Community Profiles

Psychology major and defensive lineman Braden Marceau-Olayinka – nicknamed “Big Smiley” as a frosh – puts in time to volunteer, coach youth football, and speak out about mental health.

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.

Stanford graduate student Mitch Peterson survived cancer and a heart transplant. Now he’s developing medical technology to help others with chronic conditions.

Mark Shunney stewards the university’s world-class collection of public art from a tiny eco-outpost next to Meyer Green.

Simran and Krsna Mohnani attended the same school for the first time since elementary school after different career paths converged at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

The global population could approach 10 billion by 2050. How do we feed that many people in an equitable, sustainable, and nutritious way? Stanford bioengineer Vayu Hill-Maini is turning to “nature’s recyclers” for answers.

AI is contributing to a rising demand for electricity – a pressing sustainability challenge. Professor Will Chueh says it can also be part of the solution.

Celeste Chung, ’26, founded a nonprofit at 16 to create learning centers in Sabah, her home state in Malaysia. Now she’s paying her Stanford opportunities forward by developing a scholarship program for Sabahan students.

The Stanford researcher views plants as nature’s ultimate chemists. Her work has the potential to innovate everything from food allergies to cancer treatment.

During a seven-month residency, the Denning Visiting Artist mentored students, drew packed audiences, and fostered conversations about poetry, music, and the work of being an artist.