A new tool lets students view a course’s workload and grade distribution and gives researchers a window into student decision-making.
By Jackie Botts
Deciding which classes to take is no easy task at a university that offers about 4,000 courses each quarter. But students now have a better idea of what to expect from their courses, thanks to a new platform that harnesses big data to help them explore options.
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Identical twins discuss the bonds they share, and the similar paths they have taken.
By Jill Patton
Photography by Toni Bird
Meet Christopher Yeh
A computer science major talks about sacrifice, purpose and what it’s like to be a twin.
Alumni Lives
Alumnae recognized for engineering, management chops.
By Jill Patton
The news website Business Insider named five Stanford alumnae to its 39 Most Powerful Female Engineers of 2018 list.
Sylvia Acevedo, MS ’83, CEO of the Girl Scouts and a former NASA engineer, who supported the creation of new badges in robotics, coding, engineering and cybersecurity
Alumni Lives
Real-time mental health coaching for teens.
By Diana Aguilera
When Ashley Edwards and Alina Liao, both MA ’16, MBA ’16, met in Stanford’s joint MBA/master’s in education program, each was searching for ways to address the critical need for mental health support in schools, especially in low-income neighborhoods. …
Alumni Lives
Podcast digs deep into what makes people shift political views, overcome addiction or recover from racism.
By Jill Patton
Come, listen. Hear two men describe how they became violent extremists — one a neo-Nazi, the other a jihadi — and what turned them on to a path
to tolerance. Understand the rise of Roger Ailes protégé Joe Lindsley at Fox News and, in his own…
Alumni Lives
Bossy Spa blog provides readers the emotional support they’ve been missing.
By Jill Patton
The Bossy Spa started out as a second home for Deborah Simmons, ’85, and a retreat for her sister, Lynnette Chen. Chen would occasionally travel from Arcata, Calif., to tiny Doss, Texas, to take a break from caring for her husband, who has Alzheimer’s.
“When [my sister]…
Alumni Lives
Former Cardinal players team up in Oakland.
By Sam Scott
For a moment this summer, the Oakland Athletics boasted a trio of ex-Cardinal stars. Infielder Jed Lowrie, ’06 (left), and right fielder Stephen Piscotty, ’13 (center), were already everyday players when Jeremy Bleich, ’09, got called up in July after a decade toiling in the minors. “We add another Stanford guy,” A’s manager Bob Melvin, a Cal grad, lamented to reporters. “I don’t know how well that sits with me, but that’s OK. . . . It is a great story.” Alas, a week later Bleich was back in Triple A. •
Sam Scott is a senior writer at STANFORD.
Michelle McGrew, ’86, follows her yellow Labrador behind the scenes.
By Diana Aguilera
For nearly two decades, Michelle McGrew, ’86, and her husband, Darin, ’85, have frequented the Tabard Theatre in San Jose, where artists often pass around props and costumes to visually impaired audience members before shows. But in February, McGrew got her first behind-the-scenes experience thanks to her…
After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the former civil rights lawyer began creating provocative works of art from the scans of her own diseased brain.
By Melinda Sacks, ’74
Elizabeth Jameson wants you to look at her. Really look at her. See her high-tech wheelchair, custom fit to her slender body. See her immobile legs and arms, her carefully folded hands. See her shiny blond hair and her penetrating hazel eyes.
People often look away…
Tom Frost was an unlikely pioneer, but his exploits — and ethics — have shaped generations of high achievers.
By Sam Scott
Photography by Tom Frost/Aurora Photos
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the July/August 2014 print edition of STANFORD. Tom Frost died August 24, 2018.
By the time Tom Frost started up El Capitan’s 3,000-foot vertical walls in the fall of 1960, the glory of being…
