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  • Full-circle fuels

    With support from the TomKat Center, two Stanford alumni are working to transform biowaste such as palm fibers into oil feedstocks for advanced fuels.

    TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy
  • Howard Qin, BS Math ’24, MS Sustainability Science & Practice ’26, hosted a fireside chat with Professor Steven Chu, Nobel physics laureate and former Secretary of Energy, as part of Stanford Climate Week. President Jonathan Levin gave opening remarks.

  • Throughout roles in the White House, U.S. State Department, and academia, Maxine Burkett has focused on the relationship between environmental change and inequity, its impact on communities, and how law and policy can help build a better world for all.

  • Stanford students are getting a head start on careers with education and leadership programs offered by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. In the first of a new student spotlight series, we talk with Aria Grossman, a junior who gained valuable research and on-the-job experience through the Mentoring Undergraduates in Interdisciplinary Research (MUIR) program. 

    Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
  • Sustainability science and practice master's student Kaitlyn Sanchez spent the summer with Auckland Council, a local government body in New Zealand, as part of an internship through the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. She researched approaches to economic development within a changing climate and environment while learning about climate issues and initiatives in the region.