A day after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded for efforts to publicize and fight global warming, panelists speaking at the annual Roundtable at Stanford pointed to the university's and the nation's responsibility to combat what President John Hennessy called "the problem of our time."

Tagged: climate change, energy, Middle East, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues

In his 40-year career, Professor Martin Carnoy has studied education in countries throughout Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Trained as a labor economist, he has a special interest in how changes in the world economy affect education and how education affects a country's competitive prospects.

Tagged: economics, International Initiative, Latin America, Middle East, schools, International Issues, K-12 Education, Public Service, Education

Stanford is joining a team of universities working to build a major science and technology university along a marshy peninsula on Saudi Arabia's western coast.

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) will be an international, graduate-level research university, sponsored by Saudi Arabia's reigning monarch. The university, intended to be a showcase for modernization, plans to open its doors to students in September 2009.

Tagged: computer science, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, International Issues, On Campus, Engineering