Scholar insights

Bunmi Fariyike (2021 cohort) and Kathy Hu (2022 cohort) highlight the importance of empathy and storytelling in healthcare, sharing how Through Their Eyes, a KHS KHeystone Project, centers shared human experiences amid illness.

Gil Joseph (2025 cohort) recalls a childhood summer in Haiti when a cousin’s diary and a blank notebook helped him make sense of loss.

After working as a preschool and high school teacher, Ayodele Theard-Lewis (2025 cohort) explores how humility, not authority, builds trust and empathy in the classroom.

Deciding how and when to die is a human right, argues Josefina Miró Quesada Gayoso (2025 cohort).

Yujie Tao's (2023 cohort) research is motivated by the goal of building systems that actually reconnect us to the present.

A childhood lesson in delayed gratification takes on new meaning as Austin Taylor (2025 cohort) reflects on the courage and sacrifice required to pursue a dream.

Carlota Parés-Morlans (2025 cohort) reflects on how sharing the struggles behind success can inspire others to keep pursuing their dreams.

Gevin Reynolds (2025 cohort) makes the case that the SAVE America Act would suppress youth turnout and undermine decades of hard-won voting access.

Research from Philip Onffroy (2023 cohort) shows how precisely designed carbon architectures could power next-generation batteries, reactors, and even nuclear fusion energy.

Sophia Pribus (2025 cohort) shares how choosing curiosity in a divided world helps bring us closer together.

Gun violence has become part of daily life. Dara Drake (2025 cohort) reflects on choosing love, courage, and community.

While the threat is real, safeguards to reduce AI risks to U.S. elections are already within reach, argues Aneesh Pappu (2025 cohort).

Although nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands ended 70 years ago, Kylie Jones (2024 cohort) recalls the harm and its ongoing consequences in an essay and short film.

Siwaar Abouhala (2025 cohort) considers how embracing imperfection, grounding in community, and redefining “why medicine” are guiding her early days at Stanford School of Medicine.

In his latest investigation, Eli Cahan (2019 cohort) reveals how psychiatric hospitals illegally turn people away in mental health crises with few consequences.

Alina Santander Vinokurova (2024 cohort) returns to her homeland, where history, landscapes, and myths first trained her to be curious, seek connections, and honor complexity.

A new paper from Kate Reinmuth (2022 cohort) shows commercialization doesn’t stifle academic discovery; in fact, licensing can fuel more university research.

Sydney Hunt (2023 cohort) asks: What happens when you genuinely engage with someone whose entire framework for understanding the world is dramatically different from your own?

An adoptee, Emerson Victoria Johnston (2023 cohort) explores how communities mold identity and why diverse ecosystems drive progress.

After her year as a Quad Fellow, Afi Tagnedji (2024 cohort) shares how science, technology, and diplomacy can bridge divides and drive solutions to shared global challenges.