Every day at Stanford, someone asks a question that could change how we understand the world—or how we improve it. Here we tell the stories behind that curiosity, and how philanthropy helps turn bold ideas into real-world impact.
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PhD students are essential to nearly all of Stanford’s 7,500 research projects each year. See how three fellows are crossing disciplines to generate original knowledge, fuel breakthroughs, and get their research into the world.
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Stanford’s Pathfinder program opens the GSB to students who never planned on studying business—and transforms what they’re capable of.
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Polly Fordyce is building a global engine for protein discovery—one that could help researchers harness AI to create new medicines, materials, and climate solutions.
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Reflections from three current undergrads on three different paths. Each student is making the most of what’s possible at Stanford, supported by the generosity of Stanford donors.
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How Yejin Choi is challenging AI’s biggest assumptions—about common sense, about scale, and about who gets to build the future.
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As a Stanford undergraduate, William Tarpeh learned to spot problems others ignore. Financial aid gave him a path forward—all the way to a MacArthur Fellowship.
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As a high school student, taking a year of college courses transformed Lerone Martin’s sense of what was possible. As a Stanford professor, he’s now offering that same experience to students too often excluded from elite higher education.
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Surya Ganguli is helping pioneer a new science of intelligence—one that studies how brains perceive, how AI learns, and what each can reveal about the other.
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New rules for paying student-athletes are changing college sports and the role of philanthropy.
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A Stanford alum is betting on a humble legume to help rebuild the island’s fragile food system—starting in backyard farms.
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As oceans warm and ecosystems shift, Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station is helping detect trouble early—and prevent collapse before it begins.
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Laura Gwilliams is unlocking how the brain turns sound into meaning.
One curious mind can spark an idea. A community of them becomes ... unstoppable
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