Events Calendar
01
Oct
Wellness Event
Evening Guided Meditation
Weekly Thursday Guided Meditation is designed to offer basic meditation skills, to encourage regular meditation practice, to help deepen self-reflection, and to offer instructions on how meditation can be useful during stressful and uncertain times. Thursdays 6 p.m. PST https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97159632633?pwd=cFc2eUZDWW4vY0VGV3FaOVFuZElxZz09
01
Oct
Berry Event
Stanford 2020 Contemplation By Design Summit
Free events offered today and daily through Oct. 6, 2020, to further individual and community health and well-being, and creative excellence to serve the greater good in these unprecedented times. Contemplation By Design is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, campus-wide program cultivating resilience, well-being, wisdom, compassion, and sustainable, ethical, purposeful service. Summit participants will have the opportunity to …
01
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD2020: Becoming Conscious of Unconscious Bias:Contemplative practice to deepen respect & inclusion
In this session, we will explore everyday implicit, or unconscious, biases in the workplace: how to identify bias, how to address bias, and ultimately, how to make our unconscious biases conscious. We will cover the literature on bias and inclusion in education, academic medicine specifically, and the workplace more generally as we work together to …
01
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2020: new America: Race & Restoring The Democracy That Never Was
Known for her willingness to sit with and speak uncomfortable truths with love, Rev. angel Kyodo williams notes, “Love and Justice are not two. Without inner change, there can be no outer change. Without collective change, no change matters.” She inspires a contemplative approach to evolving democracy in America and illuminates the collective process of …
01
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2020: iPause Morning Guided Meditation, session 1 with Tia Rich, PhD
In this breath-based guided meditation practice, you are invited to enjoy being part of a community of people sharing peaceful morning meditation. Participants are offered the free opportunity to experience and learn about contemplative practices that cultivate each state of P.E.A.C.E. The five states of P.E.A.C.E. are: Pause (unwind), Exhale (breathe), Attend (awaken to your …
01
Oct
Wellness Event
Fireside Chat with Kristin Neff
Join the Health Improvement Program (HIP) for a free fireside chat with Dr. Kristin Neff, author of Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself and moderator Patty de Vries, associate director of faculty and staff wellness. Preregistration is required. Register
01
Oct
Wellness Event
Digital Technologies and Access to Healthcare: NPOs respond to COVID-19 in India
Join us for a panel discussion about the use of digital technologies to improve access to healthcare in underserved communities in India, an examination of whether digital technologies can scale up fast enough to have a meaningful impact on the Covid-19 response in India, and if the current situation will serve to accelerate digital transformation of healthcare access …
01
Oct
Wellness Event
COVID-19 in Children Seminar Series (CME): A Conversation with Drs. Maldonado, Pizzo, and Prober
Stanford Pediatrics welcomes the Stanford Children’s community and general public to this weekly seminar series. This forum is explicitly devoted to the COVID-19 pandemic and is focused on its impact on the pediatric population and the surrounding community. These weekly sessions will include a rigorous review of recent literature and will promote an enhanced …
01
Oct
Online Class
Food Trends – The Evidence Behind Popular Foods and Diets
Is that sugar in your diet shortening your lifespan? Should you be fasting every other day for optimal weight control? How about keto? Does turmeric truly improve your immune system? How about those...
02
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford 2020 Contemplation By Design Summit
Free events today and daily through Oct. 6, 2020, to further individual and community health and well-being, and creative excellence to serve the greater good in these unprecedented times. Contemplation By Design is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, campus-wide program cultivating resilience, well-being, wisdom, compassion, and sustainable, ethical, purposeful service. Summit participants will have the opportunity to …
02
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2020: The Inner Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Between Doubt and Commitment
King often had to overcome his insecurities and doubts in order to inspire other people to join the struggle for civil and human rights. What can we learn from how King balanced his self-doubt with a strong commitment to change the world? Speaker: Prof. Clayborne Carson is the founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research …
02
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2020: Liberation Through Love and Rage
As Audre Lorde has written, there is so much data in our anger. One of the things that we can learn is how to let our anger show us where we have been hurt. We can let this great unveiling happen through the profound practice of radical love. When we embrace this deep wish to …
02
Oct
Online Class
Meditation Toolkit – Prepare the Mind and Body for a Deeper Experience
Have you ever found yourself struggling to calm the mind or clear your thoughts during meditation? The first step towards a profound meditation experience is complete relaxation of body and mind. Often the...
