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SPRING | 2024
 
 

Our newly redesigned newsletter, sent to alumni and friends of the
Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability every spring, summer, and fall.

The school's second year continues to launch new departments, courses, and innovations,
with thought partners connecting us yet more deeply to the global sustainability conversation.
 
 
School Highlights
 
 
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The new department within the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability incorporates the human element into interdisciplinary efforts to tackle humanity's greatest sustainability challenges.
 
 
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The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability hosted the Stanford alum and electric vehicle entrepreneur for a Big Ideas series discussion about how entrepreneurship can change the world.
 
 
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Daniel Swain, PhD '16, studies extreme floods, droughts, and wildfires. Then he explains them to the rest of us.
 
 
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President Joko Widodo of Indonesia spoke as part of the Dean's Lecture Series, where he discussed sustainability in Indonesia and the needs of the developing world.
 
 
Also: education through engagement in new sustainability courses; fresh cohort of Dean's Postdoctoral Fellows; committee established to evaluate affiliate programs.
 
 
 
 
Student Spotlight

 Planetary adventures, both fact and fiction.
 
Kemi Ashing-Giwa is a second-year PhD student in Earth and Planetary Sciences and a bestselling science fiction author who never misses a chance to blend lab and lit. "I like having my hands on things and being able to study the world around me while also keeping my toe in things that might be happening on other planets."
 
 
 
 
 
Connect
 
 
Get Involved

Recognize your peers! Please submit your nominations for the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Alumni Awards — the Early- to Mid-Career Award and Distinguished Alumni Award — by Friday, May 17. Be sure to read about our previous award recipients, as well.

 Upcoming Events
Celebration of the Tompkins Archives April 22, 2024, 4:30-7:30pm PT, Traitel Building, Stanford. The Stanford University Libraries invite you to welcome three wonderful additions to our Sustainability collections: the archives of Tompkins Conservation, Doug Tompkins, and Kris Tompkins. Learn more about their efforts and how these archives will be used at Stanford and beyond.

SDSS Accelerating Climate Solutions: The Macroeconomics of Climate Change April 24, 2024, 4:30-6:30pm PT, Green Library. Join us for this presentation from Bo Li, Deputy Managing Director at the International Monetary Fund, for an enlightening afternoon focused on the macroeconomic impacts of climate change.
 
 
 
 
 
On the Record
 
 
"Beyond just the physical toxicity, there's a chemical toxicity to these particles that, depending on where the fire occurs, can be quite hazardous."
- Professor Scott Fendorf, in The Washington Post

"What happened last week or last month matters almost as much as what's happening today when it comes to the water (impacts)."
- Corinne Bowers, MS '20, PhD '23, in The San Francisco Chronicle

"They really showed us the pathway of how turtles get from the middle of the ocean to their important habitat off of North America."
- Senior Data Scientist Dana Briscoe, on ABC News


 
 
 
 
 
Research and Insights
 
 
 
 
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