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As the population ages, robots are poised to offer a helping hand, a leg up, and a pep for your step.
What We Can Learn from ‘Advise and Consent’
Politics and power haven’t changed much since Allen Drury, ’39, wrote his midcentury masterpiece. But trust has.
by Ivan Maisel
The Basic Question
Should everyone receive a small, stable income from the government? The idea is going around again, and some think its time has come.
by Deni Ellis Béchard
The Heat Is On
Stanford faculty are blazing paths in fire control and prevention to help us live in a changed climate.
by Katherine Ellison
All Together Now
For the first time since spring 2020, there are several thousand undergraduates on the Farm. The university has big plans for how they’ll live and learn.
A Short History of Stanford Stadium
The venerable venue celebrates 100 years. Sort of.
by Sam Scott
‘Losing Max Was Burden Enough’
In the midst of family tragedy, a father decides that the best path is candor.
by Ivan Maisel
A Friendship Mission
The improbable, coincidental and utterly true story of an alum who went missing for 13 years, and the friends who found him.
by Kevin Cool
What the Wilderness Letter Wrought
Stegner’s ‘labor of an afternoon’ struck a chord around the world.
by Daniel Arnold
