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Upcoming Opportunities

Keep your mind moving with events online and near you.

Oct
17
Faculty Speaker/Panel

EventLivestream: Microlectures from Reunion Homecoming 2025 (external link)

  • Date: 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM PDT
Oct
22
Alumni Speaker/Panel

EventWhat Every Board Needs to Know About Cybersecurity (external link)

  • Date: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
  • Location: Virtual event — Link provided with registration.
Subjects:
  • Business
  • Career
  • Engineering/Technology
Oct
23
Virtual
Alumni Speaker/Panel, Social/Networking

EventThe new tax bill: For entrepreneurs, investors, and early-stage shareholders (co-host with the MIT Club of Northern California) (external link)

  • Date: 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM PDT
  • Location: zoom
Subjects:
  • Advice & Insights
  • Business
  • Entrepreneurship
Oct
29
Alumni Speaker/Panel, Social/Networking

EventCollege Sports Past, Present and Will There Be a Future? (external link)

  • Date: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
  • Location: Rye Free Reading RoomCity: Rye
  • Region: Northeast
Subjects:
  • Athletics
Oct
29
Virtual
Faculty Speaker/Panel

EventProf. David Lobell, PhD '05 - Feeding Nine Billion (FSE) (external link)

  • Date: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
  • Location: Virtual - Zoom link provided closer to the event
Subjects:
  • Career
Oct
30
Virtual
Faculty Speaker/Panel

EventOrdinary Magic: How We Can Put Doubts to Rest And Thrive with Stanford Professor Greg Walton, '00 (external link)

  • Date: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
  • Location: Virtual event on Zoom

Asking the Big Questions

Explore the latest Stanford research about topics ranging from sustainability to artificial intelligence to literature.

video: The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

(external link)

from Stanford Alumni Education

Stanford has long been at the forefront of scholarship about King’s legacy through the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. Tenisha Armstrong, ’06, and Lerone Martin discuss the institute’s mission and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project.

Respect Your Biological Clock

(external link)

from Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Erin Gibson, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, discusses how important our circadian rhythms are for our health and well-being and what happens if we don’t pay attention to these daily rhythms.

drawing of brain person with lightbulb over their desk

Brain Food in Your Inbox

Feed your curiosity with our Food for Thought newsletter, which brings the latest learning opportunities and insights from Stanford faculty directly to you.

Meet Some of Our Faculty Experts

Our world-renowned Stanford faculty and scholars bring deep knowledge and rich expertise that set our learning programs apart.

Martha Crenshaw

Political Science

Martha is a senior fellow emerita in the Center for International Security and Cooperation, part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

Rob Dunbar

Earth Systems Science

The Keck Professor of Earth Sciences, Rob is interested in global climate change and how we translate scientific knowledge into better policies and practices to promote the sustainable use of the Earth.

Caroline Winterer

History

A professor in Stanford’s history department since 2004 and director of the Stanford Humanities Center from 2013 to 2019, Caroline studies the exchange of ideas between Europe and America.