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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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Changemakers
The Stanford community overflows with curious thinkers, makers, doers, and boundary pushers. Meet some of them.
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Around the Farm
Learn about the faculty, students, alumni, and more who are making an impact—both on the Farm and in the world.
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Didi Kuo
Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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Michael Fischbach
Professor of Bioengineering
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Matthew GentzkowDirector, Stanford Impact Labs)
Angela, ’93, & David Filo, MS ’90Supporters, Fast Forward Match)
Bernadette MeylerProfessor of Law, Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life, and Director of SPH:focal(476x887:477x888))
Juan Camara, ’25Student:focal(518x1074:519x1075))
Fred Wang, ’88, MS ’89(Parent ’20, ’22, ’25) Scholarship donor:focal(518x1046:519x1047))
Larissa Scott, ’25Student)
Alexander RamlieCEO, Amman Mineral Internasional)
Caitlyn Miller, MS ’18, PhD ’22Cofounder and CEO, TwoStep Therapeutics)
Norman SpauldingProfessor of Law)
Langston Buddenhagen, ’25, MA ’25Undergraduate student)
Susan AtheyEconomics of Technology Professor)
Thomas JaramilloProfessor of chemical engineering and energy science & engineering)
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Kai MottleyUndergraduate:focal(842x1184:843x1185))
Yuhe Faye WangIDEAL Provostial Fellow:focal(423x1047:424x1048))
Lisa Goldman RosasAssistant Professor, School of Medicine
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Shaping Education
Meet three educators who are working to improve teaching and learning.
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Susanna LoebProfessor, Stanford Graduate School of Education)
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Jodi Anderson, Jr.Researcher, Stanford Accelerator for Learning
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Student-Athletes
These student-athletes show that leadership isn’t just about spotlight moments—it’s about how you show up when no one’s watching.
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Benny Gealer, ’26
Basketball
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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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Olympians
Olympians are made here. 59 Stanford-affiliated athletes went to Paris in 2024 for the Summer Olympics. 37 of those athletes represented Team USA and brought home 39 medals, more than double the number of any other U.S. school.
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Asher Hong, ’262024 olympic bronze medalist, gymnastics)
Maggie Steffens, ’17, MS ’182024 olympian, water polo)
Valarie Allman, ’172024 olympic gold medalist, discus:focal(2919x1203:2920x1204))
Jonathan Tan, ’27Swimming
Stories:Discover more
Explore stories of other changemakers across campus who are doing the work and meeting the moment.
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Inside the Nerdball revolution
With a spreadsheet as his compass, Coach Kyle Smith is rebuilding Stanford basketball through quantifiable toughness—and the players are embracing it.
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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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Talent is everywhere. Access? Less so.
As a high school student, taking a year of college courses transformed Lerone Martin’s sense of what was possible. As a Stanford professor, he’s now offering that same experience to students too often excluded from elite higher education.
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