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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
Westword, Bound
The written world of Wallace Stegner was one of calloused hands and expansive beauty. His most famous pupils saw things differently.
by Daniel Arnold
Just Curious
How a boy who played with fire (and mercury, and bleach) became a bioengineer who brought $1 origami microscopes (and paper centrifuges, and snorkel-mask PPE) to the world.
by Deni Ellis Béchard
History Scholar Who Saved New York Public Library
Vartan Gregorian, ’58, PhD ’64
by Rebecca Beyer
