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Online Meetings

Stanford Parents’ Club hosts club-wide meetings so you can hear about our upcoming events and updates. Meetings are held virtually on Zoom to accommodate our global membership. To attend a General Meeting, you need to be a member of the Stanford Parents' Club. Dates and Zoom links are provided in our monthly newsletters. If you are not yet a member of the club, please JOIN today!

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Distinguished Speaker Series

The Stanford Parents’ Club hosts a Distinguished Speaker Series, featuring faculty members who present on interesting topics in various areas of study and innovation. Please keep an eye on our monthly newsletters for dates and Zoom links. 

10:00 - 10:05 AM
Welcome and Announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay

Thursday, October 12, 2023
10 AM - 12 PM (Pacific Time)

10:00 - 10:05 AM

Welcome and Announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay

10:05 - 11:00 AM

Adjunct Professor in Genetics, Stanford School of Medicine; Visiting Fellow, Stanford Center for the Study of Languages and Information, President, R42 Group

Professor Nag's Bio

Professor Ronjon Nag

Entrepreneurship Opportunities in A.I. 

11:00 - 11:05 AM

Dean of Admissions and Financial AId

Welcome to

Frosh Parents

11:05 - 11:35 AM

Vice Provost Student Affairs

Life on Campus

11:30 - 12 PM

Social Time

Thursday, October 10, 2024
10 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
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10:05 - 11 AM

Electoral Reform in the United States: Proposals for Combating Polarization and Extremism

Larry Diamond

Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute

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11 - 11:30 AM

A Conversation with President Levin

Jonathan Levin

President

Stanford University

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11 - 11:30 AM

Q&A Moderator - A Conversation with President Levin

Patrick Dunkley

Vice Provost for Institutional Equity, Access & Community

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.

The Stanford Parents' Club proudly kicks off the year with a special event featuring Stanford President Jonathan Levin in a moderated discussion with Patrick Dunkley, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity, Access & Community.

We are also honored to welcome Professor Larry Diamond, a leading scholar on democracy, renowned author, and Senior Fellow at both the Hoover Institution and Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

GOLD FORMAT TEMPLATE - Thursday, February 13, 2025
10 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
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10:05 - 11 AM

Food’s Protective Power Against Disease

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto

Clinical Associate Professor, Immunology and Rheumatology

Business Conversation

11 - 11:30 AM

Panel on Pre-Professional Advising

                                       

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.

Thursday, February 13, 2025
10 AM - 12 PM Pacific Time
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10:05 - 11 AM

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto

Clinical Associate Professor, Immunology and Rheumatology

                                          

                                       

                  

Food’s Protective Power Against Disease​

Business Conversation

11 AM - 12 PM

James Tarbox

Assistant Vice Provost and Executive Director, Career Education

Kyle Wong

CEO of StartX

Theanne Thomson

Director, Alumni Career Connections and Student Programs

Katie Wang

Director, Pre-Professional Advising, Academic Advising Operations

Panel on Pre-Professional Advising

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.

Thursday, February 13, 2025
10 AM - 12 PM Pacific Time
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10:05 - 11 AM

Food’s Protective Power Against Disease

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto

Clinical Associate Professor, Immunology and Rheumatology

                                       

                  

Business Conversation

11 AM - 12 PM

Panel on Pre-Professional Advising

James Tarbox

Assistant Vice Provost and Executive Director, Career Education

Theanne Thomson

Director, Alumni Career Connections and Student Programs

Katie Wang

Director, Pre-Professional Advising, Academic Advising Operations

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.

10:00 - 10:05 AM

Welcome and Announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay

Thursday, November 9, 2023
10 AM - 12 PM (Pacific Time)

11:30 - 12 PM

Social Time

10:05 -11:00 AM

Adjunct Professor in Human Biology

Professor Friedlander's Bio

Professor Anne Friedlander

Movement for Healthy Aging

11:00 - 11:30 AM

Director of Student Engagement

Student Engagement as we Emerge from the Pandemic Together

Thursday, November 14, 2024
10 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific Time
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10:05 - 11 AM

Sam Wineburg

Margaret Jacks Professor of Education, Emeritus

                                          

                                       

                  

What is it about the Internet that spins smart people around in circles?

Happy Student

11 - 11:45 AM

Snehal Naik

Senior Director of Student Engagement

Mark DiPerna

Assistant Vice Provost & Deputy Dean of Students

Jeanette Smith-Laws

Director of Facilities, Operations and Student Unions

Alice Petty

Associate Dean for Residential Academic Advising

Panel on Student Life

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.

Sam Wineburg is the Margaret Jacks Professor of Education and, by courtesy, of History & American Studies, Emeritus, at Stanford University. He is the co-author with Mike Caulfield of "VERIFIED: How to think straight, get duped less and make better decisions about what to believe online"

10:00 - 10:05 AM

Welcome and Announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay

Thursday, February 8, 2024
10 AM - 12 PM (Pacific Time)

10:05 -11:00 AM

Associate Professor of Bioengineering and one of the founders of the field of Synthetic Biology; runs the Endy Lab at the Shriram Center.

Professor Endy's Bio

Synthetic Biology:

From the Arts to Application

11 - 12 PM

Social Time

Thursday, March 13, 2025
10 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
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10:05 - 11 AM

TBA

Carolyn Bertozzi

2022 Nobel Laureate and Baker Family Director of Sarafan ChEM-H, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences

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11 - 11:30 AM

Focus on Student Affairs

Michele Rasmussen

Vice Provost for Student Affairs

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.

Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Professor Carolyn Bertozzi is known for her wide-ranging work spanning both chemistry and biology. Her research includes synthesis of chemical tools to study cell surface sugars called glycans and how they affect diseases such as cancer, inflammation, and viral infections like COVID-19.

