanford brought the president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Francis Amasa Walker, and prominent Boston, Massachusetts landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted westward for consultations. Olmsted worked out the general concept for the campus and its buildings, rejecting a hillside site in favor of the more practical flatlands. Charles Allerton Coolidge then developed this concept in the style of his late mentor, Henry Hobson Richardson, in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, characterized by rectangular stone buildings linked by arcades of half-circle arches. Much of this first construction was destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake but the University retains the Quad, the old Chemistry Building (which is currently unoccupied) and Encina Hall (reportedly the residence of John Steinbeck during his time at Stanford). After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake inflicted further damage the University implemented a billion-dollar capital improvement plan to retrofit and renovate older buildings for new, up-to-date uses. Many of the modern buildings were designed in the Spanish-colonial style common to California, with red tile roofs and white stucco exteriors, which gives the campus a uniform yet distinctly Californian look that many find aesthetically pleasing—the red tile roofs and bright blue skies common to the region are a famously complementary combination. The University has its own golf course and a seasonal lake (Lagunita), both home to the endangered California Tiger Salamander. The off-campus Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is a nature reserve owned by the university and used by wildlife biologists for research. Hopkins Marine Station, located in Pacific Grove, California, is a marine biology research center owned by the university since 1892. Contemporary campus landmarks include the Stanford Quad and Stanford Memorial Church, the art museum and art gallery, the Stanford Mausoleum and the Angel of Grief, Hoover Institution, the Auguste Rodin sculpture garden, the Papua New Guinea sculpture garden, Green Library and the Dish. Frank Lloyd Wright's 1937 Hanna House, and the 1919 Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House, are both National Historic Landmarks now on university grounds. ==Institutions== Besides the university, the Stanford trustees oversee Stanford Research Park, the Stanford Shopping Center, the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University Medical Center and many associated medical facilities (including the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital), as well as many acres of undeveloped foothills. Other prominent Stanford-affiliated institutions include the Stanford Linear Accelerator and the Stanford Research Institute, a now-independent institution which originated at the University. Stanford also houses the Hoover Institution, a major public policy think tank that attracts visiting scholars from around the world. The Stanford Institute for International Studies, which is dedicated to the more specific study of international relations, is also a notable institution. The Stanford University Libraries hold a collection of more than eight million volumes. The main library in the SU library system is Green Library. Meyer Library holds the East Asia collection and the student-accessible media resources. Other significant collections include the Lane Medical Library, Jackson Business Library, Falconer Biology Library, Cubberley Education Library, Branner Earth Sciences Library, Swain Chemistry and Chem-E Library, Jonsson Government Documents collection, Crown Law Library, the Stanford Auxiliary Library (SAL), the SLAC Library, the Hoover library, the Marine Biology Library at Hopkins Marine Station and the University's special collections. Digital libraries and text services include HighWire Press, the Humanities Digital Information Services group and the Media Microtext Center. Several academic departments and some residences also have their own libraries. Stanford University student traditions include Full Moon on the Quad, [http://flicks.stanford.edu Sunday Flicks], steam-tunnelling and Primal Scream. Other old traditions, some of which have ended, include the Big Game bonfire at Lake Lag, the Halloween party at the Stanford family mausoleum and Viennese Ball, which was started in the 1970's by students returning from the now defunct Stanford in Vienna program. ==Academics== The University enrolls approximately 6,500 undergraduates and 7,300 grad students. Stanford has a reputation among students as being a relaxed, fun-loving, warm-weather alternative to the Ivy League schools of the east coast. The schools of the University include the Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University School of Engineering, Stanford University School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University School of Education, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Law School and the Stanford University School of Medicine. Admission is extremely competitive, and according to ''Atlantic Monthly'', it is the sixth-most selective college in the United States (after Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Caltech, Yale