New award recognizes efforts to elevate constructive dialogue at Stanford
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YuQing Jiang, ’25, is the inaugural recipient of the ePluribus Stanford Award, honored for his efforts to foster meaningful dialogue among classmates on difficult topics.
New insights in plant gene research could boost cancer drug production
Health & MedicineResearch
A novel approach to analyzing yew tree genes has revealed key enzymes used to make Taxol, a chemotherapy drug that’s long been difficult and costly to produce.
‘Don’t be afraid to take the lead,’ Katie Ledecky tells the Class of 2025
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In an address that inspired cheers, tears, and laughter, the nine-time Olympic gold medalist and former Stanford student-athlete urged graduates to listen to themselves as well as to their mentors.
Designing blood vessels for 3D printed hearts
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Stanford researchers have developed a faster, more precise way to model and print vascular systems, solving a critical challenge in fabricating transplantable organs from patients’ own cells.
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If the climate warms by 3 degrees, that’s basically like everyone on the planet giving up breakfast.”
Solomon Hsiang, professor in the department of environmental social sciences at the Doerr School of Sustainability, about a new study on the impact of rising global temperatures on food crops.
Olympic champion Katie Ledecky encourages 2025 graduates to win ‘your’ race
14-time Olympic medalist Katie Ledecky, ’20, offered some valuable life advice to the Class of 2025 – Stanford’s largest graduating class ever.
To get from experience to emotion, the brain hits ‘sustain’
Karl Deisseroth, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and of bioengineering, discusses how the brain takes an experience and responds with an emotion.
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