Recent Stories

Nearly three millennia after Homer’s epic tale, a Stanford lecturer explains why artists keep retelling the story of Odysseus.

Stanford Medicine’s David Relman transformed clinical diagnostics and food tracing for cyclospora, the parasitic organism behind the surge of this diarrheal illness. Here’s what he thinks you should know.

The chip pioneer and Stanford president emeritus was honored with a lifetime achievement award for his transformative innovations to modern computing.

Alumni Farah Champsi, Fred Harman, Reiko Osaki, and Josh Silverman will begin their terms with the board on Oct. 1.

Stanford-led teams in U.S. NICUs and rural India are working to make parents active partners in newborn care, an approach linked to better outcomes for vulnerable infants.

On view now at the Cantor Arts Center, JANE! offers a new look at the university’s founding mother.

The Stanford alum will lead one of higher education’s largest and most influential alumni organizations following the retirement of Howard Wolf.

A Stanford partnership with nine California school districts found that reclassification barriers limit multilingual learners’ access to college-prep coursework – findings now shaping state legislation.

A Stanford GSB study finds LLMs nudge users toward smart savings and investing habits – but the guidance skews weaker for women and less financially literate prompters.

A new Stanford Medicine study finds differences in how autistic teens process unfamiliar voices, pointing toward new therapies for adolescents.

Aidan Keenan, Rintaro Sasaki, Eric Jeon, and Cort MacDonald were picked in this year’s draft, Stanford's largest class since nine players were selected in 2023.

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.