Features
Long Live Lasers!
When a Stanford grad first produced a beam of amplified light 50 years ago, it spawned a technological frenzy that revolutionized everything from precision surgery to Pink Floyd concerts. Here are the highlights.
by Greta Lorge
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Heart of a Legend
Jim Plunkett has taken a lot of hits over the years. Thanks to family and a group of teammates who remain best friends, Stanford’s only Heisman Trophy winner still stands tall.
by Mike Antonucci
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The Man Who Dropped Clocks
The winning entry in our 13th annual fiction contest features an aging patriarch trying to repair the estrangement caused by his son's modern ways.
by Anne Newton Holmes
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The Sex Scholar
Her physician's career foreshortened, an enigmatic faculty member instead pursued a path-breaking study of women's sexuality at the turn of the 20th century. Her findings, buried and forgotten for decades, reveal a surprisingly modern attitude among Victorian-era women.
by Kara Platoni
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Meet President Jordan
Applauded for his guidance and vision, vilified for his pacifism and support of eugenics, Stanford’s first leader created a complicated legacy.
by Theresa Johnston
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Learning the Hard Way
Every day, the Martu people of Western Australia go to extraordinary lengths to find or hunt what they need to eat. How they do it offers lessons for the rest of us, say anthropologists Doug and Rebecca Bird.
by Ken Eastwood
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Game On
Tara VanDerveer took the Cardinal from doormat to dynamo and helped boost women’s athletics. But as far as she’s concerned, it’s still a work in progress.
by Mike Antonucci
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Late Expectations
Only the young think romance is only for the young. Sally Moser Small writes this year s winning entry in the Stanford fiction contest.
by Sally Moser Small
