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A Friendship Mission
The improbable, coincidental and utterly true story of an alum who went missing for 13 years, and the friends who found him.
by Kevin Cool
What the Wilderness Letter Wrought
Stegner’s ‘labor of an afternoon’ struck a chord around the world.
by Daniel Arnold
Westword, Bound
The written world of Wallace Stegner was one of calloused hands and expansive beauty. His most famous pupils saw things differently.
by Daniel Arnold
Just Curious
How a boy who played with fire (and mercury, and bleach) became a bioengineer who brought $1 origami microscopes (and paper centrifuges, and snorkel-mask PPE) to the world.
by Deni Ellis Béchard
History Scholar Who Saved New York Public Library
Vartan Gregorian, ’58, PhD ’64
by Rebecca Beyer
Journalist Who Pioneered Coverage of Silicon Valley
Marion Lee Lewenstein
by Melina Walling
The Very Blue Debut of stanford.edu
25 years ago, the chosen hue sparked a cry.
by Sam Scott
