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In the brain’s cerebellum, a new target for suppressing hunger
A graphic with a stomach and a brain next to one another

Signals between the brain and stomach help animals decide when and how much to eat. A research collaboration involving Penn neuroscientists has uncovered a sensor for fullness in an area of the brain never before associated with satiation: the cerebellum. (Image: Courtesy of the Betley laboratory)

In the brain’s cerebellum, a new target for suppressing hunger

A research team led by J. Nicholas Betley in the School of Arts & Sciences has identified an entirely new way the brain signals fullness after eating. The findings offer a novel target for therapies that could dramatically curb overeating.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Killing time with Autumn Leak
Autumn Leak, holding a blue and white volleyball, sits on a bench outside of the Palestra. She is wearing a blue Penn volleyball shirt.
  • Q&A

    • Killing time with Autumn Leak

    The junior co-captain on the volleyball team chats about her role as an outside hitter, the art of the volleyball kill, overcoming anxiety, competing against her sister, and her plans for the offseason.
    Politics, activism, and academics
    tulia falleti

    Politics, activism, and academics

    The career of Tulia Falleti, Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts & Sciences, grew from her activism as a student in a newly democratic Argentina.

    Lauren Rebecca Thacker

    Art from Mexico
    professor and two students looking at colorful artwork on table

    Patricia Vargas (left), a Penn Spanish language lecturer, took her class to the Penn Museum to see the yarn paintings by the Huichol people, an indigenous group in Northwest Mexico, and to discuss interpretations in Spanish. Juniors Abhi Bhandari (center) and George Adu-Agyare (right) talk about a work titled “Antes de la inundación,” or “Before the flood.” 

    Art from Mexico

    During visits to the Penn Museum this semester, nearly 200 students in intermediate Spanish classes had the chance to learn about yarn paintings by the Huichol people, an indigenous group in Northwest Mexico.

    Louisa Shepard

    A self-help guide to treating IBD
    Image of a book cover, with a purple ribbon placed on top of a hand. The title reads," Coping with Crohn's and colitis: A patient and clinician's guide to CBT for IBD," by "Melissa G. Hunt, Foreword by Aaron T. Beck" next to a photo of a person standing up, wearing a black blazer and a black and gold dress.

    A self-help guide to treating IBD

    In her new book, clinical psychologist Melissa Hunt offers a cognitive behavioral therapy approach to helping people with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis improve their quality of life.

    Michele W. Berger

    Alexander Adames explores the ‘Costs of the American Dream’
    Alexander Adames.

    Alexander Adames, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology. (Image: OMNIA)

    Alexander Adames explores the ‘Costs of the American Dream’

    The Ph.D. candidate in sociology examines the predictors and consequences of social mobility for people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds.

    From Omnia

    Penn at COP26: By the numbers
    The midnight sun shines across sea ice.

    The midnight sun shines across sea ice along the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. (Image: AP Photo/David Goldman)

    Penn at COP26: By the numbers

    A look at who is representing the University at this global conference, what they’re focused on, and how it fits into the bigger picture of worldwide climate action.

    Michele W. Berger

    A partnership to preserve Kashaya
    A person leaning against a tree outside, wearing a blue-and-white button down shirt, arms crossed.

    Eugene Buckley is an associate professor and Graduate Chair in the Department of Linguistics.

    A partnership to preserve Kashaya

    Since the 1980s, linguist Eugene Buckley has studied this Native American language, now spoken by just a dozen or so people in northern California. In collaboration with members and descendants of the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians, he’s built a database of Kashaya words, sounds, and stories.

    Michele W. Berger

    Alumni Award of Merit and Creative Spirit Awards honor seven alumni
    Judith Bollinger, Al Filreis, Stephen Goff, Ghislain Gouraige, Mike Kowalski, Clemson Smith Muniz, Ashley Zampini Ritter, and John Vosmek.

    Top row, left to right: Judith Bollinger, Al Filreis, Stephen Goff, and Ghislain Gouraige. Bottom row, left to right: Mike Kowalski, Clemson Smith Muniz, Ashley Zampini Ritter, and John Vosmek.

    Alumni Award of Merit and Creative Spirit Awards honor seven alumni

    Stephen Goff is awarded Creative Spirit Award and Al Filreis is to receive the Faculty Award of Merit.