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San Francisco Chronicle —

California is ‘ground zero’ for poor air quality, and getting bad

Article quotes Marshall Burke, associate professor at the Doerr School of Sustainability and senior fellow at FSI, SIEPR, and the Woods Institute for the Environment, arguing climate change will increase air pollution from wildfire smoke.

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Politico —

Who pays when AI goes rogue?

Article quotes Michelle Mello, professor of law and of health policy, on how legal rules will need to evolve as AI is more and more used in medical situations.

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The San Francisco Chronicle —

PG&E storm outages: Why power restoration was challenging

Quotes Michael Wara, policy director for the Sustainability Accelerator at the Doerr School of Sustainability and director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program and senior research scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment, arguing the biggest drivers of higher power rates are wildfires.

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The Washington Post —

Everyone is using the Apple Vision Pro all wrong

Quotes Jeremy Bailenson, professor of communication and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on how mixed reality should not be used for "unending engagement."

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The Guardian —

‘Life-saving’: EPA tightens US pollution controls on soot

Quotes Marshall Burke, associate professor at the Doerr School of Sustainability and senior fellow at FSI, SIEPR and the Woods Institute for the Environment, lauding the EPA’s strengthened pollution standards.

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The Washington Post —

Why record rain hasn’t washed away California’s water woes

Reports on Stanford research that looked at how extreme weather can limit the landscapes' ability to absorb rain.

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The New Yorker —

Where will virtual reality take us?

References Stanford research showing the disadvantages in camera-based mixed reality.

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Wired —

Taylor Swift conspiracy theorists get psyops all wrong

Reports on work by the Stanford Internet Observatory that looked at the result of a Pentagon effort to use dummy social media accounts to spread propaganda.

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The Wall Street Journal —

In the battle over early algebra, parents are winning

Cites a Stanford study that found delaying Algebra I to ninth grade did not affect the numbers of Black and Latino students taking the course.

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New York Times —

Students are making a ‘surprising’ rebound from pandemic closures. But some may never catch up

Article quotes Sean Reardon, professor at the Graduate School of Education, on the academic ground regained by students post-pandemic.

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