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Made to Order
Oncologist Ronald Levy whips up cancer vaccines from his patients' own tumors. The painstaking custom-blending makes this a promising experimental treatment, but may limit how many lives it can save.
by Joan O’C. Hamilton
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Class Dismissed?
As for-profit companies seek high-profile university partners for their forays into online education, Stanford is pondering how involved it should be, how to do it right and what the trend means for the future of higher education.
by Nina Schuyler
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Walking on Air
The first woman to inhabit the International Space Station, Susan Helms always has been a high achiever. Over the next few months the experiments she conducts will help bring space colonization within reach.
by Lisa Sonne
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Notah Begay's Drive
It was a ridiculous notion: a poor Indian kid from a broken home reaching the exclusive ranks of professional golf. Not only has Begay made it to the PGA, but his winning attitude--on and off the course--has the mark of a champion.
by Kelli Anderson
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Peace Work
Researcher Fred Luskin has applied his techniques for getting over grudges to a challenging set of subjects: the parents and siblings and others touched by decades of violence in Northern Ireland. His findings may tell us: is everything forgivable?
by Joan O'C. Hammilton
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The Man Who Stopped Time
Do running horses fly? The man who proved they do in an ingenious test at the Farm--and invented stop-motion photography in the process--was a technical wizard, a murderous cuckold and a thorn in Leland Stanford's side.
by Mitchell Leslie
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The Island
This year's winning fiction-contest story features a father, a son and a storm brewing in the distance. What can they say that hasn't been said, and what would it mean if they did?
by Robert Gardner
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Everything but the Cardinal
You won’t find the redbird on campus, but more than 100 other species give birdwatchers plenty to chirp about. Former President Donald Kennedy wings through the possible sightings on a typical day at the Farm.
by Donald Kennedy
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The Contender
In 1970, a young Peruvian with no money and few prospects visited a Stanford economics professor, hoping to advance an audacious plan. Now, Alejanro Toledo may be only a few weeks away from realizing the dream he secretly harbored at the Farm--to be president of his country.
by Tyler Bridges
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Father Figure
The patriarch of Silicon Valley was also a good provider for Stanford. But William Hewlett's contributions to his alma mater went deeper than his pockets. He was there at the beginning of the University's rise to prominence, and he quietly helped sustain it all along the way.
by Larry Gordon
