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After her Central Texas home flooded in July 2025, Airbnb.org guest Skylyn and her son stayed in a listing. (Photo by Marshall Tidrick) Sarah Sherr woke to the smell of smoke at 3:30 a.m. on January 8, 2025. Pregnant, she was two weeks from her due date. She shook her husband awake, packed up their malamute and border collie, and drove away from their West Altadena home before he even had time to put on a shirt. By 7 a.m., the palm trees lining their street were ablaze.
Hurricane rainfall and landslide risk on the rise in Southern California
Climate change could make historically rare tropical cyclones more common in Southern California, significantly expanding landslide risk across the region by 2050. Researchers examined how tropical cyclone precipitation and associated landslide risk in Southern California could evolve as oceans and air temperatures rise. The research linked hurricane rainfall predictions, landslide modeling, and socioeconomic data to map which areas face the greatest risk.
Hurricane rainfall and landslide risk are on the rise in Southern California
Projected changes in population exposure at the census tract level (2000-2050) to landslides induced by tropical cyclone rainfall events with a 100-year return period. Credit: Nature Climate Change (2026).
Stand Together Bay Area Provides Emergency Funds to Immigrants
Philanthropy & Funding The San Francisco Bay Area mobilizes a regional response for crisis aid amid federal crackdowns on undocumented immigrants. To read this article and start a full year of unlimited online access, subscribe now! Subscribe Now Already a subscriber? Login Need to register for your premium online access,which is included with your paid subscription? Register Now Support SSIR’s coverage of cross-sector solutions to global challenges. Help us further the reach of innovative ideas.
Spring 2026
Issue Spring 2026 Volume 24, Number 2 Read about the importance of developing and expanding human relational intelligence; why philanthropy should embrace pluralism; how small donations are essential for social innovation; how one social entrepreneur has helped revitalize post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan; and other topics in the Spring 2026 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review.
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Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, San Francisco Foundation CEO Fred Blackwell, and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan spoke at fund announcement on September 19, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Stand Together Bay Area Fund) Alicia was sound asleep when agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained her mother outside their San Francisco home. When she woke up the next morning, the 20-year-old was suddenly responsible for herself and two younger sisters, ages 10 and 14.
Four key facts about climate change and school meal programs
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More extreme weather and shifting growing seasons are putting pressure on school meal programs, which serve nearly half a billion children worldwide. Jennifer Burney, a professor of Earth system science and of environmental social sciences in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, studies these changes and how they affect children's health and well-being. School meals do far more than fill stomachs.
A global movement opposing climate policies is on the rise
New Stanford-led research in PLOS One reveals a growing constellation of think tanks, research institutes, trade associations, foundations, and other groups actively working to oppose climate science and policy. The number of countries with at least one such “counter climate change organization” has more than doubled over the past 35 years. According to the Jan.
A blueprint for mapping melting ice sheets: Open-source tool can help make radar systems at a fraction of the cost
Researchers in the Stanford Radio Glaciology lab use radio waves to understand rapidly changing ice sheets and their contributions to global sea-level rise. This technique has revealed groundwater beneath Greenland, the long-term impacts of extreme melt, a process that could accelerate ice sheet mass loss in Antarctica, the potential instability of an ice sheet that could raise sea levels by 10 feet, and more.
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A blueprint for mapping melting ice sheets by Corey Binns for Stanford News Stanford CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2024 Researchers in the Stanford Radio Glaciology lab use radio waves to understand rapidly changing ice sheets and their contributions to global sea-level rise.
A blueprint for mapping melting ice sheets
Researchers in the Stanford Radio Glaciology lab use radio waves to understand rapidly changing ice sheets and their contributions to global sea-level rise. This technique has revealed groundwater beneath Greenland, the long-term impacts of extreme melt, a process that could accelerate ice sheet mass loss in Antarctica, the potential instability of an ice sheet that could raise sea levels by 10 feet, and more.
Savings of $1.27 Trillion: How a Bronze Age Technology Could Help Solve the Climate Crisis
Firebrick technology rooted in ancient methods could significantly reduce industrial emissions and costs by storing renewable energy for high-temperature processes, supporting the UN’s 2050 net zero emissions target effectively. Stanford research reveals that the cost-effective thermal properties of “firebricks” make them an ideal solution for energy storage, potentially accelerating the global transition to renewable energy at a low cost.
