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The new Tech Futures Lab at Stanford’s Hoover Institution aims to help scholars, technologists, and policymakers anticipate and prepare for strategic surprises from AI and other emerging technologies.

Leaders from 32 countries convened at Stanford to unlock ways of meeting surging demand for valuing nature in decisions – and growing that demand exponentially.

At the Stanford Sustainability Forum, the chef and humanitarian made the case for clean cooking as one of the highest-leverage and most overlooked climate investments available.

From empowering patients to rethinking how doctors and AI work together, Stanford’s weeklong symposium surfaced the ideas most likely to shape medicine’s next chapter.

At the 2026 Rosenkranz Symposium, experts addressed seismic shifts in global health while emphasizing the need for policy and practice evolution.

At an event celebrating the launch of the Stanford Leadership Institute, leaders discussed how they’ve steered organizations through transition – and how to apply those learnings today.

At the Stanford Sustainability Forum, researchers presented methods for tracking wildfire pollution and restoring corals, while leaders urged action on food security and climate risks.

Cross-sector collaboration is key to improving environmental and public health across populations, according to experts at the Center for Just Environmental Futures’ recent conference on campus.

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.