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‘When You Don’t Know, You Feel Alone in the World’
Features

‘When You Don’t Know, You Feel Alone in the World’

The odyssey of having an undiagnosed disease.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

Book Review: Ghosts of Gold Mountain
Departments

Book Review: Ghosts of Gold Mountain

New and Notable

by Vanessa Hua

Biblio File: What to Read Now — September 2019
Departments

Biblio File: What to Read Now — September 2019

New releases that inspire us.

After Lightning Strikes
Features

After Lightning Strikes

How the family of a Stanford professor cut down by stroke grew into a fortress of support.

by Debra Meyerson and Danny Zuckerman

Home Free Home
Essays

Home Free Home

My on-campus housing was free and the envy of my friends. Then the weather changed.

by John Church

Meet A.J. Aldana
All Right Now

Meet A.J. Aldana

Q&A with Stanford senior class co-president.

by Jill Patton

Home Improvement
Columns

Home Improvement

Stanford Pres. discusses new student housing plan.

by Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Engineer and Robotics Pioneer
Farewells

Engineer and Robotics Pioneer

Nils J. Nilsson, MA ’56, PhD ’58

by Rebecca Beyer

Physiologist and Advocate for Asian American Community
Farewells

Physiologist and Advocate for Asian American Community

George Francis Leong, ’46, MA ’47, PhD ’51

by Vicky Elliott

Compassionate Transplant Surgeon
Farewells

Compassionate Transplant Surgeon

Oscar Salvatierra Jr.

by John Roemer