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A photo of first year student Serena Young as she sits inside the White Plaza pavilion, observing people

May 21, 2025

First-year student Serena Young conducts sociological observations in Stanford’s White Plaza to see how the plaza and pavilion are used by community members. Her observations and interviews, and those of other volunteers, will go toward a larger assessment of Stanford’s public spaces.

Photo by Harrison Truong for Stanford University.

Image of a rainbow behind a large, bare oak tree with a man setting up to take a photo

April 11, 2025

Photographer LiPo Ching captures a rainbow on a winter day at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Ching produced stunning images of the preserve for a photo story about seasonal change at this unique H&S education and research site.

Photo by Dan Quinn, JRBP docent