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A simple technique to help you fall asleep
The New York Times

A simple technique to help you fall asleep

Speaking about cognitive shuffling, a mental exercise to bring on sleep, Jorge I. Mora of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “We need to study this more to be able to fully say, yes, this should be a consistent tool.”

Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short

Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short

Adding an anti-obesity medication just one month after behavioral therapy begins—rather than waiting the currently recommended six months—can more than double weight loss for patients who struggle initially with lifestyle changes alone, according to new research published in Nature Medicine from a team at the Perelman School of Medicine.

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Exploring the future of the conservative movement
A group of people sits behind a table in a crowded room. A screen behind them reads: “The Future of Conservatism and the GOP in the Age of Trump.”

From left, moderator Brian Rosenwald; former Florida Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo; RealClearPolitics senior elections analyst Sean Trende; former Democratic Pennsylvania Congressman Conor Lamb; Wall Street Journal White House reporter Meridith McGraw; and Dispatch editor Jonah Goldberg. 

(Image: Brian Hogan, Penn Libraries)

Exploring the future of the conservative movement

At a roundtable co-sponsored by several Penn institutions, analysts broke down the history of the Republican Party and what to expect moving forward.

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Two Philly high schools were chosen for an $8M project to get more kids college and career ready
Philadelphia Inquirer

Two Philly high schools were chosen for an $8M project to get more kids college and career ready

Two Philadelphia public schools have been chosen to participate in the Academy at Penn, an $8 million project to help hundreds of underserved students access college and career opportunities, with remarks from Dean Katharine O. Strunk of the Graduate School of Education.

Why America has not passed a law to treat addiction better
The Economist

Why America has not passed a law to treat addiction better

Ashish Thakrar of the Perelman School of Medicine says that federal regulations prevent him from administering methadone for pain or opioid addiction at his outpatient addiction clinic.

Liliane Weissberg to serve as IZEA Halle's first Mercator Fellow

Liliane Weissberg to serve as IZEA Halle's first Mercator Fellow

This Spring, IZEA Halle, the International Center for the Research on the Enlightenment at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, will inaugurate a new program for post-graduates, “Politics of Enlightenment” (Politik der Aufklärung). Weissberg, the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences and professor of German and comparative literature, is the inaugural Mercator Fellow.

Liliane Weissberg to serve as IZEA Halle's first Mercator Fellow

Weitzman and Netter Center to tackle urban heat in West Philadelphia

Weitzman and Netter Center to tackle urban heat in West Philadelphia

A collaboration between the Thermal Architecture Lab at Penn’s Weitzman School of Design, the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, and the Annenberg School has been awarded an Environmental Protection Agency Thriving Communities Grant for $137,000 to work with William L. Sayre High School, a University-Assisted Community School, on measurement of urban heat and solution design.