03
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2020: Working for Freedom on All Fronts: The Radical Dharma Framework for Liberation
Dropping into the truth of our own experience of the world as it is, this daylong with the authors of Radical Dharma: Talking Race Love & Liberation, Dr. Jasmine Syedullah, Lama Rod Owens, and Rev. angel Kyodo williams invites participants into a step-by-step integrated cumulative contemplative approach to collective embodied liberation, The Radical Dharma Framework for Liberation …
03
Oct
Berry Event
Planning for Your Late-Life Brain: Habits You Can Build Now to Improve Cognitive Function Later-WSP 57
Most of us envision our retirement years as a time filled with enjoyable experiences. However, a crucial piece of that vision is not addressed in typical retirement planning: having good cognitive function in our later years. In the same way that we start financial planning for retirement decades in advance, we also should begin planning …
03
Oct
Wellness Event
Community Hour with Salamishah Tillet
Salamishah Tillet, Henry Rutgers Professor of African American and African Studies and Creative Writing, Rutgers University, Newark, and Co-Founder of A Long Walk Home, will be our special guest on the Community Hour on Saturday at 1pm PST. We will discuss Black feminism, art and activism, and surviving sexual violence. This Community Hour will be on Elizabeth …
04
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Community Hour
Each Sunday, we welcome faculty, staff, students, alums, and community members to join us for a conversation with a special guest.
04
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2020: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
For most of us, breathing is an automatic function, just something we do 25,000 times a day. But the new science of breath is showing us that how we take in and exhale breath can have a significant and lasting impact on immune health, athletic endurance, mental states, and lifespan. Science journalist James Nestor embedded with respiratory …
04
Oct
Wellness Event
CANCELED – Public Tour | Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Campus
This docent tour explores the extensive collection of 20th century outdoor sculpture in Stanford’s Quad and south campus. Meet at the entrance to the Main Quad where The Oval meets Serra Street. First Sunday of each month from 2 pm – 3:30 pm, rain or shine. Admission Info Tours do not require a reservation and are …
04
Oct
Wellness Event
Student-Led Yoga @ Club Cardinal
The Office for Religious & Spiritual Life invites you to join in a weekly student-led yoga practice at Windhover at Club Cardinal! All levels welcome. Log in to https://club-cardinal.com/ and go to the Windhover location. Click on the Zoom link there.
05
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2020:Deliberative Democracy, Social Learning, and Conscious Conversation for Wise Foreign Policy
Leading scholars of democracy, Stanford professors Larry Diamond, PhD and Francis Fukuyama, PhD and Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose, will discuss how to facilitate effective collective action at home and abroad through mature introspection, self-aware public discourse, and social learning. Diamond, Fukuyama and Rose will discuss the power of conscious communication, respectful dialogue, and deliberative democracy as …
05
Oct
Berry Event
CBD 2020: Finding True Ground in Hard Times through Love Stories
We normally think of love stories as guides or reassurances about the presence of love in our world, but in this session we’ll look at how they also help us meet the kind of wider upheavals many of us are experiencing right now—social, economic, public health. We will explore how some of the oldest, simplest …
05
Oct
Wellness Event
Healthy Planet, Healthy People: The Impact of Climate Change on Vector-borne Diseases
Healthy Planet, Healthy People: The Impact of Climate Change on Vector-borne Diseases Ambient temperature is an important determinant of vector-borne disease transmission and suitability, affecting the life-cycle of the pathogen and mosquito vector. Ecological models can predict optimal temperatures for transmission; However, these models need to be validated with human disease incidence data. In addition, climate …
05
Oct
Webinar
Comfort Foods Made Healthier – Mason Jar Salad with Creamy Poppyseed Dressing
Join us for our new fall virtual cooking class series to learn how to enjoy the comfort foods you crave in a healthier way.
Studies show that we consume three times the recommended...
