Worth a Glam

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

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

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

He was on the verge of reinventing Russia, but when the Boldsheviks overturned his democratic revolution, Alexander Kerensky escaped to a scholarly exile, seasoned with a taste of Farm life.

by Bernard Butcher

They race Ducati motorcycles, breed champion horses, make wine in their driveway and . . . win Nobel prizes. Meet some faculty members whose outside lives are as compelling as their scholarly pursuits.

by Theresa Johnston

A half-mile underground in Minnesota, a team of scientists is setting a trap for an exotic and elusive particle. Catching one could have cosmic implications.

by Mitchell Leslie

Stanford's 8,000-acre campus isn't just the province of the University anymore. As elected officials and environmentalists staked out their territory during recent land-use negotiations, Stanford learned what it will take to keep its future on solid ground.

by Kevin Cool

One hundred years after his birth and more than 30 years after his death, Yvor Winters is remembered for his poetic passion, his knee-buckling teaching tactics and an impressive roster of literary progeny. A survey of the career of a man as enigmatic as he was influential.

by Kenneth Fields

They never had prom dates, never missed the bus, didn't eat cafeteria food. They didn't even get diplomas. But these home-schooled students learned enough about themselves and the world to move to the top of Stanford's applicant pile.

by Christine Foster

Frequently critcized for his activist approach, FCC chairman William Kennard wants to ensure that the communications revolution doesn't speed past poorer Americans. He has signaled a willingness to take on powerful corporate and government forces, but will they listen?

by Patrick A. McGuire