1、Stanford University 英美概况英美概况 ContentsA.The brief introductionB.The historyC.The meaningful buildingsD.Notable alumni and honorsE.The Stanford university and the Silicon ValleyThe brief introductionFull name:Leland Stanford Junior UniversityMotto :Die Luft der Freiheit weht(German)(自由之风劲吹 The wind of
2、 freedom blows)Founding time:1885Address :Stanford CaliforniaThe area :8,180 acres(the second largest in USA)number of students:about7,000 undergraduate and 8,000 graduate studentsThe brief introductionBadge:Founder:Leland Stanford Present headmaster:John Hennessy Leland Stanford John HennessyThe hi
3、story Stanford was founded in 1885 by Leland Stanford and his wife,Jane stanford,as a memorial to their only son,Leland Stanford,who died of typhoid in Europe a few weeks before his 16th birthday.The Stanford used their farm lands to create the university,and hoped to establish a major research univ
4、ersity in the West.The history The universitys founding Grant of Endowment from the Stanford came in November 1885.After six years of planning and building,the university officially opened on October 1,1891,which recruited 559 students and 15 faculty members.The universitys first president was David
5、 Starr Jordan.David Starr JordanThe history Development of Stanford UniversityThe history structure of stanfordGraduate School of BusinessSchool of MedicineBiochemistryDevelopmental BiologyGeneticsMicrobiology and Immunology Molecular and Cellular PhysiologyMolecular PharmacologyStructural BiologySc
6、hool of EducationCurriculum Studies and Teacher Education(Art,English,General Curriculum Studies,Math,Science,Social Sciences,Teacher Ed)Psychological Studies in Education(Childhood and Adolescent Development,Educational Psychology)Social Sciences,Policy and Educational PracticeAdministration and Po
7、licy AnalysisInternational Comparative EducationSocial Sciences in Education(Interdisciplinary)Stanford Teacher Education Program Cross-Area SpecializationsLearning,Design and TechnologySymbolic Systems in EducationUndergraduate Honors Program School of Humanities and Sciences Anthropological Scienc
8、esGerman Studies Applied Physics HistoryArt and Art History LinguisticsAsian Languages Mathematics Biological Sciences MusicChemistryPhilosophyClassics PhysicsCommunication Political ScienceComparative Literature PsychologyCultural and Social AnthropologyReligious StudiesDramaSlavic Languages and Li
9、teraturesEconomicsSociologyEnglish Spanish and PortugueseFrench and Italian StatisticsSchool of EngineeringAeronautics and Astronautics Chemical Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering Management Science and EngineeringMaterials Science and Engineering
10、Mechanical Engineering School of Earth SciencesGeological and Environmental SciencesGeophysicsPetroleum EngineeringSchool of LawThe meaningful buildings Most of buildings at Stanford were made of yellow bricks and red tiles.And they were designed in Spanish style which was very popular in 17th centu
11、ry.The meaningful buildings Hoover Tower is a 285 feet(87 m)Hoover Tower structure on the campus of Stanford University.The tower is part of the Hoover Institution,a research center founded by then-future U.S.president Herbert Hoover.Herbert Clark Hoover(1874-1964)The meaningful buildings Memorial C
12、hurch is Memorial church located at the center of thecampus.It was built during the American Renaissance by Jane Stanford as a memorial to her husband Leland Stanford.The meaningful buildings Old Union was built in the beginning of the 20th century,from Hoovers proposal!Old UnionNotable alumni and h
13、onorsHonors belong to the Stanford 1 president of USA25 Nobel Prize laureates;137 members of the National Academy of Sciences;95 members of National Academy of Engineering;62 members of Institute of Medicine;258 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences;19 recipients of the National Medal
14、 of Science;43 members of American Philosophical Society56 fellows of the American Physics Society(since 1995);4 Pulitzer Prize winners;24 MacArthur Fellows;7 Wolf Foundation Prize winners;6 Koret Foundation Prize winners;2 ACL Lifetime Achievement Award winners;14 AAAI fellows;3 Presidential Medal
15、of Freedom winners.Notable alumni and honors The 17 Nobel Prize laureates now are working at the Stanford.Notable alumni and honorsMany famous companies,especially a lot of Internet companies,were founded by the stanford alumni.Sergey Brin and Lawrence PageJerry YangJen-Hsun HuangNotable alumni and
16、honors There are many other companies founded by the Stanford alumni which are not pure Internet companies,such as Hewlett-Packard(HP),Cisco Systems,Sun Microsystems,and so on.Stanford and Silicon Valley The Stanford university has a close relationship with thesilicon valley.We can think that the St
17、anford is the incubatorfor Silicon Valley.Many students graduated from stanford go to work in companies in silicon valley every year.And those Students who dont graduate can get practicing opportunitiesfrom many companies.Meanwhile the Stanford universityIndustrial park is important to the silicon valley.The park was founded by Frederick Terman,regarded as the father of silicon valley.(Frederick Terman)Stanford and Silicon Valley (famous IT companies)(the location)
