Jonathan Levin, member of the Class of ’94, winner of the 2011 John Bates Clark Medal for the most significant American economist under 40, and dean of the Graduate School of Business for the past eight years, is the university’s 13th president. Read his profile in STANFORD magazine.

Semiconductor technology is poised to make the next leap by harnessing new materials, devices, and designs. A major renovation of Stanford’s chipmaking research facility will make it one of the most advanced in the academic world.