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November/December 1998
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Letter from the President - Passing Stanford On Letter from the President - Passing Stanford On (plain text): Passing an Alma Mater from one generation to the next. By Gerhard Casper
On Campus - Ensemble-in-Residence Ensemble-in-Residence (plain text): The St. Lawrence String Quartet has become the new Stanford ensemble-in-residence, after an extensive search that attracted applicants from all over the country.
On Campus - 50 Years of Humanities 50 Years of Humanities (plain text): The School of Humanities and Sciences, the university's largest, celebrates its 50th year with a new dean and a year-long series of events..
On Campus - Cynicism for All Cynicism for All (plain text): Generation X aren't the only ones seeing the darker side of things.
On Campus - Eucalyptus Enemy Eucalyptus Enemy (plain text): The university's towering, historic eucalyptus trees are threatened by a tiny Australian insect brought to California five years ago.
On Campus - Convocation 1998 Convocation 1998 (plain text): Convocation 1998 was packed with events and filled with emotional moments as 1,700 freshmen arrived on campus and bade farewell to their parents.
Campus News - Heads Up Heads Up (plain text): Stanford faculty and student awards and honors.
Campus Briefs Campus Briefs (plain text): Denoument for Law Dean Rank Rankings Stanford MBAs cashing in Stanford out of Russia
Science & Medicine - Ninth Nobel for Physics Ninth Nobel for Physics (plain text): A stunning fourth nobel prize in a row for a Stanford physicist. This time the honor goes to Robert B. Laughlin.
Science & Medicine - Smashing Tiny Particles Smashing Tiny Particles (plain text): The $177-million B-factory for the production of subatomic particles known as B mesons edges closer to getting the green light to operate at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
Science & Medicine - Alternative Medicine Alternative Medicine (plain text): Survey shows increase in the belief in "Alternative Medicine"
Science & Medicine - Mapping the Maize Genome Mapping the Maize Genome (plain text): Scientists get a grant to study more closely just what makes crops grow.
Science & Medicine - Cosmic Blast Cosmic Blast (plain text): Night turned Briefly into day in Earth's Ionosphere Aug. 27th from a cataclysmic magnetic flare on a star 20,000 light years away.
Science & Medicine - The Secrets of Memory The Secrets of Memory (plain text): What you remember and forget depends on how two distinct parts of the brain process the information, Stanford and Harvard neuroscientists have found.
Science & Medicine Briefs Science & Medicine Briefs (plain text): Fishing by Satellite Boost for Biology It's Not Fair Seeing The Light
Sports - New to the Hall of Fame New to the Hall of Fame (plain text): Twelve outstanding athletes from 10 sports have been inducted as the class of 1998 into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame, which already has 300 members.
Sports - New and Old Maloney New and Old Maloney (plain text): Stanford has a new field hockey facility right next to Sunken Diamond, where the old Maloney soccer field used to be, while soccer has moved to the new Maloney Fields.
Features - Toggling Between Ethnicites Toggling Between Ethnicites (plain text): Ethnic identities have become more complex as the numbers of interracial couples and children of mixed races rise all around the country. By Kathleen O'Toole
Features - Profile - Al Camarillo Profile - Al Camarillo (plain text): Al Camarillo is widely credited with training almost half the nation's university faculty teaching Chicano studies, but for his students he always has been a teacher to whom they can talk. By Diane Manuel
Features - Learning Curve Learning Curve (plain text): "Understanding Racial and Ethnic Identity: Increasing Self-Understanding." a compelling class seen through the eyes of professor and student.
Features - It's a Wrap It's a Wrap (plain text): A gastronomic tour around the campus today: multicultural, polyglot, and pan-ethnic. By Robert Strauss
Features - Made to Eat Made to Eat (plain text): A provocative essay defending the return of the nurturing mother. By Annamaria Napolitano
Features - AIDS: Beyond the Lab AIDS: Beyond the Lab (plain text): As AIDS makes devestating inroads in a nearby community, Stanford tries to reach across a geographic and economic divide. By Sally Lehrman
Features - Madagascar: The Butterflies Way Madagascar: The Butterflies Way (plain text): Stanford scientists help design a Madagascar park to preserve rare species and sustain the people living nearby. By Janet Basu
Features - Stanford Observed Stanford Observed (plain text): The sun sets on the final issue of Stanford Today magazine. By Alan Acosta