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Chloe Mendoza, ’25 was awarded a Chappell Lougee Scholarship for her project investigating Latin Spanish language ideologies in Fresno County.

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Inquiry, investigation, and discovery

are at the heart of Stanford’s mission. Every faculty member is engaged in groundbreaking original scholarship, and as an undergraduate, you can join faculty in their work in laboratories, libraries, studios, and beyond. Imagine how you can connect your classroom learning and intellectual interests as you work on an independent project under faculty mentorship.

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Francesca Fernandes, ’25 was awarded a Major Grant to support her honors thesis project in theoretical physics entitled “Extending the Antipodal Duality.”

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As part of her ongoing series called "Arborescence," Major Grant recipient Jackie Liu, ’25 explored the collapsing of the binary between humans and nature as a way to interrogate contemporary ecological crises for her Art Practice honors thesis project.

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Evan Miksovsky, ’25 was awarded a Major Grant to support his history honors thesis project investigating political and public discourse of opium in North America with anti-opium campaigns in China in the late 19th and early 20th century. See more current research projects 

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