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Families of underage patients receiving gender-affirming care filed a lawsuit against Stanford Medicine Children’s Hospital. (Courtesy of Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health)

Trans minors sue to block federal subpoena of Stanford medical records

Stanford Children’s Hospital received a grand jury subpoena seeking records related to gender-affirming care for minors.

June 3, 2026

Memorial Auditorium surrounded by trees

Stanford cut Beyond Sex Ed without student input, then advised staff to stop helping students fight back

June 1, 2026
The exterior of the courthouse.

Federal judge requests more information in Daily’s lawsuit after constitutional arguments

May 28, 2026
Theo Baker ’26 speaks about his debut book, “How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University” in a conversation with Rob Reich. (Photo: ALANA BELLE M. TIRADO/The Stanford Daily)

‘The most commercialized university in the world’: Theo Baker ’26 criticizes campus culture in talk on book debut

May 27, 2026

Stanford cut Beyond Sex Ed without student input, then advised staff to stop helping students fight back

June 1, 2026

Federal judge requests more information in Daily’s lawsuit after constitutional arguments

May 28, 2026

‘The most commercialized university in the world’: Theo Baker ’26 criticizes campus culture in talk on book debut

May 27, 2026

Most Read

Google DeepMind CEO warns AI is at “species-level transition”

Angikar Ghosal

Stanford subdomains targeted by black-hat SEO attacks

Kayla Chan

‘It takes a village’: All Black Runway Show unites Black creatives on campus

Sofia Williams

Opinions

Jain | South Asia, not India: Stanford and Area Studies

Shiven Jain

Levine | Mediocrity is not your enemy. AI is.

Jennifer Xin-Tsu Lin Levine

Why critics are tangled up over Olivia Rodrigo’s babydoll dress

Bella Kim

News

A headshot of Heloise Hoffmann.

Heloise Hoffmann fights to cure her own rare disease

Hoffmann won a $50,000 research grant to search for a cure to Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy, or FSHD, a disease she has battled since childhood.

June 4, 2026

This week's report covers incidents from May 27 to June 1.

Police Blotter: Child abuse, stalking and hit-and-runs

10 hrs. ago
Ava Brown and Georgia Walker-Keleher.

Alumni Association recognizes senior award recipients

10 hrs. ago
picture of the exterior of trancos, a dorm in Wilbur hall, which has a big tree in front of its entrance

‘A way to simplify your move-out’: R&DE donation program ramps up summer campaign 

Yesterday

Police Blotter: Child abuse, stalking and hit-and-runs

June 3, 2026

Alumni Association recognizes senior award recipients

June 3, 2026

‘A way to simplify your move-out’: R&DE donation program ramps up summer campaign 

June 3, 2026

Arts & Life

Her POV: ‘Blue Heron’ evokes summertime sadness 

Blyss Cleveland

Rachel Platten creates space for music and mental health at Meyer Green

Zimin Qian

‘Weather Any Storm’: Student designer turns Terman Fountain into a runway

Olivia Raykhman

Multimedia

The ASSU’s Presidential Debate

Taber Cannon

Sports

Teddy Tokheim during a game against Saint Mary's College at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond on May 12. Tokheim was a bright spot for Stanford in a somewhat underwhelming spring season. (Photo: GLEN MITCHELL/ISI Photos)

Stanford baseball ends spring season quietly

A season marked by inconsistency and tough ACC competition concluded last Wednesday.

June 2, 2026

Trevor Islam does his signature celebratory backflip during a game against Boston College at Maloney Field at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium on Sept. 28, 2025. Islam, a walk-on player, has quickly become one of Stanford's best players. (Photo: KAREN HICKEY/ISI Photos)

From the stands to the spotlight

June 1, 2026
Alyssa Jones during the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 12, 2025.

Three Cardinal qualify for NCAA Track and Field Championships

May 31, 2026
Megha Ganne prepares to drive on the sixth hole during the Stanford Intercollegiate Golf Tournament at Stanford Golf Course in October of last year. Ganne was a key piece in Stanford's national championship run. (Photo: SCOTT GOULD/ISI Photos)

Cardinal roundup: Women’s golf wins it all

May 28, 2026

From the stands to the spotlight

June 1, 2026

Three Cardinal qualify for NCAA Track and Field Championships

May 31, 2026

Cardinal roundup: Women’s golf wins it all

May 28, 2026

The Grind

Jain | Drowning in gold

Nikhil Jain

Lee & Lawler | The sounds of senior spring

Madison Lee and Quinton Lawler

Games

Daily Crossword #026: End of the Line

Akhil Reddy

Cartoons

(Cartoon: CARSON BOSITA/The Stanford Daily)

Humor

Welcome to the Nanoword! If you're stumped, ask the nearest 2nd-grader (GRAPHIC: JENNY BALLUTAY/The Stanford Daily)

Nanoword #12

Garrett Khatchaturian
Stanford University’s 2026 commencement ceremony will end with a speech by Google CEO Sundar Pichai, especially by the “AI” in Pichai, am I right? (Photo: FRANCES GUO/The Stanford Daily)

Students’ planned reactions to commencement speech

Jenny Ballutay
Sundar Pichai presenting onstage

Sundar Pichai, here’s how to win over grads at your commencement address

Garrett Khatchaturian
(Cartoon: CARSON BOSITA/The Stanford Daily)

Beta Breakers

Carson Bosita
The Claw fountain and bookstore

‘Shut up!’: A defense of Free Speech Hour

Garrett Khatchaturian
Stanfordle
"Enjoy Other Wordy Games Daily" is written in the form of a Wordle game.

