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Planning for healthy corals and communities

To understand trade-offs for coastal communities along the Mesoamerican Reef, new research looks at watershed interventions regionally versus nationally.

University Affairs

Faculty Senate adjusts calendar of certain academic years

The Faculty Senate voted to adjust the start dates of certain academic years that conflict with the onset of Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashanah.

Social Sciences

The future of finance is digital

Virtually all countries are exploring the use of a central bank digital currency, Darrell Duffie says. “It’s hard to imagine that 100 years from now, people will be reaching into their pockets and pulling out grubby bits of paper.”

Science & Technology

Safer sun protection

Conventional sunscreen ingredients can damage coral reefs and human health. An immunologist and a marine ecologist teamed up to develop a better approach.

Science & Technology

A ‘critical step forward’ for protecting marine ecosystems

The team behind a tiny optical sensor that uses light to measure DNA in seawater explains why it could revolutionize the study of marine biodiversity.

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Teaching & Students

Stanford visit sparks high schoolers’ interests

High school students visited the university as part of Stanford’s Introduction to Bioengineering, a dual-credit course program that provides talented students in low-income communities with access to advanced material while encouraging them to apply to selective colleges.

Arts & Creativity

Stanford’s 2024 spring and summer quarter guest artists

Rapper and singer Blxst, comedian Zarna Garg, and Tony-winner David Henry Hwang, ’79, who will deliver the Rathbun Lecture on a Meaningful Life, are just a few of the artists who will share their work with the Stanford community in the coming months.

Arts & Creativity

Learning the history of evolution and primatology

An exhibition and undergraduate course at Stanford examines the peculiar scrutiny people have placed on their primate relatives to better understand the human condition.

Planning for healthy corals and communities

Faculty Senate adjusts calendar of certain academic years

The future of finance is digital

Safer sun protection

A ‘critical step forward’ for protecting marine ecosystems

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Stanford visit sparks high schoolers’ interests

Stanford’s 2024 spring and summer quarter guest artists

Learning the history of evolution and primatology

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