January/February 2012

Features

Water Course

Rafting down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, a dozen Sophomore College students learned first-hand where the West's water is going, and why there isn't enough to go around.

And Now For Something Completely Different

After a quarter teaching in Oxford, music professor Mark Applebaum takes a whimsical look at British manners, and what you need to know about napkins.

Tide Pools & Terrorists

Biologist Rafe Sagarin, '94, says the lessons nature offers about adaptation and survival could help security experts deter terrorism and manage disasters.

Farm Report

OF NOTE

The Sounds of Science

Turning data into music

BACKSTORY

Trout Fishing in Academia

Admissions, 1890s style

MISSION

New GSB Institute Will Tackle Poverty

SEED money aims to curb poverty

VENTURE

First, Show Them the Money

Sharing state secrets

Linking Techies Coast to Coast

HONOR ROLL

Nine from Stanford Win Top Scholarships

Five Rhodes scholars!

News Briefs

For Alumni, a Weekend on the Farm

Seen and heard at Reunion Homecoming

Research Notebook

Stretchable, see-through sensors

FOOTBALL

One for the Books

A banner season for football

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Trying to 'Turn the Corner'

Teams starts strong

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

A Cardinal Sister Act Propels the Women's Team

SOCCER

Fourth Time's a Charm

Women's soccer triumphs

Sports Briefs

Planet Cardinal

PURSUITS

Fiddling With Physics

Cracking the violin "code"

PEER REVIEW

Book Buddies

A virtual bookshelf, with friends

SHOUT OUT

Prized Author

BRIGHT IDEA

It's Not Easy Eating Green

Algae you can eat

ON THE JOB

Making a Killing

What's going on with TV's The Killing?

Red All Over

Shelf Life

Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

What They Brought Home With Them Won't Fit in Any Suitcase

Going with the flow

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Educating Entrepreneurs to Leverage Growth and Development

Taking entrepreneurship global

Letters to the Editor

1,000 WORDS

Straight From the Heart

END NOTE

UGLI Truths

Home again

Class Notes

The Dish

Profiles

SPOTLIGHT: LEON S. WHITE, '58, MS '59

Reading for the 19th Hole

UNFORGETTABLE TEACHER: LAWRENCE MATHERS JR., '66, PHD '71, MD '82

Anatomy of a Mentor

SPOTLIGHT: STEVEN PALEY, MS '83

Building Robots--and Confidence

SPOTLIGHT: MELANIE KANNOKADA, '06

As Pretty Does

Farewells

A Mind for Machines

John McCarthy

Feminist Nun

Anita Caspary, PhD '48

Crusading Publisher

Howard W. "Tim" Hays, '39

Obituaries

The Notes

Online Exclusives

Football Recruits Ranked Among Best in the Country

SAGE

Is Organic Produce Worth Your Hard-Earned Green? Essential Answer

SAGE

Finding the Greenest Car: Essential Answer

Postscript

SAGE

Measuring Water Use: Essential Answer

SAGE

Leftovers--Into the Trash or Kitchen Disposal? Essential Answer