Articles and Presentations Categories: Commencement Addresses

Commencement Address State University of West Georgia May 9, 2001 Donít Trust the Cricket! Richard N. Zare I appear before you dressed in this rather curious and uncomfortable garb to participate in the traditional celebration of graduation, an ancient rite of academic passage.  One of its many rituals is that someone dispenses advice to the […]

Hunan University commencement, June 17, 2002 Richard N. Zare Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-5080 USA The Importance of Science and Technology for China (English) My talk is titled “The Importance of Science and Technology for China.” Yet I begin not with what science can do for a nation, […]