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The Moment: March 2024
In this issue
The climate. The state of civil discourse. The state of our very democracy. Misinformation about all of the above.
For some, these might induce hyperventilation. At Stanford, we just take a deep breath and roll up our sleeves.
The Moment comes not to despair over our era’s challenges, but to herald their solutions. Every couple months—you're busy, we're busy—we'll appear in your inbox with stories doing just that.
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Education for a life of purpose
Take a tour through COLLEGE, which offers a taste of Stanford's reimagined first-year curriculum. In academic terms, these courses teach students to build meaningful connections across racial, socioeconomic, geographical, and political lines. COLLEGE takes aim at our maddeningly polarized society by creating engaged, ethical citizens—critical thinkers adept at navigating today’s thorniest problems. We can’t take aim at those problems if we don’t know how to talk about them.
Education for a life of purpose
Take a spin through COLLEGETake a tour through COLLEGE, which offers a taste of Stanford's reimagined first-year curriculum. In academic terms, these courses teach students to build meaningful connections across racial, socioeconomic, geographical, and political lines. COLLEGE takes aim at our maddeningly polarized society by creating engaged, ethical citizens—critical thinkers adept at navigating today’s thorniest problems. We can’t take aim at those problems if we don’t know how to talk about them.
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Revolutionary research
Dive into quantum uncertaintyAnd it doesn’t get more fundamental than Monika Schleier-Smith’s work. The associate professor of physics has learned to manipulate atoms with an unprecedented degree of control. Her lab epitomizes Stanford’s commitment to basic research—the kind driven by pure curiosity, the kind that miiiiight just reveal the structure of space and time. (We’ve been wondering about space and time.)
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Nimbleness in service of sustainability
See how biology can help heal the planetA different sort of cross-pollination is underway within Stanford Bioengineering, where molecular engineers like Jennifer Cochran are stepping out of their biology lanes and into sustainability.
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Cardinal rules
Read Luck’s thoughts on StanfordWhat’s an inaugural newsletter without some Andrew Luck? Don’t miss the legendary Cardinal’s reflections on what student-athletes get from Stanford—and what they give. Self-awareness, a growth mindset, teamwork, integrity, determination: These transfer regularly from field to classroom, and seep into the school’s culture. The net result is that they help make Stanford, well, Stanford.
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