Stanford Impact Labs funds partnerships to combat social ills
Stanford Impact Labs is funding eight new partnerships, including projects to reduce partisan animosity, decrease racial and economic segregation in public schools, and lift the veil on tax havens.
Karl Deisseroth to share Horwitz Prize for pioneering contributions to optogenetics
The Stanford psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and engineer is honored for developing a technology that lets researchers pinpoint the functions – and malfunctions – of specific brain circuits.
Seed grants fund research on health and environment challenges
The first three projects to receive Healthy Planet, Healthy People Early-Career Research Awards will investigate solutions to air pollution exposure, unsafe sanitation, and the impacts of extreme weather events on healthcare infrastructure.
Stanford honors staff who help make research possible
Lab services manager Cathy Booth and computing support analyst Brian Palermo will be honored with the 2021 Marsh O’Neill Award for Exceptional and Enduring Support of Stanford University's Research Enterprise.
Four Stanford Global Studies centers selected as Title VI National Resource Centers
The U.S. Department of Education has selected four Stanford Global Studies centers as Title VI National Resource Centers, which collaborate on programs to broaden opportunities for instruction and research on critical global issues.
Three Stanford faculty members elected to the British Academy
Jennifer Eberhardt, Margaret Levi, and John R. Rickford are among the 85 fellows newly elected to the British Academy, the U.K.’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences.
Seed grants fund multi-disciplinary research on global health
From assessing water contamination in Liberia to studying how Indigenous Mexican communities responded to COVID-19, the recipients of Stanford’s Center for Innovation in Global Health’s 14 new seed grants for early-stage multi-disciplinary research projects have the potential to one day save lives and improve health equity.
Stanford University is now a two-time first-place winner in the National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Race to Zero Waste competition for per capita recycling in the large campus division. The award reflects many new and upcoming zero waste initiatives.
Sharon Du selected as a 2022 James C. Gaither Junior Fellow
Each year hundreds of colleges and universities put forward nominees to the national fellowship program, which offers graduating seniors or recent graduates the opportunity to work as a research assistant for Carnegie’s senior scholars in Washington, D.C. Du has been selected for Carnegie’s Asia Program, focusing on China-U.S. relations.
Stanford undergrads awarded Firestone and Golden Medals and Kennedy Thesis Prizes
Students from 27 undergraduate departmental and interdisciplinary honors programs were recently selected for the 2022 Firestone and Golden medals and the Kennedy Honors Thesis prizes.
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CASBS announces 2022-23 fellows
Three Stanford faculty are among the scholars who will explore pressing societal issues as members of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences’ residential fellows program.
Stanford Alumni Association awards recognize students for outstanding achievement, excellence, and community impact
The Stanford Alumni Association awarded graduating senior Adam Nayak the 2022 J.E. Wallace Sterling Award. Other graduating seniors and graduate students were also honored by SAA for their achievements.
Stanford Humanities Center announces 2022–23 Fellows
Thirty-seven scholars, ranging from graduate students to tenured faculty, have been awarded fellowships to support their work. Additional undergraduate fellows will be appointed in the coming months.
2022 Cuthbertson, Dinkelspiel, and Gores awards winners
The awards recognize Stanford faculty, students, and staff for their exceptional contributions to the university. The winners will be honored at Stanford’s 131st Commencement ceremony.
The Stanford-affiliated Fulbright recipients will travel to 14 countries, including the Dominican Republic, India, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, and Zimbabwe, where they will research and study during the 2022-23 academic year.
Jimmy Chen, Camara Phyllis Jones receive inaugural President’s Award for the Advancement of the Common Good
Stanford alumni Jimmy Chen and Camara Phyllis Jones are the inaugural recipients of the President’s Award for the Advancement of the Common Good, which honors alumni who have positively and sustainably changed the trajectory of people’s lives in their communities and around the world.
The James W. Lyons Award recognizes and honors students for exceptional service and contributions made through a variety of departments, teams, clubs, residences and community projects on and off-campus.
2022 President’s Awards for Excellence Through Diversity
Stanford honored PhD candidate Sedona Murphy, clinical associate professor of radiology Peter Poullos, and Residential & Dining Enterprises with the 2022 President’s Awards for Excellence Through Diversity for their exceptional contributions to enhancing and supporting diversity within the university community.
Stanford’s Precourt Institute announces winners of 2022 Global Energy Heroes competition
Three sustainability organizations received 2022 Global Energy Heroes prizes from Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy. The competitive prizes drew 44 submissions across five continents.
One of three winners of this year's award, Taylor is honored for her many contributions in her nearly 50 years at Stanford, most recently as the finance manager in the Department of Economics.
Five Stanford graduates chosen as 2022 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
The 70 scholars in Knight-Hennessy Scholars' fifth cohort come from 42 institutions, including 13 outside of the United States. At Stanford, they will pursue graduate degrees in 35 degree programs across all seven schools.
Eight Stanford faculty are among the newest members of an organization created in 1863 to advise the nation on issues related to science and technology.
