As a new academic year starts, Dean Pam Matson talks about accelerating the impact of the School’s research and teaching, including new ways to get faculty science insights to decision makers.
Field sees the big picture and distills complex detail into a cohesive whole. It’s no wonder the U.S. tapped him for leadership of the U.N.'s top climate change organization.
Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections is the oldest of Stanford’s 24 libraries. Geologist John Casper Branner was the first professor hired and became the university’s second president.