Pipe Dreams

What began 25 years ago as a way to combat graffiti on Philadelphia buildings 75, is being copied in cities across the country.

by Susan Caba

The Great Recession battered Stanford been preserved.

by Mike Antonucci

U.S. service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with multiple injuries, including brain trauma, present new challenges for doctors. At the Palo Alto VA hospital, Sandy Lai, '93, leads a team whose innovative treatments and therapies bring hope along with healing.

by Joan O’C. Hamilton

Rod Searcey, ’84, found an unusual way to celebrate his 25-year reunion photographing his former professors. His portraits, and anecdotes from the faculty members themselves, constitute a gallery of great teaching.

Cancer often can be viewed as a chronic illness with a particular set of physical and mental challenges. Stanford health care providers have developed programs aimed at helping patients live not just longer but better.

by Brian Eule

Valerie Jarrett, ’78, has been behind Barack Obama for nearly two decades as a friend and adviser with special clout. Now the world is learning how this soft-spoken former lawyer became one of the most powerful women in the world.

by Roy S. Johnson

A nationally acclaimed group of football recruits arrives on campus soon, but they ve been acting like teammates for months.

by Mike Antonucci

René Girard's theories about the human condition have made him a giant among contemporary philosophers and a revered figure in his native France. His ideas offer a sobering view of where humanity is headed.

by Cynthia Haven

The brains behind hit reality shows such as The Bachelor, Andrea Wong, MBA '93, moved to Lifetime and did her own version of an extreme makeover. The results have impressed industry insiders and attracted viewers, but will advertisers buy what she's selling?

by Jake Halpern

Drew Endy and Christina Smolke, partners in life and in the lab, are at the leading edge of a bioengineering revolution: using genetic material to make living entities with utilitarian purposes. You might say they re trying to build a better world.

by Kara Platoni