Archive for July, 2011

IR&DS recently created a document, available on our website, to describe the policy the office uses when evaluating requests for institutional data from constituencies throughout the University. (more…)

IR&DS has long had a mission statement, but until recently had not had a long-term vision.  During staff retreats this winter, IR&DS staff got away from the office for a few hours and went through the process of envisioning where we want the organization to be five years from now. (more…)

We are pleased to announce that Matthew Hoying will begin as Stanford’s new Data Governance Manager on August 15! (more…)

In IR&DS we are in the business of providing information.  We’re pretty serious and purposeful about providing data, but we’d like to provide some interesting tidbits, just because, well, they are interesting!

See if you know the answers to the following trivia questions, and then hit “Read more” to see the answers.

1.  How many courses (approximately) does Stanford offer during the academic year?

2.  How many student residences and dining halls does Stanford have?

3.  How many students were enrolled in the most highly enrolled class for Fall 2010?

4.  What percentage of undergraduate students received financial aid in 2009-10 from both internal and external sources?

5.  How many pianos are in Stanford dorm lounges?

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As you may already know, the Stanford Electronic Research Administration System (SeRA) is replacing the legacy SPIDERS system.  SeRA was rolled out to OSR and some units on Feb 14, and the School of Medicine on May 23. The transition to this new system has some temporary effects on the sponsored projects data available in DSS. (more…)

Thanks to hard work and detailed feedback from our colleagues in Earth Sciences, Engineering, and Humanities & Sciences deans’ offices, the FY09 Department Profiles were released in a substantially redesigned format, including many more statistics as well as historical trend data. (more…)

We’ve had a busy year with staff comings and goings. We’ve welcomed Yan Huang, said goodbye to Lynn Kaiser, and are glad that we’ll be seeing more of Susan Hawke and Kathryn Flack Potts. (more…)

The summer 2011 newsletter is now available! We’ve made the switch to a web version, but for those of you who prefer PDFs, here you go:

IRDS Newsletter: Summer 2011 [PDF]