Go Your Own Way

Addressing the child-care crunch

Yearning for acceptance

Linear thinking

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

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