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Chief Kindness Officers?
At Stanford’s GSB, compassion class is a crowd favorite.
by Melinda Sacks
Dianne Feinstein Goes Her Own Way
Resisting the pull of today's partisan politics is challenging. But the California senator has plenty of practice at breaking a different path.
by Romesh Ratnesar
When Rugby Ruled
For more than a decade in the early 1900s, a gentleman’s game from across the pond supplanted football at Stanford. It took a world war to turn back the tide.
by Sam Scott
What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today
Sixty years after the nuclear tests, the groundwater is contaminated and the coconuts are radioactive. But are the coral reefs thriving?
by Sam Scott
Why Mindset Matters
According to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, you’ll reach new heights if you learn to embrace the occasional tumble.
by Marina Krakovsky
What ‘Ghost Particles’ Might Tell Us About Our Origins
Stanford physicists hope an elusive subatomic particle will help us answer big questions.
by Daisy Yuhas
The Moral Force of Deborah Rhode
For four decades, her leadership has helped define the ethics of power and parity.
by John Roemer
What It Was Like to Be an African American Freshman in 1962
A tiny but historic cohort of African American students entered Stanford on the vanguard of the civil rights movement. This is how it felt.
Magic in the Making
Heads plus hands equals wizardry in Engineering's Product Realization Lab.
by Sam Scott
