The clearest coverage concentration is funding: 2 of 3 stories, with the rest divided among 1 other category. They are less corroborated than the beat average, carrying 2 original sources each against 2.8 for the same window. David Nicholson is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 3 tracked stories.
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What the coverage shows about Stanford University
The clearest coverage concentration is funding: 2 of 3 stories, with the rest divided among 1 other category. They are less corroborated than the beat average, carrying 2 original sources each against 2.8 for the same window. David Nicholson is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 3 tracked stories. That works out to roughly 0.1 stories per week across a 147-day span. Their average consequence score of 6.3 runs below the beat's 6.7 for that window. Stanford University appears in 3 tracked Startup stories published from February 19, 2026 through July 15, 2026.
Stories tracked
3
Per week
0.1
Sources per story
2
Computed from the 3 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 1455 Startup stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Appears alongside
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Stanford University. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
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