Stanford signs teacher-training agreement with Chilean university
On June 13, Stanford signed a teacher-training agreement with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. The agreement provides an opportunity for faculty from the two universities to collaborate on research and for students at the Chilean university to come to Stanford for teacher training.
Submitted by Whitney Sparks on July 18, 2008 - 13:34.
René Girard: Stanford's provocative immortel is a one-man institution
Cynthia Haven, Stanford Report
The story goes like this: In 2004, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, a professor of French at Stanford, is attending a conference in Berlin when he is confronted by a man in a café who asks, "Why did you become a Girardian?" Dupuy replies in a beat: "Because it's cheaper than psychoanalysis."
Did it really happen? Although the event was witnessed, Dupuy responds with a Gallic shrug and an Italian saying: "Si non e vero e ben trovato." The American equivalent might be Ken Kesey's dictum, "It's the truth even if it didn't happen."
Iraq Book Wins Prize
In June, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, ’94, received the $60,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction for his debut book, Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone (Knopf). The former Stanford Daily editor recounts life inside Baghdad’s central zone where, as Washington Post bureau chief, he was posted during the early stages of the Iraq War. Chandrasekaran describes a veritable “Little America” where U.S. troops, contractors and attachés enjoy all the comforts of home: SUVs, beer, porn and pork. Lots of pork. The lead judge for the Samuel Johnson Prize said the book “is up there with the greatest reportage of the last 50 years.”
President of Stanford University Speaks in PKU: International Perspective of the University Reform
Edited by Ning Jing, Translated by Chen Zhenxia; PKU News
Peking University, Beijing, Dec. 22nd, 2007: Professor John L. Hennessy, President of Stanford University led a delegation to visit Peking University and delivered a speech entitled "How to reform the universities to adapt to the 21st century needs of the community". Professor Min Weifang, director of the Council in Peking University, delivered a welcome speech at the lecture. The lecture was hosted by Professor Lin Jianhua, executive vice president of the Council.
