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Новости за 24.07.2024

Public Discourse  

Can Government Fund Religious Education?

As the battles of religious education ramp up, one can only imagine that the Supreme Court will eventually weigh in. Which path will the Court ultimately choose? Will it endorse religious charter schools as necessary to avoid private religious discrimination, or will it reject religious charter schools as a form of religious coercion? Only time will tell.

Stanford University 

Jay Hamilton named vice provost for undergraduate education

Hamilton, chair of the Department of Communication and First-Year Requirements Governance Board, has taught and led at Stanford since 2013. He is looking forward to building on VPUE’s mission and core programs such as COLLEGE.

Stanford University 

Kathryn Olivarius receives 2024 Dan David Prize

Given to scholars who deepen public understanding of the past, the award recognizes Olivarius’ research on disease, citizenship, and economics in the 19th-century United States.

Stanford University 

How Saharan dust regulates hurricane rainfall

New research underscores the close relationship between dust plumes transported from the Sahara Desert in Africa and rainfall from tropical cyclones along the U.S. Gulf Coast and Florida.