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Acronyms
1st Gen
First Generation Mentorship Program
for Stanford Medicine
5-SURE
5-Sure
is a free ride program for students at night similar to Uber.
650-725-SURE
650-725-7873
A3C
Asian American Activities Center
AAAS
African & African American Studies
AAC
Avery Aquatic Center (Pools adjacent to Maples Pavilion & Sunken Diamond)
AAN
Advanced Award Notice
ACE
Additional Calculus for Engineers
ACSR
Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation
ADAPT
Alumni and Development Application Platform Transition
AFS
Andrew File System
AHP
Allied Health Professional - These are professions that are often listed as “allied health”.
AIMI
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging
AISF
American Indian Staff Forum
AOERC (aka - Farrillaga)
Arrillaga Outdoor Education and Recreation Center
AP
Accounts Payable
APARC
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
ARCAS
Arrillaga Recreation Center at SLAC
ARP
Avery Rec Pool (at AOERC)
ASF
Asian Staff Forum
ASR
Academic Staff - Research
(AS-R) are Stanford employees hired to work on Stanford research activities as defined below. As Stanford employees, Academic Staff-Research are subject to all policies and procedures related to Stanford employment, and receive staff benefits, as applicable.
ASSU
Associated Students of Stanford University
ATO
Authorization to Operate - When conducting government-related research, an ATO is sought from the federal entities that give the approval to conduct a research project.
ATS
Academic Technology Specialists
AVP
American Voices Project
- A qualitative social science study pursued jointly by Stanford and Princeton
Associate Vice President
Associate Vice Provost
Assistant Vice Provost
BA
Business Affairs
BaaS
Bioinformatics-as-a-Service
- Part of GBSC; it is a consulting service to help Stanford labs do cutting-edge bioinformatics pipeline development, data analysis, interpretation, and training; without a significant investment in laboratory personnel.
BCSC
Black Community Services Center
BE
Business Expense
BFAM
Black Faculty Affinity Meetings
BGB
Breadth Governance Board
BGM
Buildings & Grounds Maintenance
BOSP
Bing Overseas Studies Program
BoT
Board of Trustees
BSA
Black Staff Alliance
BTS
Business Technology Services
C3PAO
CMMC Third Party Assessment Organization. This is usually a private company or third party that audits a research project's management of technology and security plan in order to approve the handling of government-related data. Often associated with cloud-based research projects.
C-ACIS
Committee on Academic Computing and Information Systems
- C-ACIS formulates policies concerning the computing and information systems of the University to meet the academic and administrative needs of the faculty, students and academic staff.
C-GS
Committee on Graduate Studies
C-UAFA
Committee on Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid - Pronounced as "Kwah-Fuh"
C-USP
Committee on Undergraduate Standards and Policy (C-USP)
CA
Course Assistant
Community Associate
CAPE
Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education
CAPS
Counseling and Psychological Services
CARD
Constituent and Alumni Records Database - created and maintained by SAA and OOD.
CareerEd
Stanford Career Education
CASBS
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
CASI
Corporation and Society Initiative
CAW
Cardinal at Work
- A Human Resources website for faculty and staff with information on benefits, training, professional development, and more. All employees automatically receive the monthly newsletter, the
Cardinal at Work Insider
CBD
Contemplation by Design
- A program in the Stanford School of Medicine
CBMTA
Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics
- The PhD program at CCRMA
CCB
Center for Conservation Biology
CCRMA
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
CCRTP
Comprehensive Cancer Research Training Program
CCSRE
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
CCSG
Cancer Center Support Grant
CDDRL
Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
CEE
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEPD
Center for Education and Professional Development
- a continuing education center that runs out of Stanford Healthcare and also provides certification and meeting planning services for continuing education activities; however, their focus is primarily on non-physician learners.
CES
Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
CESTA
Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis
CFERE
Committee on Funding for Energy Research and Education
CFO
Chief Financial Officer
CHaMP
Campus Hardware Maintenance Program
ChEM-H
Chemistry, Engineering, Medicine, and Human Health - Sarafan ChEM-H brings together chemists, engineers, biologists, and clinicians to understand life at a molecular level and apply that knowledge to improve human health.