Stanford Children’s Eases Needle Jabs With the Buddy Guard Device
Back-to-School, Innovation, Interesting Things. As back-to-school season kicks into high gear, parents and students alike are facing a crucial, yet often overlooked, task: ensuring that all necessary vaccinations are up-to-date to safeguard both health and educational success. And even though most kids are afraid of needles and don’t want a shot, there’s a new device at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health that’s helping to ease some of that fear—the Buddy Guard.
Bronze Age technology could aid switch to clean energy
Technology with roots going back to the Bronze Age may offer a fast and inexpensive solution to help achieve the United Nations climate goal of net zero emissions by 2050, according to recent Stanford-led research in PNAS Nexus. The technology involves assembling heat-absorbing bricks in an insulated container, where they can store heat generated by solar or wind power for later use at the temperatures required for industrial processes.
Bronze Age technology could aid switch to clean energy
Technology with roots going back to the Bronze Age may offer a fast and inexpensive solution to help achieve the United Nations climate goal of net zero emissions by 2050, according to recent Stanford-led research in PNAS Nexus. The technology involves assembling heat-absorbing bricks in an insulated container, where they can store heat generated by solar or wind power for later use at the temperatures required for industrial processes.
Hurricane risk perception drops after storms hit, study shows
Programs and policies that help households go beyond stocking up on food and medical supplies to invest in longer-term protections could overcome the risk perception gap and support adaptation to rising climate-related threats. In Texas and Florida, during the five-year period when hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Michael ripped through the Gulf Coast, many people took steps to prepare their households for approaching storms.
Hurricane risk perception drops after storms hit
In Texas and Florida, during the five-year period when hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Michael ripped through the Gulf Coast, many people took steps to prepare their households for approaching storms. People installed sandbags and hurricane shutters, for example, and stocked up on food and medical supplies. But according to research published April 9 in PNAS Nexus, people who took these initial steps too often went on to misjudge their vulnerability to impacts from future hurricanes.
Salty Survival: Stanford Finds Life Thriving in “Uninhabitable” Conditions
A Stanford study on microbes in extremely salty water suggests life may survive conditions previously thought to be uninhabitable. The research widens the possibilities for where life may be found throughout our solar system and shows how changes in salinity may affect life in aquatic habitats on Earth. New research led by Stanford University scientists predicts life can persist in extremely salty environments, beyond the limit previously thought possible.
New research on microbes expands the known limits for life on Earth and beyond
New research led by Stanford University scientists predicts life can persist in extremely salty environments, beyond the limit previously thought possible. The study, published Dec. 22 in Science Advances, is based on analysis of metabolic activity in thousands of individual cells found in brines from industrial ponds on the coast of Southern California, where water is evaporated from seawater to harvest salt.
Stanford study predicts new limit of life at high salinity
New research led by Stanford University scientists predicts life can persist in extremely salty environments, beyond the limit previously thought possible. The study, published Dec. 22 in Science Advances, is based on analysis of metabolic activity in thousands of individual cells found in brines from industrial ponds on the coast of Southern California, where water is evaporated from seawater to harvest salt.
New video game takes a shot at soothing vaccine anxiety in pediatric patients
With the chill of the season come the inevitable cold, flu, COVID-19, and other respiratory concerns such as the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), all infectious diseases that can be serious, especially for young children. As health care experts say, vaccines are our superheroes when it comes to protecting people against these highly contagious respiratory illnesses. But for some kids, shots can be as scary as a Halloween spookfest.
Game On: New Video Game Takes a Shot at Soothing Vaccine Anxiety in Pediatric Patients - Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Blog
With the chill of the season come the inevitable cold, flu, COVID-19, and other respiratory concerns such as the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), all infectious diseases that can be serious, especially for young children. As health care experts say, vaccines are our superheroes when it comes to protecting people against these highly contagious respiratory illnesses. But for some kids, shots can be as scary as a Halloween spookfest.
A School Without Limits: Young Patients Travel Far to Learn Without Leaving Their Bedside - Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Blog
Illness and hospitalization can lead to a loss of school days and education for children, and it can create social and learning challenges due to prolonged or intermittent absences from school. Fortunately, at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, young patients have been able to stay on track in the Hospital School, where the doors have been open since 1924.
Resilient power grids | Stanford News
A tree killed in a climate-driven drought snaps and severs a power line. A transformer sparks. A downed live wire ignites a pile of dry leaves. Many of the country’s most damaging wildfires, including California’s deadly 2018 Camp and Woolsey Fires, Oregon’s 2020 Santiam Fire, and Colorado’s 2021 Marshall Fire, can be traced back to failure in the electric grid.
