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Now accepting applications for our 2024 Western Media Fellowship

September 14, 2023

Journalists covering the American West can apply for a fellowship that offers a $5,000 stipend. The Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University will be accepting applications for its Western Media Fellowship through October 9, 2023.

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Research Notes

Research assistants dig deep into questions about climate change, the arts, technology and public policy in the West

September 13, 2023

Students researchers have spent the summer working with Lane Center mentors on collaborative projects spanning multiple disciplines.

Out West student blog

Distributed energy resources and grid modernization at the California Public Utilities Commission

September 7, 2023

Reflections from Jillian Anderson’s Shultz Fellowship at the California Public Utilities Commission

Out West student blog

Renewable energy generation and reliability in the Western Interconnection

September 5, 2023

Julio Contreras reflects on his Lane Center internship with the Western Electricity Coordinating Council.

Out West student blog

Good watershed management puts stakeholder relationships front and center

September 1, 2023

For Eva Jones, working this summer on the Henry’s Fork watershed has imparted three important lessons about watershed management: Stakeholders! Stakeholders! Stakeholders!