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The Revs Program at Stanford
The Revs Program at Stanford was founded to inspire a new trans-disciplinary field connecting the past, present and future of the automobile. The Revs Program fosters an intellectual community bridging the humanities and fine arts, social sciences, design, science and engineering, and the professions.
The Revs Program will be focused on the human experiences of designing, making, restoring, driving, being driven by, living with, admiring, and dreaming of the automobile, as well as the automobile itself as machine, work of art, and cultural symbol.
To realize this vision, The Revs Program at Stanford will:
- Stimulate research within and across disciplines
- Provide teaching and learning opportunities across the curriculum and beyond the university
- Create a highly-accessible knowledge repository that captures information on specific automobiles and automobiles in general with exacting attention to detail and thorough documentation
- Forge a vibrant, worldwide discussion among scholars and students, collectors and enthusiasts
The automobile is at the core of understanding the 20th century and the 21st. The Revs Program at Stanford is inspired by the opportunity to become the world’s leading center to facilitate this understanding.
The Revs Program at Stanford is inspired by the vision of Miles Collier, the founder of the Revs Institute, business executive, artist, and philanthropist. Mr. Collier also provided a generous founding gift.
In the News
Lucky Stanford students restoriing '62 Cadillac for college credit,
Yahoo! Motoramic, 4/20/2012
Cadillac promotes Revs class on design restoration,
Cadillac Facebook, 4/18/2012
First Revs Program courses announced for Spring 2012,
Program website, 3/10/2012
Stanford's Revs Program sponsors film series celebrating cars...,
Stanford Report, 2/7/2012
New institute partners Collier Collection, Stanford Univeristy...,
Naples News, 01/15/2012
Revs Program at Stanford wins Historic Motoring Award...,
Historic Motoring Awards, 11/17/2011
Stanford Wires Up Ancient Porsche in the Name of Science,
Car and Driver, 10/16/2011
Cars are topic of academic inquiry at Stanford University...,
The Sacramento Bee, 10/16/2011
Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV: REVs Porsche Program,
Road&Track, 10/15/2011
Vintage racecars reveal new insights into man and machine,
Stanford Report, 8/25/2011
Lynch on the Collier Collection and Revs Institute,
VeloceToday, 8/10/2011
A weekend of celebrating motor cars at Stanford,
San Jose Mercury News, 7/8/2011
Revs Program at Stanford: Preserving the meaning of the automobile,
Examiner, 4/18/2011
Stanford starts new program all about the automobile,
autoblog, 4/15/2011
New Inter-Disciplinary Program at Stanford Looks at Car From All Angles,
KQED News, 4/8/2011
Stanford's Auto 101 - An "Auto"-Biography,
Automotive News, 4/8/2011
Revs extends Stanford car research to humanities, social sciences,
The Stanford Daily, 4/7/2011
New Program at Stanford Focuses on the Automobile,
The New York Times, 4/6/2011
