Stanford University

:For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation).

Institutions

Besides the university, the Stanford trustees oversee Stanford Research Park, the Stanford Shopping Center, the Stanford University Museum of Art, Stanford University Medical Center and many associated medical facilities (including the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital), as well as many acres of undeveloped foothills.

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Stanford Research Park - Stanford Shopping Center - Stanford University Museum of Art - Stanford University Medical Center - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

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Other Stanford-affiliated institutions include the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and the Stanford Research Institute, a now-independent institution which originated at the University.

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Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) - Stanford Research Institute

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Stanford also houses the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, a major public policy think tank that attracts visiting scholars from around the world, and the Stanford Institute for International Studies, which is dedicated to the more specific study of international relations.

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Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace - Public policy - Think tank - Stanford Institute for International Studies - International relations

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The Stanford University Libraries hold a collection of more than eight million volumes. The main library in the SU library system is Green Library. Meyer Library holds the East Asia collection and the student-accessible media resources. Other significant collections include the Lane Medical Library, Jackson Business Library, Falconer Biology Library, Cubberley Education Library, Branner Earth Sciences Library, Swain Chemistry and Chem-E Library, Jonsson Government Documents collection, Crown Law Library, the Stanford Auxiliary Library (SAL), the SLAC Library, the Hoover library, the Marine Biology Library at Hopkins Marine Station and the University's special collections.

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Digital libraries and text services include HighWire Press, the Humanities Digital Information Services group and the Media Microtext Center. Several academic departments and some residences also have their own libraries.

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Stanford University student traditions include Full Moon on the Quad, Sunday Flicks, steam-tunnelling, and Primal Scream (heard by stressed students at night during finals week) and Viennese Ball, which was started in the 1970's by students returning from the now defunct Stanford in Vienna program. Other old traditions, some of which have ended, include the Big Game bonfire at Lake Lagunita, and the Halloween party at the Stanford family mausoleum.

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