News and Events
Program Announcements
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Stanford Program in Kyoto, Director Vacancy Announcement |
The Stanford University Bing Overseas Studies
Program (BOSP) seeks a Director for the educational
program it currently operates at Doshisha University
in Kyoto, Japan. |
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Stanford Program in Beijing, Program Administrator Vacancy Announcement |
The Program Administrator (PA) is expected to support the Director of the Stanford Center in Beijing in all aspects of administrative matters of the Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) in Beijing, China located at Peking University (PKU). MORE > |
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Conversations about global issues and the overseas experience |
This year the Bing Overseas Studies Program celebrates 50 years of fostering world citizens and creating experiences that last a lifetime. We’re honoring that legacy with a day for overseas studies alumni that brings the international experience to the Stanford campus. MORE > |
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Proposal for South Africa Program Moves Forward |
BOSP continued to work on a future program in South Africa, as part of its efforts to do more in the developing world. Stanford’s Center for African Studies has been a valuable partner in BOSP’s efforts to run seminars, quarter-long programs, and establish a center in Africa. |
Overseas Studies in the News
Stanford Report, 4.9.2008 |
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| Former Overseas Studies Director retires | |
Summing up the accomplishments of a lengthy career in science is no small task. In the case of Amos Nur, professor emeritus of geophysics, it took a two-day symposium to even come close to covering his wide-ranging achievements. MORE > |
Stanford Report, 4.4.2008 |
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| Remembering the founders | |
Addressing an audience that gathered Monday in Memorial Church for Founders’ Celebration 2008, President John Hennessy said Jane and Leland Stanford would have taken “great pride” in the Bing Overseas Studies Program, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in May. MORE > |
Stanford Report, 12.7.2007 |
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| Two Stanford students, both musicians, nab prestigious Marshall Scholarships | |
Arenson spent winter quarter of 2007 studying the economics of Britain's National Health Service at the University of Oxford through Stanford's Bing Overseas Studies Program. MORE > |
The Stanford Daily, 11.27.07 |
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| Madrid program set to open | |
The number of applications was more than twice the number of slots available, making the demand for Madrid greater than that of any other center. MORE > |
Stanford Report, 11.2.2007 |
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| President stresses importance of building bridges to India | |
Hennessy said an overseas studies program in India would probably look different from existing ones at Stanford, in which students go abroad to be immersed in foreign languages. MORE > |
Stanford Report, 11.19.2007 |
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| President stresses importance of building bridges to India | |
Stanford has been a leader in overseas studies for more than 40 years, and incorporating an overseas studies experience in your education will help prepare you to be a better global citizen. MORE > |
The Stanford Daily, 10.25.2007 |
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| China research facility in works | |
“We already have a strong BOSP program in Beijing at Peking University,” Oi said in an email to The Daily. “This would build on that to encourage more students and faculty across the different schools to have an overseas experience. We would like to have a center that could allow our faculty to hold seminars, workshops and do collaborative work with scholars in China.” MORE > |