Starting at 10 AM

Annual Club Elections

Thursday, April 11, 2024
10 AM - 12 PM (Pacific Time)
Annual Meeting

10:30 - 11:30 AM

Osgood Hooker Professor of Fine Arts in Art Department's Film and Media Studies Program and the Department Chair

Professor Levi's Bio 

Early Cinema:

Poetics and Politics

11:30 - 12 PM

Social Time

Thursday, April 10, 2025
10 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
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10:05 - 11 AM

Love: Art as Awakening, as Breath

Alexander Nemerov

Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor of the Arts and Humanities and Professor of Art & Art History

Couple in Library

11 - 11:30 AM

TBA

                                       

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.

A distinguished scholar of American culture, Professor Alexander Nemerov explores our connection to the past and the power of the humanities to shape our lives. Revered for his breadth of scholarship and celebrated for his eloquent public speaking, Nemerov inspires audiences with his belief in the affirming and transfiguring force of art.

10:00 - 10:05 AM

Welcome and Announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay

Thursday, October 12, 2023
10 AM - 12 PM (Pacific Time)

11:30 - 12 PM

Social Time

10:05 - 11:00 AM

Adjunct Professor in Genetics, Stanford School of Medicine; Visiting Fellow, Stanford Center for the Study of Languages and Information, President, R42 Group

Professor Nag's Bio

Entrepreneurship Opportunities in A.I. 
11:00 - 11:05 AM

Dean of Admissions and Financial AId

Welcome to
Frosh Parents
11:05 - 11:35 AM

Vice Provost Student Affairs

Life on Campus
Thursday, May 8, 2025
10 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
Key Speaker

10:05 - 11 AM

TBA

Girls in the Library

11 - 11:30 AM

TBA

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.

10:00 - 10:05 AM

Welcome and Announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay

Thursday, November 9, 2023
10 AM - 12 PM (Pacific Time)

11:30 - 12 PM

Social Time

10:05 -11:00 AM

Adjunct Professor in Human Biology

Professor Friedlander's Bio

Movement for Healthy Aging
11:00 - 11:30 AM

Director of Student Engagement

Student Engagement as we Emerge from the Pandemic Together

10:00 - 10:05 AM

Welcome and Announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay

Thursday, March 14, 2024
10 AM - 12 PM (Pacific Time)
10:05 - 11:00 AM

Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford Medicine

Director and Founder of Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education

Click Here for Professor Doty's Bio

Compassion is a Key Correlate of Mental and Physical Health
11:00 - 11:30 AM

Vice President for the Arts

Click Here for Deborah Cullinan's Bio

Unleashing the Full Potential of the Arts at Stanford

11:30 - 12 PM

Social Time

10:00 - 10:05 AM

Welcome and Announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay

Thursday, May 9, 2024
10 AM - 12 PM (Pacific Time)
Annual Meeting

10:05 - 11:00 AM

Science Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University

Dr. Seppala is also the co-creator of the most popular class in history at Yale University on Happiness, is the acclaimed author of The Happiness Track, and has a new book coming out April 23rd called Sovereign: Reclaim Your Freedom, Energy, and Power in a Time of Distraction, Uncertainty, and Chaos. Sovereign is available for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Learn more about Emma Seppala 

Emma Seppala's Bio

The Art and Science of Emotional Intelligence - Research Findings from her Two Books - Happiness Track and Sovereign

11:00 - 11:30 AM
Social Time

10:00 - 10:05 AM

Welcome and Announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay

Thursday, March 14, 2024
10 AM - 12 PM (Pacific Time)

10:05 - 11:00 AM

Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford Medicine Director and Founder of Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education

Compassion is a Key Correlate of Mental and Physical Health

11:00 - 11:30 AM

Vice President for the Arts

Unleashing the Full Potential of the Arts at Stanford

11:30 - 12 PM

Social Time

10:00 - 10:05 AM

Welcome and Announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay

Thursday, March 14, 2024
10 AM - 12 PM (Pacific Time)

10:05 - 11:00 AM

Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford Medicine

Director and Founder of Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education

Compassion is a Key Correlate of Mental and Physical Health

11:00 - 11:30 AM

Vice President for the Arts

Unleashing the Full Potential of the Arts at Stanford

11:30 - 12 PM

Social Time

10:00 - 10:05 AM

Welcome and Announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay

Thursday, October 12, 2023
10 AM - 12 PM (Pacific Time)

10:05 - 11:00 AM

Adjunct Professor in Genetics, Stanford School of Medicine; Visiting Fellow, Stanford Center for the Study of Languages and Information, President, R42 Group

Professor Nag's Bio

Entrepreneurship Opportunities in A.I. 

11:00 - 11:05 AM

Dean of Admissions and Financial AId

Welcome to

Frosh Parents

11:05 - 11:35 AM

Vice Provost Student Affairs

Life on Campus

11:30 - 12 PM
Social Time

Thursday, February 13, 2025
10 AM - 12 PM Pacific Time
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10:05 - 11 AM

Food’s Protective Power Against Disease

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto

Clinical Associate Professor, Immunology and Rheumatology

                                       

                  

Business Conversation

11 AM - 12 PM

Panel on Pre-Professional Advising

James Tarbox

Assistant Vice Provost and Executive Director, Career Education

Theanne Thomson

Director, Alumni Career Connections and Student Programs

Katie Wang

Director, Pre-Professional Advising, Academic Advising Operations

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.

Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. Deeply committed to human and planetary health, she is passionate about educating her patients and colleagues on the merits of sustainable plant-rich diets as a strategy to both improve individual health and mitigate climate change and environmental degradation.