Mechanical engineering PhD student Deepak Krishnamurthy is among the 22 early-career scientists selected for the third Schmidt Science Fellows cohort of postdoctoral fellows.
Senior Riya Verma is the first Stanford student to win the prestigious Michel David-Weill Scholarship, which supports two years of graduate study at Sciences Po in Paris, France.
Hanrahan splits the prize with one-time mentor and Pixar colleague Ed Catmull. The pair’s work continues to transform film, video games, virtual reality and more.
Stanford School of Engineering faculty members Stacey Bent, Kenneth Goodson and Fei-Fei Li have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional distinctions accorded engineers.
Stanford mathematics Professor Yakov “Yasha” Eliashberg is a recipient of the 2020 Wolf Prize in Mathematics. Along with the Fields Medal and Abel Prize, the Wolf Prize is considered one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics.
Senior Erica Scott and coterminal student Mustafa Fattah have been named Marshall Scholars and will use the scholarship to pursue graduate degrees in the United Kingdom.
Five Stanford affiliates are among the recipients of the 2021 Schwarzman Scholarships. Each will pursue one-year master’s degrees in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
History major Anat Peled, ’20, will pursue a MPhil at the University of Oxford in England. She is the second Stanford student to receive the prestigious award in the past week.
Nona Chiariello, a staff scientist at the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, and Niraj Dangoria, associate dean in the Office of Facilities Planning and Management at the School of Medicine, will each receive a 2019 Marsh O’Neill Award for Exceptional and Enduring Support of Stanford University’s Research Enterprise during a Nov. 20 campus reception.
Allyson Hobbs, Jeanne Tsai and Thomas Kenny have been named Bass University Fellows in Undergraduate Education. The program recognizes faculty members for their extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education.
Stanford’s 2019 Community Partnership Awards have been awarded to Children’s Health Council, CrashCourse and Future Advancers of Science and Technology in recognition of collaborative work with the university in support of the community.
Stanford political science PhD student Ashley Fabrizio is a recipient of the Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship, which supports her research on peacebuilding in the Middle East.
Five Stanford MBA students are among 16 Stanford graduate students honored with Siebel Scholar awards, presented by the Siebel Foundation of Redwood City.
The researchers, including Jennifer Dionne, associate professor of materials science and engineering, received National Institutes of Health grants to support innovative work in the life sciences.
Aisha Khan, winner of the 2019 Stanford Bright Award, combats climate change while promoting economic resilience in the high-altitude mountain regions of Pakistan.
Stanford visiting professor Daniel Freedman has been awarded a Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his groundbreaking work on a theory of quantum gravity.
Composer and doctoral student Julie Herndon is the first winner of the Bay Area Composer Residency Award, which will support the production of a concert featuring the stories of homeless San Franciscans.
A suite of mobile learning tools created at Stanford, which recently won the top prize of $30,000 at a national security innovation competition, is capturing the attention of U.S. military officials.
Thirty-eight Stanford graduating seniors were recently recognized for their honors theses, including winners of the Kennedy Honors Thesis Prize pictured with their advisors and David M. Kennedy.
