The University announced the formation of a Presidential Search Committee to find a successor after Marc Tessier-Lavigne's resignation. Many students and faculty view the process as an opportunity to ensure University leadership is aligned with community values.
In a show of solidarity with the Undergraduate Senate following the Faculty Senate’s bypassing of their vote on the Honor Code, the GSC unanimously voted to symbolically endorse the rescindment of SenD#831.
Writing in response to an article by Jonathan Berk, Branislav Jakovljević argues that "one of the key differences between academic freedom and freedom of speech is that the former is inseparable from responsibility: responsibility to students, to the field, and to the public in general."
“We expect the members of our faculty to be truthful and not knowingly publish false information,” write professors Branislav Jakovljević and Joseph Lipsick. “Therefore, we should expect persons in positions of responsibility and honor at Stanford to meet the same standards.”
Professor Branislav Jakovljević argues that the media and public should call "mass shooting" "mass murder" instead. "The inaction starts with language.