Features
New Kids on the Quad
Lacking the advantages of freshman bonding, transfer students cut their own path with gumption and guts, and enrich the campus with an outsider's perspective.
What Are You Saying?
By analyzing the hidden meanings in everyday speech, Geoff Nunberg captures the zeitgeist and reveals how language shapes our thinking.
The Brains Behind the Wheel
Engineers in Stanford's Dynamic Design Lab are working on a car that could save your life and make motoring more fun. Is it ready for a test drive?
Still Life
During a career spanning three decades, Joan Myers's quiet, evocative photographs have brought new perspective to natural wonders and man-made horrors.
The Troubles that Occur
Misapprehended lyrics, a disputed inheritance, a charismatic orphan, a threatened tradition—vignettes about contemporary African life won this year's Stanford fiction contest.
Columns
Departments
Red All Over
Students, Hospitals Lead Tsunami Efforts
Tsunami grief and relief
Going Where No Robot Has Gone Before
The little robot that could
What You Don't Know About Dining Hall Chefs
A chef's story
Farm Report
Showcase
Anything Can Happen
Pioneer Merce Cunningham
A Man of Many Voices
Latino literature
Ready for Takeoff
Taking to the slopes
Class Notes
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10 Reasons to Like this Course
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Obituaries
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Books, Music, Etc.
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Where to Find Inspiration? Maybe at Your Feet.
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How Elephants Establish Who Is in Charge