Campus Life

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Meet Caeden Greene

The co-terminal junior and master’s student in mechanical engineering shares his passions for street food, fast cars, and slow pursuits.

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Fashion forward

How a popular student club transforms MemChu into a runway for the event of the season.

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Pizza with the president

Kalissa Greene and Annie Reller chat with President Saller about IntroSems, Roman history, and how to make a great sauce.

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Star chef Mingoo Kang visits the Farm

Stanford community members gathered at the O’Donohue Family Educational Farm to taste the work of Mingoo Kang, who is reimagining Korean cuisine for health and sustainability.

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Tour guide trivia

Student tour guides share their favorite fun facts about Stanford, including how many Disneyland parks could fit on campus.

Stanford celebrates 13 women’s history makers

Stanford celebrates the pioneering spirit that has been part of the university’s legacy since its inception, with a look at women who made history in medicine, math, athletics, business, law, economics, administration, public service and space.

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Setting the bar

Men’s gymnastics is in decline at the collegiate level. But Stanford’s squad is flying high – and bringing the U.S. team along with it.

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Meet Kemi Ashing-Giwa

When she’s not running lab experiments, the PhD student in ecophysiology and conservation biology writes sci-fi novels. “I like being in school for many reasons, but one is that it’s great for story ideas.”

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Highlights from Family Weekend 2024

More than 5,000 family members visited campus on Friday and Saturday to reunite with their students and learn about life on the Farm.

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Sean Penn talks Ukraine’s fight for freedom

The Academy Award-winning actor and filmmaker visited Stanford last Thursday to screen and discuss his documentary, Superpower, about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his country’s war with Russia.

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A heist to remember

It’s Big Game Week on the Farm – and 50 years since “the Infamous Three” stole the Axe from Cal one last time.

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Portraits of change

An exhibition of photographs that document sweeping 20th-century political, social, and artistic movements across Latin America opened this month at the Cantor Arts Center.

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The evolution of Blackfest

The largest free hip-hop event in the Bay Area wasn’t always a music festival. For decades, it was a family picnic of sorts, sparked by the need to bridge an east-west campus divide.

Stanford Athletics —

Women’s water polo wins national championship

The nation’s only program to have participated at every NCAA championship since the event’s inception in 2001, Stanford women’s water polo defeated USC 11-9  on Sunday night to win their ninth NCAA title.

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Stanford marks 40 years since ‘The Play’

The Stanford Historical Society recently convened Stanford and Berkeley alumni to recount the bizarre events surrounding the end of the 1982 Big Game – which has since become one of the most iconic plays in American college sports history.

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When card stunts ruled

Once upon a time, student participation during football games was flipping awesome.

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What to read this summer – 2022

STANFORD magazine’s summer reading list features faculty-recommended books that tackle today’s big issues.

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Stepping out of his comfort zone and into the world of dance

Gaurab Banerjee, a leader in Stanford’s social dance community and a member of the Axe Committee, graduates with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science. He plans to work in the artificial intelligence industry and later in community development.

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Aiming for space, with eyes on a more inclusive home planet

Mary Cooper, who grew up in a military family, graduates with a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering and computer science. After a summer working at SpaceX and a semester of study at Oxford, she’ll return to earn a master’s degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering.

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A passion for international understanding

In her first quarter at Stanford, Maya Guzdar decided to sign up for a Mandarin Chinese class. After graduating, she’ll begin a master’s program in Beijing.

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Stanford Admit Weekend returns to campus

Stanford is welcoming prospective members of the Class of 2026 to Admit Weekend, marking the annual event’s return to campus since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Standing with Ukraine

Members of the Stanford community gathered on Friday afternoon for Stand in Solidarity with Ukraine, an event in White Plaza with Ukrainian speakers and leaders in Stanford's international community sharing their perspectives on the war and ways the Stanford community can help.

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Who is Isaac Applebaum, ’23?

The pre-med computational biology major from Bethesda, Maryland, competes this week in the semifinals of the Jeopardy College Championship. Catch his episode Thursday, Feb. 17, at 8 p.m./7 p.m. Central on ABC.