Campus Partners

The Stanford departments participating in Community Day offer a wide variety of services and reflect the many interests of the community. Community Day is an opportunity to meet with the faculty, staff, and students and to learn more about their departments.

The Bing Nursery School
Bing is a laboratory setting for research in Child Development for the Department of Psychology at Stanford University. It is a part-time nursery school where 450 children are enrolled each year. It is a child-centered/play-based program, providing opportunities for children to explore, test ideas, acquire information and draw conclusions in a naturalistic environment.

Bio-X
Bio-X is a Stanford University program focused on interdisciplinary research. The program is housed in the James H. Clark Center, and brings together faculty from across campus, bridging the schools of medicine, engineering and humanities and sciences. Bio-X at Stanford…to discover…to educate…to invent. To find out more, please visit us at: http://www.stanford.edu/group/biox/index.html

The Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies
The Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA) is a university/industry partnership among Stanford University, IBM Almaden Research Center, UC Davis and UC Berkeley. The research mission of CPIMA is to understand and control the structure, dynamics, and function of polymers and other soft materials at interfaces for applications in microelectronics, nanotechnology, and spatially resolved microanalytical chemistry. The education mission of CPIMA is to promote science education throughout society. Activities are targeted at students, teachers and the general public. Programs are designed to include all people, especially those bringing diversity to the fields of science and engineering.

The Children’s Center of the Stanford Community
The Children’s Center of the Stanford Community (CCSC) provides child care for children 8 weeks to 5 years of age. A parent-teacher cooperative, CCSC is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). CCSC provides child care for the children of Stanford staff, faculty, academic staff, and matriculated students with full-time status at Stanford.

The Children’s Center of the Stanford Community is a cooperative effort by Standard families and Center staff to raise happy, healthy, compassionate and socially confident children who are prepared for challenges beyond the security of the Center.

Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S)
The mission of EH&S is to support and advance the teaching, learning and research activities of the University through promotion of a safe and healthy campus environment by providing and coordinating programs and services that minimize safety, health, and environmental and regulatory risks to the Stanford University community in a manner consistent with responsible fiscal and environmental stewardship. EH&S is composed of organizations responsible for asbestos and lead management, biosafety programs, chemical safety, emergency management, environmental protection, ergonomics, fire safety programs, health physics, laser safety and occupational health and safety.

Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
The mission of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is to contribute to the understanding of the Earth’s natural systems through research, education, and protection of the preserve’s resources.

The preserve (JRBP) is located near the Stanford campus in the eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Encompassing almost 1,200 acres, the preserve provides a natural laboratory for researchers from all over the world, educational experiences to students and docent-led visitors, and refuge to native plants and animals.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
Ranked as one of the best pediatric hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and Child magazine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford is a 264-bed hospital devoted to the care of children and expectant mothers. Providing pediatric and obstetric medical and surgical services and associated with the Stanford University School of Medicine, Packard Children's offers patients locally, regionally and nationally the full range of health care programs and services — from preventive and routine care to the diagnosis and treatment of serious illness and injury. For more information, visit www.lpch.org.

Office for Religious Life
Our Mission at the Office for Religious Life is:

"To guide, nurture and enhance spiritual, religious and ethical life within the Stanford University community".

We are collectively committed and devoted to ensuring lively, thoughtful and supportive contexts for Stanford students, faculty and staff who wish to pursue spiritual interests. We recognize that a spiritual/religious journey can be an important, balancing complement to the numerous challenges one faces in the pursuit of academic and career goals.

While each Dean participates in and leads worship and study in her/his own religious traditions, our primary objective as a staff is to collaborate as a multi-faith team and work with all constituents of this dynamic university.

Our aim is to promote enriching dialogue, meaningful ritual, and enduring friendships among people of all religious backgrounds.

