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Stanford’s Tech Ethics and Policy Fellowship illuminates the path to careers integrating social science and technical know-how in government, corporate, and nonprofit settings.

Provost Jenny Martinez in conversation with Justice Anthony Kennedy

Photo by Patrick Beaudouin

At a recent event hosted by McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, Justice Anthony Kennedy, ’58, offered a simple but profound lesson in decision-making: Start with why.

Justice Anthony Kennedy speaking with Provost Jenny Martinez

Photo by Patrick Beaudouin

“Justice Kennedy has been a model for many people of civility and decency and dialogue respectfully,” said Leif Wenar, faculty director for the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society. 

Various freshman students gathered at Meyer Green with boba in hand having conversation

Photography by Patrick Beaudouin

The contagious energy of the Summer Dialogue Mixer was evident in the hugs and smiles being exchanged among freshmen gathering at Meyer Green for their first in-person meeting. This vibrant energy…

Collage of Graduate Student Fellows
The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society is excited to welcome our new cohort of Graduate Student Fellows for 2025–2026! 

Through this program, graduate students from across Stanford come…