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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.
Politics Scholar Omar Wasow on Protests, Violence and the Media
How activists tell their stories can help build coalitions, says the Class of ’92 alum and Princeton assistant professor.
by Deni Ellis Béchard
The Doctor in Charge of the NBA Bubble
Five swabs a day keeps COVID away, and other tales from the league’s unprecedented epidemiological experiment.
by Kelli Anderson
Social Psychologist Brian Lowery on Privilege
People separate advantage and disadvantage—even though you can't have one without the other.
by Deni Ellis Béchard
How to Build a Movement
Social change can seem sudden, as if millions awoke one day to the same realization. But really, scholars say, consensus is constructed through thousands of small acts over generations.
by Deni Ellis Béchard
Undefeated
Marty Hartigan lost his limbs. Then he cheered up his friends.
by Karen Springen
Contemplating a Fall Quarter Like No Other
'I want to be optimistic,' says one incoming frosh.
by Jill Patton
Meet Michael Spencer
Photographer and data scientist explores the power of digits.
by Jill Patton
How to Decode Scientific Data
Carl Bergstrom, PhD ’98, has become an interpreter of fallacies.
by Andrew Tan
Why Stanford Is Saying Goodbye to 11 Varsity Sports
Budget pressures led to ‘heartbreaking’ action.
by Kevin Cool
