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The following Academic Council Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments were reviewed by the Advisory Board of the Academic Council in April and May 2026 and were approved by the president.

Provost Jenny Martinez told the Faculty Senate that Stanford’s budget has stabilized enough to make targeted investments in its people, even as the university maintains spending discipline against federal and economic uncertainty.

At Stanford GSE’s diploma ceremony, graduates were urged to “use their voices with courage” as they prepare to shape the future of education.

The class of 2026 was sent into a rapidly changing legal profession with a charge: stay grounded in community and values.

Two Stanford students receive the ePluribus Stanford Award for their work advancing civil discourse on campus.

A federal grant launches the Center for Phage Pharmaceuticals, which will develop bacteriophage therapies to defeat antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” increasingly common in hospitals.

Lernik Asserian, Todd Davies, and Katarina Guzman are this year’s recipients of the Lecturers Award for Teaching and Undergraduate Education.

A new Stanford study finds that burning 500,000 acres of California conifer forests per year would reduce dangerous smoke pollution, with benefits that spread for miles.

The education professor brings a career steeped in community-engaged scholarship and teaching to his new role leading Stanford’s public service hub.

Stanford Medicine researchers found a way to enhance natural killer cells to better infiltrate and fight solid tumors in mice, with implications for more accessible cancer treatment.