Neighborhoods: 2022-23 Updates

Here’s what you need to know to prepare for the housing assignments and RA selection processes.

We’re entering our second year of implementing a neighborhood model for undergraduate housing at Stanford. The core vision for our neighborhoods is to foster a campus where students are connected to one another and connected to their home, and where they have autonomy to explore the campus and their passions, but always have a consistent “home base” to which they can return. 

View the recent Stanford Report story

Key Principles

The neighborhood model is part of the ResX initiative, with the following key principles:   

• Ensure personal and intellectual growth for every student
• Support and advance student health & well-being
• Build community & a sense of belonging for students
• Advance equity & inclusion on our campus 

What’s Next

• Building linkages between the first-year curriculum on civic, liberal and global education and the neighborhoods.
• Working to determine long-term names for the neighborhoods.
• Designing how we can change the use of common area spaces to give students more opportunities to gather and be creative in their neighborhoods. 
• Working to develop a capital and fundraising plan for new and enhanced facilities.

Have a further look at Neighborhoods