Stanford University

‘Know My Name’ by Chanel Miller Takes Back Her Story of Sexual Assault

Stina Chang, University of Southern California

For four years, she was referred to as 'Emily Doe.' It’s time to learn who she really is.…

September 17, 2019

Stanford University’s Rhiannon Tomtishen Is Checking the Label

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

The Stanford senior is on her campaign to re-think how Girl Scout cookies are made.…

May 8, 2018

Stanford’s Maya Ziv Explains the Stories Games Tell and How They’re Told

Cason Ragland, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

They may not be books or films, but games can still tell captivating stories that players love.…

March 16, 2018

These Stanford Globetrotters Think Gap Years Should Be Common for American Students

Cleo-Symone Scott, Virginia Commonwealth University

These gallivanting Stanford students are now mentoring other students and sharing their gap year experiences with the world.…

February 23, 2018

The Woman of Stone

Patrick Murtha, Eastern Connecticut State University

After a harrowing journey to the outskirts of Tajikistan began to parallel the very myth she'd set out to explore, Stanford's Nicole Bennett-Fite captured the experience for a BBC radio documentary.…

December 1, 2017

This Stanford Student’s $35 Invention Saves Lives and Won Her $150,000

Lexi Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania

After discovering that millions of people live with untreated respiratory diseases because detecting them is too expensive, Maya Varma created a spirometer cheap enough to be universally accessible.…

August 18, 2017