What to know about Democracy Day
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During Stanford’s annual day of civic celebration, students can build an election prediction model, explore careers in public service, play judge in a constitutional law case, and more.
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Fossils are our only opportunity to see into past biodiversity.
Christine Garcia, geoscience specimen collection curator and manager, commenting on an ice age tooth that has been donated to the Doerr School of Sustainability after being found in an open space preserve in San Mateo County.
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Federal investments in basic science at Stanford contributed to the development of radar, GPS, heart transplants, MRI scans, the internet, and AI.
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What I Wish I Knew About Luck
Tina Seelig
Citing real-life anecdotes and behavioral science research, Tina Seelig, executive director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, argues that much of what we call luck is the result of deliberate actions and consistent efforts.
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Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.
Lerone Martin
Stanford’s Lerone A. Martin traces King’s early life from his childhood in Atlanta through his college years at Morehouse and his path to seminary to examine how the civil rights leader’s youth informed his activism.
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Moral Economics
Alvin E. Roth
Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin E. Roth argues that many of society's most contentious debates, including those over abortion, drug legalization, and organ donation, are better understood as market design problems than as ethical standoffs.