Piece Work

Would any sensible person run 155 miles across the Gobi desert? Probably not, concedes ultramarathoner Will Laughlin, MA '93. Then again, he's never taken the easy route.

by Marisa Milanese

Long after his notorious prison experiment and soon after the Abu Ghraib scandal, the famous psychologist lobbies for a greater understanding of how evil systems subvert good people.

by Marina Krakovsky

After a quarter teaching in Oxford, music professor Mark Applebaum takes a whimsical look at British manners, and what you need to know about napkins.

by Mark Applebaum

Rafting down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, a dozen Sophomore College students learned first-hand where the West's water is going, and why there isn't enough to go around.

by Kevin Cool

Biologist Rafe Sagarin, '94, says the lessons nature offers about adaptation and survival could help security experts deter terrorism and manage disasters.

by Kara Platoni

In a new book, emeritus professor Herant Katchadourian explores the origins of guilt and shame and how different cultures express these universal human emotions.

What began 25 years ago as a way to combat graffiti on Philadelphia buildings 75, is being copied in cities across the country.

by Susan Caba

The Great Recession battered Stanford been preserved.

by Mike Antonucci

U.S. service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with multiple injuries, including brain trauma, present new challenges for doctors. At the Palo Alto VA hospital, Sandy Lai, '93, leads a team whose innovative treatments and therapies bring hope along with healing.

by Joan O’C. Hamilton

Rod Searcey, ’84, found an unusual way to celebrate his 25-year reunion photographing his former professors. His portraits, and anecdotes from the faculty members themselves, constitute a gallery of great teaching.