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Kyla Figueroa

Kyla Figueroa ‘24 is the former Vol. 260–262 Managing Editor for The Grind, the 263 Screen DE for Arts & Life, and a staff writer for News. Throw pitches and questions her way — kfigueroa ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.
Academics
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Stanford launches new data science major

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Oct. 11, 2022
Featured
Carolyn Bertozzi on Wednesday morning.

Stanford professor Carolyn Bertozzi wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Kyla Figueroa, Celestine Wenardy and Judy N. Liu
  •  
Oct. 5, 2022
Arts & Life
Alyson Michalka, left, and Amanda Joy Michalka, right, stand with neutral expressions in the middle of a city street

Q&A: Pop duo Aly & AJ discuss artistic inspiration and opening for Ben Platt

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Sept. 29, 2022
Campus Life
Two people stand in line in front of the Olives counter. A row of barstool chairs in front of them and digital menu displays visible behind the counter.

Stanford staple cafe Olives to reopen on the first day of classes

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Sept. 25, 2022
Music
Japanese Breakfast performing on stage with their band name and persimmons shows on the big screen

“Here and There” music festival awakens Stanford from its summertime hibernation

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Sept. 6, 2022
News
picture of dark memorial church with students standing in the middle with flashlights

Power returns to campus after prolonged outage

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
June 24, 2022
News
Photo of main quad with Hoover Tower in the background and a sunny blue sky

Stanford cancels classes, will remain ‘in the dark’ for days to come

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
June 23, 2022
News
Outside Green Library. A red, yellow, and green-layered tree in front of Green Library.

Summer classes temporarily canceled as campus-wide outage sees no end in sight

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
June 21, 2022
News
Two Students sitting outside of Green Library

‘Lights out’: Campus-wide outage hits Stanford amid solstice fires

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
June 21, 2022
Arts & Life
Says "Staff Playlist" next to a red Spotify logo over the words "The Stanford Daily"

The Daily takes the aux: May music staff picks

Vanessa Chen, Richard Coca, Kyla Figueroa, Chloe Anne Walsh, Zach Zafran, Brandon Rupp, Nick Sligh, Michelle Fu, Kristofer Nino, Andrew Gerges, Vivian Wang, Malia Mendez, Kirsten Mettler and Aditeya Shukla
  •  
May 31, 2022
The Grind
A cartoon of the author holding a different, fixed-up version of themselves, a la Hamlet-skull scene.

The play is the thing

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
May 30, 2022
Arts & Life
A multi-colored background of orange, pink, and red with five book covers in the foreground.

What to read: AAPI Heritage Month recommendations

Kirsten Mettler, Lily Zhou, Kyla Figueroa, Peyton Lee and Richard Coca
  •  
May 30, 2022
Arts & Life
A speaker with the words "AAPI HERITAGE MONTH in listening" emanates sound waves with pictures of artists such as Olivia Rodrigo and Conan Gray

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Music recommendations

Kyla Figueroa, Nick Sligh, Peyton Lee, Ryan Loo, Richard Coca and Chloe Anne Walsh
  •  
May 29, 2022
The Grind
The image shows the exterior of Burbank dorm.

The temporal, the permanent and micro-eras

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
May 22, 2022
Arts & Life
Hand holding up a paper cup of ice cream in front of a brightly coloured pink tent booth. The cup wrote 'eclipse' and below it 'cookie butter'

A non-vegan tries plant-based ice cream

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
May 18, 2022
Arts & Life
Says "Staff Playlist" next to a red Spotify logo over the words "The Stanford Daily"

The Daily takes the aux: April music staff picks

Chloe Anne Walsh, Kyla Figueroa, Andrew Gerges, Richard Coca, Andrea Liao, Kristofer Nino, Cameron Duran, Oriana Riley, Isaac Lozano, Vanessa Chen, Tammer Bagdasarian, Brandon Rupp, Malia Mendez, Peyton Lee, Kirsten Mettler and Aditeya Shukla
  •  
April 28, 2022
Arts & Life
Rina Sawayama performing in front of fans at The Warfield theatre

Rina Sawayama triumphs San Francisco with a brightly cathartic performance

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
April 12, 2022
News
person walks by stanford ivy arch during a wet day

Spring at Stanford begins with a storm

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
March 27, 2022
News
logo of AAAS department

Plan for AAAS departmentalization to be sent to Stanford admin in May

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
March 8, 2022
The Grind
A close-up of a to-go cup of coffee on a wooden table/

Stanford Love Letters: I’m 19 and bitter — and I’ll be fine.

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
March 6, 2022
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