Community & Culture

Through research and decades of teaching, Leifer explored how people create together – and helped generations of engineers put those insights into practice.

On Tuesday, the campus community came together for an annual celebration of civic engagement. The student-led event is now in its sixth year.

A dedicated mentor, Fagen conducted research in Cuba and helped academics threatened by Chile’s military regime.

Over an academic career spanning nearly five decades, Gilson helped establish corporate governance as a major interdisciplinary field.

The Stanford professor helped make computational fluid dynamics practical, then developed methods to improve aircraft designs using computer simulations.

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

Collaborators and colleagues came together across campus to celebrate Karl Deisseroth’s Nobel Prize win.

The longtime Stanford law professor is remembered as one of California’s most effective environmental legislators, authoring the state’s renewable energy mandate and its first law to mention global warming.

The astronaut is leading a crew to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

The beloved Stanford professor pioneered research on plant cell growth and taught a popular wine course.