and Harvard). It is currently ranked 5th by U.S. News & World Report, along with Duke University and MIT. Stanford awards the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, B.A.S., Master of Arts, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, D.M.A., Doctor of Education, Ed.S., Doctor of Medicine, Master of Business Administration, Juris Doctor, J.S.D., J.S.M., Master of Laws, M.A.T._(disambiguation), M.F.A., M.L.S., M.L.A. and ENG. The University has approximately 1,700 faculty members, including 17 Nobel laureates and 23 MacArthur fellows. The largest part of the faculty (40 percent) are affiliated with the medical school, while a third serve in the School of Humanities and Sciences. Stanford built its international reputation as the pioneering Silicon Valley institution through top programs in engineering and the sciences, and birthed companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Cisco Systems, Yahoo!, Google and Sun Microsystems—indeed, "Sun" originally stood for "Stanford University Network." The university also offers world-class programs in the humanities, particularly creative writing, history, government, economics and psychology. == University leadership == Stanford University is governed by a board of trustees, in conjuction with the university president and provosts and the deans of the various schools. === Presidents === # David Starr Jordan (1891-1913) # John Casper Branner (1913-1915) # Ray Lyman Wilbur (1916-1943) # Donald Tresidder (1943-1948) # J. E. Wallace Sterling (1949-1968) # Kenneth Pitzer (1968-1970) # Richard Lyman (1970-1980) # Donald Kennedy (1980-1992) # Gerhard Casper (1992-2000) # John Hennessy (2000-present) === Provosts === The position of Provost (education) was created in 1952 during the Presidency of J. E. Wallace Sterling. Many people consider the Stanford Provost to be the "heir apparent" to the President because of the five men who succeeded Sterling as President, three were Provost of Stanford (Lyman, Kennedy, and Hennessy), one was Provost of the University of Chicago (Casper), while the other was President of Rice University (Pitzer). The Provost is the University's chief academic and budget officer. The Provost and the President together conduct Stanford's relationships with the neighboring community and other schools and organizations. # Douglas Witaker (1952-1955) # Frederick Terman (1955-1965) # Richard Lyman (1967-1970) # William F. Miller (1971-1978) # Gerald Lieberman (1979-1979) # Donald Kennedy (1979-1980) # Albert Hastorf (1980-1984) # James Rosse (1984-1992) # Gerald Lieberman (1992-1993) # Condoleezza Rice (1993-1999) # John Hennessy (1999-2000) # John Etchemendy (2000-present) == Notable alumni and faculty == *List of Stanford University people == Stanford athletics == Stanford participates in the NCAA's Division I-A and forms part of the Pacific Ten Conference athletic conference. It also has membership in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for indoor athletics (men and women), water polo (men and women), women's gymnastics, women's lacrosse, men's gymnastics, and men's volleyball. Stanford's traditional sports rival is University of California, Berkeley. Stanford has won the NACDA Director's Cup (formerly known as the ''Sears Cup'') every year for the past ten years (the award has been offered the past eleven years), honoring the first-ranked collegiate athletic program in the United States. In addition, Stanford University has earned 89 NCAA National Titles since its establishment (2nd most by any university or college). Stanford offers 34 varsity sports (18 female, 15 male, one coed), 19 club sports and 37 intramural sports—about 800 students participate in intercollegiate sports. The University offers about 300 athletic scholarships. The winner of the annual "Big Game" between the Cal and Stanford football teams gains custody of the Stanford Axe. Stanford's football team played in the first Rose Bowl (game) in 1902, losing 49-0 to the University of Michigan. Stanford has played in 12 Rose Bowls, most recently in 2000. Until 1930, Stanford did not have a "mascot" name for its athletic teams. In that year, the athletic department adopted the name "Indians" in response to the "Bears" name used by the Cal-Berkeley teams. In 1972, "Indians" was dropped after a complaint was lodged by American Indian students at Stanford, based on racial insensitivity. The Stanford sports teams are now officially referred to as the Stanford cardinal (color) (the bright red color, not the bird), but the band's mascot, Stanford Tree, is often mistaken as the school's mascot. Part of Stanford Band, the tree symbol derives from the El Palo Alto redwood tree on the Stanford and City of Palo Alto seals. Stanford hosts an annual US Open Series tennis tournament (Bank of the West Classic) at Taube Stadium. Cobb Track, Angell Field, and Avery Stadium Pool are considered world-class athletic facilities. Stanford athletes are also world class; fifteen athletes affiliated with Stanford University participated in the 2004 2004 Summer Olympics, winning a total of seventeen medals. === Stanford club sports === Club sports, while not officially a part of Stanford athletics, are numerous at Stanford. Teams include Archery, Badminton, Cricket, Cycling, Equestrianism, Ice