06
Oct
Wellness Event
30th Annual Jonathan J. King Lecture, When Breath Becomes Air: A Conversation with Lucy Kalanithi
The Jonathan J. King Lectureship was established in 1991 to encourage the compassionate and humane care of all patients. It is a part of Stanford University Medical Center’s mission to enhance patient treatment and the art of caring. Dr. Lucy Kalanithi is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and …
06
Oct
Wellness Event
Yin and Restorative Yoga Class
This live-streamed class explores gentle movement, breath, and mindfulness to support sleep, healthful rest, and enhanced resilience. Minimal prop use is required to allow participants to do this practice at home, sharing it with roommates, partners, children, and pets as desired. Tuesdays at 6-7pm PST. ONLINE VIA ZOOM; click to register Heather Freeman, PsyD, RYT …
06
Oct
Wellness Event
Contemplation by Design Embodied Spiritual Practice: How Movement with Intention Teaches Us To Pause
Join in a family yoga practice with Rabbi Mychal Copeland, author of the new children’s book, I Am the Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book. Rabbi Mychal Copeland can be found getting into yoga poses while teaching, writing, reading Torah, and even leading Shabbat services at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav in San Francisco. Mychal is …
06
Oct
Wellness Event
CBD 2020: P.E.A.C.E. Concert by Stanford Talisman A Cappella group
This annual P.E.A.C.E. concert culminates the 2020 Contemplaion By Design Summit. Join us to celebrate through music and song the experience of five states of P.E.A.C.E.: Pause, Exhale, Attend mindfully, Connect with nature/yourself/others, and Express. Stanford Talisman a cappella group will share their gifts of song and insight. Each song will include a short introduction …
06
Oct
Berry Event
CBD 2020: Summon the Hero Within: the power of mindset for dealing with change
Unforeseen changes require new strategies. The Hero’s Journey describes the existential process we all go through as we live in and adjust to changes in our world and ourselves. The need to expand the constructs of our mind and perceptions may arise many times in our lives. Come and explore the power of mindset and …
06
Oct
Wellness Event
Fireside Chat with Karith Foster
Join the Health Improvement Program (HIP) for a free fireside chat with Karith Foster, speaker, humorist, author, and moderator Patty de Vries, associate director of faculty and staff wellness. Preregistration is required. Register
06
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Geospatial Center Office(less) Hours
Office(less) Hours are back, and they are really officeless, now! We’ll have SGC staff here and guests from the rest of the Branner Earth Sciences & Map Collection family, on a weekly basis throughout the Autumn Quarter. Drop by for quick support for any of your Spatial questions! https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97569468192?pwd=Z2R4dDdoZ1dDRWVlS1lhMjlYNS9MQT09
06
Oct
Webinar
Science-Based Strategies to Support Your Immune System
The immune system is a marvelously complex set of organs, cells, and chemicals that fight microbes every day. While there are many products, plans, and pills on the market claiming to boost the...
07
Oct
Wellness Event
Sitting Space – Meditation led by Stanford Students
Student-guided meditation created to support Stanford students in ongoing meditation practices and to bring students together to meet others interested in meditation. Zoom link: http://tinyurl.com/sittingspaceMeeting ID: 518 739 7905Password: 123456
07
Oct
Wellness Event
Vir Biotechnology CEO George Scangos @ ETL
George Scangos, PhD, has served as Vir Biotechnology’s president and CEO and as a member of its board of directors since January 2017. He previously served as CEO and as a member of the board of directors of Biogen, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company focused on treating neurological diseases, and also held roles as president …
07
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Geospatial Center Office(less) Hours
Office(less) Hours are back, and they are really officeless, now! We’ll have SGC staff here and guests from the rest of the Branner Earth Sciences & Map Collection family, on a weekly basis throughout the Autumn Quarter. Drop by for quick support for any of your Spatial questions! https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97569468192?pwd=Z2R4dDdoZ1dDRWVlS1lhMjlYNS9MQT09
07
Oct
Webinar
How to Regulate the Nervous System and Restore Healthy Sleep
Research has shown that good sleep is vital for health and well-being. Yet for many who suffer from stress and anxiety, a good night's sleep remains an elusive dream. Their sleepless nights are...
