The following is a collection of commentary about members (current or former) of FSI Stanford found on various external, unaffiliated websites via an automated process:

February 6, 2012

Junk foods still plentiful at elementary schools

Mention of Thomas N. Robinson via msnbc.com

Junk food remains plentiful at the nation's elementary schools despite widespread efforts to curb childhood obesity, a new study suggests. Dr. Thomas Robinson, a Stanford University pediatrician and obesity prevention researcher, called the study results "sobering". The study appears in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, released Monday. Robinson wrote an accompanying editorial. Read more »

As Chinese courts announce 'guiding cases,' Stanford Law School helps to spread the word

Mention of Erik Jensen via Stanford University News

A Stanford website translates important rulings by the Supreme People's Court that serve as guides for lower courts, helping the vast country to move toward more consistent judicial decisions. Read more »

Retirement in an Era of Long Life

Mention of Laura L. Carstensen via TheStreet.com

Laura L. Carstensen: "It seems that national discussions about retirement quickly turn to the long-term viability of Social Security. The problem with retiring in the early 60s isn't just a problem for Social Security. It's much bigger. We are squandering the opportunity to redesign life." Read more »

February 1, 2012

Interview with Francis Fukuyama: "Where Is the Uprising from the Left?"

Mention of Francis Fukuyama via Spiegel Online

In a SPIEGEL interview, the author of "The End of History" explains why he now believes that the excesses of capitalism are a threat to democracy and asks why there is no "Tea Party on the left." Read more »

January 31, 2012

What is Governance?

Mention of Francis Fukuyama via The American Interest (blog)

Francis Fukuyama: "I’m beginning a new project at Stanford/CDDRL called 'The Governance Project.' The intention is to focus on conceptualizing and measuring governance, and applying those measures to two specific countries, China and the United States." Read more »

January 30, 2012

Research shows climate change may shrink wheat crops

Mention of David Lobell via ABC Online

Professor David Lobell from Stanford University used nine years worth of satellite images to observe when Indian wheat crops turned brown, that is when they stopped growing. He looked at what happened when temperatures exceeded 34 degrees Celsius; ... Read more »

Warning: This Site Contains Conspiracy Theories

Mention of Evgeny Morozov via Slate Magazine (blog)

Evgeny Morozov: "Does Google have a responsibility to help stop the spread of 9/11 denialism, anti-vaccine activism, and other fringe beliefs?" Read more »

January 29, 2012

Wheat will age prematurely in a warmer world

Mention of David Lobell via New Scientist

David Lobell of Stanford University in California used nine years of images from the MODIS Earth-observation satellite to track when wheat in this region turned from green to brown, a sign that the grain is no longer growing. Read more »

January 27, 2012

The Dangers of Sharing

Mention of Evgeny Morozov via New York Times

Evgeny Morozov reviews Lori Andrews', "I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy." Read more »

January 26, 2012

Do institutions really matter?

Mention of Francis Fukuyama via The American Interest (blog)

Francis Fukuyama: "... The questionable relevance of institutions is brought home by the controversy over Hungary’s new constitution, which went into effect on January 1, and which has caused a firestorm of criticism in the European parliament and elsewhere." Read more »

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