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When Yulia Pinkusevich makes art, it often involves orienting her body in a physical space. That's how you’re meant to experience her work, too.
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Melinda Sacks
New science tells us how to better manage our addictions, be they to substances or smartphones.
Katharine Gammon
How FLI students are transforming the university for everyone.
Diana Aguilera
Campus
Tell us in exactly 5 words.
Kathy Zonana
Why Jane Stanford Limited Women’s Enrollment to 500
And what happened next.
Sam Scott
A Gentleman’s Quarrel
Frederick Law Olmsted and Leland Stanford: Their conflicts, and compromises, led to an iconic campus.
Daniel Arnold
3 Things That Happened on Stanford Land Before It Was a University
About a Boy
His death broke his parents hearts and spawned a university. But who was he? Recent revelations suggest a different Leland Stanford Jr. than many have imagined.
Theresa Johnston
What You Don’t Know About . . . The Mausoleum
Carved out for remembrance, the place is also a party haven.
Jenny Pegg
Buying Time
Returned treasure
What You Don’t Know About Leland Stanford’s Horses
Suzanne and Stephen Eschenbach
A Party House for California
Party House
How the West Was Fun
An unlikely plaque for Leland Stanford
Mrs. Stanford and the Netherworld
Haunted by the sudden death of her beloved son, Jane Stanford tried séances as a way to reach him.
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