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STANFORD magazine —

Seeing the signs

Mariella Satow’s company makes Netflix and Disney+ movies accessible to kids who are deaf or hard of hearing.

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Stanford Law School —

‘Credential creep’ and the American Dream

The end of race-based affirmative action is an opportunity to think creatively about the role of higher education in our society, says Stanford Law’s Ralph Richard Banks.

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IDEAL strategic plan released

The plan, which was developed to share the institutional vision for IDEAL and to address concerns raised in the 2021 IDEAL Climate Survey, outlines next steps for creating transformative change in campus culture.

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Stanford Engineering —

Treating mental health in the context of faith

Rania Awaad, who studies mental health in U.S. Muslim communities, says Islamic approaches offer lessons that can be applied in other religious and spiritual communities.

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Stanford Medicine —

Two common diseases drive racial gap in birth outcomes

Hypertension and iron-deficiency anemia contribute significantly to racial disparities in childbirth complications, according to a pair of new studies.

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Campus events planned for National Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April

Stanford’s SHARE Title IX Office is planning a series of events for the month of April in recognition of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).

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Stanford Medicine —

Training physicians and algorithms in dermatology diversity

Researchers are addressing bias in algorithms that detect dermatology diseases by adding more diverse skin tone images to data sets.

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Students now have more inclusive pronoun options in Axess

In an effort toward creating a more inclusive university, the campus data system Axess now offers students more options to self-identify.

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Stanford News —

Overturning immigration myths

In a new book, Ran Abramitzky and his co-author trace millions of immigrant lives to understand how they – and their children – thrived in the United States.

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2022 President’s Awards for Excellence Through Diversity

Stanford honored PhD candidate Sedona Murphy, clinical associate professor of radiology Peter Poullos, and Residential & Dining Enterprises with the 2022 President’s Awards for Excellence Through Diversity for their exceptional contributions to enhancing and supporting diversity within the university community.

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