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New Age Thinking
We're living longer than ever, but Stanford researchers say our approach to aging is stuck in a time warp.
by Kevin Cool
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I Can't Think of Any Obstacles'
Battered by cystic fibrosis, she had her first surgery at age 7 and a lung transplant at 13. Although she was in and out of hospitals for all of her 21 years, Leslie Hotson didn't let the struggle to live get in the way of having a life.
by Jocelyn Wiener
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What Freshmen Need to Know
While there is little argument about the need to teach humanities to first-year students, there is plenty of disagreement about how to do it. After five years of tweaking, the latest pedagogical approach, Introduction to the Humanities, has begun to win converts.
by Diane Rogers
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The Far Side of the Farm
Squirt-gun assassins. Go-naked rituals. Dorms nicknamed after aging Scottish actors. Here are 19 examples of surprising, delightful and outrageous Stanford phenomena that keep life interesting.
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Inside China
Scholars have called her work indispensable and irreplaceable. Jean Oi s ) forays into rural China to document changes in post-Mao society have produced ) fresh insights into peasant politics, and a generation of inspired students.
by Diane Rogers
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A Campus Transformed
Fifteen years ago, the Farm was looking a little rundown. Dorms leaked, classrooms ) were dingy, and scientists languished in the so-called Then ) came the Loma Prieta earthquake, hundreds of millions of dollars in renovation ) projects, and an era of construction unmatched in University history. Here ) is how Stanford looks now.
by Theresa Johnston
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Who Killed Jane Stanford?
New investigations confirm she was poisoned by strychnine, but the case will never be solved. Someone got away with murder.
by Susan Wolfe
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America and the Paradox of Power
Dominant but vulnerable, the United States confronts terrorism and growing resentment abroad. How should it respond, and what do its actions say about the country? Six scholars weigh in.
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About a Boy
His death broke his parents’ hearts and spawned a university. But who was he? Recent revelations suggest a different Leland Stanford Jr. than many have imagined.
by Theresa Johnston