Better predictions of wildfire spread may sit above the treetops
When the skies above Palo Alto darkened with smoke from the Camp Fire in 2018, Stanford researcher Hayoon Chung was in a fluid mechanics lab on campus studying how ocean currents flowed over patches of seagrass. She wondered if patterns similar to the ones she observed in her lab experiments might exist in the rapid and seemingly random spread of the nearby wildfires. Chung knocked on the door of her advisor, civil and environmental engineering Professor Jeffrey Koseff.
Better predictions of wildfire spread may sit above the treetops
Understanding the physics of wind currents above forest canopies may help wildfire managers forecast the flight paths of dangerous burning embers, or firebrands, which are responsible for most home destruction during wildfires. When the skies above Palo Alto darkened with smoke from the Camp Fire in 2018, Stanford researcher Hayoon Chung was in a fluid mechanics lab on campus studying how ocean currents flowed over patches of seagrass.
The promise-and pitfalls-of medical AI headed our way
A patient is lying on the operating table as the surgical team reaches an impasse. They can't find the intestinal rupture. A surgeon asks aloud, "Check whether we missed a view of any intestinal section in the visual feed of the last 15 minutes." An artificial intelligence medical assistant gets to work reviewing the patient's past scans and highlighting video streams of the procedure in real time.
Advances in generalizable medical AI
A patient is lying on the operating table as the surgical team reaches an impasse. They can’t find the intestinal rupture. A surgeon asks aloud: “Check whether we missed a view of any intestinal section in the visual feed of the last 15 minutes.” An artificial intelligence medical assistant gets to work reviewing the patient’s past scans and highlighting video streams of the procedure in real time.
Researchers expand disease tracking in wastewater
Public health experts commonly track spikes in flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and rhinovirus circulating in a population through weekly reports from sentinel laboratories. These laboratories process samples from only severely ill patients, and it can take weeks for the results to get into the database.
Stanford researchers expand disease tracking in wastewater
Public health experts commonly track spikes in flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and rhinovirus circulating in a population through weekly reports from sentinel laboratories. These laboratories process samples from only severely ill patients, and it can take weeks for the results to get into the database.
Take This Job And Love It: How A Growth Mindset Can Boost Happiness At Work
You don’t need to fly all the way to Hawaii to find your happy place. You might need to go no farther than your desk chair. If employees see opportunity for change in both themselves and their jobs, and they put in the time and effort, happiness awaits, according to new research by Justin Berg, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Treated wastewater can be more dependable and less toxic than common tap water sources
Recycled wastewater is not only as safe to drink as conventional potable water, it may even be less toxic than many sources of water we already drink daily, Stanford University engineers have discovered. "We expected that potable reuse waters would be cleaner, in some cases, than conventional drinking water due to the fact that much more extensive treatment is conducted for them," said Stanford professor William Mitch, senior author of an Oct.
The cleanest drinking water is recycled
Recycled wastewater is not only as safe to drink as conventional potable water, it may even be less toxic than many sources of water we already drink daily, Stanford University engineers have discovered. “We expected that potable reuse waters would be cleaner, in some cases, than conventional drinking water due to the fact that much more extensive treatment is conducted for them,” said Stanford professor William Mitch, senior author of an Oct.
Take This Job and Love It
You don’t need to fly all the way to Hawaii to find your happy place. You might not need to go any farther than your desk chair. If employees see opportunity for change in both themselves and their jobs, and they put in the time and effort, happiness awaits, according to new research by Justin Berg, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Take This Job and Love It: How a Growth Mindset Can Boost Happiness at Work
You don’t need to fly all the way to Hawaii to find your happy place. You might need to go no farther than your desk chair. If employees see opportunity for change in both themselves and their jobs, and they put in the time and effort, happiness awaits, according to new research by Justin Berg, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
What's Behind The Pay Gap In STEM Jobs?
Image: Shutterstock Among the many devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic is the stark fact that working women have been disproportionately affected — with four times more women than men being pushed out of the labor force, according to one surveyopen in new window. As the pandemic erodes women’s progress in the workforce, addressing the inequalities they face from the start of their careers becomes ever more critical, beginning with equal pay.
Peer to Peer: How Do I Foster a Racially Equitable Firm?
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is not only a moral imperative, says Maria Pasos-Nuñez, MBA ’94, it also “translates into better teams and better business.”| Illustration by Jesse Zhang After George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, members of the Stanford MBA Class of 1994 teamed up to create an online tool called the Racial Equity Playbook. The playbook offers tips on how to advance racial justice within organizations and how to evaluate its progress.
