Faculty The Monster in Your Path: The Private Life of Caste in India by Sharika Thiranagama, Anthropology Books in brief Faculty Social Sciences Stanford Science Fellows 2026 cohort announced Matthew D. Morrison wins Woody Guthrie, Irving Lowens book awards Hazel Rose Markus wins 2026 Sage-CASBS Award Diving into the mind of pioneering French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Biologist and environmentalist Paul Ehrlich has died The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck by Jessica Riskin, History Political scientist David Abernethy has died What does it mean to be reasonable? Being Reasonable: The Case for a Misunderstood Virtue by Krista Lawlor, Philosophy Thomas Mullaney named UNESCO chair Historian leads project to design new AI architecture for humanities research Go behind the science with Rodolfo Dirzo New book explores the tension that can exist between people of different identities—and how to overcome it Video content available for Initiative aims to help cities address migration Initiative aims to help cities address migration New report examines the failures of a Florida immigrant jail born of a federal–county partnership Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How to Overcome It by Claude Steele, Psychology A life-changing shift from neuroscience to cystic fibrosis research Tony Heinz wins 2026 Optica award Brain responses to wildlife images may motivate engagement with conservation efforts The Division of Rationalized Labor by Michelle Jackson, Sociology The Four Talent Giants by Gi-Wook Shin, Sociology Caroline Winterer receives 2026 Lyman award Carolyn Bertozzi named Royal Society of Chemistry Honorary Fellow Beloved podcast 'Philosophy Talk' now available for free John Chowning receives Technical Grammy New English courses fuse creativity with literary criticism Mathematical model calculates probability of shared ancestors for African Americans Light-based platform sets the stage for quantum supercomputers New chip-sized optical amplifier can intensify light 100 times Jonathan Gienapp wins Order of the Coif book award Fang Liu wins Scialog awards Barnabas Daru receives International Biogeography Society award Neurodiversity could be an essential consequence of human evolution Todd Smith, pioneer in the field of free-electron lasers, dies at 85 Advance could expand immune therapy as a cancer treatment Four things to know about ethnic studies in California high schools John R. Rickford receives lifetime service award Gerald Gillespie, devoted professor of German and comparative literature, dies at 92 Benjamin Good wins APS Early Career Award Autocrats vs. Democrats by Michael McFaul, Political Science Jonathan Luk receives American Mathematical Society award Stephen Hinton named Berlin Prize Fellow How artists can ‘interrupt’ artificial intelligence Historian chronicles one of the French Revolution’s most notorious figures Jean-Paul Marat: Prophet of Terror by Keith Baker, History Three H&S faculty become American Academy of Sciences and Letters members Jeff Wine receives honor from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Light causes atomic layers to do the twist Surya Ganguli named AI2050 Senior Fellow Judith Frydman awarded European Research Council Synergy Grant Fellowship program positions students to lead at intersection of public policy and technology New book sheds light on intelligence in humans and machines Exploring the Louvre heist with French culture expert Cécile Alduy Matthew Sommer awarded American Historical Association prize Christopher O. Barnes named HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar The Rising Sea by Ravi Vakil, Mathematics The Emergent Mind by Jay McClelland, Psychology Stanford inaugurates new home of MLK Institute The antidote to loneliness might be recognizing how much others care Ramón Saldívar receives MLA lifetime achievement award The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson, English Philip Roth: Stung by Life by Steven J. Zipperstein, History Brian Lantz named American Physical Society Fellow Capturing the brilliant, complicated life of Philip Roth Stanford Pulitzer winner’s new novel tells epic tale born from writing ‘every day for 10 years’ Bianxiao Cui receives NIH High-Risk, High-Reward grant Snow leopards’ low genetic diversity puts future at risk Unraveling the mystery of Jackson Pollock’s blue New undergraduate study options combine data science with humanities and arts H&S welcomes 26 new faculty members Photo by Misha Bruk for Stanford University King Institute embraces new home on Main Quad Joel Cabrita wins Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize H&S recognizes Paul Sniderman with inaugural faculty mentorship award Nicholas Bloom selected as 2025 Citation Laureate in Economics Philip Bucksbaum receives NSF/UKRI quantum chemistry award Classic recessive-or-dominant gene dynamics may not be so simple Richard Schoen wins World Laureates Association Prize Josiah Ober awarded 2025 Balzan Prize Nicholas Jenkins wins Northern California Book Award Art history professor’s new book brings overlooked female painter to young audiences Three reasons why universities are crucial for understanding AI Three things to know about the recently released MLK records Plant samples preserved in museums may hold key to greener future Blakey Vermeule named senior associate dean for the humanities and arts Duana Fullwiley wins C. Wright Mills book award Energy supplied by gut microbiome depends on diet Novel cancer-killing mechanism opens path to new treatments New tech for imaging brain waves could advance disease research, AI Research links 19th-century land program to sharp rise in Native American mortality Oceanic humanities project envisions new wave in education Foundational research on brain development may help prevent degeneration Stanford-led team shares honor for ‘revolutionizing’ the study of the universe’s high-energy phenomena Peter Michelson receives European Physical Society award John H. Flavell, distinguished and influential scholar of developmental psychology, has died A new tool for sizing up the US economy Seven faculty members awarded 2024-25 H&S dean's teaching awards Michael Friedman, who studied the connections between philosophy and science, has died Political scientist Robert Packenham has died Five things to do in virtual reality – and five to avoid Historian Gordon H. Chang reflects on his varied career with new book Mathematical Properties of Population-Genetic Statistics by Noah A. Rosenberg, Biology War, Race, and Culture by Gordon H. Chang, History Stanford historian's book on immigration wins PEN America nonfiction award Gut physics provides insights on your insides Nancy Huddleston Packer, award-winning writer who served as director of Creative Writing Program, has died Josiah Ober’s mission to revitalize democracy and civic education Common diversity argument linked to beliefs that maintain inequality New course showcases humanities, social science offerings for undergrads Stanford initiative seeks to bring more languages online Lerone A .Martin wins James W. C. Pennington Award Jonthan Rodden named 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow Stanford researchers honored with 2025 Breakthrough prizes Course offers personal perspectives on cystic fibrosis Science and tech need intersectional analysis for accuracy, scholars say James Ferguson, anthropologist devoted to studying international aid, has died Researchers identify gene linked to development of a critical coronary artery Stanford Science Fellows 2025 cohort is largest ever New book explores historical fiction’s role in the rise of Japanese nationalism before World War II Literature for the Masses by James Reichert, East Asian Languages and Cultures Gretchen Daily named American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow Study: Women take ‘substantial’ earnings hit during menopause Study examines trends tied to surge in health care jobs Lavinia’s Wondrous Portraits by Emanuele Lugli, Art and Art History Nicholas Jenkins wins Warren-Brooks Award ‘Microlightning’ in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth Mark Applebaum receives American Academy of Arts and Letters award Meet the frogs helping scientists answer fundamental questions in neuroscience and physiology You Got In! 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