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All Right Now
The surprising strategy for minimizing precooked food waste.
Rapid Response
How the Stanford research community pivoted to address the coronavirus.
by Deni Ellis Béchard
The View from the ICU
A doctor describes the painful reality of caring for COVID-19 patients.
by Nathan Nielsen
‘Black Male: Guilty Until Proven Innocent’
It pains me that these words I wrote in 1992 still ring true today.
by Cory Booker
A Note to the Dumb
On George Floyd’s killing and racial injustice in America.
by Epiphany Morrow
This Is Not a Drill
Bay Area public health officers had prepared all their lives for the possibility of a pandemic. That didn’t make their decisions any easier.
by Deni Ellis Béchard
100 Years Ago, the First Latina Graduated from Stanford
Helen Dominguez transferred to the Farm just as the 1918 flu hit.
by Summer Moore Batte
Our Last Goodbye
The frenzied moment when 5 Stanford seniors said adieu.
by Emma Abdullah
The Pain and Perspective of a No-Commencement Spring
Graduating students describe how they feel about the loss of a traditional commencement ceremony.
by Melinda Sacks