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‘Stanford Columns’ expands campus arts district

The new public artwork installation by award-winning American sculptor and environmental artist Beverly Pepper is an iteration of an installation in Italy created specifically for the Stanford campus.

Teaching & Students

Bringing ‘great books’ to a Title I high school in Brooklyn

An ethics course based on Stanford’s Structured Liberal Education curriculum combined online and in-person teaching to inspire a group of first-generation, low-income high school students.

Law & Policy

Stanford’s Deborah Sivas on Supreme Court’s decision to limit EPA’s powers to fight climate change

Stanford law Professor and environmental law expert Deborah Sivas explains the key points of the SCOTUS decision to reduce the regulatory power of the EPA and discusses the implications for climate change.

Science & Technology

Four questions for Liz Hadly

The Stanford environmental biologist and global change specialist discusses recent flooding in Yellowstone National Park – and what it means for the future of the planet.

Science & Technology

New optical device could help solar arrays focus light, even under clouds

Researchers imagined, designed, and tested an elegant lens device that can efficiently gather light from all angles and concentrate it at a fixed output position.

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Social Sciences

What to know about disinformation and how to address it

Stanford scholars from across the social sciences are studying the threats disinformation poses to democracy. Here is some of their research.

Law & Policy

Reducing gun violence: Stanford scholars tackle the issue

Many Americans are raising complicated concerns about the causes and solutions to gun violence. Stanford scholars offer their research findings from a variety of perspectives.

Social Sciences

Understanding the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

A compilation of Stanford scholarship and insights into the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Medicine

‘Anti-hunger’ molecule forms after exercise, scientists discover

Stanford Medicine researchers and collaborators identified a molecule that staves off hunger post-exercise, which helps explain how exercise results in weight loss and could hold the key to kick-starting the process in people with metabolic disease.

Science & Technology

Bringing biodiversity to the surface

The Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions teamed up with partners in Palau to monitor one of the world's largest marine protected areas.

Medicine

Monkeypox test launched at Stanford Medicine to help combat global outbreak

Stanford Medicine now provides a test for the monkeypox virus. Rapid identification of infected people will help combat the virus’s spread and facilitate patient care.

Law & Policy

Key takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearings

Law Professor David Sklansky talks about the biggest revelations so far and what might come next.

Law & Policy

A constitutional earthquake: Jane Schacter on SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

Stanford law Professor Jane Schacter, an expert on constitutional law and sexuality, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion.

Law & Policy

Packed and loaded: John Donohue on Supreme Court’s guns decision

Stanford Law Professor John Donohue, an expert in gun law, discusses the Supreme Court decision to strike down New York’s law restricting the right of individuals to carry firearms outside of the home, expanding the scope of the individual constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Obituaries

Roger Shepard, pioneer in research on mental imagery, dies at 93

Awarded the National Medal of Science, Roger Shepard, professor emeritus of psychology at Stanford, introduced techniques for quantifying mental processes.

University Affairs

U.S. Department of Education proposes revisions to regulations for managing Title IX cases

Stanford will participate in the public comment process; university community members also are invited to do so.

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