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Brown Band 100th

From the Archives
Business & Entrepreneurship
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Ready Player One

Business & Entrepreneurship
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Return on Investment

From ENGN 9 to managing $11 billion
Service & Advocacy
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Small World

A globe-trotting career in foreign service
Sports & Recreation
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Curveball

A day at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows’ ballpark changed everything
History
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Fresh Ink for November–December 2024

Reviewed by Edward Hardy
First Person
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Kung Fu Fighting

Five Minutes with Professor Michael Kennedy
Medicine & Health
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Power Napping

Carskadon protegée Allison Brager ’07 on sleep as a performance enhancer
Medicine & Health
illustrated portrait of Prof. Mary Carskadon

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
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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
Prof. Hazeltine, Joe Martino ’74, Jamie Kiernan ’74

The Students Behind 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
In Memoriam
Shay Youngblood ’94 MFA

Stories Well Spun

Shay Youngblood ’94 MFA read people as skillfully as she read books, holding their stories with care
In Memoriam
Tom McCormack ’54

Book Maverick
In Memoriam
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Battling Big Pharma

Expert witness David Egilman ’74, ’78 MD
Politics & Law
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Can We Rescue “Freedom”?

A popular historian on our elusive national value
The Arts
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Live and In Person

He teaches rock music history. He lived it, too.
History
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Resilience
Business & Entrepreneurship
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Hollywood 101

A newsletter shines light behind the scenes
The Arts
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High and Lonesome

Old-Time String Band students learn Appalachian music the traditional way—by ear.
The Arts
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Putting the “Desi” in Design

A pioneering mag on South Asian culture
Service & Advocacy
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Community Engagement

A letter from the President
The Arts
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Share the Knowledge

A roundup of topical new books by Brown faculty
Student Life
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A Roman Holiday

Inside Brown’s annual Latin Carol Celebration
University News
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Corporation decides against total, immediate divestment

From the Archives
University News
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University Announces Divestiture Policy

From the Archives
Science & Tech
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Digital Dig

Archaeology’s free field recording program—alum-created and Brown-subsidized
Medicine & Health
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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.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Gift Guide products 2024

Flights of Fancy

The best holiday giving ideas made by Brown alums for you and yours.
Ever True
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“Today” Show dawns on Brown’s Campus

From the Archives
History
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A Challenge at the Outset

From the Archives
In Memoriam
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A Compassion for Students

Eric Estes, beloved vice president for campus life
In Memoriam
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‘What Could Be’

Visionary inventor Mulalo Doyoyo saw potential everywhere—and acted on it.
In Memoriam
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LGBTQ Legal Warrior

Pat Logue ’81 won some of the most consequential gay rights cases in legal history
University News
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Gone to the Dogs

A letter from the Editor
University News
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Demystifying the Endowment

A letter from the President
Student Life
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Brewing Kombucha

Five minutes with Marin Warshay ’23.5
Humanities & Culture
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Connection, Justice & Reconciliation

What “never again” really means.
Business & Entrepreneurship
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A Sticky Solution
Politics & Law
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Lending Pols Some Star Power

A celeb-based strategy for winning elections
Medicine & Health
Julie Lyons standing with her arms crossed in front of a state building.

“First, Ask a Judge”

A country doctor seeks to clarify the rules in Idaho’s ban
The Arts
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Fresh Ink for September–October 2024

Reviewed by Edward Hardy
Service & Advocacy
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A New Tool for Assessing Suicide Risk

Questions that save lives
History
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Red/Blue America

Are competing national myths the root cause of our divided nation?
Business & Entrepreneurship
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A Nurturing Kitchen

R.I.’s Hope & Main has helped launch more than 500 food businesses
The Arts
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Lincoln’s Heads
Sports & Recreation
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What’s French for Hockey?

It’s “hockey.” And in Paris, it needs explaining.
Science & Tech
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What’s Fido Thinking?

Brown’s canine cognition lab is not just a walk in the park.
Education
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The Anthropology of Homelessness

In ANTH 1301, future doctors and policymakers get immersed in research and realities.
Service & Advocacy
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Everybody in the Pool!

Teaching special-needs kids to swim
Medicine & Health
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Med-school Swerve

They had other lives—but medicine was calling
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