John Hennessey

Connections to University can affect admissions decision

While high school students around the world anxiously await university admissions decisions, some applicants may have less cause for concern due to unique privileges gained from special connections with their schools of choice. According to former University admissions officers and college admissions experts, the difference made for those applicants—including legacies, children of faculty and development cases—may, in some cases, bridge the gap between acceptance and rejection.

Mar 12 | Comments (17)

Flipside searches for a new Puzzle Master

According to the staff of the Flipside, Stanford’s weekly satirical newspaper, the most powerful person on campus isn’t President John Hennessy or ASSU Executive Robbie Zimbroff ’12 M.A. ’13. Instead, true power rests in the pen of the “puzzle master,” the Flipside staffer who creates the Rebus puzzles and jumbles that students solve every Monday at lunch in the dining halls.

Mar 5 | Comments (0)

The new Stanford Hospital complex will begin construction in 2013 and open in 2018. The project has already raised $500 million from corporate partners in Silicon Valley and individual donors. (Rendering by Rafael Viñoly Architects)

Stanford launches $1 billion medical campaign

President John Hennessey announced a $1 billion Campaign for Stanford Medicine on Monday. The campaign, which is already halfway to its goal with pledges and expectancies, will raise funds for a new hospital and new programs aimed at changing health care on a national and global level.

May 8 | Comments (1)

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