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Germ Theories
Lab leak? Animal transmission? Why David Relman and his colleagues told the world that we need to investigate both of COVID-19’s origin stories.
by Deni Ellis Béchard
The Heat Is On
Stanford faculty are blazing paths in fire control and prevention to help us live in a changed climate.
by Katherine Ellison
All Together Now
For the first time since spring 2020, there are several thousand undergraduates on the Farm. The university has big plans for how they’ll live and learn.
A Short History of Stanford Stadium
The venerable venue celebrates 100 years. Sort of.
by Sam Scott
‘Losing Max Was Burden Enough’
In the midst of family tragedy, a father decides that the best path is candor.
by Ivan Maisel
An Acute Case of Disorientation: The Asian American Angle
What it’s like at the boundary of two worlds.
by Alan Tien
Frosh out of Water
Those first weeks, I was sure I didn’t belong at Stanford.
by Alison Ozawa Sanders