Awards
Amy J. Blue Award winner Donnovan Yisrael, guiding students to good choices
Donnovan Yisrael, who has been on staff at Vaden Health Center since 1998, has been trying to understand and, more important, trying to get the students he works with to understand, why they engage in risky behaviors, whether it's regretted sex, drinking too much or what he calls his "über-example" – not wearing bicycle helmets.
Amy J. Blue Award winner Denni Dianne Woodward guided by a warm spirit, dedication to students
Denni Dianne Woodward is honored with an Amy J. Blue Award for her work to bring together the Native communities on campus.
Amy J. Blue Award winner Steve Papier credits Blue herself for his leadership style
Steve Papier, one of this year's Amy J. Blue Award winners, has maintained support systems for campus buildings for 44 years. Now the supervisor of engineering trades on campus, Papier draws his leadership style from his experiences with Blue herself.
5.3.12
Six Stanford faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
Six Stanford faculty members have been elected to receive one of the highest honors for an American scientist in recognition of their achievements in original research.
Stanford Medical School professor to receive 2012 Roland Volunteer Service Prize
Dr. Gabriel Garcia, co-founder of a program that trains Stanford undergraduates to serve as volunteers in local health clinics, will receive the 2012 Miriam Aaron Roland Volunteer Service Prize at an April awards luncheon.
4.19.12
American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects nine Stanford professors to 2012 class of members
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary learned societies, has elected 220 new fellows, including nine faculty members and one trustee.
Stanford's Community Partnership Awards recognize work of DreamCatchers, Canopy, InnVision and Stanford Project on Hunger
Three community groups and a Stanford University student group that are tackling real world problems and advancing the public good in neighboring cities have been named winners of the 2012 Community Partnership Awards.
Knight Management Center Awarded LEED Platinum Rating For Environmental Sustainability
The Knight Management Center at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, an eight-building complex that opened in April 2011, has achieved the LEED Platinum rating for environmental sustainability from the U.S. Green Building Council.
President Obama gives the National Humanities Medal to Stanford literary scholar Ramón Saldívar
Saldívar receives a 2011 National Humanities Medal in honor of his cultural explorations of the U.S-Mexico border.
Stanford senior awarded 2012-2013 Churchill Scholarship
Ariana Peck, a 21-year-old biology major from Belmont, Calif., was one of 14 Americans "of exceptional ability and outstanding achievement" awarded Churchill Scholarships for the coming academic year by The Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States. The scholarship pays for up to one year of study at the University of Cambridge.
1.25.12
Historian Lyman Van Slyke awarded Lyman Award from alumni association
An annual service award named for former Stanford President Richard Lyman this year goes to a Chinese historian whose leadership of 35 alumni travel/study trips totals more than a year.
Stanford President Hennessy wins IEEE's highest honor
Hennessy was recognized by IEEE for pioneering the RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) processor and for leadership in computer engineering and higher education.
One Stanford student and one alumnus awarded 2012 Marshall Scholarships
Stanford alumnus Rayden Llano and senior Will Stoeckle will head next fall to the London School of Economics and Politics and to King's College London as Marshall Scholars.
Two Stanford students and five alumni will begin graduate studies this fall as Rhodes and Mitchell scholars
The Rhodes and Mitchell scholarship programs are among the most prestigious academic honors worldwide. This year, five from Stanford - two seniors and three alumni - were named Rhodes Scholars. Two alumni, Tommy Tobin and Philippe de Koning, were named Mitchell Scholars.
11.21.11
Five from Stanford named Rhodes Scholars
In a first for Stanford, two seniors and three recent graduates will pursue study at Oxford University as part of the new class of Rhodes Scholars announced recently by the Rhodes Trust.
