Wayne State University humanities professor Julie Thompson Klein, comments on how Stanford University is institutionalizing profound changes in the way knowledge is produced that are vital to solving the problems we face as a society. Stanford is on the forefront of cutting edge medical technology and "odd partnerships," as many doctors are working with aerospace engineers, geophysicists, and philosophers. Doctors are expected to bridge fields that seem irrelevant in an effort to remain relevant in a world with increasingly complex problems demanding interdisciplinary solutions.