by Allison Arbuthnot Sanders | Dec 19, 2014 | Academics
As the semester ends and the weather cools, students from the Afghan Student Association, the Muslim Student Association, and supporters took to the streets to feed the hungry. Established this year by President Matt Mohammed, ’16 Civil Engineering, the Afghan Student...
by Allison Arbuthnot Sanders | Dec 3, 2014 | Academics
Many South Bay lots boast Christmas conifers this time of year, but the trees at one sprawling lot stand apart. At the Our City Forest nonprofit nursery on Spring Street, you’ll find Spartans engaged in a novel effort to make a greener, merrier Silicon Valley through...
by Allison Arbuthnot Sanders | Sep 8, 2014 | Academics
Walking through the newly renovated Yoshihiro Uchida Hall is a study in old meeting new. Much of the year-long construction project includes seismic retrofitting and other refurbishments not visible to the naked eye, yet threaded throughout and around the historic...
by Allison Arbuthnot Sanders | Apr 15, 2014 | Academics
“I’m inspired by work that happens on campus in areas that are very different from my own,” says Eugene Cordero, professor of meteorology and climate science. “Having the opportunity to support work others are doing allows you to feel as though you are helping.” As...
by Allison Arbuthnot Sanders | Apr 9, 2014 | Academics
“I am a strong believer in volunteering and giving back,” says Sami Monsur, resource analyst in the Connie L. Lurie College of Education—and she’s got the scholarship to prove it. In 2012, Monsur established the Support Our Staff Scholarship, an annual $500...