On Tuesday, new and returning Stanford students navigated classes as temperatures rose past 97 degrees Fahrenheit. Following soaring temperatures, Residential and Dining Enterprises (R&DE) issued a campus-wide notice on the National Weather Service’s heat advisory, offering recommendations for air-conditioned spaces and avoiding heat-related illnesses. 

Mahi Jariwala ’28, who is from the East Bay, admitted that while the weather is drier where she is from, it was “definitely very hot” on Tuesday.

Many students felt the heat and expressed desires for air conditioning (AC) in classrooms and more spaces across campus, other than the few locations listed by R&DE.

“I feel like when we’re comfortable, we can be our best selves in terms of learning and contributing to this campus and society, and having an AC, I think, plays a huge role in that,” said Jariwala.

Khoa Dang Tring ’28 offered suggestions the University could adopt for future heat advisories. “One thing that would be cool would be fans on the street with water blowing so students coming by or biking by could get a bit of a cool water steam,” said Tring.

While Tring himself didn’t feel the heat was terrible, many of his peers found it unbearable. For Tring, “It was just kind of sunny.”

Gregor Krzmanc, a first-year Ph.D. student, saw the email and thought it would get way hotter. “If there is a heat wave in Europe, we feel it way more,” said Krzmanc. He found that the email sent out by Stanford’s Residential and Dining Services was helpful.