How Insomnia Cookies Turned a Late-Evening Faculty Staple

According to the National Sleep Foundation, up to 96% of college students report functioning on less than eight hours of sleep per night. During final exams it gets worse, with the average student eking by on a little more than six hours of sleep. While health experts have long warned that pulling all-nighters isn’t good for you, that advice hasn’t done much to keep people from staying up into the wee hours.