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  1. When traveled to Europe this summer, Oscar da Silva had the chance to share his hometown with teammates, coaches, family and friends.

  2. Memorial Church.

  3. “Social progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability. It comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals.” at Stanford in 1967:

  4. at : Gwen Bryan is developing optimized exoskeleton assistance to improve the efficiency, speed & balance of walking & running. The technology responds to environmental changes in real time and could aid people who have experienced stroke or amputation.

  5. . founder David Kelley () pioneered a collaborative, interdisciplinary, "enlightened trial-and-error" approach to learning. "You could just see the students' eyes sparkle," he remembers. "We knew we had something."

  6. In a good educational environment, "teachers are learning and learners are teaching," Dave Beach, co-director of Stanford's Product Realization Lab, says. "I bring a milliwatt of energy into the experience, and all of a sudden, we’ve got megawatts of energy coming back."

  7. Consumers tend to heavily value prices and online reputation — and not licensing status — when they’re looking to hire a professional, research shows.

  8. The "normal" human temperature is no longer 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, research suggests.

  9. In a good educational environment, "teachers are learning and learners are teaching," Dave Beach, co-director of Stanford's Product Realization Lab, says. "I bring a milliwatt of energy into the experience, and all of a sudden, we’ve got megawatts of energy coming back."

  10. "In science, there are so many times you feel like things aren’t going to work out. But you’ve just got to keep going. It’s all about curiosity and persistence." - Aditi Sheshadri :

  11. As heterosexual couples increasingly meet online, family and friends are playing less of a matchmaking role, Stanford research shows.

  12. Stanford biologists are using rare poison frogs that nurse their young as a way to help answer a fundamental question: Is there more than one way to build a maternal brain?

  13. "If you've got a passion, that's great. But most people don't, and it's not a prerequisite." Dave Evans and on designing your life:

  14. As heterosexual couples increasingly meet online, family and friends are playing less of a matchmaking role, Stanford research shows.

  15. . captured nine national championships in 2019 and won its 25th consecutive Learfield IMG Directors Cup for the 2018-19 academic year, an award presented to the most successful intercollegiate athletic department in the nation.⁣ ⁣

  16. Sequence, a 235-ton steel sculpture by Richard Serra, returned to in January after three years at . ⁣ 📸: Prof. Andrei Linde

  17. “There were a lot of high fives and victory laps around the lab.” This year, with a lot of ingenuity and a little luck, Stanford researchers succeeded in monitoring the heart rate of a blue whale in the wild—a first.

  18. Joyce Ride — mother of Stanford alumna Sally Ride, the first American woman in space — spoke at the dedication of the Sally Ride House in Stern Hall.

  19. Frost Amphitheater reopened after an extensive renovation that rendered it one of the Bay Area’s premier outdoor music venues. Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, , The National, Lionel Ritchie and the all performed in 2019.

  20. Feb. 17, 2019 | Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne joined for one night only, and it turned out to be a good one. Alanna Smith hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 34 seconds left on the clock to move past USC.⁣ ⁣

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