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Dozens of Japanese American Stanford students were corralled in camps during World War II. Even as their lives were put on pause, some stayed connected to the Farm.
The Mystery of the MingKwai
A revolutionary Chinese typewriter was long thought lost. Then it turned up in a Long Island storage unit.
by Sam Scott
Back in the Game
Can Stanford Football recapture its glory days? Andrew Luck has thoughts.
by Ivan Maisel
Pipe Dreams
Today’s drain is tomorrow’s mine. How to tap the treasure in wastewater.
by Sam Scott
Pace Setter
How neurologist Helen Brontë-Stewart is personalizing Parkinson’s treatment.
by Tracie White
The Pen Pal President
When Herbert Hoover and Ray Lyman Wilbur went to Washington, they left their friend Robert Swain in charge of the university. But they never quite relinquished control.
by Rich Jaroslovsky
A Ghost Story
Andy Dunn feared the specter of his bipolar disorder. But one day, he had no choice but to confront it.
by Tracie White
Swat Team
Mosquito larvae, says Erin Mordecai, are cute. But they grow into humankind’s deadliest foes—which is why she and her colleagues are trying to figure out where on Earth the little buggers are about to strike.
by Rebecca Beyer
The Coaches Wore Cardinal
They hit, they ran, they fenced. Now, these eight former student-athletes lead the teams on which they once competed.
by Kelli Anderson