The university’s external engagement – with the region, nation and world – was a major focus of the Feb. 11-12 meetings of Stanford’s Board of Trustees.

The board also heard a presentation on the arts, moved forward on some building projects, dined with the first cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars and had an opportunity to meet Paul King, the new president and CEO of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.

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Co-chairs of that discovery team, Juliet Brodie, professor of law and associate dean for clinical education in the Law School, and Marcia Cohen, senior associate dean of finance and administration in the School of Medicine, reported that the team’s first task was to complete an inventory of the university’s current activities in the area of regional and national engagement.