Flipping the Bird

The university calls it Stanford’s strongest emblem. It may come as a surprise, then, that it has only been around—in its current form, anyway—for 15 years.

by Nick Burns

Two-time national player of the year Kathryn Plummer, ’20, leads Stanford to its latest NCAA championship.

by Kevin Cool

We tapped Stanford experts from across disciplines to find out how the science of decision-making can help you choose better.

by Mike Vangel

Can we be trained to be saviors? Psychology professor emeritus Philip Zimbardo aims to find out.

by Diana Aguilera

How one tiny cactus boosted my will to give.

by David Schweidel

by Amy Larimer and Drew Krafcik

These are the most-read stories this year.

by the editors at Stanfordmag.org

Holiday shopping, done.

by the editors at Stanfordmag.org

EANABs of choice.

by Eliane Mitchell

At Reunion Homecoming, we asked alumni about the ways they’ve grown since college.

by Diana Aguilera, Eliane Mitchell and Yanichka Ariunbold