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Opinions
Sigma Chi house at Stanford.

Stanford should explain why it is concealing its own Civil Rights history

Justin Yang
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June 5
Track & Field
Alyssa Jones during the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 12, 2025.

Three Cardinal qualify for NCAA Track and Field Championships

Patricia Tran
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May 31
University
Woman stands with her arms crossed.

Historian Londa Schiebinger awarded the 2026 Centennial Medal 

Kayla Chan
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May 29
The Grind
Stanford’s Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies is one of the great "hidden gems" of the university, writes Factor. (Photo: Courtesy of Unsplash)

An ode to the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Creagh Factor
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May 28
Campus Life
Large house with Greek letters sigma and chi

Sigma Chi alumni seek historical civil rights recognition

Supriya Patel
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May 19
Culture
Portraits on the wall of CoHo. Clockwise from left to right: Journalist Ted Koppel M.A. ’62, former WNBA player Candice Wiggins ’08, UGS chair Shelley Gao ’11, men’s tennis player Alex Clayton ’11, golfer Tiger Woods (dropped out in 1996), former chairman of the federal reserve Ben Bernanke (GSB professor), actress Reese Witherspoon (dropped out in 1996), psychology professor James Gross.

‘It’s called personality’: How the faces on the walls of CoHo got up there

Greta Reich
  •  
May 18
Culture
The Cantor Arts Center.

The lasting importance of the Cantor Arts Center

Ayla Gharavi
  •  
May 18
Spring Sports
Junior Kaleigh Sommers during a game against Cal on April 16. (Photo: FAUSTO IBARRA/ISI Photos)

Cardinal Roundup: Women’s lacrosse makes program history

Joseph Shull
  •  
May 14
University
A woman with brown hair and a black outfit smiles at the camera.

Historian Jessica Riskin elected to American Philosophical Society 

Kayla Chan
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May 12
Campus Life
The course brings together faculty from history, law, political science and other departments(Photo: CAYDEN GU/The Stanford Daily)

‘America at 250’ explores U.S. history, policy on 250th anniversary

Alula Alderson
  •  
May 3
The Grind
Wuxi, China

Nostalgic Thoughts: Old-fashioned love

Alaina Zhang
  •  
April 29
University
Headshot of History professor Joel Cabrita

Q&A: Guggenheim fellow Joel Cabrita digs into the CIA’s role in apartheid South Africa

Angikar Ghosal
  •  
April 28
University
A headshot of Ran Abramitzky.

Guggenheim fellow Ran Abramitzky sees the American Dream as an ‘intergenerational story’

Angikar Ghosal
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April 26
Opinions
Photo of a bookshelf

The courage to think in an age afraid of meaning

Andreea Vasile
  •  
April 22
Wrestling
Aden Valencia during the NCAA Wrestling Championships at Rocket Arena on March 21 in Cleveland, Ohio. Valencia is the third national champion in Stanford wrestling history. (Photo: JOHN LOZANO/ISI Photos)

Aden Valencia’s will: How a freshman became a national wrestling champion

Adam Langshaw
  •  
April 14
The Grind
Wuxi, China

Nostalgic Thoughts: Wuxi and me

Alaina Zhang
  •  
March 10
University
An image of the Stanford Alumni center

Professor Caroline Winterer wins Lyman Award

Violet Negrette
  •  
March 9
Academics
The front of Encina hall

Israel Studies Program underway, sparking both hope and criticism

Naomi Breuer and Ashton Dolce
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Feb. 27
The Grind
Each installment of "The Library of Suspect Origins" looks at how knowledge gets made, stabilized, and mythologized across literature, science, and institutions. (Graphic: ANGIKAR GHOSAL/The Stanford Daily)

The Library of Suspect Origins: Inventing the Idiot

Angikar Ghosal
  •  
Feb. 19
From the Community
An image of the bombing of La Moneda (the presidential palace) in Chile during the 1973 coup. (Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

From the Community | History shows that Trump’s operation in Venezuela was wrong. Period. 

From the Community
  •  
Jan. 26
The Stanford Daily

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