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Call it the campus that seldom sleeps. Whether it's baking bread in dorm kitchens or pounding the treadmill at Tresidder, something is usually going on in the wee hours. Join our reporter on a middle-of-the-night prowl around the Farm.

by Joshua Fried

When the future chief justice of the United States arrived on campus in 1946, fresh from service in World War II, he had no particular plan. Then he met a professor whose scholarly specialty inspired a career in the law, and whose ideas shaped the views that would change American jurisprudence.

by Charles Lane

The descendant of generations of tribal leaders, Raymond Cross knows the Indian wars did not end in 1890 at Wounded Knee. After a federal dam swamped his ancestral homeland, his quest for justice led him all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

by Paul VanDevelder

A blind student gets an A+ in a surgery course. A dyslexic student learns a foreign language. They may require extra time and technology, but students with disabilities don't let anything get in the way of their educations.

by Diane Rogers

Superfast integrated circuits, more effective methods of drug delivery, increased understanding of disease. The promise of nanotechnology is proof that good things come in little packages.

by Lee Bruno With additional reporting by Kevin Cool

Misapprehended lyrics, a disputed inheritance, a charismatic orphan, a threatened tradition vignettes about contemporary African life won this year's Stanford fiction contest.

by Jacob Doll

During a career spanning three decades, Joan Myers's quiet, evocative photographs have brought new perspective to natural wonders and man-made horrors.

by Jack Fischer

Engineers in Stanford's Dynamic Design Lab are working on a car that could save your life and make motoring more fun. Is it ready for a test drive?

by Greta Lorge

Lacking the advantages of freshman bonding, transfer students cut their own path with gumption and guts, and enrich the campus with an outsider's perspective.

by Joshua Fried

After decades of war, neglect and oppression, Afghanistan is emerging from a dark age. Educator Zaher Wahab made good on a promise and went back to help.

by Angie Chuang