Hockey, Judo, Men's Lacrosse, Polo, Rugby football, Squash, Skiing, Taekwondo, Triathlon and Ultimate frisbee, and in some cases have historically performed quite well. For instance, the men's and women's Ultimate Frisbee teams won national championships in 2002 and 2003, respectively. === Notable Stanford athletes === * List of Stanford University people#Notable Stanford athletes ==Further reading== *Stuart W. Leslie,'' The Cold War and American Science: The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex at MIT and Stanford'', Columbia University Press 1994 *Rebecca S. Lowen, R. S. Lowen, ''Creating the Cold War University: The Transformation of Stanford'', University of California Press 1997 ==See also== *Stanford prison experiment *List of colleges and universities *Committee for Green Foothills *Stanford Band == External links == *[http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Official Website] *[http://www.stanford.edu/home/prospective/ Stanford University Prospective Students Site] *[http://www.gostanford.com/ Stanford Athletics Official Website] *[http://osa.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Student Groups Website] *[http://www.stanfordmanage.org/ Stanford Management Company Official Website] *[http://www.stanford.edu/group/wellspring/ Wellspring of Innovation: Database of Stanford-affiliated companies] *[http://assu.stanford.edu/ Associated Students of Stanford University Official Website] *[http://sse.stanford.edu/ Stanford Student Enterprises] *[http://daily.stanford.edu/ ''The Stanford Daily''] *[http://chappie.stanford.edu/ Stanford Chaparral Official Website] *[http://campus-map.stanford.edu/campus_map/index.jsp Searchable Campus Map] *[http://unofficial.stanford.edu/ Unofficial Guide to Stanford] *[http://www.terragalleria.com/california/california.stanford.html Photos of Stanford University] *[http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=953 Rate Professors]
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''An event mentioned in this article is an Template:October 1 selected anniversaries.'' --- == Municipal association == Stanford U. is not in Palo Alto! All addresses direct to "Stanford, CA" and not "Palo Alto, CA". --User:Jiang 20:43, 3 Sep 2003 (UTC) :Stanford, CA is NOT a city as explained in the article. I would like to see some confirmation and proof otherwise. User:Kowloonese 06:18, 8 Sep 2003 (UTC) :Ok, my bad then...the article used to call it a "town" and someone changed it not too long ago without me noticing... --User:Jiang 06:21, 8 Sep 2003 (UTC) == Headers == Jiang, would you please revert your addition of headers to the Stanford University article? I spent a long time tonight on a complete rewrite and I put the things were they were for a reason. It had a nice flow and logical coherence after I was done, and now it does not. Let's let the page grow a bit more, organically, before we chop it up. Thank you in advance. User:Jengod 08:11, Jan 17, 2004 (UTC) :Unfortunately, our dictators have decided that the table of contents should go above the first header, thus forcing us to limit our introduction to a paragraph or two. Sooner or later, all that content above what was in the first header needs to be broken up into sections. Why not start now? The page is long enough for a TOC to be useful. Wouldn't starting now allow time for logical coherence to be established? How would more content prevent headers from breaking the flow? The Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities template could be applied too. --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang 08:16, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC) :Looking at it again, I don't think I did much damage to the flow. Why should campus landmarks be separated from the paragraph on the physical campus by a discussion of the number of undergraduates? Is the band part of the athletic dept? --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang 08:20, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC) :Seriously dude, this page was a wasteland for a really long time. I just gave it some soul. Don't force a template on it, don't make it make sense, don't build a TOC where one currently doesn't need to be. This page doesn't need you right now. It's fine. Please leave it alone. AND YES, THE BAND *IS* PART OF THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT. User:Jengod 08:21, Jan 17, 2004 (UTC) :Are you a Stanfurd student or alum? --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang ::Why yes, I am. Does that disqualify me from contributing to this article? User:Jengod 08:25, Jan 17, 2004 (UTC) ::No, I'm just trying to figure out why, rather than explaining why I violated the "logical coherence" of ''your'' text (part of my edit which you later partly restored), you ignored the issue, tried to establish possession of this article, and asked me to leave this article alone. --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang 09:27, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC) == Alumni list == What is the logic behind the ordering of the alumni list? Or is there none? The degree and year should be added. --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang == Rankings & Reputation == Hi, I have reverted the