Stories published in 2024

News articles classified as Stories published in 2024

Stanford Graduate School of Education —

School segregation is on the rise

A new report finds racial and economic segregation among schools has grown steadily in large school districts over the past 30 years – an increase that appears to be driven by policy decisions, not demographic changes.

Hoover Institution —

Corporate governance matters most to investors

Big investors believe climate change will impact their portfolios in the coming years, a new report finds, but climate considerations aren’t driving their investment decisions.

Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

Survival is success in Mexico City rehab centers

A new book by Angela Garcia describes a troubling type of underground residential treatment program that has emerged to help Mexico City’s poor survive drug violence.

STANFORD magazine —

Meet Caeden Greene

The co-terminal junior and master’s student in mechanical engineering shares his passions for street food, fast cars, and slow pursuits.

People with gas and propane stoves breathe more unhealthy nitrogen dioxide

A new study of air pollution in U.S. homes reveals how much gas and propane stoves increase people’s exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant linked to childhood asthma. Even in bedrooms far from kitchens, concentrations frequently exceed health limits while stoves are on and for hours after burners and ovens are turned off.

Stanford Medicine —

Neuropsychiatry and sandwiches

How Karl Deisseroth’s lunches for a group of scientists, physicians, engineers, and students produced a silo-busting program to probe neuropsychiatric disease.

Stanford Athletics —

The Farm report

Three teams win Pac-12 championships, Stanford baseball clinches the series over Cal, and Joshua Karty is drafted by the LA Rams. Catch up on the latest athletics news.

Stanford Medicine —

Why exercise is so good for you

A Stanford Medicine-led effort to map the molecular changes linked to exercise and health offers the broadest picture yet of why, in the health arena, sweat is king.