Announcements

A new progress report from the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability shares accomplishments from the past year.

The Stanford Impact Founder (SIF) program awards fellowships and prizes to graduating advanced degree students who plan to start high-impact ventures. This year's SIF awardees are tackling a wide range of issues, from broadening access to medical care, to enhancing the second life of batteries.

In conversation with Stanford Impact Lab, Reich discusses the charge of AISI, his role on the executive leadership team, and how he - as a philosopher - frames and approaches some of the pressing questions that surround AI safety.

Jonathan Levin, a distinguished economist and Stanford alumnus who has led the Stanford Graduate School of Business as dean for the last eight years, has been appointed the next president of Stanford University. Levin, has been a member of the Stanford faculty since 2000. He also serves as a member of President Biden's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

A newly released California Council on Science and Technology report by an expert committee including Michael Mastrandrea with the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment overviews the state's energy challenges and potential solutions

A new initiative of the Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing (OTL), the High Impact Technology (HIT) Fund, provides business guidance and industry connections to Stanford researchers and entrepreneurs. The HIT fund, which awards up to $250,000, hopes to bridge the gap between the academic lab and the market, where the discoveries can benefit society.

Eight students won Stanford Impact Founder Fellowships to start high-impact ventures that address a pressing social or environmental need. SIF fellowships have doubled this year through a collaboration between Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability's Ecopreneurship program.

Resonant Link, a startup led by Stanford and Dartmouth trained engineers, is reimaging wireless charging for vehicles and medical devices. Resonant Link aims to teach EVs how to power nap to get quick, frequent charges of energy for slim batteries rather than the overnight charge for bulky batteries of today. Frequent, rapid charging could reduce battery size and in turn lower the cost of EVs enabling a faster transition to a fossil fuel-free transportation fleet. 

Stanford aims to create a new model of the research university – one that addresses the world’s biggest challenges through citizenship, catalyzing discovery, accelerating solutions, sustaining life and advancing equity and inclusion.

In this Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) Weekly Seminar, Monroe Kennedy III, assistant professor, mechanical engineering, discusses what makes an effective robotic assistant, and considerations for modeling, anticipating, and collaborating with a human teammate.