Worth a Glam

In this year s winning fiction entry, a son returns to his boyhood home to bury his mother and discovers her long-hidden secret. As he considers the life she wanted but never knew, he wonders: does duty outweigh the right to happiness?

by Carl Heintze

One writer called it Still virtually pristine, and epic in its grandeur, Antarctica attracts more scientific attention than ever. Stanford oceanographer Rob Dunbar, with a few undergraduates in tow, is trying to figure out what the icy continent can teach us about global warming.

by Christopher Vaughan

Stanford Law School professor Barbara Babcock is used to being first. Her pioneering path for women in the law has hardened her resolve, sharpened her folksy wit and inspired a generation of students.

by Diane Rogers

Like any student newspaper, the Stanford Daily has been both reviled and revered. But whether jabbing the administration or lamenting the perils of dating, reporters who ve had their Daily dose keep coming back for more.

by Joannie Fischer

They travel long distances, scream until they s basketball.

by Diane Rogers

Architect Thomas Church combined a European aesthetic with California s outdoor lifestyle to create spaces unique to Stanford. The best known and most visible, White Plaza, remains the signature of a campus that embraces openness.

by Raymond Hardie

Freshmen arrive at Stanford with high hopes s heart.

by Christine Foster

From Churchill's Archive of Sound is one of the world s leading repositories of historical and artistically significant recordings. Yet hardly anybody has ever heard of it.

by Diane Rogers

is both revered and reviled for his unconventional ideas about the causes of mental illness. But even longtime critics are beginning to agree that Fuller Torrey s theories about schizophrenia make some sense.

by Tom Nugent

Committed, courageous, occasionally cranky, Stanford's s most memorable teachers changed lives, one student at a time. In this sampling of remembrances, alumni offer glimpses of greatness.