Art + Science

Stanford University has a strong and varied offering of interdisciplinary courses and programs that combine Art + Science.

At Stanford, the arts and sciences connect through large-scale projects, specially designed courses, and faculty and student initiatives. This page offers an overview of arts + science activities and courses at Stanford.

Featured Courses

OCEANS 157H/ENGLISH 9AI: Creative Writing & Science: The Artful Interpreter with Sara Michas-Martin

BIOE 337: The Art of Observation: Table Top Explorations In Natural Philosophy with Manu Prakash

APPPHYS 389/APPPHYS 189/ARCHLGY 189: Physical Analysis of Artworks with Hideo Mabuchi

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Featured Program

Black text on light green background reading EJ + Arts Map, Contribute to ongoing EJ and arts work happening across campus, and a way of making this work accessible and visible -- explore!

NEW! EJ + Arts Map sharing ongoing environmental justice and arts work happening across campus. Developed by Ayoade Balogun with the Environmental Justice Working Group.
The EJWG is supporting commissioned work around environmental justice themes by composer David Lang. Partner: Laura Evans, Director of Programming and Engagement at Stanford Live.
The Environmental Justice Film Festival is holding four screenings of EJ films over the course of winter and spring, 2024.

Contact:

Ellen Oh
Director of Interdisciplinary Arts Programs
Office of the Vice President for the Arts
ellenoh@stanford.edu

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Featured Programs

Art of Neuroscience

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Art of Neuroscience is a campus-wide competition celebrating the aesthetics of neuroscience research broadly defined. This competition is aimed at exploring the interconnection of neuroscience and art.

artsCatalyst

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Faculty Grant

The artsCatalyst grant brings perspectives from disparate fields into the same classroom to create interdisciplinary arts experiences.

Medicine & the Muse

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Medicine & the Muse is the home for the arts and humanities at the medical school, with programs that integrate the arts and humanities into medical education, scholarly endeavors, and the practice of medicine.

The Cantor Arts Center Art + Science Learning Lab

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A behind-the-scenes look at the art conservation and science projects pursued at the Cantor Arts Center Art + Science Learning Lab.

The Senior Reflection

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When art meets science

In this three-quarter course series, seniors in Biology and other life science programs at Stanford are invited to undertake an exciting, in-depth creative project that joins a compelling scientific subject with a passion for the arts.

Stanford physicist makes speed-of-light art

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Juffmann, who works with Phillip Haslinger of UC Berkeley and artist Enar de Dios Rodríguez of the San Francisco Art Institute, uses advanced imaging technology to capture the movement of light, at the speed of light, across people and objects.