January/February 2013

Features

Finely Tuned

After decades of making do with subpar facilities, faculty and students are singing the praises of the Bing Concert Hall, whose beauty and acoustical fidelity will put Stanford's performing arts programs in a whole new arena.

The Last of a Class

What happens to the memories of a class when all of its members are gone? Ephraim Engleman is 101 years old and keeping the flame alive for the Class of 1933. He has some tales to tell.

The Visible Hand

Whether it's matching medical interns with hospitals, students with public schools, or kidney donors with patients, economist Alvin Roth—a 2012 Nobel laureate—doesn't just analyze markets, he makes them run better.

Farm Report

DISCOVERY

What's Eating Mary Rose?

Preserving maritime history

HOUSING

For Abstainers, a Place of Their Own

Zero bottles of beer

CLASSROOM

Finish-Line Fiction

Writers, unblocked

DOMAINS

Dream Pipes

MemChu's great set of pipes

REUNION HOMECOMING 2012

Happy to Be Home

Reunion recap

BASKETBALL

'Defense Needs to Be Our Calling Card'

Basketball forecasts

FOOTBALL

A Milestone Season

Thorny moments, rosy finish

SOCCER

One Goal Shy

Planet Cardinal

VENTURE

Drawing on a Classic

Sharpening an old favorite

BRIGHT IDEA

DIY Dollhouse

Toys, floor to ceiling

ADVOCACY

Vanishing Voices

Speaking up for Alaska

PURSUITS

Watered Silk

Sewn environment

Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Interpreting an Imprint

Class consciousness

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

An Unwavering Commitment to Access

All about affordability

1,000 WORDS

Redemption

END NOTE

Unplanned Obsolescence

Young, gifted and outmoded

Class Notes

Farewells

Unwavering Justice

Betty Binns Fletcher, '43

Enneagram Developer

Don Richard Riso, MA '71

Astronomer, Arts Patron

Jaylee Mead, MA '54

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