January/February 2009

COVER STORY
‘At the Hands of the Radicals’
In an excerpt from his new memoir, Stanford in Turmoil, former provost and president Richard Lyman analyzes the events surrounding a student takeover of Encina Hall in 1969, and reflects on a divisive era.

View Finder
Gliding a few hundred feet above the African continent in a contraption of his own design, photographer George Steinmetz produces images of beauty and wonder. And once in a while he goes headfirst into a sand dune. BY KATHERINE SELIGMAN

The Human Whisperer
In an age when lab tests and diagnostic protocols dominate, doctor/author Abraham Verghese has opened a new chapter on an old practice: bedside medicine. His students are listening, one patient at a time. BY SUSAN COHEN

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  • An excerpt from Abraham Verghese's Cutting for Stone
  • Lyrics by rap star turned Stanford student Ahmad Ali Lewis
  • Remembering Stanford superfan David Hahn
  • Letters that did not appear in print

Universal Pictures
Coming to a screen near you: the evolving cosmos, in real time. BY AMANDA CRAIG AND SCOTT SHACKELFORD