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Dec 1, 2024 | 
stanforddaily.com | Linda Liu
Communications professor Jeff Hancock, an expert on technology and misinformation, has been accused of using artificial intelligence (AI) to craft a court statement. In November, Hancock — who is the founding director of Stanford’s Social Media Lab — filed a declaration in a Minnesota court case over the state’s 2023 law that criminalizes the use of deepfakes to influence an election. The professor’s 12-page declaration in defense of the law contained 15 citations, two of which cannot be found.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
datebook.sfchronicle.com | Linda Liu
Dorrance Dance’s “The Nutcracker Suite” plays Dec. 14-15 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. Photo: Christopher DugganLast winter, Michelle Dorrance and her company tap-danced to “The Nutcracker Suite” in the White House. In a Christmas video first lady Jill Biden posted on X last year, tap dancers dressed as flowers, toy soldiers and a mouse boogie to “Danse of the Floreadores” — a jazz reinterpretation of “Waltz of the Flowers” — as they glide through the building’s decorated corridors.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
localnewsmatters.org | Linda Liu |Anne Li |Taylor Torres
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE Ro Khanna has raised more money this election cycle than all but one House candidate from California, Federal Election Commission (FEC) campaign finance filings show. Almost all of Khanna’s campaign funds come from individual donors. The 48-year-old representative, who founded the No PAC Caucus, has vowed not to accept campaign contributions from lobbyists or Political Action Committees.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
stanforddaily.com | Linda Liu |Luc Alvarez |Itzel Luna
The 2024 election has been called many things: momentous, pivotal, contentious. But for many Stanford students, another word applies to this election cycle — introductory. The 2024 election will be many undergraduates’ first and only presidential election during their time at the University. This marks an important opportunity for students, who fall in the age bracket least likely to vote, to civically engage during an unprecedented election cycle.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
datebook.sfchronicle.com | Linda Liu
Veronica Berti and Andrea Bocelli are hosting “A Weekend in Napa Valley” in June. Photo: Scott Strazzante/The ChronicleAndrea Bocelli is bringing a weekend of music, wine and luxury to Napa Valley.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
stanforddaily.com | Linda Liu |Luc Alvarez |Itzel Luna
It has been 127 days since Daily reporter Dilan Gohill ’27 was arrested while reporting on a pro-Palestinian student group’s occupation of the president’s office. Despite attending in his capacity as a reporter, Dilan still faces three suspect charges from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office in addition to disciplinary proceedings from the University.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
medium.com | Linda Liu
Linda Liu·Follow2 min read·--I would confidently say that it’s the most valuable digital education platform I’ve ever used after I tried a couple of similar online courses. This program offers expert-level data skills and basic machine learning — all within a structured 4-month program. Course Highlights:Real-world projects, taught by industry experts, provide hands-on experience that’s critical for advancing in the field of data analysis.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
sfchronicle.com | Linda Liu
Few concert venues are as multifaceted as the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. Located on the eastern edge of UC Berkeley’s campus and shielded by towering eucalyptus trees, the Greek, as fans know it, was the first Greek-style amphitheater in the country. For decades, it has hosted commencements and internationally known speakers by day and drawn thousands of music fans who dance under the stars at sold-out concerts by night.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
datebook.sfchronicle.com | Linda Liu
Pianist Gina Alice and her husband Lang Lang attend her new album launching ceremony on Sept. 10, 2021 in Shanghai, China. Photo: VCG via Getty ImagesChinese pianist Lang Lang is no stranger to Bay Area concert halls. But this time, he is set to dazzle in duets with his wife. After releasing their first album, “Saint-Saëns,” in March as a duo, Lang and Gina Alice Redlinger are now taking their act to Davies Symphony Hall for San Francisco Symphony’s Opening Night Gala on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
datebook.sfchronicle.com | Linda Liu
A quintet led by a former New York Philharmonic cellist is kicking off Festival Napa Valley’s fall season of classical music and wine. Eileen Moon, a Bay Area native who played for the famed orchestra for 25 years, is set to perform alongside violinists Polina Sedukh and David Chernyavsky, a member of the San Francisco Symphony, in addition to violist Marcel Gemperli and cellist Jonah Kim.
