Recent Stories

At a panel for Why College? Your Education and the Good Life, students and campus leaders explored how choices about time, learning, and relationships can shape a life well lived.

Nina Zhao is working to map the drugs, pesticides, and pollutants we encounter in daily life – often unknowingly – and to understand how they shape human and ecosystem health.

In a yearlong experiment, satellites designed to monitor methane detected 92-100% of controlled releases on clear days. The results could inform efforts to identify major methane sources and reduce emissions.

Detailed designs for new gathering spaces at the heart of campus have been approved, while interim improvements and activities are creating more opportunities for students to connect now.

A series of lunchtime workshops offer practice in setting expectations, giving feedback, and building understanding with students.

A large-scale study of gene activity in immune cells could help researchers identify potential targets for treating autoimmune diseases.

The professor of economics and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, emeritus, developed models that help governments and central banks respond to economic volatility.

An interactive quiz developed by scholars at Stanford’s Hoover Institution helps participants understand their civic identity and values, free from political labels and partisanship.

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

Wendy Mao, Xiao-Liang Qi, and Alberto Salleo have been honored for work in compressed-matter physics, quantum many-body systems, and organic and polymer electronic materials.

In a community-engaged course, Cardinal students and teens at a Redwood City youth center write and record songs together, building trust and sharing their experiences.

The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society connects research on giving and civil society with public dialogue and hands-on student learning.