Stanford student Ruby Coulson, who is the Tree mascot for the 2024-25 school year, poses in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris during the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Coulson’s trip to Paris came just a few months after being selected as the 46th Tree, the unofficial mascot for Stanford, which has been an annual tradition since 1975. In Paris, she wore Herman the ...

The new town of University Park soon adopted the tree’s name. Stanford University’s mascot – costumed, dancing and sometimes inebriated – is a human-size replica.

This bizarre mascot layered in colorful branches and leaves frenetically bounces and spins with Stanford spirit. Typically adorned with bulging eyes and voluminous lips, The Tree made its first ...