Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

This electron microscope image shows the bacteriophage (named “Little Red Riding Hood”) that Davis isolated from soil collected from the forest floor. Photo by J. Ilagan, K. Davis and M. Jurica. At ...

An empty courtyard at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto on April 3, 2020. Phoro by Magali Gauthier. Starting in the 2025-26 school year, Palo Alto freshmen will have just one option for biology, ...

Biology Department Committee on Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) supervised changes for the Fall 2023 “First-Year Seminar” course, which serves as an introductory seminar for freshmen ...