08
Oct
Wellness Event
Evening Guided Meditation
Weekly Thursday Guided Meditation is designed to offer basic meditation skills, to encourage regular meditation practice, to help deepen self-reflection, and to offer instructions on how meditation can be useful during stressful and uncertain times. Thursdays 6 p.m. PST https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97159632633?pwd=cFc2eUZDWW4vY0VGV3FaOVFuZElxZz09
08
Oct
Berry Event
Design Thinking (3-Day Series)
Abstract Individuals and/or work groups are welcome to join! If you join as an individual, you will be assigned to a team and work together with your designated team on solving the challenge that the team undertakes. This enables you to experience the full methodology and gain real experience with design thinking. If you join …
08
Oct
Wellness Event
2-Part Advance Care Planning Workshops for the General Public
Advance care planning is a process to plan the health care you would want to receive if you became too ill to make decisions for yourself. Every adult can do advance care planning. In these 2 part workshops, Stanford’s palliative Dr. Grant Smith will describe advance care planning. He will walk participants through each step, …
08
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Pediatrics COVID-19 in Children Seminar Series (CME)
Stanford Pediatrics COVID-19 In Children Seminar Series (CME) COVID-19 Vaccines: Development, Trials, Safety & Implications for ChildrenPresented By Cornelia Dekker, MD, Nicola Klein, MD, Grace Lee, MD Stanford Pediatrics welcomes the Stanford Children’s community and general public to this weekly seminar series. This forum is explicitly devoted to the COVID-19 pandemic and is focused …
11
Oct
Wellness Event
Second Sunday at Home
The Cantor Arts Center and the Anderson Collection offer family-friendly art activities every Second Sunday of the month! Join our Zoom session with hands-on art activities, interactive Q & A, art stories and more. Check back closer to the event for more information on the theme of the month, a registration link, and the activity …
11
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Community Hour
Each Sunday, we welcome faculty, staff, students, alums, and community members to join us for a conversation with a special guest.
11
Oct
Wellness Event
Student-Led Yoga @ Club Cardinal
The Office for Religious & Spiritual Life invites you to join in a weekly student-led yoga practice at Windhover at Club Cardinal! All levels welcome. Log in to https://club-cardinal.com/ and go to the Windhover location. Click on the Zoom link there.
12
Oct
Berry Event
Immune Health Basics (BIO 102 W)
What does it mean when a product claims to support “immune health” or promises to “boost immunity”? We hear these claims frequently, but what is actually required for good immune health, and can we really modulate the immune system to our advantage? In this online course, we will explore the complex and dynamic workings of …
12
Oct
Wellness Event
Community Engaged Research – What it is, What it isn’t, and Is it for you?
This workshop series is designed with Stanford graduate students in mind who are interested in learning more about and developing their skills around community-engaged scholarship and community-based research. Invited speakers include leaders and practitioners across disciplinary fields. Community-based research differs from “traditional” research in that it aims to cultivate non-hierarchical relationships between “researchers” and “communities.” …
12
Oct
Berry Event
Crucial Accountability
Description This course teaches a straightforward, step-by-step process for identifying and resolving performance gaps, strengthening accountability, eliminating inconsistency, and reducing resentment. Abstract This course teaches a straightforward, step-by-step process for identifying and resolving performance gaps, strengthening accountability, eliminating inconsistency, and reducing resentment. It uses video, group discussions, skill practice, and real-life application to make the …
12
Oct
Webinar
Comfort Foods Made Healthier – Double Chocolate Brownies and Honey Ice Cream Peach Pops
Join us for our new fall virtual cooking class series to learn how to enjoy the comfort foods you crave in a healthier way.
Studies show that we consume three times the recommended...
13
Oct
Wellness Event
Yin and Restorative Yoga Class
This live-streamed class explores gentle movement, breath, and mindfulness to support sleep, healthful rest, and enhanced resilience. Minimal prop use is required to allow participants to do this practice at home, sharing it with roommates, partners, children, and pets as desired. Tuesdays at 6-7pm PST. ONLINE VIA ZOOM; click to register Heather Freeman, PsyD, RYT …
13
Oct
Berry Event
Mindfulness for Life and Leadership (PDV 107)
At work, do you find yourself feeling burdened by too many requests, too many employee issues to resolve, and too little time to think strategically? Through mindfulness practices you can improve your leadership abilities. For example, you can learn to set clear goals and priorities, maintain a sense of calm during conflict, listen better during …
13
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Geospatial Center Office(less) Hours
Office(less) Hours are back, and they are really officeless, now! We’ll have SGC staff here and guests from the rest of the Branner Earth Sciences & Map Collection family, on a weekly basis throughout the Autumn Quarter. Drop by for quick support for any of your Spatial questions! https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97569468192?pwd=Z2R4dDdoZ1dDRWVlS1lhMjlYNS9MQT09
13
Oct
Webinar
Protein Obsession – How Much Do We Need and Where Should We Get It From?
