In the News

Christine Garcia, geoscience specimen collection curator and manager, commenting on an ice age tooth that has been donated to the Doerr School of Sustainability after being found in an open space preserve in San Mateo County.

Debra Satz, dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, on the moral limits of markets and why some things should not be for sale.

Maxine Burkett, professor of environmental social sciences, on how attribution science could strengthen climate litigation.

Vayu Hill-Maini, assistant professor of bioengineering, on how we can harness the power of fungi to transform food waste into new foods and beverages.

Steve Palumbi, professor of oceans, on the limits of conventional reef restoration. His team is testing a low-cost way to identify corals that may tolerate warming waters.

At the third annual AI Summit @ Stanford, researchers, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs explored how to advance AI while reducing its potential harms.

A Stanford research team is helping youth-led nonprofit ConServe expand low-cost air-pollution monitoring at schools and in underserved communities.

Jamie Zeitzer, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on how the body’s circadian clock helps it anticipate daily needs.

Laura Jones, Stanford University archaeologist, on how flower farming’s small acreage requirements made it an accessible path to economic opportunity for immigrant families, many of whom got their start on land leased from Stanford.

New Stanford research finds that students left alone with an AI tutoring platform spent just two to five minutes interacting with it each week, raising questions about access versus meaningful use.