Worth a Glam

Fifty years ago, Stanford broke ground on a development project unheard of in higher education: a campus shopping center. It became one of the world's most profitable retail spaces, and contributed hundreds of millions to Stanford's bottom line.

by Jesse Oxfeld

Today's students, weaned on technology, express both delight and disdain for the gadget-driven culture they inhabit. Are their lives better, or just better equipped?

by Christine Foster

Is Darwin s theory of sexual selection large enough to explain sexual behavior? Biologist Joan Roughgarden says no, and her new book suggests an outright abandonment of the fundamental tenet she says promotes bad science and social injustice.

by Bob Moser

At the South Street Seaport Museum, Peter Neill collects and houses America s nautical past and the origins of New York s heritage. It s the perfect job for a born storyteller.

by Ray Isle

This year s fiction contest winner traces a son one episode at a time.

by Sam Warren

Embracing rather than lamenting Stanford s unflinching admissions policies, men s basketball coach Mike Montgomery has built what nobody thought was possible: a powerhouse program. Not bad for a guy who expected to be a high school P.E. teacher.

by Kelli Anderson

The idea was simple: mount an exhibition of artwork loaned by Stanford alumni and friends. It was also a learning opportunity for student curators, who got a behind-the-walls look at how a major museum show comes together.

by Summer Moore Batte

Elaine Pagels s commentaries on so-called heretical texts like the Gospel of Thomas are broadening scholars views of early Christianity and challenging long-held assumptions.

by Diane Rogers

Academically gifted but occasionally lacking advantages other students take for granted, students must fight through anxiety, feelings of isolation and the difficulty of negotiating two worlds. Their success may change their families forever.

by Theresa Johnston

As neuroscientists hone new technologies for probing our brains, predicting our behavior and perhaps even altering our thoughts, ethicists wrestle with some vexing questions.

by Joan O’C. Hamilton