page back to last edit. Some people seem to feel that anything that damages the school's reputation should not be placed here, even if it's true. Please recognize that Wikipedia articles should be neutral. Therefore, both positive and negative aspects of the school should be written. In this most recent case, Jengod decided that the comment "Stanford ranks lower than Harvard, Yale, and Princeton in U.S. News Rankings" to somehow be a violation or vandalous. This is a fact, and there is nothing wrong with stating it as such. :The comment was a crack at Stanford's ranking, deliberately inserted by a Yale IP address into the first sentence of a long article, in an attempt to make Stanford look bad. The presentation of facts can be manipulated to influence opinion almost as well as opinionated writing. User:Silsor 02:42, Feb 26, 2004 (UTC) :''"Although Stanford students often refer to their school as the "Harvard of the West", for the past 10 years it has consistently ranked below Harvard, Yale and Princeton in the U.S. News and World Report annual college rankings."'' I reverted because it was denigrating and useless, but provide me a table of USNewsWorldReport undergrad and grad schools rankings for Stanford, Yale, Princeton and then Harvard. If it turns out to be true, which I suspect it is not, then surely add it in. It definitely won't start a ranking war amongst college rivals throughout the U.S. Also, a quick look at the edit history of Acorn and the IP address that made the origin edits reveals a very short Wikipedian history almost all of which is devoted to dismissing "lower Ivies" and promoting the prestige of Yale-Harvard-Princeton. All of which are damn fine institutions, but this is not a college fair, this is an encyclopedia. User:Jengod 02:56, Feb 26, 2004 (UTC) :"Stanford ...[is] one of the most prestigious [universities] in the world" is as NPOV as such things get. Does anyone doubt it's true? It's not even saying 'top thousand', much less 'more prestigious than Reed College'. --User:Wwoods 08:22, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC) == Mistake In Translation == The German phrase "Die Luft der Freiheit weht", found on the Standford emblem, is subbed incorrectly ("Let the winds of freedom blow"). A correct translation would be: "The winds of freedom blow" Even more correct: "The wind of freedom blows" : Yes, "the wind of freedom blows" is the most correct translation. But I'm guessing they're leaving it as "the winds of freedom blow" because of the Beavis and Butthead connotation that "blows" carries. As in, huh huh dude... like, the wind of freedom totally BLOWS! User:Jawed :: It is a bad idea to change a translation to thwart a misinterpretation by immature high schoolers, when the incorrect result leaves millions of mature Germans thinking that this university cannot teach the German language properly. Well, to be a stickler about it, a word-for-word translation would be "The air of freedom blows" -- former Stanford pres. Gerhard Casper (German by birth) noted that -- but that's not really in the spirit of the motto, which I think was originally Latin. "The winds of freedom blow" is a perfectly reasonable and arguably more poetic-sounding translation. In any event, I don't think a plural version of "die Luft" even exists, and it's certainly not always the case that you would want to be so literal as always to match number in a translation -- die Hose and die Brille, pants and glasses respectively, are both singular in German but plural in English, for example. -User:Ergative 19:37, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC) :::I don't think it's a question so much of avoiding immature misinterpretation rather than being more idiomatic English. In English, metaphorical winds are almost always plural: "the winds of change", "the winds of war", "the winds of fortune", etc. I think "the winds of freedom" is much more natural sounding than "the wind of freedom". Although this doesn't match the exact syntax of the German, I think it captures the intent of the German while sounding like more natural English. Of course, one can find examples of singular metaphorical winds, so one could aruge that this alteration is not strictly necessary. Nevertheless, surely German speakers understand that not every phrase can be translated to English with word-for-word exactness. User:Nohat 19:43, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC) :::(On edit conflict, also what Ergative says) User:Nohat 19:43, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC) Based on the text of Stanford ex-President Gerhardt Casper's 1995 paper, ''Die Luft der Freiheit weht - on and off: On the Origins and History of the Stanford Motto'' [http://www.stanford.edu/group/identity/dieluft.pdf] (PDF), the correct translation of the motto (which is a possibly-incorrect German translation of a Latin phrase) appears to be "the wind of freedom is blowing" (see end of p. 2 of the pdf). This is the translation found in David Jordan's (Stanford's first president) 1896 paper on Ulrich von Hutten. However, Casper's paper also discusses the fact the "luft" actually means "air," not "wind," so the motto, if accurately translated from the original Latin, would be "Der Wind der Freiheit weht", and that the translation from