Features

  • Peter and Maria Hoey

    COVER STORY

    Net Assets

    Buoyed by a federal grant to develop digital research tools, Stanford's computer science department turned its graduate students loose on an intriguing problem-solving exercise. Ten years later, their work has produced virtually every significant Internet search innovation and spawned the world's most popular librarian, Google

  • Courtesy Stanford Archives

    Regarding Ernest Johnson

    Forgotten for almost a century, Stanford's first African-American student has had his legacy restored. And the alumnus who honored him has gained back a piece of his past.