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Storytelling as community building

By Gillie Collins,’15 (English, International Relations) The summer after my freshman year, I found myself crushed into a taxi with five other people, heading to my first day of work… Read more Storytelling as community building

A home for conversation

By Catherine Zaw, ’15 (Biology, Linguistics) When I signed up to volunteer for a homeless women’s shelter in the winter of 2013, I anticipated physical work moving mattresses and sleepless… Read more A home for conversation

Bridging the gap between patient and provider

By Van Tran, ’16 (English) Not many people can say they’ve had the chance to meet a survivor of human trafficking and domestic violence. I still remember the day the… Read more Bridging the gap between patient and provider

The educational value of bacteria

By Ritika Dutta, ’15 (Biology) In my sophomore year, I worked with two middle school students on a project about bacteria. Neither of the girls seemed very interested in the… Read more The educational value of bacteria

Finding a family through service

By Sammie Wills, ’16 (Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity) As a low-income, queer, mixed-race Pilipina person, I had never been in a space that affirmed all of my identities… Read more Finding a family through service

From heart to heart and hut to hut

By Apurva Khedagi, ’15 (Human Biology) During my Haas Center fellowship I worked alongside the NGO Sneha in the Kandivali slums, leading group meetings on preventable diseases. Together with the… Read more From heart to heart and hut to hut

Fighting silence, ending stigma

By Nikita Desai, ’15 (Science, Technology, & Society)  During my freshman year, as a member of Stanford Peace of Mind (SPoM), I saw students boldly share their struggles with mental… Read more Fighting silence, ending stigma

UNICEF Tanzania reflections

By Brandon Hill, ’16 (Public Policy) This past summer, I served as an intern for UNICEF Tanzania as a Haas Center African Service Fellow. I helped to build a national… Read more UNICEF Tanzania reflections

Food for filling

By Maria Deloso, ’15 (Earth Systems) Growing food has an enormous impact on the environment, as around 40 percent of the world’s land goes toward agriculture. At the same time,… Read more Food for filling

Kindness begets purpose

By Vishesh Gupta, ’15 (Computer Science) When people hear I’m a CS major, they ask me what I did this summer expecting to hear about my late night coding exploits.… Read more Kindness begets purpose