New department broadens the scope of sustainability scholarship
The Department of Environmental Social Sciences incorporates the human element into interdisciplinary efforts to tackle humanity’s greatest sustainability challenges.
Doerr School fellowship attracts innovative scholars
The newest cohort of Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellows are practicing inclusive leadership while delving into ways to mitigate the effects of climate change on tribal communities, water resources, and plant life.
Indonesian President urges sustainability collaboration
President Joko Widodo of Indonesia spoke as part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability’s dean’s lecture series, where he discussed sustainability in Indonesia and the needs of the developing world.
Cui will step down as director of the Precourt Institute for Energy to focus on leading the Sustainability Accelerator at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. Roland Horne will serve as interim director of Precourt.
Living Laboratory Fellowship for Sustainability launches
The program supports student work on interdisciplinary projects that directly contribute to greening the university’s operations, including installing solar panels on the roof of the Terry Huffington Barn to power the O’Donohue Family Educational Farm.
Climate change’s impacts on wildlife can vary by sex
Research shows that understanding sex-specific responses to temperature fluctuations is key to slowing biodiversity loss. So why do so few environmental studies take these differences into account?
Energy use in U.S. cities to change dramatically by 2050
Extreme heat and population growth will increase the amount of electricity needed to cool urban buildings by at least 20% in some areas, according to Stanford-led research.
A thumbnail-sized optical sensor that detects environmental DNA in near-real time could help coastal communities monitor some of the world’s largest marine protected areas.
