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50 years, 127 titles, 19 championship sports—this is the streak.
The Environment and the Bottom Line
Sometimes, policies can protect both. Biologist Gretchen Daily shows us how.
by Melinda Sacks
What Happens When Your Figure Skating Career Ends?
After women retire from sports that focus on their youth and bodies, they have to figure out their real long program. Rachael Flatt helps build digital mental-health tools for those who will come next.
by Emily Hite
How to Have Meaningful Conversations with the TV On
A guide to parenting during the Olympics.
by Summer Moore Batte
‘I Never Became an Olympian’
A former rhythmic gymnastics powerhouse — and current Stanford sophomore — explains why she’s OK with how things turned out.
by Jasmine Kerber
‘This Is Not a Drill’: Those 38 Minutes of Nuclear False Alarm
STANFORD senior writer Melinda Sacks was waking up in Hawaii when the missile alert came across her phone. This is what she went through.
by Melinda Sacks
Chief Kindness Officers?
At Stanford’s GSB, compassion class is a crowd favorite.
by Melinda Sacks
Counting Steps: A Global View
What we can learn about our health from the gap between active and sedentary people.
Dianne Feinstein Goes Her Own Way
Resisting the pull of today's partisan politics is challenging. But the California senator has plenty of practice at breaking a different path.
by Romesh Ratnesar
