New
Kids on the Quad
Lacking the advantages of freshman bonding,
transfer students cut their own path with
gumption and guts, and enrich the campus
with an outsider's perspective. BY
Joshua fried
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Read honorable-mention stories from our eighth annual fiction contest: "Cruise Control" and "Notes from the Refrigerator."
Prepare braised brisket for 100 and other recipes from the University's award-winning dining hall chef.
Learn more about the impact of the tsunami on Indonesia from Stanford scholar Donald Emmerson.
What
Are You Saying?
By analyzing the hidden meanings in everyday speech,
Geoff Nunberg captures the zeitgeist and reveals
how language shapes our thinking. BY
Ann Hurst
The
Brains Behind the Wheel
Engineers in Stanford's Dynamic Design Lab are
working on a car that could save your life and
make motoring more fun. Is it ready for a test
drive? BY Greta lorge
Still
Life
During a career spanning three decades, Joan Myers's
quiet, evocative photographs have brought new
perspective to natural wonders and man-made horrors.
BY jack fischer
The
Troubles that Occur
Misapprehended lyrics, a disputed inheritance,
a charismatic orphan, a threatened tradition—vignettes
about contemporary African life won this year's
STANFORD fiction contest.
BY jacob doll
