November–December 2024

Carskadon protegée Allison Brager ’07 on sleep as a performance enhancer

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.

ER doctor and self-described “adrenaline junkie” Gregory Stiller ’90 provides care under some of the most difficult conditions in the world.

The best holiday giving ideas made by Brown alums for you and yours.

A pioneering mag on South Asian culture

A roundup of topical new books by Brown faculty

Inside Brown’s annual Latin Carol Celebration

Archaeology’s free field recording program—alum-created and Brown-subsidized

Shay Youngblood ’94 MFA read people as skillfully as she read books, holding their stories with care

Expert witness David Egilman ’74, ’78 MD

From ENGN 9 to managing $11 billion

A globe-trotting career in foreign service

A day at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows’ ballpark changed everything

A popular historian on our elusive national value

He teaches rock music history. He lived it, too.

A newsletter shines light behind the scenes

Reviewed by Edward Hardy

Five Minutes with Professor Michael Kennedy

The little-known story of how two seniors facing a scary job market came up with the class destined to become a Brown classic

Old-Time String Band students learn Appalachian music the traditional way—by ear.

A letter from the President

Sickle cell, which primarily affects Black people, has been ignored for years. Researchers are coming up with better ways to treat it.