Home Page

In the news

Research Matters

Federal investments in basic science at Stanford contributed to the development of radar, GPS, heart transplants, MRI scans, the internet, and AI.
What will it yield tomorrow?
Book cover for What I Wish I Knew About Luck.

Featured reading

What I Wish I Knew About Luck

Tina Seelig
Book
Citing real-life anecdotes and behavioral science research, Tina Seelig, executive director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, argues that much of what we call luck is the result of deliberate actions and consistent efforts.
Book cover for Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr..

Featured reading

Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.

Lerone Martin
Book
Stanford’s Lerone A. Martin traces King’s early life from his childhood in Atlanta through his college years at Morehouse and his path to seminary to examine how the civil rights leader’s youth informed his activism.
Book cover for Moral Economics.

Featured reading

Moral Economics

Alvin E. Roth
Book
Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin E. Roth argues that many of society's most contentious debates, including those over abortion, drug legalization, and organ donation, are better understood as market design problems than as ethical standoffs.

Stories in Motion

MoreStories in Motion