Americans seem to be confused and obsessed about how much protein they require and how much they should eat. The truth is we don’t need much. We typically eat far more than...
14
Oct
Berry Event
Sports Nutrition (SCI 46)
Properly coordinating your nutrition with exercise can dramatically improve your exercise benefits, including weight loss, health (including immune strength), and fitness. In this course, we will examine how nutrition for performance addresses delaying fatigue, driving adaptation, and speeding recovery. Delaying fatigue requires hydration and fuel supply, and proper recovery demands a broad spectrum of nutrients. …
14
Oct
Wellness Event
Sitting Space – Meditation led by Stanford Students
Student-guided meditation created to support Stanford students in ongoing meditation practices and to bring students together to meet others interested in meditation. Zoom link: http://tinyurl.com/sittingspaceMeeting ID: 518 739 7905Password: 123456
14
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Geospatial Center Office(less) Hours
Office(less) Hours are back, and they are really officeless, now! We’ll have SGC staff here and guests from the rest of the Branner Earth Sciences & Map Collection family, on a weekly basis throughout the Autumn Quarter. Drop by for quick support for any of your Spatial questions! https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97569468192?pwd=Z2R4dDdoZ1dDRWVlS1lhMjlYNS9MQT09
14
Oct
Berry Event
Saving Energy at Home
There are lots of opportunities to continue to Live Cardinal Green, no matter whether you’re on campus or at home. This course will provide an overview of common energy-saving opportunities that you can implement in your living space wherever you may be. Register through STARS here.
14
Oct
Webinar
Exercise-Related Injuries – Recovery and Prevention
Regular physical exercise has many physical, emotional, and social benefits; it can improve mood, reduce stress, improve the quality of sleep, reduce the risk of chronic disease, and much more. Yet an overzealous...
15
Oct
Wellness Event
Evening Guided Meditation
Weekly Thursday Guided Meditation is designed to offer basic meditation skills, to encourage regular meditation practice, to help deepen self-reflection, and to offer instructions on how meditation can be useful during stressful and uncertain times. Thursdays 6 p.m. PST https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97159632633?pwd=cFc2eUZDWW4vY0VGV3FaOVFuZElxZz09
15
Oct
Wellness Event
Cancer Early Detection Seminar Series – Dr. Paul Boutros
The Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection is committed to fundamental discovery and translation of novel early cancer detection and prognostication strategies. We have brought together scientists, physicians, and engineers to think outside the box to create new solutions for cancer early detection. The Canary Center hosts a seminar series, CEDSS, that presents …
15
Oct
Berry Event
Monthly SCRP Workshop
All employees can contribute before-tax dollars to the Tax-Deferred Account (TDA) or after-tax dollars to the Roth 403(b) starting after their first paycheck; eligible employees may also receive a generous matching contribution to the Contributory Retirement Account (CRA) after one-year of service. If you want to learn more about the many options and benefits provided …
15
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Doctors Discuss Living Better with Chronic Kidney Disease
Free and open to the community Chronic Kidney Disease affects an estimated 37 million people in the U.S. This talk will focus on the lifestyle changes and medical treatments that can have a positive impact on the disease and those living with it. Because of our live webinar format, you will be able to submit a …
15
Oct
Wellness Event
Mental Health and Well-being in the Virtual Classroom
In this workshop, you will gain an enhanced understanding of the challenges Stanford undergraduates and graduate students are facing in terms of mental health and well-being. You’ll also learn strategies to protect your and your students’ well-being in the virtual classroom, check in with a student who may be struggling, and refer students to campus …
15
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Pediatrics COVID-19 in Children Seminar Series (CME)
Stanford Pediatrics COVID-19 In Children Seminar Series (CME) COVID and Our Schools: Navigating Complex Trade OffsSpeakers: Lisa Chamberlain, MD, Ryan Padrez, MD, Jackie Czaja, MD, Shawneece Stevenson, MSW, and Christina Parker Stanford Pediatrics welcomes the Stanford Children’s community and general public to this weekly seminar series. This forum is explicitly devoted to the COVID-19 …
16
Oct
Wellness Event
Pediatric Grand Rounds (CME): Family Safety Reporting in Hospitalized Children
Pediatric Grand Rounds Webinar (CME): Learning from the Expertise of Families to Improve Safety: Family Safety Reporting in Hospitalized ChildrenAlisa Khan, MD, MPH – Boston Children’s Hospital
16
Oct
Webinar
Create Your Own Home Workout – Strength Training 101
We all know that exercise is important for our overall health and well-being. But despite our best intentions, many people find it hard to establish the habit of a consistent workout. Some have...
