Conversation so far:
When was Marissa Mayer born?
CANNOTANSWER.
Where did she grow up?
Mayer was born in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Where did she go to school?
Wausau West High School.
Did she go to college?
Mayer took pre-med classes at Stanford University.
Did she get a degree?
Mayer went on to graduate with honors from Stanford with a BS in symbolic systems in 1997 and an MS in computer science in 1999.

Question: What else was important about this time period?
Self-contained rewrite: What else was important about her education time period in addition to Mayer's time at Stanford?