CHPR
Community Health and Prevention Research
CIBSR
Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research
CIDR
The Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research
enables digital research and teaching to encourage and inspire innovative scholarship throughout the University.
CIFE
Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
CIO
Chief Information Officer
CIRGE
Center for Integration of Research on Genetics and Ethics
CIS
Center for Internet and Society
CISAC
Center for International Security and Cooperation
CISO
Chief Information Security Officer
CITL
Campus IT Leaders
CLAS
Center for Latin American Studies
CME
Continuing Medical Education - Education that provides the required credits for healthcare professionals to maintain licensure and board certification.
CMMC
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification - This is an emerging federal data security compliance framework, indicating where research projects use government datasets. CMMC comes in version 1 and version 2, which corresponds to moderate and high risk; version 2 has greater controls that a researcher must follow. A third party must attest to compliance. See also C3PAO.
CoDa
Computing and Data Science Building
CoHo
The Stanford Coffee House
COI
Conflict of Interest
COLLEGE
Civic, Liberal, and Global Education
COP
Community of Practice
CORES
Stanford Data Science, Center for Open and Reproducible Science
COS
The Center for Ocean Solutions
CPD
Continuing Professional Development - Ongoing learning activities that help professionals maintain, enhance, and expand their knowledge, skills, and competencies throughout their careers.
CPE
Client Platform Engineering
CPI
Center for Poverty and Inequality
Consumer Price Index
CRC
Computer Resource Consulting
CRF
Cyclotron and Radiochemistry Facility
CRFM
Center for Research on Foundation Models
C-RUM
Committee on Review of Undergraduate Majors
CS
Department of Computer Science
CSI
Center for Social Innovation
CSL
Computer Systems Laboratory
CSLI
Center for the Study of Language and Information
CSL
Computer Systems Laboratory
CSP
Continuing Studies Program
- The Continuing Studies Program (CSP) offers 150+ courses every quarter to the Stanford community and the public.
CTL
Center for Teaching and Learning
CTP
Charitable Trust Program
CTSC
CISG and TCG have been merged into "Client Technology Solutions and Consulting (CTSC)" - see this
post
from UIT
CVMed
Cardiovascular Medicine Division
CY
Calendar Year
CYMHW
Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing
d.school
Hasso Plattner Institute of Design
DAG
Desktop Advisory Group
- A community of practice which brings together IT support staff from across Stanford to discuss best practices and relevant topics in the IT sphere.
DAHA
"Does Anyone Have A" - Used to ask for things in group chats like "DAHA charger?"
see also: IHA as a response
DAPER
Department of Athletics, Physical Education & Recreation
DARE
Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence
Doctoral Fellowship Program
DBDS
Department of Biomedical Data Science
DCORE
Diversity Center for Representation and Empowerment
in Stanford Medicine
DDCC
Digestive Disease Clinical Conference
- Stanford Medicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology (GI) Grand Rounds
DDD
Documentation, Design, and Development
DDRCC
Deep Data Research Computing Center
DEIB / DEI
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
DEL
Digital Economy Lab
DFA
Director of Finance and Administration
DFO
Director of Finance & Operations
DGAC
Diabetes Genomics Analysis Core
- Part of SoM, it provides access to cost-effective high-throughput sequencing and analysis to researchers at the SDRC.
DGB
Data Governance Board
DGS
Director of Graduate Studies (e.g., for a particular Department)
Dink
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
DLSS
Digital Library Systems and Services
DOC
Department Operations Center - The UIT DOC is one of 26 response teams across Stanford that activate to coordinate response during a crisis.
DOM
"Department" of Medicine (but in fact Stanford has a School of Medicine: SoM)
Department of Music
DOR
Dean of Research
DPA
Department Property Administrator
DPS
Department of Public Safety
DRA
Data Risk Assessment form - Used if you collect, store and use high-risk data.
DRMC
David Rumsey Map Center
DSF
Disability Staff Forum
DSL
Destination Service Line
DTN
Data Transfer Node
DUS
Director of Undergraduate Studies (e.g., for a particular Department)
E-IPER
Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
Eampus
East Campus
EANAB
The term “
Equally Attractive Non-Alcoholic Beverage
” (or EANAB) was coined at Stanford to describe non-alcoholic drink options. EANABS are required at all Stanford parties, and can be more commonly referred to as “mocktails."
