Throw Down
Brown Pottery Club wins its long-fought battle for a studio
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Articles
Seeing a Different Way
An art installation sheds light on what it’s like to be visually impaired
Omm, No.
Professor Willoughby Britton on the perils of meditation.
Capitalism to the Rescue?
A popular class looks at how to leverage economics to save the environment.
Brown Band 100th
From the Archives
Return on Investment
From ENGN 9 to managing $11 billion
Small World
A globe-trotting career in foreign service
Curveball
A day at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows’ ballpark changed everything
Fresh Ink for November–December 2024
Books by Larry Tye ’76, Brianna Craft ’13 MA, and Jay Dolin ’83
Kung Fu Fighting
Five Minutes with Professor Michael Kennedy
Power Napping
Carskadon protegée Allison Brager ’07 on sleep as a performance enhancer
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.
Extreme Medicine
ER doctor and self-described “adrenaline junkie” Gregory Stiller ’90 provides care under some of the most difficult conditions in the world.
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
Stories Well Spun
Shay Youngblood ’94 MFA read people as skillfully as she read books, holding their stories with care
Book Maverick
Tom McCormack ’54 turned St. Martin’s Press into an industry juggernaut
Battling Big Pharma
Expert witness David Egilman ’74, ’78 MD
Can We Rescue “Freedom”?
A popular historian on our elusive national value
Live and In Person
He teaches rock music history. He lived it, too.
Resilience
48 years after "Operation Babylift," Chris Norlund ’03 AM found his Vietnamese family.
Hollywood 101
A newsletter shines light behind the scenes
High and Lonesome
Old-Time String Band students learn Appalachian music the traditional way—by ear.
Community Engagement
A letter from the President