Stanfordle #146

Akhil Reddy
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16 hrs. ago
The Grind
"Richie’s walk of life is a testament to what is fundamentally remarkable about the human condition," writes Sakamoto. (Courtesy of Richie Kim)

What Makes Us Human: I found myself walking, too

Emi Sakamoto
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17 hrs. ago
Screen
A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: ‘Blue Heron’ evokes summertime sadness 

Blyss Cleveland
  •  
17 hrs. ago
University
Families of underage patients receiving gender-affirming care filed a lawsuit against Stanford Medicine Children’s Hospital. (Courtesy of Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health)

Trans minors sue to block federal subpoena of Stanford medical records

Dilan Gohill
  •  
Yesterday
Campus Life
picture of the exterior of trancos, a dorm in Wilbur hall, which has a big tree in front of its entrance

‘A way to simplify your move-out’: R&DE donation program ramps up summer campaign 

Daniel Xu
  •  
Yesterday
Science & Technology
Scenes of various cartoonish research methods, including using a microscope, inspiration represented by a lightbulb, and chemicals mixed together.

Research Roundup: Combating muscle loss from GLP-1s, monitoring high-risk pregnancies and reversing aging in sea squirts

Beatrice Barnes
  •  
Yesterday
Music
The singer-songwriter opened up about her experience with postpartum depression. (TABER CANNON/The Stanford Daily)

Rachel Platten creates space for music and mental health at Meyer Green

Zimin Qian
  •  
Yesterday
Senior Column
“With a professional license to be curious, I treated my worldview, at least momentarily, as the least interesting in the room,” Chor writes. (Courtesy of Tariq Stone)

Chor | Imagining Stanford

Rani Chor
  •  
Yesterday
Senior Column
"As I jump back to reality, closing the tie on my first, last and only four undergraduate years, I no longer feel the need for more," writes Shin. (Courtesy of Toma Murakawa)

Shin | On antithetical experiences

Jason Shin
  •  
Yesterday
The Grind
Classmate Jake Chasan launches his TALK with confetti cannons going off across the entire room. (Courtesy of Nikhil Jain)

At the GSB, finding the ‘surface area of the human experience’

Nikhil Jain
  •  
Yesterday
Opinions
"The essays I will turn in this finals week are by no means the best scholarship in their fields. They are certainly not my best work. They are, however, mine." (Graphic: CHINYOUNG SHAO/THE STANFORD DAILY)

Levine | Mediocrity is not your enemy. AI is.

Jennifer Xin-Tsu Lin Levine
  •  
Yesterday
Baseball
Teddy Tokheim during a game against Saint Mary's College at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond on May 12. Tokheim was a bright spot for Stanford in a somewhat underwhelming spring season. (Photo: GLEN MITCHELL/ISI Photos)

Stanford baseball ends spring season quietly

Odelia Kneiser
  •  
Yesterday
Stanfordle
"Enjoy Other Wordy Games Daily" is written in the form of a Wordle game.

Stanfordle #145

Odelia Kneiser
  •  
Yesterday
Daily Diminutive
crossword

Daily Diminutive #177

Akhil Reddy
  •  
Yesterday
Stanfordle
"Enjoy Other Wordy Games Daily" is written in the form of a Wordle game.

Stanfordle #144

Akhil Reddy
  •  
June 2, 2026
Culture
(Photo: Courtesy of Lara Rudar)

‘Weather Any Storm’: Student designer turns Terman Fountain into a runway

Olivia Raykhman
  •  
June 1, 2026
Humor
Welcome to the Nanoword! If you're stumped, ask the nearest 2nd-grader (GRAPHIC: JENNY BALLUTAY/The Stanford Daily)

Nanoword #12

Garrett Khatchaturian
  •  
June 1, 2026
Student Government
ASSU logo

GSC fills new positions, passes bill to create Community Center Working Group

Leo Melton
  •  
June 1, 2026
Senior Column
"I am the cop and the sun is the robber, who’s taken from me nothing but time," Wang writes. (Photo: KELLY WANG/The Stanford Daily)

Wang | All a part of my plan

Kelly Wang
  •  
June 1, 2026
University
Months of contract negotiations and policy changes have brought new dishes and a more flexible menu to Arrillaga Dining.

How Arrillaga Dining revamped its menu

Kayla Chan
  •  
June 1, 2026
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