Biologist Nancy Bonini uses fruit flies to shed light on neurodegenerative diseases. Read more...
College of Arts and Sciences students discuss their research projects at the 2008 Family Weekend Research Poster Session. Read more...
Psychologist Michael Kahana explains how brain waves can predict the veracity of human memories. B. Davin Stengel
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Grad student Daniel Hackman uses neuroscientific techniques to study the relationship between childhood experiences and the body's stress response. Priya Ratneshwar
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Cosmologist Mark Devlin builds a telescope that floats to the edge of space. Read more...
Brent Helliker explains how trees control leaf temperature. Read more...
Biologist Dorothy Cheney and psychologist Robert Seyfarth explore the intelligence underlying baboons' social organization. Read more...
Undergraduate Rebecca Sternschein traces the brain circuitry of art appreciation. Read more...
Graduate student Andrew Geier’s research indicates that anxiety over public weighing may increase women’s health risks. Read more...
Biologist Dan Janzen discusses the beautiful caterpillars, butterflies and moths of the Costa Rican forests. Read more...
Grad student Jamie Bedison tracks the health of forests in the Adirondacks. Read more...
Undergraduate Research in the School of Arts and Sciences
Every year, Penn undergraduates carry out research projects in fields and subjects across the arts and sciences. "These are the most profound and meaningful experiences of their undergraduate days," reports College dean Dennis DeTurck. Read more...