Alumni Spotlights

In 2022, IR Alumnus Lloyd Lyall published an article based on his Firestone Medal-winning honors thesis in the Journal of Peace Research: "Diverse Neighbors and Post-Conflict Recovery at the Village Level: Evidence from Iraq after ISIL," 59(4):…

Foreign Service Career Conversation

On May 17, students interested in a public service career had the opportunity to speak with Senior Foreign Service Officer and IR alum Katharine Beamer ‘01 in the IR office lounge. IR senior Deborah Jantz…

Stanford’s four ethnic community centers inducted five new members into the university’s Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame on October 22, an award honoring alumni with distinguished service to their communities and to society at large. The…

The Stanford Board of Trustees has elected 1988 IR Alum Clara Wu Tsai as a new member with a five-year term beginning Dec. 1. Clara is a businesswoman, investor and philanthropist with a lifelong passion for advancing knowledge, culture and arts…

IR Alum Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) ’79 spoke at an event on Stanford's inaugural Democracy Day (November 2). Senator Merkley called for active civic engagement to counter major threats to American democracy caused by increasing polarization,…