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Wearable tech expedites eye surgeries in Ghana

A group of Stanford students from Design for Extreme Affordability are transforming patient data collection and analysis for a nonprofit that performs vision-restoring surgeries for people with cataract-induced blindness.

Social Sciences

The psychological toll of George Floyd’s murder

As the nation mourned the death of George Floyd, more Black Americans than white Americans felt angry or sad – a finding that reveals the racial disparities of grief.

Humanities

The story behind the modern university

Stanford GSE Professor Emily J. Levine explores the history of the research university and the lessons it offers for academic leaders today.

Science & Technology

History project centers on marginalized Bay Area community

Stanford historians, including PhD student Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin, are illuminating the complex story of environmental damage in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood.

Social Sciences

Conversations about race between Black and white friends can feel risky, but are valuable

New research about how friends approach talking about their race-related experiences with each other reveals concerns but also the potential that these conversations have to strengthen relationships and further intergroup learning.

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Faculty & Staff

Molecular fossil hunter

Geomicrobiologist Paula Welander has come to see microbes as a system for grappling with complex questions about life, evolution and ancient Earth.

Science & Technology

Blue food revolution

Hunger, malnutrition and obesity affect billions of people. A first-of-its-kind comprehensive review of the so-called blue foods sector reveals challenges and opportunities for creating a healthier, more sustainable, equitable and resilient global food system.

Science & Technology

Wearable technology research at Stanford

From developing innovative means of production to testing the quality of commercially available products, Stanford researchers are enthusiastically involved in improving wearable technologies.

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Awards

Three faculty are announced as HHMI investigators

Three researchers join 21 other Stanford faculty as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators. The seven-year term frees faculty to pursue the most innovative biomedical research.

Science & Technology

Got a problem? Think like a designer

Creative Acts for Curious People, a new book by Sarah Stein Greenberg, makes the Stanford d.school’s approach to problem-solving accessible to anyone.

Science & Technology

New research looks to lower the high cost of desalination

A suite of analytical tools makes it easier for innovators to identify promising research directions in making saltwater potable.

Medicine

Statins may be effective treatment for patients with ulcerative colitis

People with ulcerative colitis who are also taking statins have about a 50% decreased risk of colectomies and hospitalization, according to a Stanford Medicine study.

Medicine

When can you vaccinate your kids? What we know as FDA prepares to consider data from studies

Stanford pediatricians helped conduct clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines for children. Data from the study will be submitted to the Food and Drug Administration for consideration.

Awards

$1.3 million for three new Stanford research projects to reinvent plastics and their use

Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy and Woods Institute for the Environment will fund three new research projects to make and use plastics more sustainably.

Social Sciences

Teaching students the paths to power

The basic lessons of Jeffrey Pfeffer’s perennially popular business school course are simple. Putting them into practice is not.

Campus Life

Stanford welcomes the Class of 2025

Students and staff greet incoming frosh from the Class of 2025 as they move into their residence halls. President Marc Tessier-Lavigne joins the students for a class photo at Frost Amphitheater.

Campus Life

At Convocation, new students urged to purposefully engage

In a ceremony that marks the beginning of the academic year, Stanford welcomed the newest and largest cohort of young scholars – 2,131 first-year students and 66 transfer students – and their families and friends to the university.

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