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Fifty years since the Stanford Historical Society was founded, there’s still plenty to uncover.

The Stanford Historical Society (SHS) kicked off their 50th anniversary year with a backyard celebration of the past, as well as a glance toward the future.

A new spring quarter course examined Stanford’s past, including the people, personalities, and politics that have made the university what it is today.

The 500th interview features Kathy Ku, who retired in 2018 after serving nearly four decades in Stanford's Office of Technology Licensing.

To the Stanford Historical Society, the 150th anniversary of the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad sounds like a good reason to pause, reflect and celebrate.