Cuéllar’s personal journey leads him to the helm of FSI
Cuéllar said that growing up along the U.S.-Mexico border had a profound influence on his understanding of the world and prompted his desire to study politics and governance.
CISAC
School of Medicine’s Shapiro and CISAC’s Drell receive National Medal of Science
Lucy Shapiro, a biology professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, and Sidney Drell, professor emeritus at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, were honored by President Barack Obama in the White House today as recipients of “America’s Nobel Prize”– the National Medal of Science.
Center for International Security and Cooperation receives $1 million grant from Carnegie Corporation
Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) received a $1 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to fund research and training… Continue Reading »
Sally Ride ’73, first American woman in space, dies at 61
Sally Ride, an astronaut and physicist with deep ties to the Stanford community, passed away today at 61 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Experts address Cold War, modern nuclear policy
“Politics is much harder than physics — we cannot force or coerce the laws of nature to change,” said Sidney Drell, co-founder of the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Wednesday evening during a discussion about the politics of nuclear weapons.
Canadian official speaks at CISAC
Canadian defense minister Peter MacKay spoke Wednesday evening at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) on the need for a closer U.S.-Canadian partnership in an age of economic and political instability.
Leaving Iraq
As the future of Iraq hangs in the balance, Stanford service members reflected on the Iraq withdrawal.
Veterans Day event probes civilian-military gap
The Haas Center for Public Service and the Stanford Military Service Network co-hosted a Veterans Day barbeque at Kappa Alpha (KA) Friday. Members of United Students for Veterans’ Health (USVH) also volunteered at the event.