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Photo: Tamir Shabani, '14

A 'Hell of Anguish'

he 1900 Big Game was hyped as the biggest sporting event in West Coast history. Today it remains the deadliest.

Photo: Nuru Kenya

Seeds of Promise

former Marine, Jake Harriman, MBA '08, is putting his energy into ending extreme poverty in East Africa and diminishing the appeal of terrorist recruiters. Can growing corn change the world?

Illustration: Daniel Hertzberg

Danger Ahead

ew tools that enable manipulating DNA herald potential therapies but they also pose troubling ethical quandaries. As science speeds forward, voices at Stanford are among those mobilizing to avert an ethical maelstrom.

The 1900 Big Game disaster
From Iraq to Kenya
The ethics of DNA engineering

The WildCaff!: A homer's guide to the most worthy Heisman candidate

Every Drop Counts: A Nepali alumnus taps the international community to raise funds for earthquake relief.

Countdown: Students in the Stanford Space Initiative are trying to put a rocket in space.

Finish with a Flourish: Cardinal athletes earn honors as spring comes to a close.

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Sound Advice for a Green Earth
Advanced students from the environmental sciences, engineering and journalism answer your sustainability questions. Explore recent questions and answers here.