CORES Annual Symposium Recap: On-Demand Videos, Photos, and Awards!

Thank you to everyone who made the 2025 CORES Annual Symposium a success!

The fifth annual CORES Symposium held on May 20, 2025, convened an impressive group of exceptional educators, innovators, and thought leaders who explored the transformative potential of this year’s focus on “Connecting Open Science and Open Education.” The event featured three engaging guest speakers:

Richard Baraniuk (Rice University), founder of the OpenStax open textbook initiative
Chris Piech (Stanford University), founder of Code In Place
Jeff Miller (Harvard University), founder of the MathematicalMonk YouTube channel

The gathering also highlighted Stanford Open Educational Resource (OER) initiatives from across campus.

In addition, all annual Open Science Awards winners were recognized at the symposium. Congratulations!

Open Science Champion Prize

Sherri Rose, Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Health Policy Data Science Lab
Robb Willer, Professor of Sociology, and by courtesy, of Psychology and of Organizational Behavior

Open Science Innovator Prize

Meghan Shea, PhD Candidate, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
Veronica Boyce, PhD Student, Department of Psychology

Stanford Open Source Software Prize

HELM (Holistic Evaluation of Language Models)
DADA2 (Divisive Amplicon Denoising Algorithm)

OpenSource@Stanford Community Prize

James Douglass, Software Architect, Natural Capital Project
Fatima Pardo, Basic Life Research Scientist, Structural Biology

Stanford University Libraries Data Sharing Prize

Ayako Kawano, PhD Candidate, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
David Roberts, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in the Bertozzi Lab, Department of Chemistry and Sarafan ChEM-H
Natural Capital Project

2025 CORES Symposium On-Demand Videos

We invite you to revisit the sessions on our YouTube channel and to relive the memorable event through the photo gallery below (photos by Paul Sakuma).