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From July to September 2025, Energy Science & Engineering PhD student Pietro Bosoni participated in a hybrid internship at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), a workforce development program run by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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For their final project in a natural capital course, students Megan Chen and Zoe Rehnborg created a “zine” on the many values of public parks.
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The 2025-27 Dean’s Sustainability Leaders Postdoctoral Fellows are pursuing research on snakes, climate perceptions, and plant adaptations, bringing interdisciplinary scholarship and leadership to the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.
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EARTHSYS 177: Environmental Storytelling teaches students to translate research into stories that reach beyond Stanford’s campus – starting with a farm 25 miles away in Fremont.
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An energy infrastructure veteran says federal retrenchment exposes a longstanding vulnerability, and sees research universities as an opportunity to close the gap.
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Diego Gutierrez, Earth Systems '25, is betting on a humble legume to help rebuild the island's fragile food system – starting in backyard farms.
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As oceans warm and ecosystems shift, Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station is helping detect trouble early – and prevent collapse before it starts.
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Living Laboratory for Sustainability, offered in collaboration with the Doerr School of Sustainability, immerses students in the university’s real-world energy, water, waste, land management, and food systems.
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The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability has awarded Discovery Grants totaling more than $1.5 million to 11 projects. The Discovery Grant program supports creative research aimed at advancing understanding of our planet, life and society, and engineered systems.
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Lobell, an expert in agricultural ecology, will serve a three-year term as chair of the Department of Earth System Science starting Sept 1.
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Led by E’jaaz Mason, a lecturer in Earth systems, EARTHSYS 285: Community-Engaged Multimedia Environmental Communication guides students in community-engaged filmmaking on environmental issues affecting Bay Area communities.
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Stanford students are getting a head start on careers with education and leadership programs offered by the Woods Institute for the Environment. We talk with Anushka Vijay, a senior who built both academic knowledge and practical experience through the Environmental and Policy Internship (EPIC) program.
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Investing in sustainable economic development is now “just investing,” and that’s good news, participants in Stanford roundtable in Southeast Asia concur.
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From July to September 2025, fourth-year Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD student Mateus Gheorghe de Castro Ribeiro participated in a hybrid internship at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), a workforce development program run by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Dozens of teams from across North and South America competed at Stanford to become finalists in the inaugural Global Sustainability Challenge. Four Stanford teams are headed to the final event in Munich in April.
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Emmanuel Codillo recreates geologic processes hundreds of miles beneath Earth’s surface to understand the inner workings of planets, shedding light on magma generation and volcanic activity, earthquakes, and critical mineral deposits.
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For more than a decade, the TomKat Center has connected Stanford students with paid summer internships at sustainability startups around the Bay Area and beyond.
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Stanford students are getting a head start on careers with education and leadership programs offered by the Woods Institute for the Environment. Izabella Smolnicka-Dos Santos integrated academic insight with real-world applications as a Forum for Undergraduate Environmental Leadership (FUEL) fellow focused on sustainability of agriculture and dairy in California.
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Stanford Ecopreneurship, a collaboration between the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and Stanford Graduate School of Business, shares highlights from courses, fellowships, and other programs in its 2025 annual report.
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The Global Sustainability Challenge is mobilizing college students worldwide to develop sustainability solutions for their communities. Stanford University will host the Americas finals Feb. 13, with 23 finalist teams from North and South America competing for six spots at the Global Finale in Munich in April.
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Team BioGangs designed a biodigester that uses invasive water hyacinth plants to generate biogas for low-income communities in Indonesia. In January, the group competed in the 2026 Global Sustainability Challenge’s regional finals for Pacific Asia and Australasia.
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A Stanford team has designed a dual-phase fuel cell to help people generate energy in the aftermath of a flood. On Feb. 13, the group will compete in the 2026 Global Sustainability Challenge’s regional finals for the Americas.
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A team of students from Nigeria, Peru, and India has designed a system that combines solar power and a biomass generator to help small-scale farmers efficiently dry crops such as cocoa and coffee. On Feb. 13-15, the group will compete in the 2026 Global Sustainability Challenge’s regional finals for Europe and Africa.
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The 2026 Stanford Global and Planetary Health Research Convening brought scholars together to discuss solutions and strategies to address health challenges and build resilience.
