Horizontal animal-human fusion mask/ Photo: Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva
The fluid nature of art in Nigeria's Benue River Valley comes alive at Stanford
Robin Wander
Sculptural works tell stories, reflect values and express the relationships between Benue River peoples and their environment.  Slideshow
Children with raised hands in classroom.
Q&A: Professor David Plank on the budget and California's K-12 education system
Brooke Donald
Professor David Plank offers insight into a new report evaluating California's K-12 education system, with reasons to be hopeful that some reform may be on the way.
Mechanical engineering Professor Parviz Moin in front of an image from a computer model of jet fuel injected into a supersonic flow stream within the combustor of a scramjet engine. / Photo: John Todd
Wild blue yonder: Engineers tackle challenges of hypersonic flight
Simon Firth
A collaboration among Stanford engineering departments uses some of the world's fastest supercomputers to model the complexities of hypersonic flight. Their work may lead to planes that fly at many times the speed of sound.  Video
Then U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry shakes hands with a member of the U.S. military.Photo: S.K. Vemmer, U.S. Department of State
Hold military accountable, ex-ambassador to Afghanistan tells Stanford audience
Brooke Donald
At Stanford, former Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry also cited the economy as the No. 1 threat to U.S. security.