About Stanford
Introduction to Stanford
The Introduction
to Stanford website provides a guided
tour of undergraduate academic opportunities, research,
student life, and popular campus sights. You will also find the Year
in Review, a look
back at major happenings at Stanford over the previous year.
Facts and FAQs
Stanford
Facts provides a snapshot of the university in numbers, from Nobel
Prize winners currently on the faculty (17) to the number of trees on
campus (about 25,000). Answers to frequently
asked questions also help orient visitors to Stanford.
History
"The children of California shall be our children,"
Leland Stanford told his wife, Jane, in 1884 when they began planning
Leland Stanford Junior University as a memorial to their son. Learn more
about Stanford's founding, its presidents and historical landmarks in
the online history
section.
Stanford-Wide Publications
A number of publications cover the entire university community,
including the independent student newspaper Stanford
Daily, Stanford Report and Stanford magazine.
Stanford Speak
Learn the lingo, catch-phrases
and acronyms that students,
faculty and staff use in everyday conversation on "the Farm" (a popular name
for the campus).
Visiting Stanford
The Visitors and Neighbors section
of this website contains maps and directions to
the university and links to other useful information about popular campus attractions. Visitor
Information Services will help you plan a guided tour and answer your questions
about visiting Stanford's beautiful 8,200 acre campus.
Giving
to Stanford
Every gift plays an important role in helping Stanford
meet its needs as a world-class University. The Giving
to Stanford website provides information on a wide variety of giving opportunities,
including the Stanford Fund
and the Campaign for Undergraduate Education.
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