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Equipped with grippy but not sticky gecko-inspired adhesives, the robotic gripper could be particularly well-suited for tasks such as collecting debris and servicing satellites.

A chemical engineering professor discusses how he learned to be a better educator: "I love supporting my graduate students and helping move them along their way."

A geneticist explains why biology, a field once thought relatively removed from mathematics, is quickly becoming a hotbed of computational science.

A civil and environmental engineer describes how engineering is designing better built environments that shape rather than bend to the will of the wind.

The Turing Award-winning computer scientist discusses his path to Stanford and how his approach to working with students is informed by his work with the cofounder of Pixar.

An aptitude for athletics helped transform a professor of management science and engineering from a rice farmer during China’s Cultural Revolution into a world-renowned scholar.