March/April 2015

Features

Damage Control

As public concern about brain injuries intensifies, researchers at Stanford are developing new devices that may help diagnose and prevent concussions. 

After Class

From piloting gliders to sculpting marble to juggling fire sticks, faculty members find all sorts of interesting ways to fill their hours off the Farm.

Duty Calls

Dana Chipman, JD ’86, retired from an accomplished military career only to find himself drawn back to public service, this time leading a new probe into the Benghazi incident.

Farm Report

Superstar Lineup

Obama visits campus

At Last Count: 26

Crossed Wires

DIY Drones

Make your own drones

ECLECTIC ELECTIVES

The View From Inside

A Powerhouse Idea

A new energy plant

Blue-Sky Proposition

When Sci-Fi Came True

Englebart's visions in remix

Breakthroughs, Briefly

Closing the Books

Meyer memories

EXAMINED LIFE: CARL DJERASSI 1923-2015

'A Phenomenon of Nature'

Standing Tall

Stefan Nastic's tall order

Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

My Space

Growing up on the Farm

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Progress Meets Preservation

The old and the new

Letters to the Editor

1,000 WORDS

Rare Reflection

SHELF LIFE

Books, Music & Film

SPOTLIGHT

Funds from Fans

Patreon makes pay-for-play pay off

CONSIDER THIS

Memory Walk

Stanford's unexpected gift

END NOTE

Community Run

Hitting the trails at Oxford

Class Notes

The Dish

Farewells

Pulitzer-Winning Professor

Carl Neumann Degler

Pioneer of Aging Research

Denham Harman, MD '54

Lifelong Educator

George Harmon Knoles, PhD '39

Philosopher Scientist

Patrick Colonel Suppes

Writer and Philanthropist

Merla Burstein Zellerbach, '52

Obituaries

The Notes

Online Exclusives

Provost's Task Force Report

Discussing Divestment