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Sarah Peluse named Packard Fellow

Sarah Peluse, associate professor of mathematics, has been selected as a David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellow for ...
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Stanford historian’s documentary coming to PBS in March

Singing for Justice, co-directed by Estelle Freedman, professor of history, emerit, chronicles the long and joyful life of folk singer Faith Petric. February 18, 2025 At next month’s Oscars, the ...
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Tracking migration patterns of marine predators across international waters yields geopolitical challenges

Understanding the movements of migratory marine animals through different countries' waters and in the open ocean beyond is vital to their management and conservation. September 3, 2018 Understanding ...
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Stanford joins collaboration to explore “ultra-quantum matter”

The Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter brings together physicists from 12 institutions to “understand, classify and realize” new forms of ultra-quantum matter in the lab. June 3, 2019 ...
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Foundational research

It’s fundamental science that is the substance that allows us to translate our inventions into practical products for the world. Without basic science, there is nothing to translate. Often unseen and ...
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New undergraduate minor launches in civic thought and practice

Building off the first-year COLLEGE 102 course Citizenship in the 21st Century, the minor is open to students of all majors and encourages open discussion of co ...
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Peter M. Ray, biologist with a passion for winemaking, has died at 94

Peter M. Ray, professor emeritus of biology in the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S), accomplished scientist, and much-admired mentor who also taught students the ways of wine, died May ...
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Adrien Bilal selected for Time100 Next

Adrien Bilal, assistant professor in the Department of Economics, has been recognized in Time 100 Next 2026, the magazine’s ...
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Stanford chemist Song Lin receives MacArthur Fellowship

Song Lin, a professor of chemistry in the School of Humanities and Sciences, has been awarded a 2026 MacArthur Fellowship ...
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Debunking the evidence for election fraud cases

Political science professor Justin Grimmer’s research offers a detailed look at election fraud claims, their purveyors, and the election skeptics who believe them. He finds some reason for hope.
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Lerone A. Martin on what we know—and don’t know—about Martin Luther King, Jr. and why access to information about him is more important than ever

Lerone A. Martin: A conversation with the new faculty director of Stanford’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute On the third Monday in January, a federal holiday in the United ...
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Stanford scholars report French headscarf ban adversely impacts Muslim girls

The French ban prohibiting Muslim girls from wearing headscarves in public schools has been shown by two Stanford political scientists to have had a detrimental effect on both the girls’ ability to ...