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This is Not Your Parents’ Economy
Inequality is putting the American Dream in peril.
by Rebecca Beyer
The Story Behind ‘Homegoing’
Yaa Gyasi, ’11, was a Stanford sophomore when she visited her native Ghana on a research mission. Seven years later, the debut novel her trip inspired became an international sensation.
by Sam Scott
Help the People, Save the Fish
One student's quest to understand the aquarium trade, and the fishers who depend on it.
by Sandra Upson
The Go-To Group
Worries, fears, struggles with school resident assistants hear it all, and do their best to help.
Should We Lose the Lecture?
An atomic physicist makes the case for active learning.
by Sam Scott
A Gentleman’s Quarrel
Frederick Law Olmsted and Leland Stanford: Their conflicts, and compromises, led to an iconic campus.
by Daniel Arnold
Finding the Cures Within Us
Stem cell research holds the promise of a sea change in medicine. At Stanford, momentum is building.
Dropped Into History
A sophomore seminar gives students an intimate view of the people and places surrounding the Battle of Little Bighorn.
by Mike Vangel