Stanford

  • "Student Bodies," student selves

    A new online program hopes to prevent eating disorders among undergrads. But do Internet-based interventions stand a chance?
    By Page Rockwell November 1, 2006

  • Abusing the first responders

    As Bush visits Stanford, a firetruck is pressed into service as a ruse.
    By Tim Grieve April 24, 2006

  • In your face, Larry Summers

    Stanford marks the first anniversary of the Harvard president's sexist speech by holding a conference on women in math.
    By Page Rockwell February 8, 2006

  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    No to poetry! Yes to Notre Dame! No to hypocritical college sports reformers! Maybe on the Lions and Cowboys getting a scheduling break! The readers write.
    December 1, 2003

  • The ArginMax effect

    A recent Stanford study shows a dietary supplement can boost some women's sex drive.
    By Michael Castleman December 5, 2001

  • Sex and science

    Are women discriminated against in the lab? Or are gender imbalances due to intellectual differences?
    By Cathy Young April 12, 2001

  • Does anybody care about fighting the DMCA?

    A protest at Stanford against the ultra-restrictive copyright law generates little heat and sparse attendance.
    By Damien Cave May 19, 2000

  • Lonesome Internet blues, take 2

    Another day, another dubious study finds that the Net makes you lonely -- and the press goes nuts.
    By Scott Rosenberg February 18, 2000

  • The worst diagnosis

    An intellectual couple facing Alzheimer's finds great love and tenderness.
    By Michael Castleman, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Ph.D., and Matthew Naythons, M.D. February 1, 2000

  • "Competitive strategy is not an end in itself"

    HearMe's Paul Matteucci talks about the future, the Stanford mafia and what Silicon millionaires are going to do with their money.
    By Mark Gimein January 4, 2000

  • We're with stupid

    What could be worse than a humiliating death? Try getting famous for it.
    By Carina Chocano January 3, 2000

  • Who will go nuts?

    Predicting mental illness is usually no better than gambling, but we keep trying.
    By Robert Burton, M.D. December 6, 1999

  • On closer reading

    At the fifth annual conference of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics, the old guard looks for the the Young Turks to take up their bookish battle cry.
    By Boris Kachka November 17, 1999

  • Cool rules

    Why are some of the best minds of our generation working on a better way to send out party invitations?
    By Mark Gimein September 22, 1999

  • Can history survive Silicon Valley?

    Stanford University archivists struggle to preserve the past of a place that cares only for the future.
    By Andrew Leonard June 10, 1999

  • Wolfe in the fold

    The natty novelist goes on the prowl at Stanford while researching his next book.
    By Joshua Robin June 9, 1999

  • Terrorism experts question U.S. air strikes

    Terrorism experts react to Thursday's U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan.
    By Harry Jaffe, Jeff Stein and Lori Leibovich August 21, 1998
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