the original Latin directly to English produces "the wind of freedom blows." However, the paper also quotes from Jordan's 1893 Charter Day speech at Berkeley, in which Jordan himself translates the motto as "the winds of freedom are blowing" (see middle of p. 3 of the pdf). In the paper, Casper never explicitly states what he deems to be the correct English translation of the motto. A 1995 Stanford press release ([http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/95/950919Arc5095.html]) regarding the presentation of the above-mentioned paper contains the translation "the wind of freedom blows," and a Stanford webpage on the founding of the university ([http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/facts/founding.html]) says the English translation of the motto is "the wind of freedom blows." Based on the above, I believe we should consider the most-appropriate translation of the motto to be "the wind of freedom blows," despite the more poetic nature of "the winds of freedom blow" and the possible increased accuracy of "the winds of freedom are blowing" and "the wind of freedom is blowing." Hence, User:Pdehaye's edit to the translation of the motto should remain. :I just realized (long after the fact), that I forgot to sign this edit. And it took me a fair amount of research too. Darn. -- ericl234">User:Ericl234 talk">User_talk:Ericl234 10:36, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC) == Lead section == This article needs an expanded wikipedia:lead section about 2 paragraphs in length. --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang 04:48, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC) == added Memorial Church / Mausoleum articles == These could use some content... Stanford Memorial Church Stanford Mausoleum User:Jawed == Reputation revisited == OK, as it stands the article reads "Stanford University...is one of the more prestigious universities in the U.S.," which is pretty wishy-washy, no offense to whomever eventually phrased it this way (Jengod?). I do remember the NPOV objections to the various ways this was worded in the past, and not to be petty about it, but other schools who have as much right as Stanford to claim being one of the most prestigious universities in the world have articles that say this: * "Harvard University is one of the world's most prestigious universities" * "Yale University...[is] one of the most prestigious and well-known [universities] in the world." * "University of Pennsylvania is known as one of America's best universities, and is internationally known as one of the world's most prestigious universities" * "Duke University is recognized internationally as one of the leading institutions of higher education in the United States" * "Columbia University is internationally recognized as one of the world's foremost and most prestigious research universities." * "Northwestern University is one of the United States' premier institutions of higher education" * "One of the most prestigious universities in the world, Brown University distinguishes itself..." etc. So, would people be in favor of changing the phrase back into something along the lines of what was there before? (disclaimer: I am a Stanford alumnus) -User:Ergative 01:55, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC) == Motto is wrong == I don't think the motto ''Die Luft der Freiheit weht'' is correct. The actual motto is: '''Stanford -- we're ''better'' than you!''' == Queued images == ==CSLI== Could someone merge CSLI with this page, or rename and expand the CSLI article, thanks--User:Petaholmes 01:17, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC) == Cornell faculty == I reverted your change because it seems odd why you would only mention the Cornell faculty. You could provide a full breakdown of where all the other faculty "hailed" from. But I'm not sure it makes sense to single out a single school. Why this one? What about the other faculty? I mention this, because I find it to be significant that half of the original faculty all had roots from the same school. I happened to find that fact while reading an official Cornell source and thought that others might be interested in that little factoid. --User:Xtreambar 13:37, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC) : Your information is back in the article. It is significant, especially because Leland Stanford Sr. had previously tried to donate contributions (in memory of his deceased son) to the prominent established institutions in the East such as Yale and Harvard, which subsequently rejected him. Had they accepted Stanford's offerings, Stanford University never would have been born. Their rejection inspired Stanford to establish his own university, and importing a large number of Cornell people was definitely sending a message to the East Coast education establishment that Stanford was serious about his mission. David Starr Jordan, Stanford's first president, went to Cornell as an undergraduate. Regarding the pejorative comment one person wrote about Cornell being the "worst of the Ivy League", many current prominent faculty members at Stanford received their bachelor's degrees from Cornell, such as former Law Dean Kathleen Sullivan, Stephen Krasner (recently appointed to a high position in the State Department by Condolezza Rice), and Religious Studies professor Hester Gelber. :: Just so you know, that story with Harvard and Yale etc is complete BS. See [http://www.harvard.edu/siteguide/faqs/faq19.html] [http://www.harvard.edu/siteguide/faqs/stanford.html]. User:Jawed 01:00, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC) ::: Heck, that story was told as a ''joke'', at least 25 years ago. The punchline was the unnamed mother losing her patience and saying, "Come on, Leland. Let's start our ''own'' university!" :::User:Wwoods 16:44, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC) ::: Also, see Stanford's take on the Harvard donation story.