Deceit Gets Smarter. Can Truth Keep Up?

The Meaning of Mongolian

After my name, it’s probably the most special thing about me—and it’s used as a slur in Europe.

by Yanichka Ariunbold

This Is Only a Test

A successful author takes a second shot at the GRE, 40 years after the first.

by Martha Freeman

7 Cooking Tips for the Reluctant Beginner

Feeling like you should explore beyond the microwave? Jess Dang has your back.

by Diana Aguilera

The Power of Pokémon

Young gamers’ brains encode the characters for decades.

by Kathy Zonana

Moose Gets a Call from the Hall

Mike Mussina, ’91, becomes the first Cardinal player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. His career, by the numbers.

by Kevin Cool

Making Medical Devices for African Children

Students in the Design for Extreme Affordability program focus on cerebral palsy.

by Jill Patton

Your Breakfast Has a Backstory

Much of what we eat has its roots in military research.

by Charity Ferreira

How Alaskans Are Adapting to the Death of the Yellow Cedars

And what we all can learn from it.

by Yanichka Ariunbold

Meet the Robots

A cast of characters that can jump, swim and hug.

by Charity Ferreira

This Computer Is Tiny but Mighty

Prototype shows off new type of memory.

by Jill Patton

Life After Stanford: Expectations vs. Reality

Stanford sketch comics on networking, interior design and staying relevant.

by Heidi Sigua

Meet Esther Abisola Omole

An artist, writer and aspiring architect explores her heritage.

by Diana Aguilera

Commencement 2019: ‘Leave Something Worthy’

Apple CEO Tim Cook urges graduates to be ‘builders‘ and to serve causes greater than themselves.

The Stanford Arts Renaissance

The arts are flourishing at Stanford, thanks in part to several new facilities.

by Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Good Things Happen in Twos

We strive to supply variety. But there are inevitably a few common threads.

by Kathy Zonana

Biblio File: What to Read Now — July 2019

New releases that inspire us.

Book Review: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

New and Notable

by Shaili Jain

Frost Comes Alive

The amphitheater glows after a two-year renovation.

by Summer Moore Batte

Dialogue - July 2019

Influential Sociologist

Devah Iwalani Pager, MA ’97

by Rebecca Beyer

Lawyer Who Helped Draft the Panama Canal Treaties

Geraldeen Gregg Chester, ’65

by Vicky Elliott

Novelist and Writing Mentor

John Clarke L’Heureux

by John Roemer

Judge and Getty Family Adviser

William Alfred Newsom III, JD ’60, MA ’61

by Rebecca Beyer

Obituaries - July 2019