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Rahul Thapa (2023 cohort) is the co-lead author of a first-of-its-kind study to use AI to analyze very large-scale sleep data.

The U.S. government needs a strategy to safeguard the supply of elements crucial to technology, energy, and defense, writes Gabe Malek (2024 cohort).

Austin Taylor's (2025 cohort) debut novel, "Notes on Infinity", blends traditional campus themes with biotech innovation.

Kelsey Freeman’s (2022 cohort) new role with Stanford and the California Energy Commission aims to change persistent barriers that tribal nations face in accessing state clean-energy programs (Stanford Energy)

David Millman (2024 cohort) explains why a campus sexual violence bill should be passed in Virginia.

New research led by Yannai Kashtan (2020 cohort) finds gas stoves can push indoor nitrogen dioxide to unsafe levels—sometimes rivaling outdoor pollution—especially in smaller homes.

A new audio-augmented wearable from Yujie Tao (2023 cohort) uses everyday sound cues to heighten awareness and boost mindfulness in an increasingly attention-strained world.

As colon cancer rises among young Americans, Tania Fabo (2020 cohort) urges action on the structural inequities—from food access to healthcare cuts—driving unequal outcomes.

Gevin Reynolds (2025 cohort) discusses the controversy surrounding the Washington NFL team's name, and the potential for its new stadium to be renamed.

Joe Nail, Alex Romano (both 2023 cohort), and Adrien Richez (2024 cohort) honor Veterans' Day by carrying the American flag 145 miles from Death Valley to Mount Whitney.

KHS Founder and Director John L. Hennessy discusses the transformation of higher education, innovation challenges, and more.

MetaChat, a design framework by Robert Lupoiu (2021 cohort), automates high-performance photonic layouts, enabling rapid design of complex metasurfaces.

Hari Ramachandran (2020 cohort) co-created a more energy dense storage material for iron-based batteries, which could improve applications in MRI technology & magnetic levitation.

Monique Santoso's (2024 cohort) research shows how virtual reality can make faraway climate impacts feel immediate and personally relevant.

Hundreds of thousands of American kids are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize, reports Eli Cahan (2019 cohort).

Yousuf Khan (2018 cohort) will use his NIH grant to further his lab's research into the mechanisms of how RNAs fold, function, and exert themselves in the cell.

Conor Leen and Matt Rojas (both 2023 cohort) see AI as the key to unlocking innovation and talent in wholesale distribution —a sector that sits at the heart of the global economy.

Andrew Leon Hanna (2020 cohort) was selected as one of the 100 GSB Centennial Alumni Catalysts.

KHS advisory board member Drew Bent (2018 cohort) discusses a study he co-led on how educators around the world are using AI.

Gil Sander Joseph (2025 cohort) shares how a teenage rivalry in Port-au-Prince middle school classrooms grew into a lifelong friendship that inspires success.