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Stanford announces tuition, reaffirms financial aid commitment

The Stanford Board of Trustees has approved a 3.5 percent increase in undergraduate tuition for the 2014-15 school year and has reaffirmed its commitment to keeping a Stanford education accessible and affordable through need-blind admission and a generous need-based financial aid program for students. Total undergraduate charges will increase to $58,388 next year, including $44,184… Read more Stanford announces tuition, reaffirms financial aid commitment

What happens when a Stanford student gets sick?

This year is shaping up to be an especially severe flu season in California as a whole, but, fortunately, not at Stanford so far. Dr. Ira Friedman, director of Vaden Health Center, talks about the challenges of dealing with flu and other communicable illnesses at Stanford. How is the flu season at Stanford at this… Read more What happens when a Stanford student gets sick?

Stanford plans to launch overseas studies program in Istanbul

In January 2015, Stanford will launch a pilot program in Istanbul, the university’s first overseas studies program in a predominantly Muslim country, Ramón Saldívar, director of the Bing Overseas Studies Program, announced at a recent Faculty Senate meeting. Saldívar described Istanbul as an extraordinary place whose magical qualities can be discovered simply by walking its… Read more Stanford plans to launch overseas studies program in Istanbul

Faculty lectures headline Parents' Weekend, Feb. 21 and 22

Lectures with some of Stanford’s most prominent faculty members are among the dozens of activities planned for the more than 3,000 family members Stanford expects to welcome during Parents Weekend, Feb. 21 and 22. Online registration for the annual event closes Jan. 31. Stanford faculty members and administrators will offer Back to School Classes for… Read more Faculty lectures headline Parents' Weekend, Feb. 21 and 22

Scott seeks parents' help in getting students to wear bike helmets

There are an estimated 13,000 bicyclists pedaling around on the Stanford campus each day. Many don’t wear helmets. Stanford bicycle program coordinator Ariadne Scott talks about the university’s efforts to get students to wear helmets and practice safe bicycle habits—and about how parents can help. Why do we have trouble convincing students to wear bike… Read more Scott seeks parents' help in getting students to wear bike helmets

New Stanford recreation complex to open Nov. 1

On the first of November, Stanford will open the doors of the new Arrillaga Outdoor Education and Recreation Center and the Avery Recreation Pool, a complex that will bring fitness programs, sports and swimming to the west side of campus. “I hope people will go to the Arrillaga Outdoor Education and Recreation Center to recreate… Read more New Stanford recreation complex to open Nov. 1

Stanford urges parents to talk to their students about high-risk drinking

Last year, Stanford created an advisory group of parents to help it understand how to curb risky drinking among Stanford students. Among the group’s suggestions was a letter written to the parents of incoming students, asking them to talk to their kids about drinking expectations. It appears to have worked. Ralph Castro, the director of… Read more Stanford urges parents to talk to their students about high-risk drinking

President Hennessy welcomes parents to 2013 school year

Dear Stanford Parent: As we prepare to welcome both new and returning students to campus, I write to welcome you, too, to a new school year. Parents are valued members of the Stanford family, and each fall, I write to share news from the university and give you a sense of what the upcoming academic… Read more President Hennessy welcomes parents to 2013 school year

Considering health care in light of the Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act will eventually present Stanford students, all of whom must have health insurance, with new choices. Those choices, however, won’t be known until January. Ira Friedman, director of Stanford’s Vaden Health Center, talks about the choices students and their families must make in the face of health care reform. What is new… Read more Considering health care in light of the Affordable Care Act

'Home' is the theme of Three Books program for new students

Stanford recently mailed three books to freshmen and transfer students: a novel about a baseball star at a small college; a memoir about a family’s harrowing times in Cambodia; and a non-fiction look at the incursion of market forces into family life. The books, which were selected for the 2013 Three Books summer reading program,… Read more 'Home' is the theme of Three Books program for new students