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David, Goliath, and the future of AI
How Yejin Choi is challenging AI’s biggest assumptions—about common sense, about scale, and about who gets to build the future.
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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Mind in the mirror
Surya Ganguli is helping pioneer a new science of intelligence—one that studies how brains perceive, how AI learns, and what each can reveal about the other.
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Thinkers. Doers. Students. Changemakers.
Reflections from three current undergrads on three different paths. Each student is making the most of what’s possible at Stanford, supported by the generosity of Stanford donors.
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Avey Etaghene, ’27Recipient of a Stanford Fund Scholarship)
Weston Benner, ’29Recipient of the Hsu Family Scholarship)
Ella Hamilton, ’26Recipient of the John Arrillaga Family Scholarship V and the Dunlevie-Abrahamsen Family Scholarship
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Before the tipping point
As oceans warm and ecosystems shift, Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station is helping detect trouble early—and prevent collapse before it begins.
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He hated pigeon peas. Now they could help feed Puerto Rico.
A Stanford alum is betting on a humble legume to help rebuild the island’s fragile food system—starting in backyard farms.
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Engineering the overlooked
As a Stanford undergraduate, William Tarpeh learned to spot problems others ignore. Financial aid gave him a path forward—all the way to a MacArthur Fellowship.
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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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Cracking autoimmunity’s toughest cases
David Fiorentino’s pursuit of hidden patterns in autoimmune disease is transforming patient care—and may lead to new strategies for cancer prevention. (A little help from his old Stanford pals didn’t hurt.)
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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.
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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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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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