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Aya Mouallem (2020 cohort) is creating a tool to help blind and low-vision electrical engineering students simulate circuits and collaborate with their sighted colleagues.

Boomitra, founded by KH scholar Aadith Moorthy (2018 cohort), has been awarded the 2023 Earthshot Prize in the “Fix Our Climate” category.

Thay Graciano (2023 cohort) spent her summer with the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab, working on a database to help monitor survivors of trafficking in Brazil.

Denning House, the treehouse-inspired home of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, welcomes visitors to its public tours.

Students harnessed big data with guidance from faculty, industry mentors to propose fresh solutions to wildland fire issues. Jierui Fang (2021 cohort) is part of the winning team.

Staffing challenges led to thousands of missed calls, call center officials say. Reporting by Eli Cahan (2019 cohort).

Since 2016, Knight-Hennessy Scholars has been preparing emerging leaders to solve complex challenges in the modern world.

Freja Ekman, 2021 cohort, and Isabel Orlanes Gallegos, 2023 cohort, are among the recipients.

Led by 11 Knight-Hennessy scholars, "Through Their Eyes" was started as a KHeystone Project.

The new cohort of 85 scholars is the largest to date and, for the first time, includes current Stanford doctoral students.

Jill Grey Ferguson, 2021 Cohort

Two Knight-Hennessy scholars, Freja Ekman and Desmond Edwards, have received The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.

The Stanford community and the general public are invited to tour the home of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, enjoy the surrounding scenery, and experience its world-class art.

Knight-Hennessy scholar Kavya Sreedhar among first cohort of Quad Fellows

Featuring Executive Director Tina Seelig on entrepreneurship, failure resumes, and the cost of dreaming small

Two Knight-Hennessy scholars are amongst 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30

Forbes Japan looks at leadership and Stanford featuring Tomo Kumahira

Among the fifteen Stanford students named Siebel Scholars is Knight-Hennessy scholar Elizabeth Rosenblatt.

Five Stanford GSB students were named 2023 Siebel Scholars, including Knight-Hennessy scholar Elizabeth Rosenblatt

By: Tina Seelig, Executive Director

Impactful public service projects and an increasingly diverse network of scholars are among the highlights of the first years of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program