May/June 2011

Features

COVER STORY

A Place in the Sun

Sedate and seldom used today, Frost Amphitheater was once a vibrant venue for some of the most influential rock performers in the world.

After the Revolution Audio

Stanford faculty examine the conditions that led to civil unrest in the Arab world, what it means for the region and how the United States should respond.

The Mind-Bending Artistry of Robert Lang

The ancient art of origami has been revived by design innovations that push the boundary of what is possible and enable other applications of folding technology. Robert Lang has led the way.

Farm Report

CURRENTS

After the Japan Disaster

Kyoto program canceled

FINDINGS

A Breakthrough in Cell Control

Therapeutic  molecules

DOMAINS

Eye on the Sky

The view from here

BACKSTORY

A Cannon for Oncologists

Oncology pioneer Henry Kaplan

PURSUITS

School Bands

Faculty make music

STUDENT VOICE

To the Manor Borne

Student Voice: Cliveden to Oxford and back

CARDINAL NUMBERS

Cherry-Picked or Not

Admissions by the numbers

BASKETBALL

'An Awful Feeling'

A Final Four letdown

Planet Cardinal

ON THE JOB

Finding the Sweet Spot

Ryan O'Hara, Topps CEO

WHERE YOU'LL FIND ME

To Dye For

Quilter Ann Johnston

BRIGHT IDEA

Treading Lightly

Running on air

CUTTING EDGE

Sounds Unlikely

Composer David Lang

EXAMINED LIFE

The Steadiest of Statesmen

Remembering Warren Christopher

ADVOCACY

Pretty Powerful

A film to expose stereotypes

Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Young, Restless and Tuned In

Music. College. Happiness.

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Imagining Stanford in New York

A campus in New York?

1,000 WORDS

Late-Night Burgher

END NOTE

This Girl's Life

How I met my mother

Class Notes

Profiles

SPOTLIGHT: RON HANSON, '59, AND JOYCE PUGMIRE HANSON, '59

Against Leprosy--and Stigma

SPOTLIGHT: JOAN MITCHELL, '69

Digital Data Pioneer

SPOTLIGHT: TERESA DELFIN, PHD '07

Bouldering With the Bump

SPOTLIGHT: TWIST PHELAN, '78, JD '81

Extreme Plots With Extreme Sports

SPOTLIGHT: CARIN ANDERSON, '92

Purposeful Itinerant

Farewells

Mentoring Editor

Karen Klok Anderegg

Curious Collector

John Traina

ENT Physician

Haskins "Chuck" Kazunori Kashima

Online Exclusives