Watershed Moment

Rare Turn

When he chose Stanford, Sanjay Saverimuttu assumed he was closing the door on a career in ballet. Life didn’t go as planned.

Brains and Heart

Neurologist Michelle Monje harnesses passion and purpose as she works to cure a devastating childhood cancer.

Watershed Moment

Dams help us. Dams harm us. Now, longtime adversaries are coming together to bridge that uncomfortable divide.

Hat’s Off

I'd lie down in traffic for my Cardinal cap. Or would I?

The Need for Speed

A former Cardinal athlete coached NASCAR pit crews into racing shape—and made the sport even faster.

The Ticker — May 2022

Stanford people in the news and on the move.

‘People Are Waiting for Our Message’

Behind the tech that is connecting farmworkers with aid.

Meet Davíd Morales

A doctoral student and teacher on the value of exchange.

Ripple Effects

What ‘A Friendship Mission’ wrought.

You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover

Jessica Jordan’s book collection is prizeworthy.

Lessons Learned

30 years after stumbling through a lost academic quarter, I officially graduated from Stanford University.

‘A Brief but Glorious Season’

We worked for the New York Times in Moscow during the Gorbachev era. We look forward to a day when information flows freely in Russia again.

5 Ways to Prepare for a Longer Life

Today's youth likely have decades of “extra” time coming to them. Psychologist Laura Carstensen wants them to spread those years out.

Celebrating a Half-Century of the Stanford Powwow

The return of the in-person Powwow provides an opportunity to reflect on Stanford’s relationship with Native American communities.

Give a Dam, Take a Dam

A parable for a polarized time.

Biblio File: What to Read Now — May 2022

New releases that inspire us.

Book Review: The Pleasure Principle

New and Notable

Dialogue — May 2022

In Solidarity

Obituaries — May 2022

Front Man of Big-Wave Surfing

Peter Cole, ’53

Human Rights Advocate Championed People on the Margins

Lise MacPhee, ’19

Engineer Helped Build the First Ethernet

David R. Boggs, MS ’73, PhD ’82