President Hennessy's latest letter to alumni addresses Stanford's growing global outreach and influence. Among the highlights, he names three FSI scholars, Michael McFaul, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, and Paul Stockton, holding major positions in the Obama
administration, notes how Stanford faculty and students are tackling multidisciplinary challenges through the International Initiative to advance knowledge and create a better future for people worldwide, and cites FSI's Rural Education Action Project (REAP), co-directed by FSI Senior Fellow Scott Rozelle, as a stellar example. A nutritional intervention undertaken by Rozelle's Stanford-PRC research team is creating better lives and educational performance for children in China. President Hennessy also previews the new Stanford Center at Peking University, the hub for China-related activities across the university.