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The Stanford Constitutional Law Center hosted legal scholar Akhil Amar, who underscored the importance of understanding our founding principles. “If you don’t know your Constitution, how are you going to do your job in November?”

The Stanford Sustainability Summit gathered change makers from around the world to share ideas, recount success stories, and address the world’s growing sustainability challenges.

The failure of countries to reconcile contested interpretations of history has impeded the advancement of human rights around the world, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein told an audience at Stanford Law School.

Many 21st-century leaders see every failure of an economic model as reason for government intervention, Argentine President Javier Milei told an audience at the Hoover Institution, but such interventions hinder growth.

Consensus-building between Israelis and Palestinians is moving further out of reach as extremism prevails, a panel of peace activists told a Stanford audience last week.

Stanford researchers shared stories of psychotic breaks, economic disparities, and criminal justice reform at an event Tuesday hosted by Stanford Impact Labs in collaboration with The Story Collider.

The Living Laboratory Partnership Summit convened students, faculty, and staff Tuesday to celebrate the great work and collaborations making Stanford more sustainable.

More than 300 people attended the conference, which included a keynote from venture investor and best-selling author Tricia Montalvo Timm.

At a public discussion Wednesday, President Richard Saller and Provost Jenny Martinez addressed ways that Stanford is responding to antisemitism and religious bigotry on campus.

The Academy Award-winning actor and filmmaker visited Stanford last Thursday to screen and discuss his documentary, Superpower, about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his country’s war with Russia.