History of the School of Humanities and Sciences
January 17, 2003
Stanford receives $7.5 million gift for particle astrophysics and cosmology
institute
January 29, 2003
New assistant deans in H&S to focus on graduate school diversity
February 17, 2003
Stanford Federal Credit Union members endow an H&S professorship for
community service
March 6, 2003
H&S Professor Douglas Osheroff appointed to shuttle disaster investigative
board
April 11, 2003
H&S Professor John Brauman receives the Gibbs Medal
April 18, 2003
Sally Dickson appointed as vice provost for faculty recruitment and associate
dean of humanities and sciences
April 23, 2003
Philanthropist George Kozmetsky donates $6 million to Stanford and H&S
to establish the Kozmetsky Global Collaboratory, a joint project with
the University of Texas at Austin that will seek new ways to use technology
to enhance shared global prosperity
May 28, 2003
H&S Professor Solomon Feferman awarded Rolf Schock Prize in logic
and philosophy
September 18, 2003
Sohaib and Sara Abbasi endow a new program in Islamic Studies at Stanford
October 24, 2003
The James H. Clark Center, centerpiece of Stanford's Bio-X program, is
dedicated
October 22, 2003
President George Bush awards the National Medal of Science to H&S
Professor John Brauman
November 17, 2003
His Excellency Jean-David Lévitte, French Ambassador to the United
States, spoke at the inauguration of the France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary
Studies, which was created to advance interdisciplinary research interests
between Stanford departments and schools and their French counterparts
November 21, 2003
Professor Jean-Pierre Dupuy is elected to the French Academy of Technology
January 8, 2004
H&S Professors John Perry and Kenneth Taylor launch "Philosophy
Talk" radio program
March 2, 2004
H&S biology professor provides leadership for research collaboration with Jordan and Israel through the Bridging the Rift Center
March 17, 2004
Londa Schiebinger to lead women and gender research institute
March 18, 2004
Professor Andrei Linde wins international cosmology award
April 16, 2004
Hopkins Marine Station honored by the American Society for Microbiology
April 21, 2004
Gravity Probe B Launches
April 30, 2004
Campbell receives lifetime achievement award for microbiology
June 28, 2004
The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) breaks ground for the new Fred Kavli Building at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
July 7, 2004
Stanford's School of Humanities and Sciences breaks $100 million mark in Hewlett Challenge
September 22, 2004
Math professor Ravi Vakil wins president's early career award
October 6, 2004
Lokey Lab for chemistry and biological sciences opens doors
October 20, 2004
Melvin and Joan Lane give $3.5 million gift to study environment
November 9, 2004
2004 post election analyses - an inaugural conference of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS)
2001-2002
