Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy frequents the world's trouble spots to give the voiceless a global hearing.

Tagged: Afghanistan, alumni, filmmaking, International Initiative, Iraq, Arts & Creativity, International Issues, Humanities & Sciences

AS A MARINE and entrepreneur, Douglas Stone, Sloan '92, has never shied away from risk. But taking over the U.S. military's detainee detention system in Iraq in April 2007 was a big one. The prison system, which holds about 22,000 detainees, was known to most Americans primarily for the horrifying treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.

Tagged: alumni, Iraq, International Issues, Business

Stanford alumnus and Newark Mayor Cory Booker spoke to a packed Cubberley Auditorium last week.

Tagged: alumni, government, Public Service, Humanities & Sciences

Geologists have found that the central Sierra Nevada largely attained its present elevation 8 or 9 million years earlier than commonly thought. The finding has implications for climate modeling.

Tagged: alumni, climate change, mountains, Environment & Sustainability, Earth Sciences

"When people ask me what I'm doing with my new Environmental Engineering PhD from Stanford," says Matthew Davie, "they’re pretty surprised when I tell them that I'm starting a travel agency." Ask a few more questions, though, and it starts to make sense.

Tagged: alumni, conservation, ecotravel, tourism, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Public Service, Business, Engineering

Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki joined President Hennessy at the dedication of the Y2E2 Building, which will bring together researchers from all of the university's seven schools into one energy-efficient building to work together on environmental issues.

Tagged: alumni, conservation, energy, Y2E2, Environment & Sustainability, On Campus, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences

Three young Americans and the Stanford Asian Liver Center seek to stop hepatitus B in China by immunizing 500,000 rural children and educating the community about the disease.

Tagged: alumni, China, hepatitus, immunization, Human Health, International Issues, Public Service, Humanities & Sciences, Medicine

Since her freshman year at Stanford, Dunke Hughes, '05, MA '06, knew her future lay in teaching others. However, by the time she was a junior, Hughes was discouraged by her heavy college loan burden that would be difficult to repay on a teacher's salary.

Tagged: alumni, charter school, scholarships, teaching, K-12 Education, On Campus, Public Service, Education

Sandra Day O'Connor provided counsel to undergraduates in the inaugural lecture in a series dubbed "Harry's Last Lecture on a Meaningful Life".

Tagged: alumni, lawyers, Supreme Court, Public Service, Law