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The Environment and the Bottom Line
Sometimes, policies can protect both. Biologist Gretchen Daily shows us how.
by Melinda Sacks
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Chief Kindness Officers?
At Stanford’s GSB, compassion class is a crowd favorite.
by Melinda Sacks
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Dianne Feinstein Goes Her Own Way
Resisting the pull of today's partisan politics is challenging. But the California senator has plenty of practice at breaking a different path.
by Romesh Ratnesar
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When Rugby Ruled
For more than a decade in the early 1900s, a gentleman’s game from across the pond supplanted football at Stanford. It took a world war to turn back the tide.
by Sam Scott
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What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today
Sixty years after the nuclear tests, the groundwater is contaminated and the coconuts are radioactive. But are the coral reefs thriving?
by Sam Scott
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Why Mindset Matters
According to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, you’ll reach new heights if you learn to embrace the occasional tumble.
by Marina Krakovsky
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What ‘Ghost Particles’ Might Tell Us About Our Origins
Stanford physicists hope an elusive subatomic particle will help us answer big questions.
by Daisy Yuhas
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The Moral Force of Deborah Rhode
For four decades, her leadership has helped define the ethics of power and parity.
by John Roemer
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What It Was Like to Be an African American Freshman in 1962
A tiny but historic cohort of African American students entered Stanford on the vanguard of the civil rights movement. This is how it felt.
