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🌱 How new proctoring rules and gym changes could reshape Stanford student life

Good day Stanford! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How new proctoring rules and gym changes could reshape Stanford student life
  • How a Stanford PhD turned gecko science into a real startup
  • How is Stanford Law shaping the rules for AI in courtrooms?

Also on today's calendar: An American Jazz Legend: Richard Howell (4/17-4/18) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 74, low: 48.
  • Sunday: An afternoon shower possible, with a high of 71 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. UGS passes bill to allow proctored exams (stanforddaily.com) — Stanford’s Undergraduate Senate has approved a bill allowing proctored exams in any class and creating clearer oversight of the process, changes that could affect many students’ testing experiences. Senators also pushed for longer campus gym hours, better equipment, and created a new ASSU Due Process Guard to support students in conduct cases, while voicing concern over making the Beyond Sex Ed program optional at New Student Orientation.
   

2. From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product (rocketnews.com) — A Stanford PhD student’s breakthrough in gecko-inspired adhesives has grown into geCKo Materials, a deep-tech startup now navigating Stanford’s licensing system and legal requirements to commercialize its research. The piece walks aspiring founders through key steps, from engaging prior contributors to choosing lawyers from Stanford’s approved list, highlighting how local academic discoveries can become real-world companies.
   

3. U.S. Courts Navigate Internal AI Adoption as Caseloads Surge (broadbandbreakfast.com) — Judges, lawyers, and technologists gathered at Stanford Law School’s Codex conference in Stanford on Thursday to confront how AI is reshaping overwhelmed American courts. Speakers detailed real cases where AI-fabricated citations and deepfake-style evidence led to sanctions, while also highlighting promising tools that help self-represented litigants and give judges safe sandboxes to test AI before using it in real proceedings.
   

4. Stanford's annual AI index finds China has nearly closed the gap on American artificial intelligence leadership as the pipeline of global talent into the US runs dry (startupfortune.com) — Stanford University’s latest AI Index warns that China has nearly erased America’s lead in artificial intelligence, and that the talent pipeline feeding Silicon Valley is shrinking. The report, released this week by Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute, highlights China’s dominance in AI patents and industrial automation while U.S. immigration hurdles and better opportunities abroad slow the flow of top researchers into local labs and companies.
   

5. LSU gymnastics' late comeback secures spot in championship final (lsureveille.com) — Stanford’s women’s gymnastics team finished fourth in the NCAA semifinal, ending its run while LSU and Florida advanced to the championship final. In a tightly contested meet, LSU staged a dramatic last-rotation comeback on floor, edging out Georgia and leaving Stanford outside the Final Four despite a strong overall field.
   

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Other local events
    Friday April 17
  • Ram's Head Theatrical Society Presents...Grease!
    Stanford Memorial Auditorium (MemAud) , 551 Jane Stanford Way , Stanford
    7:00 pm
    • Saturday April 18
  • A Company of Authors
    Stanford Humanities Center , 424 Santa Teresa St , Stanford
    1:00 pm
  • Concert: Sound Impact!
    Children's Library , 1276 Harriet Street , Palo Alto
    3:00 pm
  • Paly Theatre Spring Show
    Palo Alto High School Performing Arts Center , 50 Embarcadero Rd , Palo Alto
    7:00 pm
    • Sunday April 19
  • Art for All Family Day, Spring 2026
    Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University , 328 Lomita Dr , Stanford
    10:00 am
  • Palo Alto Earth Day Festival
    Children's Library , 1276 Harriet Street , Palo Alto
    1:00 pm
  • John Santos Sextet
    Bing Concert Hall , 327 Lasuen St , Stanford
    4:00 pm
    • Sunday April 26
  • Open Mic
    The Lariat Tavern , 1428 El Camino Real , Belmont
    6:00 pm

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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