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Lily Zou

Lily Zou '29 is the Vol. 270 Managing Editor of The Grind. She enjoys playing the violin, ballet and reading.
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(Graphic: CHINYOUNG SHAO/The Stanford Daily)

Asking Stanford: What was your first job and what did it teach you?

Emmie Kao, Amber Lin, Robin Demangone, Lily Zou and Sharis Hsu
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Oct. 14
The Grind
A crescent moon can be faintly seen in the still bright sky.

Snippets and sketches: Being sick

Lily Zou
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Oct. 8
The Grind
A crescent moon can be faintly seen in the still bright sky.

Snippets and sketches: A glimpse of the working life

Lily Zou
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Oct. 1
The Grind
The strange yet sentimental items that come to Stanford with us every year. (SHARIS HSU/The Stanford Daily)

Asking Stanford: What’s the most unusual item you bring to campus during move-in?

Kaylee Chan, Lily Zou, Ribka Desta and Sharis Hsu
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Sept. 28
The Grind
A crescent moon can be faintly seen in the still bright sky.

Snippets & Sketches: Under the streetlights

Lily Zou
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Sept. 23
Music
Eric Wang performs in the Guitar Foundation of America’s 2026 International Concert Artist Competition. (Photo: Courtesy of Eric Wang)

Eric Wang ’26 wins international classical guitar competition

Lily Zou
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Aug. 27
Magazine
What we lose when we try to do it all. (Graphic: CHLOE HANNSZ/The Stanford Daily)

Doing too much

Lily Zou
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June 7
The Grind
"I began to practice, not simply for fear of losing my skill, but for the love of the music," Zou writes. (Courtesy of Aldís Elfarsdóttir)

My violin and me

Lily Zou
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May 18
The Grind
A crescent moon can be faintly seen in the still bright sky.

Snippets & Sketches: A perfect spring day

Lily Zou
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May 5
The Grind
Daily staffers name the apps they rely on. (Courtesy of Pexels.com)

Asking Stanford: What is one app you can’t live without?

Ribka Desta, Kaylee Chan, Megan D'Souza, Lily Zou, Sharis Hsu and Alaina Zhang
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April 26
The Grind
A crescent moon can be faintly seen in the still bright sky.

Snippets & Sketches: Notes on being home

Lily Zou
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April 7
The Grind
The Computing and Data Science Building (CoDa) in the day time

Asking Stanford: What is the best building on campus?

Alaina Zhang, Angikar Ghosal, Anisha Pandey, Daniel Xu, Lily Zou, Megan D'Souza, Sebastian Strawser and Sharis Hsu
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March 4
The Grind
illustration of a shelf with books, a pair of glasses, headphones, a globe, and a framed photo

Asking Stanford: What year do you think about the most?

Alaina Zhang, Megan D'Souza, Kelly Wang, Daniel Xu, Angikar Ghosal, Kaleb Gjestson, Melita D’Souza and Lily Zou
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Feb. 10
The Grind
A crescent moon can be faintly seen in the still bright sky.

Snippets & Sketches: My favorite morning

Lily Zou
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Jan. 27
The Grind
A new year brings new opportunities for self-improvement. (Graphic: KAYLEE CHAN/The Stanford Daily)

Asking Stanford: What are your resolutions for 2026?

Melita D’Souza, Kaylee Chan, Megan D'Souza, Sharis Hsu, Iris Hwang and Lily Zou
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Jan. 11
The Grind
A crescent moon can be faintly seen in the still bright sky.

Snippets & Sketches: The Fall Ball

Lily Zou
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Nov. 30
The Grind
(Photo: LILY ZOU/The Stanford Daily)

Snippets & Sketches: In limbo

Lily Zou
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Nov. 5, 2025
The Grind
Black squirrel perched on a tree, nibbling on an acorn

Asking Stanford: What about Stanford reminds you of home?

Hannah Zingapan, Lily Zou, Iris Hwang, Audrey Kim, Mia Jong, Kaylee Chan and Sebastian Strawser
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Oct. 7, 2025

Multimedia by Lily Zou

The Grind
"The poet, upon observing a Stanford sunset, describes description," Singh writes. (Photo: LILY ZOU/The Stanford Daily)

The poet, upon observing a Stanford sunset (or, The American: Part II)

Sachin Singh
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Nov. 17
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