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35 Year Honorees

We're continuously striving to improve as an employer, and are honored to have been recognized in the Bay Area and beyond. 

  • 2023 Campus Race to Zero Waste competition: 1st place in the “Food Organics” category and 2nd place in the “Per Capita Recycling '' category for large campuses
  • 2022 Platinum Award rating in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) conducted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in recognition of our sustainability achievements
  • 2020 Green College Honor Roll, Princeton Review
  • 2019 Platinum Rating for Sustainability by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
  • The League of American Bicyclists, Bicycle Friendly University Platinum Award, 2019-2023
  • Forbes and Statista: America's Best Large Employers, 2019
  • Princeton Review's Green College Honor Roll for 2019; one of 26 institutions in the United States honored for our commitment to sustainability
  • 2017 Platinum Rating for Sustainability by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
  • 2017 American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) Innovation Contest, for an urban water engineering project called AcquaCharge
  • 2016 Gold Rating for Sustainability by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
  • 2016 Gold Rating for Sustainability by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
  • Princeton Review's Green College Honor Roll for 2016; one of 24 institutions in the United States honored for our commitment to sustainability
  • 2015 Best Places to Work in the SF Bay Area in the large companies category
  • 2015 WorldatWork Alliance for Work-Life Progress Seal of Distinction for leadership in workplace strategies that help employees achieve work-life effectiveness
  • 2014 Gold Rating for Sustainability by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
  • Glassdoor's Top 25 Universities to Work For 2013
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education,2013 Great Colleges to Work For
  • Working Mother 100 Best Companies, 2012
  • 2012 Best Places to Work in the Bay Area
  • 2012 Top Places to Work in the Bay Area
  • Best Workplaces for Commuters, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of Florida, 2002–2012
  • Platinum Level Bicycle Friendly University, League of American Bicyclists, 2011-2015
  • Second Place Sustainability Award for Education and Outreach, for Stanford Dining, the National Association of College & University Food Services, 2012
  • Gold Rating, Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System, the highest overall campus sustainability rating level awarded to date from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2012

View a full list of sustainability-focused awards »

View our current staff job openings on the Stanford Careers website. View open faculty positions on this aggregate listing (some of our seven schools list faculty openings separately), or visit each of the seven school websites listed on the university's main website.