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What’s Eating Mary Rose?
Farm Report

What’s Eating Mary Rose?

Preserving maritime history

by Tracie White

The Visible Hand
Features

The Visible Hand

Whether it's matching medical interns with hospitals, students with public schools, or kidney donors with patients, economist Alvin Roth doesn't just analyze markets, he makes them run better.

by Marina Krakovsky

The Last of a Class
Features

The Last of a Class

What happens to the memories of a class when all of its members are gone? Ephraim Engleman is 101 years old and keeping the flame alive for the Class of 1933. He has some tales to tell.

by Kevin Cool

Finely Tuned
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Finely Tuned

After decades of making do with subpar facilities, faculty and students are singing the praises of the Bing Concert Hall, whose beauty and acoustical fidelity will put Stanford's performing arts programs in a whole new arena.

by Cynthia Haven

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Meet the Parents

Nobody experiences the agony and ecstasy of the game quite like the moms and dads of the players.

by Sam Scott

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O Tannenbaum

Artificial tree maker Thomas Harman, MBA '05, on the appeal of fake fir.

by Sam Scott

Tis Better to Give?
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Tis Better to Give?

Gift giving, and receiving, analyzed.

by Sam Scott

Kidneys for Sale
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Kidneys for Sale

A young alum thinks money is the key to increasing kidney donations.

by Sam Scott