EBF
Enchanted broccoli forest - A dorm at stanford
ECH
Electronic Communications Hub
EED
Endpoint Engineering and Development
EDGE
Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education
Doctoral Fellowship Program
EFS
English for Foreign Students Program
EH&S
Environmental Health & Safety
ELR
Employee & Labor Relations
EMED
Emergency Medicine
EOC
Emergency Operations Center
ER
Expense request
ERA
Engineering Research Administration
ERO
Employer Relations and Outcomes
ESE
Energy Science & Engineering
ESS
Earth System Science department
Essential Stanford Software
- get applications that help you plug into the Stanford network (SUNet) and access university computing services safely and securely.
ET
Enterprise Technology
- part of University IT, implements and maintains information systems that support university operations.
EVGR
Escondido Village Graduate Residences
ExRe
External Relations
FACS
Filipino American Community at Stanford
FAIR
Financial Analysis & Information Reporting
FAO
Financial Aid Office
Farrillaga (aka - AOERC)
Arrillaga Outdoor Education and Recreation Center
FASA
Faculty Academic Staff Appointments
FASM
Financials, Asset, and Service Management Systems - A division of University IT's Enterprise Systems group
FDI
Faculty Development Fund
FERPA
Family Educational Right and Privacy Act
FFIT
Faculty Financial Inquiry Tool
FIF
Faculty Incentive Fund
FLI
First-generation (in family to attend university) and/or Low Income
FloMo
Florence Moore Hall
FMOTQ
Full moon on the quad - A Stanford Tradition
FMS
Financial Management Services
FoHo
The Fountain Hopper
FRIP
Faculty Retirement Incentive Program
FSC
Financial Support Center
FSH
Faculty/Staff Housing
FSI
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
FSL
Fraternity and Sorority Life
FWA
Flexible Work Agreement
FY
Fiscal Year
FYI
For Your Information
GAP
Graduate Academic Policies and Procedures
GBS
Global Business Services
GBSC
Genetics Bioinformatics Service Center
- Part of SoM, it acts as the umbrella organization for charged services, including the SCG cluster, BaaS consulting, and large-scale object store.
GCEP
Global Climate and Energy Project
GDAWG
Graduate Deans and Administrators Working Group
GDISC
Graduate Diversity Inclusion Staff Council
GFE
Government Funded Equipment
GFPS
Graduate Financial Planning System
GFS
Graduate Financial Support system. Stanford's system for administering assistantships and fellowships for graduate students and Postdoctoral Scholars.
GLAM
Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials
GLO
Graduate Life Office
GPC
Graduate Package Center
GPS
Grow and Perform at Stanford
GS
Geological Sciences
GSB
Graduate School of Business
GSC
Graduate Student Council
GSE
Graduate School of Education
GSPB
Graduate Student Programming Board
GSSC
Genome Sequencing Service Center
- Part of SCGPM, it provides access to cost-effective high-throughput sequencing services to SCGPM and the Stanford community.
GUP
General Use Permit
GVVC
Gene Vector and Virus Core
H&S
The School of Humanities and Sciences
HAI
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
HEPL
Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory
HHMI
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HILA
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
HIP
Health Improvement Program
HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
- View
HIPAA-related policies
on the Admin Guide
Hoo Tow
Hoover Tower
HMS
Hopkins Marine Station
HPC
High Performance Computing
HSC
Housing Service Center
HSG
Human Resources Group (School of Medicine Central HR team)
HSDO
Humanities & Sciences Deans' Office
HVAC
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
IA
Internal Audit
IAIS
Improvement, Analytics, and Innovation Services
- An in-house consulting group in Business Affairs serving Stanford University organizations and departments.
ICIL
Office for Inclusion, Community and Integrative Learning
- A centralized office and subdivision of Student Affairs.
ICME
Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering
ICO
Industrial Contracts Office
ICYMI
In Case You Missed It
IDA
Institute for Diversity in the Arts
IDC
Indirect Cost Rate
IDEAL
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access in a Learning Environment
IDG
Infrastructure Delivery Group
IDP
Individual Development Plan
- Different groups have different IDPs, not just postdocs, but all postdocs at Stanford are required to engage in the IDP process
IHA
I Have A - A response to the question DAHA *item*?
