Engagement Stories

The Stanford Wildfire Resilience program focuses on land stewardship activities, fire fuel reduction treatments, and partnering with community agencies to enhance regional wildfire resilience.

The Stanford junior, recognized for her commitment to addressing health disparities in Indigenous and farmworker communities, has been awarded funding for her graduate studies in public service.

At a recent workshop, researchers described workflows, experiments, and replications AI has made possible in under a year – and argued this may be the best moment in a generation to do empirical social science.

A $10 million commitment aims to help the American Cancer Society build a new Hope Lodge, providing temporary lodging for cancer patients traveling to the Bay Area for treatment.

The Commons will bring a renovated bookstore and post office buildings, a new Student Barn social and event center, extensive landscaping, and more to the heart of campus.

As much of campus relaxed over spring break, the staff who care for Stanford’s 60,000+ trees — the woody plants, not the students — were busy planning, maintaining and documenting new growth.

The Food4Thought Festival is a two-day conference focused on sustainable and equitable food systems

In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) and Stanford University will convene chefs, healthcare professionals, and food service leaders this May at Copia in Napa Valley—bringing the kitchen and the clinic into the same conversation.

By 2030, Americans over 65 will outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history. Stanford experts are developing robots to help older adults walk safely, get dressed, do chores, and maintain independence at home.

The one-handed jump shot, the computer mouse, the klystron, and digital FM synthesis are just a few of the transformative innovations with Stanford origins.

Meal Trains, a community initiative for Stanford affiliates, provides home-cooked food to students who have just given birth, experienced a death in the family or require other extra support.

At SIEPR’s economic summit, Provost Jenny Martinez, former President John Hennessy, and leaders from UC Berkeley, Brown, and Oregon discussed challenges and opportunities for universities.

As Stanford’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts celebrates its 25th year, directors A-lan Holt and Adam Banks look toward a future of nurturing student artists and deepening relationships with Bay Area communities.

Stanford Professor Rebecca Silverman discusses a transformative movement backed by research that is changing literacy instruction in schools nationwide.

ArcLight, developed by Stanford University Libraries, is an open-source software tool that simplifies online research and viewing of archival materials.

A three-pronged research project seeks to empower communities, policymakers, and law enforcement agencies by improving access to and understanding of police use-of-force rules.

McNair discusses the work to develop a new long-term campus land use plan and the essential role of the university community and local residents in the effort.

Part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, the center aims to ensure that sustainability efforts enhance human dignity and ecological resilience.