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Doing African Studies

African Studies has been part of Stanford's intellectual life for more than 40 years, but in recent years interest has boomed. New degree programs, opportunities to study abroad, and a heightened sense of the complexity and depth of the African continent work to lure undergraduates, graduate students and faculty from a wide range of disciplines.

Thinking about sports

Stanford offers no formal sports studies, but scholars who confess to letting ungraded papers pile up as they watch a late-season game still find a way to let their inner fan meet their inner researcher. Professors of law, psychology, literature and economics share their thoughts on the ethics, challenges and beauty of professional and college sports.

Stanford's East Palo Alto Academy: New models for K-12 reform

The Stanford charter school program interweaves the School of Education's training and research with a real educational system. This enables the University to train better teachers and helps prepare students in the East Palo Alto community for college. (Video: 4:07)

Field research at Jasper Ridge

At Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, natural scientists, archaeologists, computer scientists and even a few historians can be found hiking trails, setting cameras, scribbling in notebooks and squinting at computers. It’s a place where scholars from many disciplines take classes, do field work, complete dissertations – and make a difference.

Food we can live with

Eating, one of the most basic of all behaviors, has become extraordinarily complicated in recent times. Where does our food come from and what do our meals really cost? These articles explores how Stanford is studying food production, what our community is eating, and how Stanford is tackling the problem of childhood obesity.