News and Updates

At their Oct. 4-6 meeting, trustees discussed the university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, heard an update on the Long-Range Vision, and approved a campus committee’s recommendation to remove David Starr Jordan’s name from campus spaces and to relocate the statue of Louis Agassiz outside Jordan Hall.

DeAngela Burns-Wallace, Lily Sarafan, Elizabeth “Bess” Weatherman and Maurice Werdegar were elected through the alumni nominations process.

Stanford’s active investment holdings in fossil fuels have declined more than 90% to now represent less than 1.5% of the university’s Merged Pool, the Board reported as it outlined further efforts in support of the clean-energy transition.

Katharine B. Duhamel, a Stanford alumna, will join the board on June 1.

During its April 20-21 meeting, the Stanford University Board of Trustees discussed the short-term and long-term issues that the coronavirus pandemic poses for the university.

At its Feb. 9-11 meeting, the Board of Trustees also took action on facilities projects being planned and discussed investment responsibility, among other items.

Beginning in 2020-21, Stanford will provide scholarship support to cover the price of undergraduate tuition for parents with annual incomes below $150,000, up from the current $125,000 threshold.

The board also heard an update on investment responsibility, set 2020-21 tuition and made enhancements to the university’s financial aid program.

Trustees also discussed investment responsibility and received a briefing on the 2019 AAU Climate Survey, among other topics.

Camuñez, president and CEO of Monarch Global Strategies LLC, begins a five-year term on Oct. 1, 2019.