IIIF
The International Image Interoperability Framework
IIRC
If I Recall Correctly
ILAC
Department of Iberian and Latin American Cultures
IntroSems
Introductory Seminars
IPCE
Interprofessional Continuing Education - These activities are specifically designed to improve interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) in health care delivery.
IR&DS
Institutional Research and Decision Support
IRISS
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
IRL
In Real Life - E.g., as opposed to something that happens via the Internet
IRT
Information Resources & Technology - the former name of the IT organization in School of Medicine. Now a part of TDS.
ISC
Infrastructure Charges - Certain kinds of funds are charged ISC.
More details on the Admin Guide
ISO
Information Security Office
IT
University Information Technology
- support and services.
ITLP
IT Leadership Program
ITMP
The IT Marketplace - Improves the experience of ordering SLAC IT’s recommended standard desktop and laptop computers as well as accessories in support of SLAC work
ITOC
IT Operations Center
JA
Joint Accreditation
- Joint Accreditation establishes the standards for healthcare providers to deliver continuing education planned by the healthcare team for the healthcare team.
JGC
John Gardner Center
JIF
Job Information Form - Pronounced "JIF," like the peanut butter. Required by HR (at least in SoM) for posting a new position. Ironically, neither the acronym "JIF" nor the words "Job Information Form" appear in the title of the JIF itself; each unique job (SSO1, AA2, etc.) has its own unique template, colloquially referred to as a JIF.
KDC
Key Distribution Center
KHS
Knight-Hennessy Scholars
KHSC
Kennedy Housing Service Center - Located in Escondido Village. A part of graduate student housing.
KIPAC
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
KIR
Keep It Running
KMC
Knight Management Center
LBRE
Land, Buildings & Real Estate
LCGM
Laboratory for Cell and Gene Medicine
LDA
Labor Distribution Adjustment (module in Oracle Financials)
LHDP
Leadership in Health Disparities Program
LKSC
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge
LNA
Local Network Administrator
LOA
Leave of Absence
Lou Hen Hoo Mem Li
Lou Henry Hoover Memorial Library
LPCH
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
LRP
Long-Range Planning
LRSA
La Raza Staff Association
LRV
Long-Range Vision
LS
Labor Schedule (module in Oracle Financials)
LSJUMB
Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band
LTS
Learning Technologies & Spaces
LUEP
Land Use & Environmental Planning
M&C
Mechanics & Computation
MA/MST
Master of Arts in Music, Science, and Technology
MaIS
Middleware and Integration Services
- MaIS services and technologies are used by the campus community and by University business systems to manage enterprise data about people, organizations, courses, workgroups, and authority
MCD
Medical Center Development
MCHRI
Maternal & Child Health Research Institute
MDM
Mobile Device Management
MDS
Managed Desktop Service
Mem Aud
Memorial Auditorium
Mem Chu
Memorial Church - An interdenominational church on Stanford's Main Quad
MemSquirt
The small fountain behind Memorial Church
MIP
Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy
MIPS
Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
MLA
Master of Liberal Arts
- The MLA program is a part-time graduate program that offers students the opportunity to pursue an interdisciplinary course of study in the liberal arts.
MLK-KPP
Martin Luther King, Jr. - King Papers Project
MOC
Maintenance of Certification
- To remain certified in their specialty, physicians must meet continuing education requirements set by the certifying boards.
MRC
Monthly Recurring Charge
MS&E
Management Science and Engineering
- Not to be confused with MSE (Materials Science and Engineering)
MSE
Materials Science and Engineering
- Not to be confused with MS&E (Management Science and Engineering)
MTDC
Modified Total Direct Cost Rate
MTA
Materials Transfer Agreement
MTL
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Modern Thought and Literature
MyPHD
My Personal Health Dashboard
- A novel biomedical research platform supporting various large-scale studies inside and outside of Stanford.
