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AI brings new potential to the art of theater

Stanford's Michael Rau combines human creativity and artificial intelligence to add new dimensions to storytelling and stagecraft.

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Stanford professor’s 1995 "New Yorker" essay adapted into movie

Biography conveys magic of Frankenthaler’s 1950s work

Cantor Arts Center launches Asian American Art Initiative

Still from Pakeezah the film

Women’s agency expressed through dance in Hindi cinema

Stanford Live opens the fall season with an original documentary featuring the St. Lawrence String Quartet

Stanford’s Black community invited to document ‘this moment in history’

What makes a Rodin ‘a Rodin’? Stanford scholar explains the famed sculptor’s process

Mark Applebaum plays guitar while sitting at keyboard

Creative Agency During a Pandemic

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The School of Humanities and Sciences is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford. The school encompasses 24 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs. It is the university's home for fundamental research, where free, open, and critical inquiry is pursued across disciplines.

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