18
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Community Hour
Each Sunday, we welcome faculty, staff, students, alums, and community members to join us for a conversation with a special guest.
18
Oct
Wellness Event
Student-Led Yoga @ Club Cardinal
The Office for Religious & Spiritual Life invites you to join in a weekly student-led yoga practice at Windhover at Club Cardinal! All levels welcome. Log in to https://club-cardinal.com/ and go to the Windhover location. Click on the Zoom link there.
19
Oct
Berry Event
Exploring Creative Mindfulness (PDV 106)
Do you feel stressed from the busyness of life, wedded to your devices, and not connected enough to what matters most? If so, you are not alone, and mindfulness can help. Mindfulness is the practice of being present in the moment, aware of the emotions, sensations, and insights you are experiencing. Mindfulness can help people …
19
Oct
Online Class
Weight Management – Starting the Journey
This 6-week online engagement program will help you take the first steps in the process of changing life-long habits related to nutrition, physical activity, weight management, and stress management. Through setting and implementing...
19
Oct
Online Class
Fostering Kind and Compassionate Relationships During Times of Stress
The coronavirus pandemic and shelter-in-place has put tremendous stress on relationships. Some people find themselves suddenly spending 24/7 in close quarters with spouses, children, and other family members, while others are completely isolated from...
19
Oct
Online Class
Reaching the Goals You Really Want – Barriers, Boosters, and Baby Steps
It’s hard these days to stay focused. Events whir, changes blur, and we may feel swept away or caught in a trap. We do, however, have our own important and worthwhile goals...
20
Oct
Wellness Event
Yin and Restorative Yoga Class
This live-streamed class explores gentle movement, breath, and mindfulness to support sleep, healthful rest, and enhanced resilience. Minimal prop use is required to allow participants to do this practice at home, sharing it with roommates, partners, children, and pets as desired. Tuesdays at 6-7pm PST. ONLINE VIA ZOOM; click to register Heather Freeman, PsyD, RYT …
20
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Geospatial Center Office(less) Hours
Office(less) Hours are back, and they are really officeless, now! We’ll have SGC staff here and guests from the rest of the Branner Earth Sciences & Map Collection family, on a weekly basis throughout the Autumn Quarter. Drop by for quick support for any of your Spatial questions! https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97569468192?pwd=Z2R4dDdoZ1dDRWVlS1lhMjlYNS9MQT09
20
Oct
Wellness Event
PHIND Seminar – Andrew Lipchik, PhD
The PHIND Center is part of the Department of Radiology and is the first center in the world to focus on precision health and integrated diagnostics. We bring together faculty from all across campus to initiate new collaborations and strengthen existing ones. The PHIND Center hosts a seminar series that is open and free to …
20
Oct
Berry Event
Elevate Your Life: Navigating the Enneagram to Self-Discovery
The Enneagram is a self-assessment tool that helps individuals understand how they conceptualize and navigate their inner and outer worlds. It serves as a map highlighting where one is and where one wants to go. Identifying one’s Enneagram type can enable bringing more congruency to life. Participants in this workshop will learn how to • …
20
Oct
Online Class
Relaxing Into Sleep – How Our Days Affect Our Nights
Discover how the simple practice of mindfulness can help transform your lifestyle habits in order to set the stage for a peaceful night's sleep. In this 3-session online class, we will review core...
