The final report of the Advisory Committee on Renaming Junipero Serra Features, submitted to President Tessier-Lavigne on August 18, 2018.
Read more about Report of the Advisory Committee on Renaming Junipero Serra FeaturesSerra Mall and two campus buildings currently named for Junipero Serra, the founder of the California mission system, will be renamed, but other campus references to Serra and the mission system will be retained, based on a set of university committee recommendations that have been accepted by the Board of Trustees.
Read more about Stanford will seek to rename Serra Mall in honor of Jane StanfordMembers of the Advisory Committee on Renaming Principles have drafted its recommendations for how Stanford should approach the process of reconsidering the name of a building or site, including the principles involved, the procedure to be followed and the factors to be considered.
Read more about Proposed principles for renaming buildings and other featuresPaul Brest, professor emeritus and former dean of Stanford Law School, will chair a new committee that will recommend principles for decision-making on requests to rename campus buildings and sites.
Read more about New committee appointed to consider principles on historical namesPresident Tessier-Lavigne has appointed a new committee to recommend principles for decision-making on requests to rename campus buildings and sites named for historical figures.
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Read more about Notes from the Quad: An update on campus historical names