N2S
Net-to-Switch Service
NACC
Native American Cultural Center
NatCap
Natural Capital Project
NGSO
New Graduate Student Orientation
NNTR
No Need To Respond
- Often used in email to relieve the recipient of feeling obliged to write back
NOA
Notice of Award
Non-PO
Non-Purchase Order
NOTGS
No Ticket Granting Service
NSO
New Student Orientation
O365
Office 365
OAE
Office of Accessible Education
OBIEE
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
OCE
Office of Community Engagement
OCRO
Office of the Chief Risk Officer
OCS
Office of Community Standards
ODME
Office of Diversity in Medical Education
OFDD
Office of Faculty Development and Diversity
OFDDE
Office of Faculty Development, Diversity, and Engagement
OFWEB
Oracle Financials Web Application
OGA
Office of Government Affairs
OGC
Office of General Counsel
OMAC
Office for Military-Affiliated Communities
OME
Ottoman Music Ensemble
, MUSIC 161F
OMSA
Office of Medical Student Affairs
OOD
Office of Development
OPA
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs - Pronounced as an initialism: "oh.pea.EH". Not pronounced like the enthusiastic Greek exclamation.
Office of Public Affairs
OPACS
Outside Professional Activities Certification System
- OPACS certifies compliance with the Faculty Policy on Conflict of Commitment and Interest.
ORA
Office of Research Administration
ORCO
The Office of Chief Risk Officer
ORSL
Office for Religious and Spiritual Life
OSC
Operator Services Center
OSE
Office of Student Engagement
OSR
Office of Sponsored Research
OTL
Office of Technology Licensing
OVPA
Office of the Vice President for the Arts
OWA
Outlook Web App
OZs
Operational Zones
PCard
Purchasing Card
- A university-issued and university-paid credit card to make allowable purchases on behalf of Stanford.
PCI DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards
PCRAFT
Pediatrics Central Research Administration Finance Team
PDRF
Proposal Development Routing Form
PGR
Postgrads Reporting
PHI
Protected Health Information
PHIL
Polya Hall Instructional Lab -
Polya Hall room 107B
PHS
(Center of)
Population Health Sciences
PI
Principal Investigator - The person(s) in charge of a clinical trial or a scientific research grant. The principal investigator prepares and carries out the clinical trial protocol (plan for the study) or research paid for by the grant. The principal investigator also analyzes the data and reports the results of the trial or grant research.
PIF
Proposal Intake Form
PIH
Protected Identity Harm Report
- The bias reporting system on campus for students.
PMHW
Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness
PMO
Property Management Office
Project Management Office
PMR
Project Management Resources
- Project Management Resources (PMR) is a department within Land, Buildings, and Real Estate (LBRE).
PO
Purchase Order
POST
Professional Office Systems Training -
Redwood Hall room G6
PPO
President and Provost Office
PRISM
Postdoctoral Recruitment Initiative in Sciences and Medicine
- An initiative based in the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) to diversify the postdoc population at Stanford
PRL
The Stanford Product Realization Lab
- is a mechanical engineering facility for design and manufacturing, open to any registered Stanford student.
ProFro
Prospective Frosh
PS
PeopleSoft
- ("PS" is used by some on campus, not all)
PST
Product Support Team
PTA
Project Task and Award
- Stanford's version of an account number
PTS
Peer Technology Specialists
- Trained student positions providing tech support to both undergraduate and graduate students
Formerly the acronym for Stanford's Parking and Transportation Services (now Stanford Transportation)
Not to be confused with
PTS groups
PWR
Program in Writing and Rhetoric
PY
Performance year - for employees, typically 5/1/XXXX - 4/30/XXXX
QCN
Quake-Catcher Network
QSR
Queer Student Resources - A community center for students that are celebrating, questioning, investigating and/or struggling with sexual orientation and/or gender identity
QUEST
Queer University Employees at Stanford
R&DE
Residential & Dining Enterprises
RA
Research Assistant
Research Administrator
Resident Assistant
RAC
Real Application Cluster - A term used by Oracle to indicate redundant clusterware; related to Ntirety database administration
RaDIS
Rapid Deployment and Imaging Service
RAG
Roble Arts Gym
RCF
Research Computing Facility - Located inside Forsythe Hall, this is University IT's on-campus data center for researchers.
