March 17, 2020

Our quiet campuses

–The Stanford community has been working remotely, practicing social distancing and, now, sheltering in place. As a result, Stanford in Redwood City and the main campus are very quiet indeed.

By Andrew Brodhead and Kate Chesley

Door with closed sign — The door to the Stanford Art Gallery notes that COVID-19 has resulted in the temporary shuttering of buildings across the main campus.
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Stanford Redwood City — The normally bustling Stanford Redwood City campus has been quiet this week.
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A lone bike rider and pedestrian cross the Main Quadrangle.
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Main Quad — Even at midday, the entrance to the Main Quadrangle is empty of the tourists who usually visit campus.
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Circle of Death — In March, shelter-in-place orders designed to stem the spread of the virus causing COVID-19 emptied Stanford of undergraduates, faculty and staff, with the exception of those students for whom leaving would be a hardship. Without the usual whirl of bicycles and pedestrians, the main campus was eerily quiet.
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Lasuen Mall — An empty Lasuen Mall from Jane Stanford Way.
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Students and scholars are usually entering the Bing Wing of Green Library throughout the day to study and do research.
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The sparsely populated dining area at Tresidder Memorial Union.
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Starbucks in the Tresidder Memorial Union has been temporarily closed, sending members of the community elsewhere for needed caffeine.
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The back of the Main Quadrangle is usually filled with students walking, biking and skateboarding between classes.
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Chairs are overturned at Old Union’s Axe & Palm, which remains open.
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Bikes — Riderless bikes at Roble Hall await the return of their students.
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Memorial Church — Signs on the front door of Memorial Church alert parishioners that services are temporarily suspended and the church itself closed.
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