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    Meet Samir Banerjee, #Stanford2026 🎓 An ACC champion and science, technology, and society major, Samir spent his Stanford years balancing academics and athletics while discovering…

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    Meet Gabrielle Edelin, #Stanford2026 🎓 A history and psychology double major, Gabrielle spent her Stanford years building lifelong friendships, serving as class president, and dee…

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    Moments from Stanford's 135th Commencement ceremony. More than 20,000 attendees, including 3,600 graduates, filled Stanford Stadium on Sunday to celebrate the Class of 2026 with W…

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    “You have thousands of moments ahead of you. The important thing isn’t to get them all right; it’s to find a way to keep moving forward.” Sundar Pichai, MS ’95, CEO of Google and…

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    “This is what your diploma means – something you can look to, that will testify and speak back to you, that whatever the next stage throws at you, you can handle it.” Professor Le…

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    Meet Katelyn and Lorelei Santa Maria, #Stanford2026 🎓 The twin sisters and human biology majors spent their undergrad years building parallel paths in research and service. 🗞️:

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    Meet Heloise Hoffmann, #Stanford2026 🎓 The bioengineering major spent her Stanford years researching treatments for FSHD, the rare genetic disease she has. “It’s been such an empo…

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    Winning entries in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability’s 2026 photo contest capture the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth and the effort to understand it.

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    Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai), CEO of @Google and Alphabet Inc. and a Stanford alum, will return to the Farm to deliver Stanford’s 135th Commencement address. 🗞️:

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    There’s no place like the Farm. 🌲 During Family Weekend, parents, siblings, and loved ones visited campus to experience Stanford’s classrooms and traditions firsthand. Thanks to a…

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    Whether on the water, pitch, or slopes — and even the Winter Olympics — the Smith family’s bond is defined by high-level competition and shared Stanford roots. 🗞️:

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    Stanford pediatric allergist Tina Sindher studies how the chronic stress of childhood food allergies affects families — informing new approaches to treatment and care. #ResearchMa…

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    Stanford University holds undergraduate tuition steady for 2026-27. Nearly 90% of students graduate debt-free, with one-third of undergraduate families receiving need-based fundin…

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    Rare photos of Rosa Parks, taken by renowned photographer Matt Herron, have been discovered in the @StanfordLibs archive. 🗞️:

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    Justice Breyer, ’59, is back on the Farm! In talks from a campus forum to a discussion in a student residence hall, the retired Supreme Court Justice spoke on the importance of ci…

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    Jasmine Aikey is the nation’s best. ⚽ On Friday, the @StanfordWSoccer senior forward was awarded the 2025 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy — the most coveted individual honor…

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    Stanford chemical biologist and Nobel laureate Carolyn Bertozzi studies the sugars on cell surfaces to uncover how diseases like cancer work — and to develop new treatments. #Rese…

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    The northern lights over Hoover Tower. Mingming Tong, a postdoctoral scholar in genetics, captured the stunning image of campus on Nov. 11, during a G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm.

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    A ma-tree-mony in the making! 🌲♥️🌲 Dahkota Brown ’20 & Caroline Kushel ’21, aka Tree No. 41 & 42, are engaged. (First-ever mascot nuptials?) Read more: https://t.co/lGRXjU…

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    Cardinal red runs deep. #beatcal

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    Here lies a poor pathetic fool. (A funeral procession preceded yesterday’s “bearial” of Oski in White Plaza.) #beatcal

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    From a mock “bearial” to hourly train whistle blasts, Stanford’s campus will come alive in preparation for next week’s 128th Big Game. We snuck a little Cardinal pride into the St…

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    Ernestine Faxon, a 102-year-old U.S. Navy veteran who served in World War II, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Manny Velasco, who served in the Vietnam War, were honored along with o…

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    Still one of the greatest moments in Nobel history. At 2:15 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2020, a security camera caught Prof. Emeritus Robert Wilson in slippers at Prof. Paul Milgrom's front…

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    At 10 years old, Stanford’s educational farm is thriving as a hub for teaching, research, and community. Soon, thanks to the installation of a new microgrid with solar panels and…

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    An intro to football, not the soccer kind 🏈🤓 As part of this week’s orientation programming, current and former @StanfordFball players jumped onto the field with new graduate stud…

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    Elsewhere on campus … a friend stopped by the Farm on his way to the 2025 @LaverCup.