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From Tragedy, InspirationA manda North, MBA '82, was cheering on her daughter at last year's Boston Marathon when the bombs exploded, gashing one leg, burning the other and perforating her eardrum, but her attention was focused on a woman far worse off. The experience changed North's life. "My daughter told me, 'We were spared by a miracle. We have to think about our passions and purpose.' I told her, 'You're so right.'" |
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Setting the Bar HighS tanford gymnastics landed four top-10 performances at the NCAA Individual Event Finals, wrapping up a season that included a tie for the third most team wins in program history. The women were strongest in the bars with three top-10 finishes led by junior Samantha Shapiro (left), who placed second. "To see her perform the way she did today was pretty special," head coach Kristen Smyth said. |
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Rethinking 'Natural' HabitatsC urrent predictions forecast about half of Earth's plant and animals will go extinct over the next century due to human influence. But a study co-authored by three Stanford scientists finds the long-established theory behind the forecast is overly pessimistic. At the root of their revised outlook: farmland and remnants of forest are better at fostering biodiversity than assumed. |
