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The Unbendable Bolton Brown
Fearless and fervid, Stanford's first art professor left his imprint on California's peaks and on lithography.
by Daniel Arnold
Where He Took Us
During a prolific and sometimes perilous 16 years, John Hennessy championed interdisciplinary research, elevated the arts and transformed the campus. Here's how Stanford's 21st-century president did it and how it changed the university.
by Mike Antonucci
Stanford After Dark
What happens on the Farm in the middle of the night? We sent a reporter to find out.
by Mike Vangel
The See Change
Recent dramatic advances in virtual reality offer a glimpse into how pervasive use of the technology will change the nature of experience.
by Sam Scott
Steadfast
A four-time Cabinet member and a principal figure in ending the Cold War, George Shultz remains as devoted as ever to helping make the world safer. At age 95, he is still looking ahead.
by Robert L. Strauss
Not on Her Watch
Jennifer Granick has her eye on government policies she says threaten civil liberties and erode personal privacy. Where are the boundaries, and who should set them?
by Mike Antonucci
The Doctor-President Who Made Stanford Better
As a campus physician, he blunted a typhoid epidemic. As interior secretary, he authorized Hoover Dam. As Stanford president, Ray Lyman Wilbur improved the university in a host of ways.
by Theresa Johnston
Closing In on Cancer
In animal experiments, medical researcher Edgar Engleman used the immune system to attack cancer cells and eradicate the disease. This could be a breakthrough that leads to a cancer-killing treatment.
by Greta Lorge