RCO
Research Compliance Office
RDO
Research Development Office
RDS
Research Data Services
- supports researchers at all levels who work with data and/or digital scholarship methods.
ResEd
Residential Education
Rev SYS
The Rev. Dr. Sakena Young-Scaggs
RF
Resident Fellow
RFCS
Research Financial Compliance & Services
RM
Risk Management
RMG
Research Management Group
- RMG serves as the central resource and expert partner on research administration providing support and oversight of sponsored projects for the School of Medicine
RPM
Research Process Manager - The institutional official at the research management group.
RPP
Research Participation Program
RRA
Research Related Agreements
RSS
Regularly Scheduled Series - This is a continuing education course planned as a series with multiple, ongoing sessions.
SA
Student Affairs
SAA
Stanford Alumni Association
SAC
Stanford Administrative Champions - A multi-department team of administrative staff throughout Stanford to support, enhance, and grow the admin experience and build a strong administrative community across all Stanford campuses and remote locations
SAD
Stanford Acronym Directory - The former name of this website
Senior Associate Dean
SAI
Stanford Arts Institute
SAIT
Student Affairs Information Technology - A division of VPSA (Vice Provost for Student Affairs)
SAS
Student and Academic Service - A division of VPSA (Vice Provost for Student Affairs), comprising six units: Registrar's Office, Student Services Center, Student Financial Systems, Student Information, Systems, Bechtel International Center, and Graduate Admissions
SBS
Stanford Baroque Soloists
SCARF
Status Certainty Autonomy Relatedness Fairness - Increase Awareness, Influence Others, and Improve Interactions. The SCARF® Model is a brain-based framework designed to enhance self and social awareness and improve the quality of daily interactions.
SCCEI
Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions
SCCME
Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education
- A global leader that advances lifelong learning for healthcare professionals through accredited education to improve patient and population health.
SCEC
Stanford Center on Early Childhood
- An early childhood-focused center in the Graduate School of Education.
SCG
The SCG cluster
- owned by GBSC and operated by SRCC, is a compute environment tailored to genomics and bioinformatics workloads. It has a simple per-group and per-core-hour pricing model, and is available to all Stanford PIs and their labs.
SCGPM
Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine
SCI
Stanford Cancer Institute
SCL
Stanford Center on Longevity
SCPD
Stanford Center for Professional Development
SCRP
Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan
SDE
Stanford Digital Education
SDR
Stanford Digital Repository
- The SDR supports management of scholarly information resources of enduring value to Stanford. Faculty, students, and researchers use SDR services to promote and protect the products of their work.
SDRC
Stanford Diabetes Research Center
- Supports basic and clinical research to discover, apply and translate science about diabetes and its complications, to improve health and wellness.
SDS
Stanford Data Science
SDSS
Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
SDT
Stanford Desktop Tools
SEP
Stanford Executive Program
SEQ
Science and Engineering Quad
SeRA
Stanford Electronic Research Administration - An enterprise-wide system that supports research administration at Stanford. It tracks the stages of the research project lifecycle from initial proposal to award closeout enabling investigators and staff to effectively manage their projects.
SERJ
Students for Environmental and Racial Justice
SFGF
Stanford Functional Genomics Facility
- Part of SoM, it provides services in support of high-throughput sequencing, single-cell assays, gene expression and genotyping studies utilizing microarray and real-time PCR, and related services.
SFS
Student Financial Services
SGC
Stanford Geospatial Center
- promotes and supports the use of spatial data in research in teaching, at Stanford.
SGF
Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science & Engineering
SGG
System Governance Group - SGG helps guide Stanford's information technology strategy by evaluating and prioritizing new systems projects for funding and implementation
SGS
Stanford Global Studies
SGSI
Stanford Graduate Summer Institute
- A suite of free week-long interdisciplinary courses for Stanford grad students. Sponsored by VPGE.
SHARE
Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Education Title IX
- The SHARE Title IX office uses the acronym SHARE to encompass the entire SHARE Title IX Office, including the Response Team and the Education and Prevention Team.
