January 2012 Former Senator Russ Feingold  (D, Wisconsin) is spending Winter quarter on campus. While here, he will be giving two public lectures. The first lecture, sponsored by the Haas Center for Public Service, is entitled "While America Sleeps: A Wake-Up Call for the Post-9/11 Era" and will be held on February 8. On February 27, he will be giving our annual Wesson Lecture. His Wesson Lecture is entitled "Corporate Power and Citizens United: How the Supreme Court Created a New System of Political Corruption." On February 28, there will be a follow up discussion seminar that looks closely at the issue of campaign finance. All events are free but you do need to reserve a seat. Tickets available from the Stanford Ticket Office. 

January 2012 Center post doctoral scholar Kendra Bischoff was recently sited in the Stanford Daily for her work with Sean F. Reardon (School of Education). Kendra and Sean's research found a significant increase in residential income segregation in the United States over the last four decades. Read more.

January 2012 According to Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower : Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 and a speaker in the Ethics & War series, Al-Qaida may be fading, but the anti-terrorism community and all those anti-terror laws are here to stay.  Read more.

January 2012 Center post doctoral scholar Kendra Bischoff presented the findings of her 2011 dissertation at a special meeting of the Palo Alto Board of Education. According to her research, East Palo Alto students enrolled in Palo Alto schools through the Tinsley Voluntary Transfer Program show "very small positive effects" in math and English compared with students who applied -- but were not admitted -- to the program. However, in science and history, Tinsley students showed "large positive effects" and "significant differences" from students not in the program. Read more.

Spencer Foundation Project: The Center for Ethics in Society has long championed student and faculty research that places normative and social science approaches in common inquiry.  Our new three-year grant from the Spencer Foundation will permit us to continue this work with a special focus on questions about education theory, policy, and practice.  In combination with faculty and students from the Law School, the School of Education, and H&S, we hope to launch a series of new initiatives under the Spencer grant, and we welcome participation from the entire Stanford community. Read more.