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Summer 2026

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Flipping the Bird

The surprising strategy for minimizing precooked food waste.

By Summer Moore Batte

It Takes a Village
Departments

It Takes a Village

New graduate residence opens.

by Summer Moore Batte

Mischief Managed
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Mischief Managed

Stately and venerable, this oak tree witnessed antics that were anything but.

by Charity Ferreira

Better body image; voting from space; Stanford seaweed
The Loop

Better body image; voting from space; Stanford seaweed

Back to ‘School’
Q&A

Back to ‘School’

What things are like now from the educators’ side of the Zoom.

by Charity Ferreira

Natural Namesakes
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Natural Namesakes

A curious set of species shares the Stanford moniker.

by Jennifer Worrell

Dispatch from Santa Rosa
Online Exclusives

Dispatch from Santa Rosa

Filmmaker Austin Meyer, ’14, documents his fire evacuation experience.

by Summer Moore Batte

Historian Ana Raquel Minian on Immigrant and Latinx Rights
Q&A

Historian Ana Raquel Minian on Immigrant and Latinx Rights

A story of shifting public sentiment and interconnected economies.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

What the Band’s been up to; the hottest dating show off campus; how wildfire smoke affects your health
The Loop

What the Band’s been up to; the hottest dating show off campus; how wildfire smoke affects your health

Historian James Campbell on White Backlash
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Historian James Campbell on White Backlash

Freedom, justice and equality are too often seen as zero-sum.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

Sociologist Matthew Clair on Race and Class in Criminal Justice
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Sociologist Matthew Clair on Race and Class in Criminal Justice

It takes more than a movement to transform the system.

by Deni Ellis Béchard