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  • Why are 40% of Stanford students now getting disability accommodations?
  • How did Stanford end up leading a 74-site heart trial?
  • How a Stanford MSx student rebuilt his ambitions after a startup exit

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  • Wednesday: An a.m. shower; rather cloudy, temps: high: 57, low: 48.
  • Thursday: Fog in the a.m.; mostly sunny, with a high of 61 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. More college students are receiving disability accommodations in recent years: report (local12.com) — Stanford residents may be surprised to learn that about 40% of Stanford University students now receive disability accommodations, a far higher share than at some peer schools. The report highlights looser documentation requirements, growing awareness of mental health conditions like ADHD, anxiety, and depression, and debate over how these changes align with universities’ educational missions.
   

2. Stanford Completes Enrollment in MitraClip REPAIR MR Clinical Trial (stanford.edu) — Stanford’s Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery has finished enrolling patients in a major international MitraClip trial, with the Stanford site leading all 74 locations in recruitment. Local surgeons and cardiologists enrolled 34 participants to compare catheter-based MitraClip repair with traditional mitral valve surgery, and results from this influential study on degenerative mitral valve disease will be published later.
   

3. Shekhar Bhende (stanford.edu) — A Stanford Graduate School of Business MSx student, entrepreneur Shekhar Bhende, reflects on how the program is sharpening his leadership skills after building and selling an India-based logistics startup. He describes pivoting his company during the pandemic, navigating competition, and how Stanford GSB’s classes and community are expanding his ambition and self-awareness for his next venture.
   

4. AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced. (technologyreview.com) — Stanford University researchers are spotlighted for finding a nearly 20% drop in jobs for young software developers as AI coding tools spread, a trend with big implications for local grads and tech workers. The story explores how AI agents are reshaping programming—boosting speed for some, creating messy, hard‑to‑maintain code for others, and raising questions about long‑term skills and job prospects.
   

5. Controlling Blood Sugar Cut Heart Disease Risk in Half, Study Says (nytimes.com) — A major long-term study suggests people with prediabetes who return their blood sugar to normal can cut their risk of dying from heart disease or heart failure by about half, and a Stanford Medicine research dean calls the findings hopeful. For Stanford-area residents, the message is clear: lifestyle changes and blood sugar control today may pay off decades later.
   

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    Tuesday December 16
  • In-Person English Conversation Club
    East Palo Alto Library , 2415 University Avenue , East Palo Alto
    10:30 am
  • Signs and Rhymes Storytime With Stay and Play!
    Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
    10:30 am
  • Baby Bounce Storytime
    Portola Valley Library , 765 Portola Road , Portola Valley
    10:30 am
  • Musical Storytime With Stay and Play at San Pedro Valley Park
    Pacifica Sanchez Library , 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard , Pacifica
    10:30 am
  • Supporting Independence for People with Dementia
    Portola Valley Library , 765 Portola Road , Portola Valley
    11:30 am

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