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President Biden’s busy first day

Stanford scholars reflect on the sweeping number of executive actions President Biden ordered on his first day in office, including pledges to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration, the climate crisis and racial injustice.

University Affairs

Stanford continues to adjust to the pandemic challenges

President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Provost Persis Drell and Medical School Dean Lloyd Minor brought the campus community up to date Thursday with news of the university’s adjustments to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

Medicine

Stanford Medicine launches large-scale surveillance of coronavirus variants in Bay Area

Stanford Medicine researchers, including Benjamin Pinsky, are screening diagnostic samples to identify known coronavirus variants circulating in the Bay Area, including those from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.

Faculty & Staff

Clayborne Carson reflects on a life spent studying civil rights and Martin Luther King Jr.

Debuting at a campus virtual event, this video tribute to history Professor Clayborne Carson celebrates a life spent studying Martin Luther King Jr. and the movements King inspired.

Science & Technology

A new way to forecast beach water quality

Using water samples and environmental data gathered over 48 hours or less, Stanford engineers develop a new predictive technique for forecasting coastal water quality, a critical step in protecting public health and the ocean economy.

In the Spotlight

Social Sciences

The bid picture: Nobel prize winners explain auction theory, collaboration

If designed correctly, auctions can distribute resources fairly, according to Stanford economists Robert Wilson and Paul Milgrom. The pair were awarded the 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.

In The Spotlight

At Stanford 2020: Year in review

Looking back at what has been a turbulent year, the Stanford community has found new ways to come together to learn and to work, while also advancing research to address problems posed by the pandemic.

University Affairs

Stanford’s Long-Range Vision focused on accelerating university impact

Initiatives that arose out of the university’s Long-Range Vision have been making progress toward the goal of accelerating Stanford's impact in the world. That includes launching new programs to address urgent challenges and expanding our excellence in research and education.

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University Affairs

Faculty input sought for new climate and sustainability school

Following deliberations by a Blueprint Advisory Committee in the fall, leaders are seeking faculty input on proposals for the new school’s structure, composition and areas of focus.

Humanities

New book reflects passage of time in maps

Maps document time as well as space, Stanford scholars’ new book demonstrates.

University Affairs

Update on undergraduate planning

Provost Persis Drell and Vice Provost for Student Affairs Susie Brubaker-Cole sent the following message to students and their families, which includes steps in the planning process for spring quarter.

Science & Technology

Controlling chemistry with sculpted light

Using state-of-the-art fabrication and imaging, researchers watched the consequences of adding sculpted light to a catalyst during a chemical transformation. This work could inform more efficient – and potentially new – forms of catalysis.

Science & Technology

Linking piped water, health and gender equality

New Stanford research finds installing piped water in rural Zambian homes frees up time in the daily lives of women and girls, while also promoting economic growth and food security – making an argument for piped water infrastructure investments across rural, low-income areas.

Medicine

Study reveals immune driver of brain aging

Scientists have identified a key factor in mental aging and shown that it might be prevented or reversed by fixing a glitch in the immune system’s front-line soldiers.

Science & Technology

Lead poisoning of children

A remediation and public education effort at an abandoned battery recycling facility in Bangladesh eliminated most lead soil contamination, but levels of the toxic metal in children living near the site did not decrease nearly as much. The discrepancy reveals the scope of other lead exposure sources and the challenge they present to public health.

Law & Policy

President Biden’s busy first day

Stanford continues to adjust to the pandemic challenges

Stanford Medicine launches large-scale surveillance of coronavirus variants in Bay Area

Clayborne Carson reflects on a life spent studying civil rights and Martin Luther King Jr.

A new way to forecast beach water quality

In the Spotlight

The bid picture: Nobel prize winners explain auction theory, collaboration

At Stanford 2020: Year in review

Stanford’s Long-Range Vision focused on accelerating university impact

More Stories

Faculty input sought for new climate and sustainability school

New book reflects passage of time in maps

Update on undergraduate planning

Controlling chemistry with sculpted light

Linking piped water, health and gender equality

Study reveals immune driver of brain aging

Lead poisoning of children

Open carry laws, guns on Capitol Hill and a police force outgunned by militias

Research during the COVID-19 pandemic

Fellowship on global health reporting helps doctors tell their stories

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