Features
Photo: Glenn Matsumura
Provost and engineering professor John Hennessy spent 22 years teaching, researching and rising through the academic ranks. And, like every self-respecting computer scientist, he took a year's sabbatical to start a company. In September, he becomes the University's 10th president.
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They Pay Me to Do This?
From sportscaster to CEO, from ranger to webmaster, we profile the coolest jobs at Stanford -- and the students who do them.
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Photo: Peter Stember
Where on Earth?
The Global Positioning System changed navigation forever. Now GPS pioneer Brad Parkinson and his band of graduate students are harnessing the technology to track the precise location of almost anything.
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Courtesy Stanford Archives
Mrs. Stanford and the Netherworld
Haunted by the sudden death of her beloved son, Jane Stanford tried séances as a way to reach him.
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Michelle Chang
Looking for the Right Road
For more than two decades, he has grappled with waste and absurdity as a Third World development expert. Now the author wonders why he bothered -- and why he can't quit.
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W. Ross Humphreys and Robin Stancliff
The Treasure of Mata Ortiz
In a remote Mexican village, second-grade dropout Juan Quezada rediscovered the secret of fashioning exquisite pottery -- and shared it with his neighbors. Walt Parks helped introduce the rest of the world to this extraordinary art.
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How Elephants Establish Who Is in Charge
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Trustee Extraordinaire
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Yurts Become Pop-Up Science Labs
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The Audition Tape that Could
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Dispatch from Colombia: Nick Casey
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