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What a Difference a Year Makes
Columns

What a Difference a Year Makes

We could never have predicted 2020. But that’s not stopping us from taking a run at 2021.

by Kathy Zonana

Supporting our International Community
Columns

Supporting our International Community

Stanford’s international students and scholars enrich our campus and broaden our impact.

by Marc Tessier-Lavigne

The Foreseeable Future
Features

The Foreseeable Future

Making predictions about 2021 seems downright foolhardy. We did it anyway.

Black, Pregnant and Grieving
Online Exclusives

Black, Pregnant and Grieving

‘For some of us, the journey to motherhood comes at a higher cost.’

by Herbrina Sanders

Word Nerd
Features

Word Nerd

John McWhorter is best known as a cultural critic who garners bouquets and brickbats from left and right alike. But he’s really a linguistics geek at heart.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

Change Is Crucial, and Slippery
Essays

Change Is Crucial, and Slippery

What a sea cucumber taught me about survival.

by Amber Wong

The Ticker — December 2020
All Right Now

The Ticker — December 2020

Stanford people in the news and on the move.

Historian and SLE Co-Founder
Farewells

Historian and SLE Co-Founder

Mark Mancall

by Rebecca Beyer