November–December 2024 Medicine & Health Power Napping Carskadon protegée Allison Brager ’07 on sleep as a performance enhancer Medicine & Health Sleep Secrets Why do teens sleep so late? Is there a scientific way to measure how sleepy you are? Pioneering sleep scientist Mary Carskadon has answers—and is still discovering new frontiers. Medicine & Health Extreme Medicine ER doctor and self-described “adrenaline junkie” Gregory Stiller ’90 provides care under some of the most difficult conditions in the world. Business & Entrepreneurship Flights of Fancy The best holiday giving ideas made by Brown alums for you and yours. Under the Elms The Arts Share the Knowledge A roundup of topical new books by Brown faculty Student Life A Roman Holiday Inside Brown’s annual Latin Carol Celebration Science & Tech Digital Dig Archaeology’s free field recording program—alum-created and Brown-subsidized Obituaries In Memoriam Stories Well Spun Shay Youngblood ’94 MFA read people as skillfully as she read books, holding their stories with care In Memoriam Book Maverick Tom McCormack ’54 turned St. Martin’s Press into an industry juggernaut In Memoriam Battling Big Pharma Expert witness David Egilman ’74, ’78 MD The Classes History The Brown Alum who Almost Became President From the Archives Business & Entrepreneurship Barrett Hazeltine and ENGN 9 The little-known story of how two seniors facing a scary job market came up with the class destined to become a Brown classic Beyond the Gates Business & Entrepreneurship Ready Player One Business & Entrepreneurship Return on Investment From ENGN 9 to managing $11 billion Service & Advocacy Small World A globe-trotting career in foreign service Sports & Recreation Curveball A day at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows’ ballpark changed everything Politics & Law Can We Rescue “Freedom”? A popular historian on our elusive national value The Arts Live and In Person He teaches rock music history. He lived it, too. History Resilience 48 years after "Operation Babylift," Chris Norlund ’03 AM found his Vietnamese family. Business & Entrepreneurship Hollywood 101 A newsletter shines light behind the scenes Fresh Ink History Fresh Ink for November–December 2024 Books by Larry Tye ’76, Brianna Craft ’13 MA, and Jay Dolin ’83 Current Obsession First Person Kung Fu Fighting Five Minutes with Professor Michael Kennedy Courses of Study The Arts High and Lonesome Old-Time String Band students learn Appalachian music the traditional way—by ear. From the President Service & Advocacy Community Engagement A letter from the President The Big Search Medicine & Health Patients Who Were “Never Prioritized” Sickle cell, which primarily affects Black people, has been ignored for years. Researchers are coming up with better ways to treat it.
