Diversity remains ongoing struggle
By Eric MessingerThe composite picture of socioeconomic diversity at Stanford is a patchwork, both in the data available and the efforts made to achieve it. The first class of students at Stanford, in 1891, famously required no tuition. Among the ranks of the Farm’s “pioneer class” was a young man born…
Chris Chan M.S. ’08 dies at Yosemite
By Eric MessingerChristina “Chris” Chan M.S. ‘08, a doctoral student in political science at Stanford, died in a climbing accident at Yosemite National Park on Friday. She was 31.…
Hussain to become dean of FroSoCo
By Eric MessingerThe Freshman-Sophomore College (FroSoCo) has a new dean, only the program’s second since its founding in 1999. Nadeem J.Z. Hussain ‘90, a professor of philosophy, has been tapped to lead the residential program, which houses freshmen and sophomores on West campus.…