Stanford Archaeology Center
Since its inception in 2000, the Stanford Archaeology Center has experienced rapid growth.  In 2005, the program moved to Building 500, just off Stanford’s Main Quad. This newly renovated facility encompasses nearly 15,000 square feet of lecture halls, seminar rooms, offices, and research laboratories dedicated to fieldwork, teaching, research, and public programs.  Our faculty members are currently working on field projects located in Italy, Turkey, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States. In addition, our Graduate students affiliated with the Center conduct fieldwork across the globe, and each year hundreds of undergraduate students across a broad spectrum of majors take part in the faculty field projects abroad.  The Center’s mission is to encourage global scale of research. Through outstanding and cutting-edge research carried out in its research laboratories, through its program of distinguished visiting scholars, workshops and public lecture programs, the Center aims to set new standards of multi- and interdisciplinary research in archaeology and related fields.

Stanford Continuing Studies
Stanford University offers three unique educational programs designed to enhance the learning and enrich the lives of people in the Bay Area and beyond.

Stanford Continuing Studies offers a broad range of courses, seminars and special events, primarily in the liberal arts, open to members of the local community.

Stanford’s Master of Liberal Arts degree is designed as a part-time program for working adults who wish to pursue a broad, interdisciplinary course of study.

The Summer Session programs serve matriculated and non-matriculated undergraduate and graduate students, as well as advanced high school students, who enroll in Stanford courses during the summer quarter.

Stanford Federal Credit Union
The Stanford Federal Credit Union is a full-service financial institution that has provided banking services to the Stanford community for over 45 years. It is our mission to work towards helping to improve the financial lives of our members while growing the cooperative in size, soundness, and relevance to the Stanford Community. Visit us at www.sfcu.org

Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Stanford Hospital & Clinics provides advanced patient care in cardiovascular medicine and surgery, cancer diagnosis & treatment, organ transplantation, neurosciences and complex surgery.  Physicians affiliated with the Stanford School of Medicine provide clinical specialty and subspecialty care in over 100 areas. 

Stanford offers the latest diagnostic and treatment therapies, state-of-the-art imaging technologies, and minimally invasive approaches to surgery.

In addition to inpatient and outpatient facilities, the Life Flight helicopter has a landing pad on the roof of the hospital and provides transport to critically injured patients from up to 150 miles away.

Stanford Humanities Center
The Stanford Humanities Center brings together scholars from across disciplinary boundaries to deepen our understanding of human experience. Scholars of diverse ages, academic ranks, and institutional affiliations learn from one another through one-year residential research fellowships. The center's collaborative workshops and projects address major topics of cross-disciplinary interest. And the center enriches the life of the community by sponsoring public presentations and discussions of fundamental issues about human life, history, and creativity. For more information, please visit the Stanford Humanities Center Web site.

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is one of the most famous scientific research laboratories in the world. Six scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for research carried out at SLAC. Driving the frontier of physical and life sciences, groundbreaking research conducted at the laboratory continues to reveal and redefine the universe, from solar systems and galaxies, to molecules, atoms and subatomic particles. SLAC research is funded by the Department of Energy and operated by Stanford University.

Stanford Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
Stanford's Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute supports research and educational programs that contribute to public understanding of King's life and of the movements inspired by his message of social justice through nonviolence. It houses four core programs: The King Papers Project which edits and publishes a comprehensive fourteen volume collection of King's works; The Liberation Curriculum which prepares classroom materials and teaching models for high school teachers; The Summer Research Fellowship which gives undergraduates and graduate students primary research expertise; and additional public programs (general audience publications, workshops, lectures) which seek to ensure that King's ideas and ideals will benefit future generations.

Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
The Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF) is a state-of-the-art shared-equipment 10,000 sq.ft. cleanroom facility. Its goal is to provide researchers with effective and efficient access to advanced micro- and nanofabrication equipment and expertise. Labmembers at the SNF come from both academia and industry. Current applications extend over a wide range of disciplines, such as nanoelectronics, optics, micro- and nano-electro mechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS), biology, and chemistry. Associated with SNF is the Stanford Nanocharacterization Laboratory (SNL), providing a range of materials characterization capabilities for nanotechnologists. SNF and SNL are part of the 13-university National Nanofabrication Infrastructure Network (NNIN), with funding from NSF.

Stanford Parking & Transportation
Parking & Transportation Services is the one-stop shop for all your transportation needs.

If you drive onto campus, we'll help you find the best place to park, and sell you a parking permit that meets your needs. If you use alternative transportation to commute to campus, we can assist you in planning your commute by public transportation, finding rideshare partners, using the real-time Marguerite bus schedule, or by getting you information on the best bike routes in the area.

