November/December 2009

COVER STORY

Mission Critical
Service members are returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan with a complex constellation of war wounds and brain injuries. Sandy Lai leads a team that can help. By Joan O'C. Hamilton

Careful Cuts
Faced with a dramatic endowment drop and hundreds of millions in lost revenue, Stanford had to slim down fast. How will the changes affect students? By Mike Antonucci

Painting the Town
After 25 years and more than 3,100 murals, Jane Golden rejoices at how public art has transformed Philadelphia. By Susan Caba

Guilty!
We all know something about guilt and shame, and different disciplines have their own pet theories. Now a Stanford expert offers a 360-degree outlook on these universal emotions.