'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.

• A Mad, Mad, Mad World

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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.

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.

• ONLINE ONLY: Excerpt: Cutting for Stone

Universal Pictures

A Campus in Crisis

What Leadership Looks Like

Letters to the Editor

Banner Moment

Turn, Turn, Turn

Calculating Collector

Flexible Thinking

Unflappable and U.N.-bound

Cardinal Numbers

Stanford in Jeopardy!

Bad Spellers of the World, Untie

Savvy Sommelier

The Mixtape Master

Hit lists get personal

A School Rises

Tough lessons in the Big Easy

Baby, It's Cold Outside

A blanket solution for preemies

Modern Dance Masala

Moving toward hybrid dance

• A Diversity of Artists

Envisioning Chinatown

Chinatown, the long view

A Class Act

FDR, working man

Short Takes

Graveyard Shift

Shelf Life

The Dish

The Notes