SHC
Stanford Health Care
(adult hospitals and clinics)
Stanford Humanities Center
SHPRC
Sexual Health Peer Resource Center
sic
Stanford [sic] Improvisation Collective, aka Music 156, led by
Mark Applebaum
SiCa
Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts
SIEPR
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
SIG
Stanford In Government
SIGF
Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship
- Usually pronounced as initialism: "Ess-Eye-Gee-Eff".
SiNY
Stanford in New York
SIP
Shelter In Place
SIS
Student Information Systems - Subgroup in Registrar's Office
Student Information System - Usually pronounced as an initialism: "ESS.i.ess", but occasionally pronounced "sis," like the first syllable in "sister." General kind of software for managing student records. As of April 2021, Stanford's SIS is PeopleSoft.
Stanford Introductory Studies
SITE
Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics
SIW
Stanford In Washington
SJW
Stanford Jazz Workshop
SL
Software Licensing
SLA
Stanford Leadership Academy
SLE
Structured Liberal Education
SLAC
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Formerly Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
SLOrk
The Stanford Laptop Orchestra
SLPA
Stanford LatinX Postdoc Association
SLS
Stanford Law School
SMADIE
Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion and Equity
SMC
Stanford Management Company
SMEE
Stanford Middle East Ensemble
SMIIP
Stanford Medicine Industry Interactions Policy
- the policy governing ethical interactions with industry partners to support education, clinical care, and research of Stanford Medicine.
SMOC
Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center
SMPL
Stanford Media Preservation Lab - a unit within Stanford Libraries focused on ensuring ongoing access to information recorded in media formats that span the history of recording technology.
SMWS
Self-Marked Work Stoppage
SNF
Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
SNOW
Service Now - Pronounced like the word "snow". The system used by some departments for help tickets.
SNSF
Stanford Nano Shared Facilities
- SNSF provides shared scientific instrumentation, laboratory facilities, and expert staff support to enable multidisciplinary research and educate tomorrow’s scientists and engineers.
SNSR
Stanford Network Self-Registration
SoCo
Sophomore College
SODA
Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility
- Formerly SOAP, Stanford Online Accessibility Program
SoE
School of Engineering
SOLO
Stanford On & Off-campus Learning Opportunities
SoM
School of Medicine
SP
Stanford Philharmonia
SPARC
Stanford Property Administration Resource Center - An application initiative sponsored by the Stanford University Property Management Office to provide a convenient, electronic portal for property administration processes
SPCS
Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies
SPDB
Service Provider Database
SPICE
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Student Projects for Intellectual Community Enhancement
SRC
Stanford Research Computing
SRCF
Stanford Research Computing Facility - Located on the SLAC campus, this is the SRCC's primary data center for researchers.
SRI
SRI International
- The research institute formerly known as the "Stanford Research Institute"
SRM
Sponsored Receivables Management
SRP
Stanford Research Park
- Stanford Research Park The School of Medicine has 2000+ people working in SRP
SRWC
Stanford Redwood City
SSC
Stanford Symphonic Chorus
Student Services Center
SSDS
Software and Services for Data Science
- A unit of the Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research within the Stanford Libraries
SSEA
Stanford Summer Engineering Academy
SSF
Stanford Science Fellows
SSI
Stanford Student Space Initiative
- Stanford’s largest club.
SSO
Single sign-on - The nifty piece of tech that allows one username/pw combo to be used across multiple systems. Thank you IT!
Stanford Symphony Orchestra
Student Services Officer
SSP
System Security Plan - which is used in many government research projects to show how the security of data is handled throughout a project. See also C3PAO.
SSPG
Stanford Science Policy Group
SSS
1.
Stanford Summer Symphony
2.
Students for a Sustainable Stanford
STAP
Stanford Training Assistance Program
STAR
Stanford Telecommunications Account Representative - Specific to the School of Medicine, this is a person who is responsible for placing orders for telecommunications services—such as IP phones and mobile phones—from University IT
STARS
Stanford Training and Registration System
STLP
Stanford Technical Leadership Program
STLR
Stanford Technology Law Review
STRP
Staff Tuition Reimbursement Program - Provides partial or full payment of tuition and covered fees for courses meeting requirements of undergraduate or graduate degree programs
STS
Science, Technology, and Society - A program in H&S
STVP
Stanford Technology Ventures Program
SUES
The Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford
SUFMO
Stanford University Fire Marshal's Office
SUHP
Stanford University Hardware Program
SUID
Stanford University ID Number
- A unique number for each student.
