At the Feb. 6 meeting of the Faculty Senate, three members of the Committee on the Professoriate presented their findings and recommendations on issues related to teaching line appointments and to the status of fellows at designated policy centers and institutes.

In addition, President Marc Tessier-Lavigne gave a short update on Stanford’s response to the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus and the precautions the university is taking to protect the campus community. He also expressed his firm commitment to the university’s international community.

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The members of the committee who presented the report were co-chair Patricia Burchat, a professor of physics, and co-chair Robert Weisberg, a professor of law, and Mehran Sahami, a professor (teaching) of computer science.