COVER STORY Mission Critical
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
Careful Cuts
The Great Recession battered Stanford’s endowment and led to unprecedented cost-cutting
measures. Despite a loss of $300 million in revenue, University leaders say that research
and teaching are largely unaffected and a recently expanded financial aid program has—for now—been preserved. By Mike Antonucci
Painting the Town
What began 25 years ago as a way to combat graffiti on Philadelphia buildings—inviting
taggers to help paint murals instead—has evolved into a powerful force for neighborhood renewal.
Now, the program created by Jane Golden, ’75, is being copied in cities across the country.
By Susan Caba
Guilty!
In a new book, emeritus professor Herant Katchadourian explores the origins of guilt and
shame and how different cultures express these universal human emotions.
