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Stanford University was founded in 1885 by California senator Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, “to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization.” Stanford University today comprises seven schools and 18 interdisciplinary institutes with more than 16,000 students, 2,100 faculty and 1,800 postdoctoral scholars. Stanford is an international institution, enrolling students from all 50 U.S. states and 91 other countries. It is also an athletics powerhouse, with 900 current student-athletes and a history of 128 national titles and 22 consecutive Learfield Sports Directors’ Cups, awarded to the top intercollegiate athletics program in the nation.

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Projects

Project Shiva

Project Shiva

Work and Economic Growth

Robotic third arm to augment human ability

Lifely

Lifely

Health and Well-being

A website to enable end-of-life planning

CCSNet.ai

CCSNet.ai

Clean energy

Fast-tracking subsurface simulations for CO2 storage, advancing carbon reduction efforts