21
Oct
Berry Event
Ready to Roll—Bike 101
Want to learn how to be a safe and confident rider? In this session, we’ll cover all the basics you need to ride safely and confidently, including: How to pick the right bike and gear Rules of the road Route planning Protecting your bike Hosted by Ariadne Scott, Stanford Transportation, Bicycle Program and Anna Walters, …
21
Oct
Wellness Event
Ready to Roll: How to Ride Safely and Confidently
Join Stanford Transportation for a free, one-hour online workshop on Wednesday, Oct. 21 (12 – 1 p.m. PDT) that will cover the basics you need to ride safely and confidently, including: how to choose the right bike and gear; rules of the road; route planning; and how to protect your bike. If you’re considering bicycling …
21
Oct
Berry Event
Exercising Influence (2-Day Series)
Description To be successful in a busy, cross-functional, and complex organization, you need to be skillful and flexible in the way you influence others. This course has required prework that includes gathering survey responses from colleagues. Abstract —————————————————————————– Effective influence enables you to move your ideas into action by stimulating others to support, provide resources …
21
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Geospatial Center Office(less) Hours
Office(less) Hours are back, and they are really officeless, now! We’ll have SGC staff here and guests from the rest of the Branner Earth Sciences & Map Collection family, on a weekly basis throughout the Autumn Quarter. Drop by for quick support for any of your Spatial questions! https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97569468192?pwd=Z2R4dDdoZ1dDRWVlS1lhMjlYNS9MQT09
21
Oct
Webinar
Cannabis and Youth
While many states allow recreational use of cannabis in adults ages 21 and over, recreational cannabis use by children and teenagers is not legal anywhere in the United States. Despite its illegal status, cannabis...
22
Oct
Wellness Event
Evening Guided Meditation
Weekly Thursday Guided Meditation is designed to offer basic meditation skills, to encourage regular meditation practice, to help deepen self-reflection, and to offer instructions on how meditation can be useful during stressful and uncertain times. Thursdays 6 p.m. PST https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97159632633?pwd=cFc2eUZDWW4vY0VGV3FaOVFuZElxZz09
22
Oct
Wellness Event
“Speaking Grief” Film Screening
“Speaking Grief” explores why the pain of losing a loved one can be so difficult to understand and discuss. The film interviews grieving families from across the U.S., whose losses range from stillbirth to suicide, to address common misconceptions about grief. Through candid personal stories and conversations with experts in the grief field, the film …
22
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Pediatrics COVID-19 in Children Seminar Series (CME)
Stanford Pediatrics COVID-19 In Children Seminar Series (CME) Virology 101Speaker: Ann M. Arvin, MD Stanford Pediatrics welcomes the Stanford Children’s community and general public to this weekly seminar series. This forum is explicitly devoted to the COVID-19 pandemic and is focused on its impact on the pediatric population and the surrounding community. These weekly …
22
Oct
Online Class
Building a Positive Relationship with Food – Break the Stress Eating Cycle
Eating is a vital activity, meant to nourish and support our bodies. But often we can eat for other reasons - to fit in at social situations, relieve stress, satisfy cravings, or try...
22
Oct
Online Class
Thriving Through Change and Life’s Transitions
Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else. - Tom Stoppard
Any major life transition can bring a bundle of mixed emotions: concerns about letting go and of loss; uneasiness around...
23
Oct
Berry Event
Exploring Authenticity in Times of Change
Key components of an inclusive workplace culture are to discover and safely express authenticity and to align individual and institutional values. In this interactive workshop, we will explore the meaning of authenticity, define our individual values, and determine individual actions for change. This workshop will be presented by Shaila Kotadia, Ph.D, director of Culture and …
23
Oct
Wellness Event
Pediatric Grand Rounds (CME): CART for Tcell Malignancies
Pediatric Grand Rounds Webinar (CME): CART for Tcell MalignanciesJohn DiPersio, MD, PhD – Washington University School of Medicine Targeting Tcell malignancies with CART is limited due to fratracide and becuase of similar targets existing on T effector cells and Tcell malignancies. There is a need to utilize off-the-shelf gene edited CART for targeting T-ALL and …
23
Oct
Online Class
Meditations for Inner Peace and Sustained Resilience
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. - Dalai Lama
When we are faced with difficulties, it is easy to spiral into negative thinking, anxiety, and stress over...
24
Oct
Berry Event
Vitality Essentials: How to Live Your Best Possible Life (WSP 148)
Why do certain people seem so vital and vibrant? In a world where many of us feel burdened by stress, pressure, and competing demands, a lucky few seem to radiate with joy, purpose, warmth, and vitality. In this workshop, we will draw from research in biology, medicine, psychology, sociology, and elsewhere to understand how our …
24
Oct
Berry Event
Brain Health: Understanding and Fine-Tuning Your Memory and Mind (BIO 09)
Are there activities we can do to improve the health of our brain other than maintaining a nutritious diet and physical exercise? Do mental exercises like crossword puzzles and brain games really help? As we age, how can we slow down cognitive decline associated with the retention of information, attention, and the speed at which …
25
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Community Hour
Each Sunday, we welcome faculty, staff, students, alums, and community members to join us for a conversation with a special guest.
