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For Penn Sophomore Michelle Lu, a Unique Internship Fosters Musical Connections, ‘Bridge Across Cultures’
She spent the summer working for the Philadelphia Orchestra, an opportunity that enabled her to travel to China to support the musicians.
Tweets reveal emotions, behavior patterns of people who suffer from ADHD
These posts, many of which are submitted late at night or in the early morning hours, often reveal mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion.
Binge eating major roadblock for obese individuals with diabetes trying to lose weight
Those who continue to binge eat while trying to lose weight drop about half as much weight as those who don’t binge eat, or those who do and then subsequently stop.
Penn Researchers Link Binge Eating and Weight-loss Challenges
Those who continue to binge eat while trying to lose weight drop about half as much as those who don’t or those who do and subsequently stop.
In the Quest for Lasting Behavior Change, Two Researchers Lead the Charge
In the Quest for Lasting Behavior Change, Two Researchers Lead the Charge
Have you ever made a commitment to exercise more often? You sign up with a gym and succeed for a time but soon, too soon, the enthusiasm fades. Eventually, your workout clothes gather dust and your gym membership does nothing but empty your wallet.
New Digital-Humanities Minor Offers Unique Perspectives on Conventional Ideas
The minor, spearheaded by the Price Lab for Digital Humanities, includes courses from a broad range of departments, from Anthropology to Religious Studies.
What Can Twitter Reveal About People With ADHD? Penn Researchers Provide Answers
What can Twitter reveal about people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD?
Penn’s Restoring Active Memory Project Adds Task and Patient Data to Publicly Available Human Brain Dataset
The Restoring Active Memory project run by the University of Pennsylvania has just released human intracranial brain recording and stimulation data for 102 new patients and a new spatial-navigation task developed by researchers at Columbia University.
Monday after Daylight Saving Time sees drop in assaults
On Sunday, Nov. 5, Daylight Saving Time (DST) officially ends. Clocks will “fall back,” adding an hour of sleep and a return to Standard Time. When DST officially began, which happened this year on March 12, an hour of time was lost.