5+ hour, 33+ min ago  (521+ words) The longest streak within the streak was six wins straight (198586 to 199091) by the most-decorated women's tennis team in NCAA history, coached by Frank Brennan. For 11 years (198889 to 199899), women's swimming, coached by Richard Quick, either won or was runner-up, a stretch…...

5+ hour, 33+ min ago  (342+ words) STATUS: endangered (but on the upswing, thanks to conservationists) DATING RADIUS: open to long-distance, but travel is stressful, so nearby mates are sometimes preferable, even if they're slightly inferior genetic matches OPEN TO INTERNATIONAL LOVE? hard pass'it can take two…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (560+ words) Stanford: Why did the university need a simplification initiative? Jon Levin: When I was appointed president, I went around and talked to many people at the university. I kept hearing stories about being frustrated by bureaucracy and red tape. I…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (395+ words) Then came "the biggest fork in the road I think I've encountered in my life," she says. Should she attend a conservatory and attempt to be a concert pianist, or turn in a new direction? "I needed to take a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (850+ words) School's out, fun's in. Before they headed off for summer adventures, we asked several Stanford students for their book recommendations. What if We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures'by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, One World (2026) I read this anthology of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (194+ words) Lloyd Charles Chiswick II, "61 (history), of Dunsmuir, Calif. , January 5, at 87. He was a Russian linguistic specialist in the Army. He worked in Los'Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area before moving to Dunsmuir. He became a well-respected rifle builder under…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (282+ words) Steven Aaron Denning, MBA "78, a former'chair of Stanford"s Board of Trustees who'helped shape many of the university"s most consequential philanthropic and visionary efforts, died April 27. He was 77. A first-generation college graduate from Salt Lake City, Denning earned a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (114+ words) Stanford women's rowing made it look easy at Redwood Shores on May 2 as the team bested all six of Cal's boats in the Big Row. That final event of the regular season was a big go: Two weeks later, the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (216+ words) When Paul Ehrlich joined Stanford in 1959 as an assistant professor of biology, the chair of his department had one request: Could he teach a course on entomology and one on evolution? To Ehrlich's delight, those would be the only administrative…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (256+ words) In May, Kevin Warsh, "92, was confirmed as chair of the Federal Reserve. Speaking of making bank, the WNBA and the Women"s National Basketball Players Association, which is led by L. A. Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike, "12, have negotiated the first comprehensive revenue-sharing…...