Worth a Glam

On a rocky point in Pacific Grove, near some of the world's most luxuriant ecosystems, scientists and students have explored the secrets of the sea for more than 100 years.

by Joe Hlebica

Preoccupied parents, unregulated media and a proliferation of electronic gadgets in the home are damaging this generation of children, according to some Stanford experts.

by Joan O’C. Hamilton

Nutrition experts can't seem to agree on what kind of diet is best for a healthy heart. To help sort it out, the Medical School invited three of the nation's leading authorities to a no-holds-barred debate

by Christopher Vaughan

David Chase never wanted to be a TV guy. But these days his mob drama The Sopranos is one of the most influential, talked-about series of all time and he has a lot to say about what's on television.

by Jesse Oxfeld

Here's to that most essential collegiate accessory, the baseball cap, and a few devoted owners whose cherished headwear goes way over the top.

by Kevin Cool

After 16 years of living in an all-frosh dorm, Linda Paulson still marvels at the peculiar rhythms and revelations of student life. This longtime resident fellow ruminates on freshmen's relationship to Proust, the rebellions they foment late at night and the 3 a.m. knock on the door.

by Linda Paulson

While parents wait and hope, doctors at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital perform delicate operations on the world's smallest humans, seriously ill infants as much as four months premature. The success of their efforts has pushed neonatal medicine into a new frontier.

by Christopher Vaughan

Political liberalism, symbolized by Lyndon Johnson's Great Society initiatives of the 1960s, is dead, asserts historian H.W. Brands. The cause of death: the mistrust of government that began with the Vietnam War.

Thanks to a University policy that allows students to paint murals in their dorms, residences around campus have become canvases for expression. A reporter takes a colorful tour of the paintings and brushes up on their history.

by Kathy Zonana

Former Stanford star Paul Carey briefly made it to the majors, but now he spends his summers as a manager in the South Atlantic League, home of Wacky Wednesdays, mascot races and the Sand Gnats, Carey's team of big-league wannabes.

by Jon Weisman