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STANFORD, CA - Affiliates of the Symbolic Systems Program at Stanford University chose the Covid-19 vaccine card as the Symbol of the Year from 2021, in their tenth annual vote for notable symbols.

Covid vaccine cards took various forms in different countries around the world. Although the term "card"

Congratulations to Symbolic Systems graduates Millie Lin ('22) and Tiffany Liu ('22), who are each recipients this year of the Symbolic Systems Program's Barwise Award.

Millie is being recognized for her active, four-year involvement with the SymSys Students Society and her service as an Advising Fellow, over the courses of

Congratulations to Isabel Z. Wang (Class of 2022) for being awarded a Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research for her Honors thesis, Hope for Caregiver and Child Health Under Lockdown: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Changing Landscape of Caregiver Outcomes, Caregiving Behaviors, and Health Services

Congratulations to Symbolic Systems graduates Yasmeena Khan ('22) and Robert Sparks ('22), who are the recipients this year of the Symbolic Systems Program's Robert Glushko Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Symbolic Systems.

Yasmeena is being recognized for her senior honors project, "College Students Aren't As Liberal As You

Congratulations to Symbolic Systems graduates Haroun Ahmed (M.S., '22) and Regina Ta ('23), who are the recipients this year of the Symbolic Systems Program's Distinguished Teaching Award.

Both Haroun and Regina were teaching assistants in the recently redesigned introductory course "Minds and Machines" (SYMSYS 1, which is also cross-listed as

Congratulations to Symbolic Systems graduate Khuyen Le ('21), who is the recipient this year of the Symbolic Systems Program's Barwise Award.

Khuyen is being recognized for her dedicated organizing and outreach to students as a Symbolic Systems Advising Fellow during the Covid-19 pandemic, and for initiating, coordinating, and editing the

Congratulations to Sofia Miranda Avila Jamesson (Class of 2021) for being awarded a Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research for her Honors thesis, Fallouts of Deportations in Texas: Analyzing the impact of large-scale workplace raids on academic performance.  Sofia was advised by Michelle Jackson and Beka Guluma

Congratulations to Symbolic Systems graduates Khuyen Le ('21) and Dhara Yu ('21), who are the recipients this year of the Symbolic Systems Program's Robert Glushko Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Symbolic Systems.

Khuyen is being recognized for her senior honors project, "Is It Language or Is It Culture

Congratulations to Symbolic Systems graduates Xinlan Emily Hu (M.S., '21) and David Shacklette (M.S., '21), who are the recipients this year of the Symbolic Systems Program's Distinguished Teaching Award.

Both Emily and David were teaching assistants in the recently redesigned introductory course "Minds and Machines" (SYMSYS 1, which is also

The Symbolic Systems Program celebrates our Associate Director Dr. Todd Davies’ 30th anniversary as a staff member at Stanford. Todd received his PhD in the Stanford Psychology Department and – after a brief time away from the Farm – has been part of the SymSys program ever since. 

SymSys is