George Porteous
News Managing Editor at The Stanford Daily
stanford '27 / university news editor @stanforddaily / [email protected]
Articles
-
1 week ago |
stanforddaily.com | George Porteous
“What if consciousness, like love, is the work of making relationships?” Alva Noë, chair of the philosophy department at the University of California, Berkeley, proposed at Stanford’s annual Presidential Lecture in the Humanities and Arts on Wednesday. “Love names the work of opening up the world, the very labor of consciousness,” Noë said.
-
3 weeks ago |
stanforddaily.com | George Porteous
An international student at Stanford who previously lost their visa had the revocation reversed, the University announced in a brief statement Thursday. The reversal lowers the count of visa cancellations to five affecting current students and two affecting recently graduated students. The update provided no additional details about the students’ background or situation.
-
1 month ago |
stanforddaily.com | George Porteous
University president Jonathan Levin ’94 and Provost Jenny Martinez expressed support for Harvard after its president, Alan Garber M.D. ’83 — a Stanford Medicine professor emeritus — vowed to resist the Trump administration’s demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, cooperate with heightened immigration enforcement and undergo federal audits for “viewpoint diversity.” “Harvard’s objections to the letter it received are rooted in the American tradition of liberty, a...
-
2 months ago |
stanforddaily.com | George Porteous
In a Friday interview with The Daily, University president Jonathan Levin ’94 commented on the storm of policies under President Donald Trump that have rocked Stanford since January, including potential federal funding cuts, escalating immigration enforcement, a clampdown on DEI efforts and changes to Title IX rules.
-
Feb 15, 2025 |
stanforddaily.com | George Porteous
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) issued a sweeping letter Friday warning federally funded educational institutions, including Stanford, against race-conscious admissions, financial aid, hiring and campus life practices, threatening the “potential loss of federal funding” to institutions that do not comply within two weeks. DOE Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor signed the letter, which the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) posted online.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 234
- Tweets
- 72
- DMs Open
- Yes
NEW: A group of nearly 1,500 faculty, alumni and students have called on Stanford President Jonathan Levin and Provost Jenny Martinez to follow Harvard and issue their own statement condemning the Trump administration’s actions against higher education. https://t.co/gAsy8SN11i
NEW: @Stanford's president and provost expressed support for Harvard after its president, Alan Garber, vowed to resist the Trump administration’s demands: "Harvard’s objections to the letter it received are rooted in the American tradition of liberty." https://t.co/56loJULOkp
RT @cutiegurlk8: last night was a stanford prison experiment