September/October 2006

Features

COVER STORY

Strong Medicine

Training physicians used to be mostly about drugs and diseases. A curriculum overhaul at Stanford Medical School puts students in touch with patients in their first year, considering the person as well as the pathology.

Beyond Red and Blue

The rhetoric of pundits and politicians suggests that the United States is deeply divided culturally and ideologically. Don’t believe it, says a Hoover scholar, whose analysis shows most of us favor the middle ground.

Ready for Kickoff

Stanford Stadium has been reborn as a smaller, amenity-rich facility that University officials hope will make Cardinal football louder and prouder. Not to mention sold out.

Confidence Man

Albert Bandura’s research—beginning with his famous Bobo doll experiments—has influenced a generation of psychologists. His career isn’t over, though. At 80, he is still changing people’s views of what’s possible through self-efficacy.

Columns

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Oh, the Places We'll Go

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Wisdom for the Next Generation

END NOTE

Work in Progress

Experience required

Departments

ASKED & ANSWERED

United They Stand

Taking on the issues

ON THE JOB

His Blue Heaven

Plane crazy

BEING THERE

The Eye of the Storm

Katrina in pictures

Red All Over

Just One Question

Great mistakes

Farm Report

Showcase

Looting Europe

Tracking Nazi loot

A Man of Many Parts

Martin Moran

A Long March

Chinese lives

Class Notes

Profiles

SNAPSHOT: THEODORE GILDRED, '59

Like Father, Like Son

SPOTLIGHT: KENNETH J. DE NAULT, '65, PHD '74

Wolf's Best Friend

SPOTLIGHT: DAVID MOHLER, '79

Years of Living Dangerously

SPOTLIGHT: PRIYA HAJI, '93

Good Business

Farewells

REMEMBERING JAMES BRIGGS MCCLATCHY '42, 1920-2006

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