The Effort Effect

Psychologist Carol Dweck has shown that people who believe intelligence is static struggle to overcome adversity, while those who see achievement as a product of effort shrug off setbacks and keep climbing. What are the implications for school, business and society?

• What Do We Tell the Kids?

Intelligent Designs

Striking back at banal PowerPoints and misleading graphics, Edward Tufte seeks to bring both artistry and truth to presentation.

• Elemental Evidence

Outbreak

In the spring of 1903, typhoid fever ravaged Stanford’s campus, killing eight students. With no local hospital and few nurses, a heroic band of student volunteers helped keep the death toll in check.

The Art of the Doodle

Dennis Hwang has made tens of millions smile with his artwork. His canvas: the Google logo.

The Countess of M-

Stanford's fiction contest winner serves up greedy suitors, surprise proposals and the rewards of
inner beauty.

• About the Contest
• Some Favorite Lines
• ONLINE ONLY: The Natural History of Don Juan
• ONLINE ONLY: My Auntie's Wedding

Think You're Smart?

A Recommitment to the Humanities

Hollywood Treatment

House calls

Letters to the Editor

One Shining Moment

Preventing the Next Plague

Hunting the next Ebola

Cache Me If You Can

Quite a cache 

Century at Stanford

It's Official: Wie Headed to Stanford

Last Man Standing

Planet Cardinal

Something More About Mary

She's Got the Beat

Cardinal Numbers

What You Don't Know About Campus Caterpillars

Drawn and Feathered

As cluck would have it

Changing His Tune

Songs for our sake

Toast of the Town

Movies with good taste

Americas' Oldest Film Party Wants to Happen Year Round

Shelf Life

The Notes