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ASSU President Jared Hammerstrom, ’27, and Vice President Celeste Vargas, ’27, sit down with Stanford President Jonathan Levin to talk about building community and his advice for new students.

Stanford welcomed 1,950 new first-year and transfer students on Tuesday at a Convocation ceremony inaugurating the new academic year.

In welcoming the Class of 2030, Levin celebrated Stanford’s culture of exploration, expertise, and optimism. “The future is something you build rather than something that happens to you.”

Wildfires can turn natural metals in soil into toxic, airborne particles. Stanford researchers are working to predict where these metals travel and warn people in harm’s way.

StanfordNext, shaped by months of engagement with university and regional stakeholders, prioritizes new academic space, student and workforce housing, and stronger connections with local communities.

The scanner pinpoints when and where brain activity occurs, opening new avenues for research on speech, memory, and neurological disorders.

Stanford researchers are working to help cities adapt to extreme weather and keep people and buildings cool during severe heat waves.

A molecule that increases by a thousandfold in pythons after they eat holds promise for a weight-loss drug.

Susan Athey shares how Stanford researchers adapted large language models to forecast job paths, opening new possibilities for AI-driven workforce planning and beyond.

Hamish Carr Delgado, a PhD student in materials science and engineering, shares how he’s working at the nanoscale to produce more energy-efficient chips for AI data centers.