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'Secret sauce' makes hybrid Stanford courses engaging to high school students in under-resourced communities
Required for all courses Stanford offers in this space, student teaching fellows make the difference, providing a personal layer of support through varied, robust coaching..
January 17, 2025
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Learners with disabilities benefit from more complex reading instruction
Stanford education scholars Chris Lemons and Lakshmi Balasubramanian share strategies for helping students with intellectual and developmental disabilities learn to read.
January 16, 2025
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Community Engagement Impact Projects announced for 2025
The Office of Community Engagement supports Stanford’s Community Engagement Hubs to deepen research, education and service connections with community partners.
January 16, 2025
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Efforts to build wildfire resilience at Stanford are heating up
Stanford’s campus has become a living lab for testing innovative fire management techniques, from AI-powered environmental sensors to a firebreak-creating “BurnBot.”
November 18, 2024
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Immersive technology calms kids fears at local vaccine clinic
From Space Burgers to Whack-A-Chicken, VR games and other tailored tech turn getting a flu shot into a playful experience.
November 18, 2024
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University pays tribute to soldiers in Veterans Day celebration with City of Palo Alto
Stanford Daily
November 14, 2024
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Stanford launches center focused on human and planetary health
The new interdisciplinary hub seeks to address the interconnected challenges of health and environmental sustainability.
October 31, 2024
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Stanford's Institute for Advancing Just Societies launches new initiatives
“In the social sciences, we’re really good at diagnosing inequity,” co-director Tomás Jiménez said. “What we want to amplify is not only the diagnostics but also the solutions.”
October 31, 2024
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When the lung cancer patient is a beloved Stanford teacher and physician, learning gets personal
With precious time, Dr. Bryant Lin is teaching a unique class, 'From Diagnosis to Dialogue."
October 25, 2024
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Immersive technology calms kids fears at local vaccine clinic
From Space Burgers to Whack-A-Chicken, VR games and other tailored tech turn getting a flu shot into a playful experience.
October 23, 2024
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Stanford's land portfolio is harnessed as a living lab to test innovative fire management
From AI-powered fire sensors to a firebreak-creating 'Burnbot' device, new techniques often get tried out through the Wildfire Resilience Program.
October 11, 2024
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New signs alert visitors to Lake Lagunita basin's usage
Stanford students and conservationists remind visitors that the lake in its dry state still supports wildlife and ongoing conservation research.
October 02, 2024
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Rare plant found only in the Bay Area awakened by intentional burning at Jasper Ridge
Known as a 'fire follower,' the western bewildering bushmallow, whose seeds germinate from the stimulation of heat and smoke, were likely dormant for more than a century.
October 01, 2024
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Creating a culture of civic engagement
The Stanford community is preparing for the November election and beyond with an array of educational, civic engagement, and get-out-the-vote efforts.
September 25, 2024
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Electrical upgrades across campus will help Stanford achieve climate goals
Stanford has made great strides in becoming a more sustainable campus and one of the most energy efficient universities in the world.
September 24, 2024
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Campus-wide electrical upgrades will help Stanford reach its climate goals
The project, part of Stanford’s new Climate Action Plan, will increase the electrical reliability and capacity needed to reach the campus’s net-zero carbon reduction goal.
September 23, 2024
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Legionnaires, Stanford University, and community members come together to restore historic landmark
After 17 months of work, a fully restored Memorial Flagpole will be formally unveiled on Veterans Day.
September 11, 2024
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Congressional staff learn the impacts of wildfire policies in a changing environment
Stanford's Woods Institute experts conduct a first-of-its-kind 'boot camp' for staffers from districts prone to wildfire.
September 10, 2024
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'Rooted in the Land' art installed at School of Medicine in Stanford Research Park
Oct. 2 celebration for seven pieces of art by indigenous artist Saif Azzuz depict native medicinal plants
September 06, 2024
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A mission to inspire and educate: Julie Packard reflects on Monterey Bay Aquarium's 40 years
The vision that would eventually become a world-class aquarium inspiring conservation came from scientists and students at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove.
September 03, 2024