25
Oct
Wellness Event
Student-Led Yoga @ Club Cardinal
The Office for Religious & Spiritual Life invites you to join in a weekly student-led yoga practice at Windhover at Club Cardinal! All levels welcome. Log in to https://club-cardinal.com/ and go to the Windhover location. Click on the Zoom link there.
26
Oct
Berry Event
Diet and Gene Expression: You Are What you Eat (BIO 03 W)
We tend to think that good genes make us thin and healthy, while bad genes make us fat and sick. But what if we could turn our “good” genes on and our “bad” genes off, and improve our overall health by making the right dietary and lifestyle choices? The science of epigenetics suggests we can …
26
Oct
Wellness Event
Student-Led Yoga
When you claim not to have time for yoga, it is probably when you need it most. The beauty of practicing yoga is the reality that no matter where you are in your flexibility or strength today, simply with the act of coming to the mat and focusing your attention inward you are doing it …
26
Oct
Online Class
Traditional Oriental Medicine Level 2 – Emotional Healing with Qigong and Acupressure
Building on the foundation created in the Traditional Oriental Medicine (TOM) Level 1, this course will provide self-care skills for health enrichment and healing on the emotional level.
In this weeklong engagement course, you...
27
Oct
Wellness Event
Yin and Restorative Yoga Class
This live-streamed class explores gentle movement, breath, and mindfulness to support sleep, healthful rest, and enhanced resilience. Minimal prop use is required to allow participants to do this practice at home, sharing it with roommates, partners, children, and pets as desired. Tuesdays at 6-7pm PST. ONLINE VIA ZOOM; click to register Heather Freeman, PsyD, RYT …
27
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Geospatial Center Office(less) Hours
Office(less) Hours are back, and they are really officeless, now! We’ll have SGC staff here and guests from the rest of the Branner Earth Sciences & Map Collection family, on a weekly basis throughout the Autumn Quarter. Drop by for quick support for any of your Spatial questions! https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97569468192?pwd=Z2R4dDdoZ1dDRWVlS1lhMjlYNS9MQT09
28
Oct
Berry Event
Virtual Fix a Flat
Learn the fundamentals of how to fix a flat tire when you’re on a ride, including: A live demonstration outlining the proper technique Fixing a bike yourself Tips and Tricks to make it easy and fun! If you’re not comfortable fixing a flat on your own yet, feel free to just observe. If you’re considering …
28
Oct
Wellness Event
Virtual Fix-A-Flat Class
Join Stanford Transportation for a free, one-hour online workshop on Wednesday, Oct. 28 (12 – 1 p.m. PDT) that will cover the fundamentals of how to fix a flat tire when you’re on a ride, including: a live demonstration outlining the proper technique and fixing a bike yourself. If you’re not comfortable fixing a flat …
28
Oct
Wellness Event
Stanford Geospatial Center Office(less) Hours
Office(less) Hours are back, and they are really officeless, now! We’ll have SGC staff here and guests from the rest of the Branner Earth Sciences & Map Collection family, on a weekly basis throughout the Autumn Quarter. Drop by for quick support for any of your Spatial questions! https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97569468192?pwd=Z2R4dDdoZ1dDRWVlS1lhMjlYNS9MQT09
28
Oct
Webinar
Holiday Eating – Breaking the Cycle
The winter holiday season is almost here. This time of year, we may look forward to joyful experiences and time spent with loved ones, yet many of us also anticipate what can feel...
29
Oct
Wellness Event
Evening Guided Meditation
Weekly Thursday Guided Meditation is designed to offer basic meditation skills, to encourage regular meditation practice, to help deepen self-reflection, and to offer instructions on how meditation can be useful during stressful and uncertain times. Thursdays 6 p.m. PST https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97159632633?pwd=cFc2eUZDWW4vY0VGV3FaOVFuZElxZz09
30
Oct
Berry Event
Your Health Care Benefits in Retirement
If you are considering retirement from Stanford within the next several months, come to this informational session to learn about your health care options during retirement, how to determine your benefit eligibility, and when to apply for Medicare. Register Here