September/October 2013

Features

Mind Over Misery

Medication and traditional talk therapy don’t work for a lot of people suffering from depression and anxiety. What does work, as decades of good results have shown, are the techniques used by psychiatrist David Burns, whose best-selling books and influential mentoring have changed the lives of millions.

High and Mighty

The Farm wouldn’t be the Farm without lots and lots of beautiful trees. We chose four species to celebrate in words and pictures. 

Thinking Bigger, Little by Little

As Stanford embarks on a plan to grow the undergraduate class, President John Hennessy explains why it’s important to act now, and what the increase will mean for the campus and the academy.

The Borderless View of Tino Cuellar

The new head of Freeman Spogli Institute is celebrated for his energetic, problem-solving mentality, and a seemingly innate ability to bridge divides.

Spotlight

SPOTLIGHT

Burning Questions

How we think about fires

Farm Report

INNOVATION

Building a Better Abode

Solar house takes shape

FINDING

There's More Than One Way to Measure Economic Jitters

What words say about the economy

MEDICINE

A New Tactic in the Antibacterial Struggle

Staying ahead of "superbugs"

A Time of Loss

Remembering three giants

MILESTONE

More Than a Commitment

Vows at MemChu, before they were legal

FOOTBALL

Kevin Hogan's Encore Act

Kevin Hogan's next challenge

DIVING

The Improbable Career Path of Coach Rick Schavone

The diving coach who didn't

Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

On the Road to Feeling Better

Battling the blues

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Doing Well by Doing Good

Nonprofit start-ups

1,000 WORDS

Hot Wheels

END NOTE

The Family We Choose

Friends for life

Class Notes

Farewells

Arms Control Advocate

George Bunn

Theater Iconoclast

Herbert Blau, MA '49, PhD '54

High Life

Carl "Berny" Wagner, '48, MA '49

Online Exclusives

Fifty Years of Harmony

Stanford's first a cappella group, the Mendicants, had no idea what they were starting.

"Dear Future Me"

The Class of '08 gets unexpected mail