How to Build a Movement

Being the Light I Wish to See

I went overboard once. Now I do it as often as I can.

by Janet Savage

What That Buzz Aboard the ISS Is All About

Meet robots Honey, Queen and Bumble, aka Astrobee.

by Corinne Purtill

Helping Little Ones Show Their Love from Afar

A Stanford doctor wrote some rhymes to explain social distancing to his toddler. Next thing he knew, he had self-published a book.

by Summer Moore Batte

Why Stanford Is Saying Goodbye to 11 Varsity Sports

Budget pressures led to ‘heartbreaking’ action.

by Kevin Cool

How to Decode Scientific Data

Carl Bergstrom, PhD ’98, has become an interpreter of fallacies.

by Andrew Tan

Contemplating a Fall Quarter Like No Other

'I want to be optimistic,' says one incoming frosh.

by Jill Patton

Chip off the Old Block

A mini linear accelerator.

by Andrew Tan

Why You Can’t Just Use the Endowment for That

How Stanford’s billions really work.

by Kathy Zonana

Meet Michael Spencer

Photographer and data scientist explores the power of digits.

by Jill Patton

The Ticker — September 2020

Alumni in the news and on the move.

Our Approach to Fall Quarter

In these turbulent times, Stanford is preparing an enriching period of learning and community for our students.

by Marc Tessier-Lavigne

All the Difference

Change—from the profound to the prosaic—is at hand.

by Kathy Zonana

Wild

by Summer Moore Batte

Dialogue — September 2020

Biblio File: What to Read Now — September 2020

New releases that inspire us.

Book Review: Your Attention, Please

New and Notable

by Lenora Chu

Obituaries - September 2020

Armed with Science, Explorer Mapped the Land of Nod

William Charles Dement

by John Roemer

Irish Poet Who Dared to Elevate the Personal and the Everyday

Eavan Boland

by Rebecca Beyer