The Foreseeable Future

Change Is Crucial, and Slippery

What a sea cucumber taught me about survival.

by Amber Wong

When Others Go Low, He Goes Lower

Explorer Victor Vescovo’s deep ocean dives.

by Kelley Freund

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

Natural Namesakes

A curious set of species shares the Stanford moniker.

by Jennifer Worrell

Mischief Managed

Stately and venerable, this oak tree witnessed antics that were anything but.

by Charity Ferreira

Meet Elora López-Nandam

Diving into microscopic marine mysteries.

by Jill Patton

By the People, for the People

A bilingual newspaper chronicles the Mission District’s transformations.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

The Ticker — December 2020

Stanford people in the news and on the move.

Supporting our International Community

Stanford’s international students and scholars enrich our campus and broaden our impact.

by Marc Tessier-Lavigne

What a Difference a Year Makes

We could never have predicted 2020. But that’s not stopping us from taking a run at 2021.

by Kathy Zonana

It Takes a Village

New graduate residence opens.

by Summer Moore Batte

Biblio File: What to Read Now — December 2020

New releases that inspire us.

Book Review: Long-Lost and Found

New and Notable

by Julia Klein

Dialogue — December 2020

Historian and SLE Co-Founder

Mark Mancall

by Rebecca Beyer

Disease-Detection Pioneer

Sanjiv “Sam” Gambhir

by John Roemer

Obituaries — December 2020