Flipping the Bird

The new class, with a twist

Missions instead of majors?

Construction on campus

Scotty McLennan retires

Sixty years go by in a wink when you have your dream job. William Dement has devoted his career to elucidating what happens while we sleep and the consequences when we don't.

by Nicholas Weiler

Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson spent decades assembling one of the world's best private collections of postwar American art, and almost as long sharing it with Stanford students. Now, some of the paintings and sculptures that once adorned their house have a permanent home on campus.

Intercollegiate athletics are baked deep into Stanford’s identity and culture. But measures aimed at professionalizing college sports could jeopardize that historic part of university life.

by Mike Antonucci and Kevin Cool

He survived the ’89 quake.

by Sam Scott