December 2021

Cover Story

Body Count

How Michael Snyder’s self-monitoring project could transform human health.

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Essays
Essays

Turning the Page

One man of letters remembers another.

by Daniel A. Olivas

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What We Can Learn from ‘Advise and Consent’

Politics and power haven’t changed much since Allen Drury, ’39, wrote his midcentury masterpiece. But trust has.

by Ivan Maisel

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The Bowser Effect

Bringing Black female friendship to the fore, on-screen and off.

by Makeda Easter

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Hot Wings

The race to reclaim supersonic flight.

by Sam Scott

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Meet Safia Elhillo

by Ray Levy Uyeda

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Made for Youth, by Youth

A new arts center in East Palo Alto takes its cues from the teens it is designed to serve.

by Jill Patton

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The Ticker - December 2021

Stanford people in the news and on the move.

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Rain Check

An atmospheric river was no match for alumni ready to reunite at last.

by Summer Moore Batte

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Tear Up This Tree

Somewhere in you is a rebel with a crayon.

by Summer Moore Batte

Columns
Columns

Renewing Our Community

A fall quarter devoted to reconnecting after 18 months apart.

by Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Columns

Plane Sight

How stories about alumni take flight.

by Kathy Zonana

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Letters to the Editor
Departments

Forget-Me-Nots

Hundreds of wooden flowers are planted to remember those who died of COVID-19.

by Evan Peng

Departments

Biblio File: What to Read Now — December 2021

New releases that inspire us.

Departments

Book Review: Of Vice and Virtue

New and Notable

by Sam Scott

Departments

Dialogue — December 2021

Farewells
Farewells

Emergency Medicine Doctor Pioneered Health Care in the Wild

Paul Stuart Auerbach, MS ’89

by Carly Stern

Farewells

Entertainment Lawyer Who Championed Independent Filmmakers

Shelley H. Surpin, ’70

by Christine Foster

Farewells

Computing Pioneer and Burning Man Artist

Lawrence Moser Breed, ’62, MS ’65

by Christine Foster

Farewells

Obituaries — December 2021