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Undoing injustice
Stanford Law School’s Three Strikes Project began as a challenge to draconian sentences. What followed is a national movement in criminal justice reform.
This is our moment
Every day, Stanford tackles the world’s most pressing challenges. Momentum tells the stories of that work, and how philanthropy helps make it possible.
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Scrappy and Proud
The student-run On Call Café aspires to more than latte art. Come for the caffeine, stay for the much-needed connection.
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The name, image, and likeness of the game
New rules for paying student-athletes are changing college sports and the role of philanthropy.
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Makers. Doers. Boundary pushers.
The Stanford community overflows with curious people unafraid to try, change, and try again. Meet some of them.
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Benny Gealer, ’26
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Elia Rubin, ’26
Volleyball
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Elise Evans, ’26
Soccer
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Rintaro Sasaki, ’28
Baseball
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The universe, decoded
A new Stanford center is uniting astronomers and data scientists to decipher the cosmos—and reinvent the future of discovery.
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A flash of hope
A radiation oncologist’s breakthrough in delivering ultra-fast radiation may make cancer treatment more effective—and less damaging.
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Let’s agree (on how) to disagree
How ePluribus is teaching students to engage across differences.
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Seventeen syllables, two generations
Grounded by the pandemic, Yoshiko Matsumoto turned haiku into a tool for connection.
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Three-Minute Triumph
A spirited competition pitted Stanford doctoral students against each other. Can you guess who won?
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Whoever saves a life
For American Muslims, suicide represents a taboo within a taboo. Rania Awaad— a psychiatrist, faith leader, and Stanford Impact Labs Design Fellow—set out to change that.
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Cardinal rules
Andrew Luck, ’12, MA ’23, reflects on what student-athletes get, and what they give.
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Video: Into the future
Fifty years ago, two Stanford frosh went on a date that would change the course of their lives. Today, the grateful couple has found a way to change other lives, too.
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True change will require all of us.
One changemaker is admirable. A community of changemakers is unstoppable. There is nothing we can do that we cannot do better …
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