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Daphne Koller: How machine learning is transforming drug discovery

A veteran of the age of artificial intelligence explains why she left academia for a chance to try to change the pharmaceutical industry.

‘The state of the nation is dependent on getting equity right’

In this podcast episode, an expert in racial and economic equity explains why ending discrimination is a democratic, economic, and national imperative.

All together now

Stanford Medicine takes aim at COVID-19.

5 tips for safer voting during the COVID-19 pandemic

Planning to vote in person during the pandemic? Here's a list of practical steps to reduce your risk of coronavirus infection.

Researchers blend CAT scans and advanced computing to fight wildfires

Engineers used X-ray CT scans to study how wood catches fire and fused that knowledge into a computer simulation to predict where forest fires will strike and spread.

Initial economic damage from the COVID-19 pandemic more widespread across ages and geographies than initial mortality impacts

Maria Polyakova and colleagues examine how the pandemic impacted individual livelihoods depending on where people live, as well as the age of coronavirus victims.

Stanford GSE conference explores educational equity during COVID-19

When a child’s quality of life outweighs the next test or procedure

Stanford Medicine social scientist Meghan Halley has learned to embrace uncertainty when making medical decisions for her 5-year-old son, Philip, who has an undiagnosed genetic disorder with physical and medical complications that never end.

A dangerous mix of polarization and uncertainty during election time

How to ensure a free and fair election during a pandemic

On the World Class Podcast, Nathaniel Persily weighs in on the risk of voter fraud, questions about mail-in ballots and his work with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project.