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Current and former members of the Stanford Fleet Street Singers gathered for a 25-year reunion concert. Sounds like fun.

by Julie Yen

Nomads for centuries, the Tuareg people of North Africa face constraints in the global economy. Capitalizing on decades of travel and research, Cantor Arts Center director Tom Seligman has assembled a collection of art and craft that conveys an exotic,ancient culture and its venture into modernity.

by Marguerite Rigoglioso

Can agriculture and conservation co-exist? Yes, says Earth Sciences dean Pamela Matson, who is finding solutions to environmental problems that don t require giving up the farm.

by Kara Platoni

Stanford' s fiction contest winner serves up greedy suitors, surprise proposals and the rewards of inner beauty.

by Georgia Shreve

Dennis Hwang has made tens of millions smile with his artwork. His canvas: the Google logo.

by Joan O’C. Hamilton

In the spring of 1903, typhoid fever ravaged Stanford s campus, killing eight students. With no local hospital and few nurses, a heroic band of student volunteers helped keep the death toll in check.

by Theresa Johnston

Striking back at banal PowerPoints and misleading graphics, Edward Tufte seeks to bring both artistry and truth to presentation.

by Fran Smith

According to a Stanford psychologist, you’ll reach new heights if you learn to embrace the occasional tumble.

by Marina Krakovsky

White House appointee John Taylor spent the past four years rebuilding Iraq s back on the Farm with some real-life lessons for his economics students.

by John B. Taylor

Skip Kenney s swimmers have won 25 straight Pac-10 titles, seven national championships and a passel of Olympic medals. Not bad for a coach who has never swum a race in his life.

by Kelli Anderson