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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.
Who Wants to Be a Stanford Student?
Luciana Frazão’s path to a master’s in mechanical engineering involves a game show, a surprise benefactor and a promise to pay it forward.
by Sam Scott
Of Viruses And Vectors
In an increasingly interconnected world, the next pandemic is not 100 years away. Here’s what scientists are worried about and how we can prepare.
by Deni Ellis Béchard
Says Who
We live in a world where one person’s disinformation is another person’s truth. But the university’s free exchange of ideas can sharpen the picture.
by Kathy Zonana
Freedom and the Farm
It all began with a standoff between Jane Stanford and David Starr Jordan. Of course.
by Kathy Zonana
A Hoover Handbook
The campus policy institute began as a war archive founded by the 31st president.
by Kathy Zonana
All Right Now
After 29 years, the women’s basketball team is a national champion again.
by Sam Scott
A Guide to Adulting
Former dean of freshmen Julie Lythcott-Haims on the art of growing up.
by Sam Scott