[http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/history/begin.html#Found] [http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/history/begin.html#myth] == Stanford pictures in Wikimedia Commons == Please contribute more pictures: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University] User:Jawed 08:10, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Old Chemistry Building == I recently walked by the old Chemistry Building on the Stanford campus. It has been unoccupied for a very long time -- the grass around it is waist-high, there are trees growing in front of the doors, the windows are shuttered, and the entire building is fenced off. The building carries the inscription "1900" on the front. It's a window into the past. Does anyone know what's up with this building? Why is it unoccupied and abandoned? User:Jawed 07:58, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC) :My understanding is that it's structurally unsound as a result of one earthquake or another. It's a historically significant building, so they can't/don't want to tear it down, but renovating it probably wouldn't be cost-effective. User:Ergative 13:28, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC) "The 1903 building, condemned in the mid-1980s for seismic safety reasons, is one of the few damaged buildings on campus that has not been restored since the earthquake."[http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/1999/october13/lomaquote-1013.html] User:Jengod 19:54, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC) == Full Moon on the Quad? == Has anyone here actually witnessed Full Moon on the Quad? I'm a student here and eager to try this out :) Are there really just girls waiting to make out with guys? Please enlighten me. : this hardly seems like the place for this question, but the answer is, more or less, yes. i say more or less because it depends on your definition of "make out". of course, it varies by girl, but my (one year of) experience indicates that it ranges from a peck on the cheek to a slightly longer kiss with tongue. -- ericl234">User:Ericl234 talk">User_talk:Ericl234 09:29, May 20, 2005 (UTC) == List of Stanford University people? == What do people think about moving the list of notable students, alumni, and faculty to a separate writeup as I've done for Case Western Reserve University (see List of Case Western Reserve University people)? Either way seems to be OK, just thought I'd suggest it, as many other universities are doing the same (Princeton University, Harvard, MIT, etc). See Category:Lists of people by university affiliation for a full list of other schools with such lists. - User:McCart42 User_talk:McCart42 18:43, 2005 May 25 (UTC) :Support. User:Jengod 20:08, May 25, 2005 (UTC) Well this is nowhere near a consensus but I just went ahead with the move anyway. I didn't change any of the structure, so feel free to revise if you would like. If anyone has any complaints please discuss them here. - User:McCart42 User_talk:McCart42 14:36, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC) == "second-largest university complex in the world" == I always hear that this university has the second-largest complex in the world. So what is the largest in the world? User:Jawed 18:08, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC) : I think I've heard that it's something in Russia...University of Moscow, perhaps, if there even is such a thing. But I have no idea if this is correct or not. -- ericl234">User:Ericl234 talk">User_talk:Ericl234 contribs">Special:Contributions/Ericl234 09:35, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC) ::I was always told it was Duke University. Our article says, "Duke owns 212 buildings on 9,432 acres (38 km²) of land. That includes the Duke Forest and the Sarah P. Duke Gardens." User:Jengod 18:46, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC) ==Removal of copyright notice== I removed this copyright notice from the page:
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because I thought it was unnecessary as the copyright status of each image is clearly explained on each image's Image: page, which can be found by clicking on the image. It is important that in cases like this we don't make it appear as though it is our policy to specify copyright status of each image inline on every article. If we did, articles would just be long mazes of copyright info. Keeping on the separate image info page is both sufficient and preferable. User:Nohat 00:17, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)Stanford University
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