P&TS’ award-winning comprehensive alternative transportation programs demonstrate Stanford’s commitment to reducing regional traffic congestion and pollution, which positively impacts our campus, surrounding communities, and environment.

Stanford Red Barn
The Stanford Red Barn Student Equestrian Center is located in the barns of Leland Stanford’s famous Palo Alto Stock Farm and is home to almost 100 horses, owned by Stanford (for use in its student programs), faculty and staff members, as well as community boarders. The Red Barn houses the Stanford Equestrian Team whose 50 members compete on a local and national level, finishing 2nd in the country in the 2006 IHSA Championship. The Red Barn hopes to continue the legacy of excellence in the equine industry as well as fostering the opportunity for students to learn more about horses. By keeping our doors open to visitors we enjoy watching community members visit the horses while preserving one of the most historic landmarks in Stanford history.

Stanford University Medical Media and Information Technologies (SUMMIT)
SUMMIT is a research and development laboratory within the Stanford University School of Medicine.  SUMMIT is dedicated to being at the forefront of health and medical education through innovative use of information technology.

Projects include tools for teaching 3-D anatomy, interactive simulators for surgery and emergency medical team training, advanced interactive networks for distributed learning, rich media content for Stanford and other medical schools, and developing and testing a Next Generation Internet gigabit test bed for medical education. SUMMIT maintains many collaborative partners within the university and around the world. http://summit.stanford.edu

Stanford Writing Center
The Stanford Writing Center is an exciting resource dedicated to celebrating and sustaining the lively culture of writing at Stanford. Our aim is to help our writers develop rich and varied abilities in all aspects of writing and communication. We offer individual meetings with our expert writing consultants, workshops on writing-related topics, and special readings and performances. The Writing Center is proud to sponsor Project W.R.I.T.E. (Writing and Reading as Integral tools of Education)--a 10-week-long writing workshop for local students from East Palo Alto high schools. Stanford graduates (‘05) Ajani Husbands and Taurean Brown launched Project WRITE in 2003.

Stanford's School of Earth Sciences
Stanford's School of Earth Sciences is home to 120 undergraduate and 250 graduate students, with a faculty of 50 professors teaching and conducting research in three departments (Geological and Environmental Sciences; Energy Resources Engineering; and Geophysics) and three interdisciplinary programs (Earth Systems Program; Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Environment and Resources; and the Graduate Program in Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences). Faculty and students focus on the Earth's solid and fluid components at distance scales from atomic to global and time scales from the Earth's beginnings to near-term past and immediate future. Together they work in areas including environment, energy, natural hazards, continental dynamics, oceans and climate, biogeochemical cycles, computational Earth and environmental science, Earth surface processes, and fresh water.

United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF)
United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF), which is now completing its first decade, was originally conceived to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was created with the help of members of the Stanford Film Society and United Nations Association Midpeninsula Chapter, a grassroots, community-based, nonprofit organization. The 10th UNAFF will be held from October 24-28, 2007 at Stanford University. The theme for this year is "CAMERA AS WITNESS." UNAFF celebrates the power of films and videos dealing with human rights, environmental survival, women's issues, protection of refugees, homelessness, racism, disease control, universal education, war and peace. Documentaries often elicit a very personal, emotional response that encourages dialogue and action by humanizing global and local problems. To further this goal, UNAFF hosts academics and filmmakers from around the world to discuss the topics in the films with the audience, groups and individuals who are often separated by geography, ethnicity and economic constraints. Last year UNAFF jurors carefully reviewed over three hundred submissions. Our final program consisted of thirty one films related to issues from Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Germany, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Spain, the UK and the USA.
For more details please visit www.unaff.org

Wallenberg Hall
Wallenberg Hall is the home of several innovative research groups here at Stanford. Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning manages the building and besides administrative and open plan research space, has five “high performance learning spaces”. These are multi-use, flexible, environments, which serve those in the Stanford community who are willing to be innovative in the way they teach and learn. They are also often used for a variety of different, sometimes non-academic activities. The Hall is also home to Stanford Humanities Lab, Media X, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, and the Center on Longevity.