Haas Center Newsletters

The Haas Center for Public Service publishes a quarterly newsletter available online as e-Commons and in print as Commons detailing programs, people, events and activities at the Haas Center. In addition, alumni can join the Haas Alumni mailing list for updates specific to Stanford alumni who were affiliated with the Haas Center. All members of the Stanford community can join the Haas Center email lists. Contact Damali Robertson to sign up for e-Commons or Lyn Wyman for more information about communications at the Haas Center.

Current issue: Commons Summer 2011 [pdf]

  • No Minor Matter: Educators in the Making
  • Serving Those Who Served-Military Service as Public Service
  • Helen Stacy and Human Rights
  • On the Road with Mom and CBR
  • Wedding Bells for SCP
  • A Lesson in Renewal-Living Legacies of John Gardner
  • Crafting a Civic Identity-Reflections on STAND

e-Commons Spring 2011

  • 2011 Haas Center Fellowships
  • Janice Ross Wins Roland Prize
  • A Win-Win Program: Community Service Work-Study
  • Celebrating the Peace Corps at Stanford
  • It's the HEALTH in Health Care
  • Sustainability: An Avenue and Opportunity for Service at Stanford
  • Kevin Bacon: Social Media for Social Good
  • Premeds Self-Prescribe a "Growth" Year

e-Commons Winter 2011

  • Powering Schools in South Africa
  • Brainstorming with OpenIDEO
  • Start-ups at Haas
  • A Passion for Educational Equity
  • Making Service Happen
  • Understanding Autism
  • East Palo Alto and the Dreams of a City Today
  • A Five-year Roadmap

Commons Summer 2010 [pdf]

cover for the summer 2010 issue of Commons• Four Basic Food Groups at Stanford (featuring SPOON, Students for a Sustainable Stanford, the Stanford Gleaning Project, and Farming and Eating for Equality and Diversity)
• Five Questions for Faculty with David Palumbo-Liu/History of San Francisco's I-Hotel
• The Haas Center at 25: The future of Public Service
• Donor Perspective: Molly and Jorge Tapias
• Community-Based Research: Redwood City Environmental Initiative
• Reflection from an Alum: Sarah von der Lippe '85
• Voices of EPASA
• Poland Revisited: Sarah Golabek-Goldman '10 reflects on her experiences at Stanford in in Poland