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Stanford University

Stanford University The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is an American private research university located in Stanford, California on an 8, 180 -acre campus near Palo Alto. It is situated in the northwestern Silicon Valley, approximately 20 miles northwest of San Jose and 37 miles southeast of San Francisco.

Origins Stanford was founded by Leland Stanford, a railroad magnate, United States Senator, and former California governor, and his wife, Jane Stanford. It is named in honor of their only child, Leland Stanford, Jr. , who died in 1884 just before his 16 th birthday. His parents decided to dedicate a university to their only son, and Leland Stanford told his wife, "The children of California shall be our children. ”

Stanford University is a large, highly residential research university with a majority of enrollments coming from graduate and professional students. The full-time, four-year undergraduate program is classified as "more selective, lower transfer-in" and has an arts and sciences focus with high graduate student coexistence. Stanford University is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Academics Faculty and staff Stanford's current community of scholars includes: • 17 Nobel Prize laureates; • 150 members of the National Academy of Sciences; • 94 members of National Academy of Engineering; • 64 members of Institute of Medicine; • 263 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; • 18 recipients of the National Medal of Science; • 2 recipients of the National Medal of Technology; • 31 members of the National Academy of Education; • 51 members of American Philosophical Society; • 56 fellows of the American Physics Society (since 1995); • 4 Pulitzer Prize winners; • 24 Mac. Arthur Fellows; • 7 Wolf Foundation Prize winners; • 6 Koret Foundation Prize winners; • 2 ACL Lifetime Achievement Award winners; • 14 AAAI fellows; • 3 Presidential Medal of Freedom winners.

Traditions • Primal scream: Performed by stressed students at midnight during Dead Week (the week prior to finals) • Steam-tunnelling: The act of exploring the steam tunnels un • Fountain-hopping: The act of running from one fountain on campus to another, or simply leaping/swimming around in any of Stanford's many fountains (such as the so-called Claw fountain in White Plaza). der the Stanford campus.

Student groups Stanford offers its students the opportunity to engage in over 650 groups. Groups are often, though not always, partially funded by the University via allocations directed by the student government organization, the ASSU. These funds include "special fees", which are decided by a Spring Quarter vote by the student body. Groups span from Athletic/Recreational, Careers/Pre-professional, Community Service, Ethnic/Cultural, Fraternities/Sororities, Health/Counseling, Media/Publications, Music/Dance/Creative Arts, Political/Social Awareness to Religious/Philosophical.

Sports The new Stanford Stadium, site of home football games.

Sports The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band rallies football fans with arrangements of "All Right Now" and other contemporary music.