What’s Behind the Pay Gap in STEM Jobs?
Among the many devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic is the stark fact that working women have been disproportionately affected — with four times more women than men being pushed out of the labor force, according to one survey. As the pandemic erodes women’s progress in the workforce, addressing the inequalities they face from the start of their careers becomes ever more critical, beginning with equal pay.
Why we should be wary of our loud, overconfident colleagues
By Corey Binns 5 minute Read During all those Zoom office calls, did it ever occur to you that the quietest colleagues might also be the most competent? And yet the talkative types who dominate the call tend to be viewed as the smartest—and generally come from higher up in the social pecking order.
How humanizing your company can save it in a PR crisis
In April 2017, United Airlines employees dragged a passenger down the aisle of an overbooked flight. Cellphone videos of the disturbing incident went viral. Two days later, UA CEO Oscar Munoz promised to “do better” and issued a public apology. “The truly horrific event that occurred on this flight has elicited many responses from all of us: outrage, anger, disappointment.
San Jose Ups Its Biking Game
Ford GoBike station, San Jose, California, December 2018 Shutterstock Cyclists pedaling through downtown San Jose are used to dodging trucks, darting between parked cars and fast traffic, and weaving around Ubers pulling over for drop-offs. But those days could soon be behind them. In 2017, the northern California city’s planners jumped into high gear with a project to create safer bike corridors.
Valley Fever Spreads in California as Winter Rainstorms Intensify and Summers Heat Up
National Geographic Image Collection via Alamy Stock Photo As rains pummeled the grapevines and tomato plants growing in California’s Central Valley last winter and spring, minuscule fungi thrived in the wet soil. Then the wet weather subsided, temperatures soared to 100 degrees, and the soil grew dusty. Dry conditions cause the long, skinny strands of the Coccidioides fungus to break apart into even tinier pieces called spores.
California Beckons the Gray Wolf-but Can’t Guarantee a Safe Journey There
A collared adult gray wolf seen by a remote camera in Lassen National Forest, August 2018. T. Rickman/USFS This year, a lone gray wolf loped through California’s Tahoe National Forest and as far south as Interstate 80. She dared travel deeper into the Southwest than any wolf since the 1900s, by which point wolves had been hunted to near extinction in the Golden State.
Can 3-D Printers Solve the Housing Crisis?
Elvin Afefeiro Jiménez smiles in front of his new home in Ahuachapán, El Salvador, built by New Story. (Photo by Mary Anne Morgan Photography) In Ahuachapán, El Salvador, Elvin Afefeiro Jiménez smiles as he gives Brett Hagler, CEO and cofounder of New Story, a tour of his new home. Kidney failure may have stripped Jiménez, 31, of his youthful vitality, but he no longer has to recover from his daily dialysis in a mice-infested shack with a leaky roof.
California Lunchrooms May Soon Serve Up Organics
Workers at an organic farm in Escondido, California Sam Hodgson/Bloomberg via Getty Images When Ángel García was little, he often awoke to the smell of breakfast burritos on the stove. His mom would wake up at 4 a.m. to cook for him and pack his lunch before dropping him off with the babysitter by 6 a.m. so she could get to work. She spent her days picking fruits and vegetables on the farmland surrounding their California home.
Overcoming an Industrial Legacy in L.A.’s Pacoima District
Pacoima Beautiful members organizing an Earth Day planting event Courtesy Pacoima Beautiful Amparo Lujan had spotted a bunch of bulky items dumped around her Los Angeles neighborhood that she wanted cleaned up. She picked up the phone and dialed 311—a nonemergency number for city services, and began reciting her copious list of grievances. Sensing the operator was getting overwhelmed, she paused. “Look,” Lujan said, “I’m a community inspector with Pacoima Beautiful, and this is what we do.
Housecleaning With Benefits
Business Alia, the new online benefits tool from National Domestic Workers Alliance, helps house cleaners accrue contributions from their clients to purchase insurance and receive paid time off. By Corey Binns Spring 2019 Lourdes Dobarganes cleans the apartment of a client in San Francisco. She is the kind of domestic worker Alia is trying to serve by allowing individual clients to chip in on benefits.
These Coloradans Want to Ditch Their Diesel School Buses
Still, the momentum for change has been slow to build. For example, in Westminster, the school board has so far deemed the program impractical for its district’s use. “Given [our] size—9,500 students—and the fact that we replace, at most, one vehicle a year, the electric bus program does not make sense for the district,” says its chief communications officer, Steve Saunders.
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