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A Stanford grad’s mission to build opportunity in Malaysia

Senior Spotlight

Profile

Celeste Chung, ’26, founded a nonprofit at 16 to create learning centers in Sabah, her home state in Malaysia. Now she’s paying her Stanford opportunities forward by developing a scholarship program for Sabahan students.

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Anderson Collection’s founding director steps down

Arts

Q&A

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Mountain lions have major ecological impact in small preserve

Science & Engineering

Research

Wildfire smoke billows above hills, with flames visible through trees near residential areas.

California’s home insurance crisis spreads beyond wildfire country

Earth & Climate

Research

New Stanford research finds California homeowners insurance premiums up 84% since 2020, with the problem no longer confined to wildfire-prone areas.

Grads called to pursue what excites them at Commencement 2026

Commencement Weekend

Video

At Stanford’s 135th Commencement, Sundar Pichai delivered the keynote address to more than 20,000 attendees, celebrating one of the university’s largest graduating classes.

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Stanford expert explains surge in nicotine pouches

Health & Medicine

Analysis & Insights

Highly addictive and marketed to teens, nicotine pouches are becoming increasingly popular. A Stanford Medicine researcher shares five things to know.

In the news

Shoot for the stars, but make sure that the stars you’re seeing are what’s really out there.

Ekaterina (Kath) Landgren, Stanford postdoctoral fellow, on new research revealing that aiming just above average in ambition leads to better outcomes.

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NBC Bay Area

New research explores collecting water in Earth’s driest places

Stanford researchers are working on technology that draws out water from some of the driest places in the world.

The Hill

US kids caught in ‘reading recession’ that predates COVID

Research co-led by Stanford finds that children in a majority of U.S. states are performing at lower levels than they were in the decade prior.

Research Matters

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Featured reading

The Life Machines

Daria Mochly-Rosen and Emanuel Rosen

Book

Stanford Medicine Professor Daria Mochly-Rosen and Emanuel Rosen explain mitochondria’s role in human health and the lifestyle habits that will leverage their benefits.

Featured reading

The Division of Rationalized Labor

Michelle Jackson

Book

Michelle Jackson, associate professor of sociology, explains a paradox in how the division of labor has evolved over the last 150 years: Many of today’s occupations have both more specialization and a wider range of responsibilities.