SUL
Stanford University Libraries
SUMC
Stanford University Medical Center
SUMMA
Stanford University Minority Medical Alliance
SUMS
Stanford University Mass Spectrometry
- is the campus-wide biological and organic mass spectrometry shared resource laboratory which supports scientific research through instrument access, education, and research development.
SUNAC
Stanford University Network Access Control
SUNet
Stanford University Network ID
SUP
Stanford University Press
SUPER
Office of Substance Use Programs, Education, and Resources
SURE
Stanford University Ragtime Ensemble
SURPAS
Stanford University Postdoc Association
- Pronounced "sur.PASS."
SUSE
Stanford University School of Education - The former acronym for the GSE
SUSSL
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN
SVS
Stanford Venture Studio
SWDE
Stanford Whole Disk Encryption
SWS
Stanford Web Services
SymSys
Symbolic Systems - A major at Stanford
TA
Teaching Assistant
TAP
The Axe and Palm, a late night burger joint within the Old Student Union
TAPS
Theater and Performance Studies
TAS
Transfer Administration System
TCard
Travel Card
- A university-issued and university-paid credit card for purchasing travel and travel-related services required to conduct university business.
TCG
UIT's
Technology Consulting Group
TDC
Total Direct Cost Rate
TDS
Technology & Digital Solutions
- The unified IT organization for both the School of Medicine and Stanford Health Care
TFAC
Technical Facilities
TGP
Tuition Grant Program
- A benefit program that helps eligible faculty, staff and retirees pay for the cost of undergraduate college education for their eligible children
TGR
Terminal Graduate Registration
THRIVE
Therapeutic Healing Resilience Inclusivity Values Empowerment - Stanford Psychiatry LGBTQ+ Clinic
TILJ
The IDEAL Learning Journey
TIPS
TIPS
- Team for Improving Productivity at Stanford description: a staff-based organization for achieving productivity gains at Stanford.
TLA
Time Leave Administrator
TLP
Traffic Light Program - A way of expressing the sensitivity of information among cybersecurity-related organizations, indicating whether the information can be shared widely or under very specific conditions, if at all.
TOG
Training Opportunities Guide
TPC
Third Party Contract
TSO
Telecommunications Service
Outlet - the wall jack installed in a room to provide Ethernet and telephone ports
TST
Technology Support and Training (part of Office of Development)
TT
Technology Training
UAD
Undergraduate Advising Director - Assigned academic advisor for all undergraduate students (formerly called AADs)
UBO
University Budget Office
UComm
Office of University Communications
UDL
Universal Design for Learning
- A framework that integrates what we know about how we learn into the design of learning environments that emphasize expert learning
UGA
Undergraduate Admission
UGS
Undergraduate Senate
UHR
University Human Resources
UIT
University IT - The central IT organization at Stanford
UMG
University Management Group - Comprising Academic and Administrative Deans, the UMG contributes to and develops policy on issues that address all of Stanford. Meetings are held the first and third Thursday of each month from 8:30 - 9:45 am. Jeanne Berent serves as chair.
UPO
University Privacy Office
UXDS
User Experience & Design Services
VPA
Office of the Vice President for the Arts
VPDoR
Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Research
VPGE
Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education
VPN
Virtual Private Network
VPNL
Vision and Perception Neuroscience Lab (site)
VPSA
Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs
VPTL
Office of the Vice Provost for Technology and Learning - Supported the Stanford community in advancing Stanford educational experiences for students on campus and around the world. In Fall of the 2020-2021 school year, VPTL was split into LTS, SCPD and CTL.
VPUE
Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
VSO
Voluntary Student Organization
VSSS
Video Safety and Security Systems
Wampus
West Campus
WASC
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Ways
Ways of Thinking, Ways of Doing (Ways)
- the core of general education requirements for undergrads since they must take 11 Ways-certified courses to graduate.
WSCUC
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Y2E2
Jerry Yang & Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building
YEC
Year-End Close
- finalize the year's financial transactions
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