Fool’s Paradise

An enterprising chess streamer finds her opening.

by Kali Shiloh

New and Notable

by Joel Stein

A frosh seminar explores the uses of randomness.

by Jill Patton

A philosophy professor rolls out some related concepts.

by Thomas Icard

Alumni share stories of chance and circumstance.

With a random approach, two young scholars solve a tricky problem in one night.

by Tracie White

Randomly selected from more than 235,000 living alumni, Bryant Johnson has long prepared for an interview like this.

by Tracie White

In 1969, the fate of millions was determined by pulling birthdates from a glass container.

by Sam Scott

What Stephen Breyer’s clerks have to say about the justice and his legacy.

by Rebecca Beyer

On the edge of campus sits a historic cactus garden with a thicket of stories to tell.

by Sam Scott