We have good fat, which helps us burn calories, and bad fat, which hoards calories, contributing to weight gain and obesity. New research at the School of Medicine identified a way to convert bad fat into good fat — at least in mice.
Researchers in Arts & Sciences are challenging the notion that environment drives the evolution of brain size. A new study was released Sept. 25 in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution.
The School of Medicine’s Perinatal Behavioral Health Service offers counseling and psychiatric care for pregnant women and new mothers with anxiety or depression. Doctors have found that such treatment also improves children’s outcomes.
Joanna Dee Das, assistant professor of dance in Arts & Sciences, delves into the life and work of dancer and activist Katherine Dunham in a recently published book. Das will give a University Libraries Faculty Book Talk on Thursday, Sept. 28.
Pratim Biswas and Ramesh Raliya, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, write in Forbes about the potential to solve big problems, from cancer to crop production, with tiny nanoparticles.
Azad Bonni, MD, PhD, the Edison Professor and head of the Department of Neuroscience at the School of Medicine, has been elected to the life sciences division of the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada.
Question: Many alumni have explored the world after their time at the university. What did graduates Thomas Allen and William Sachtleben use to travel the world on a three-year post-graduation adventure in the late 1800s? A) Hot air balloon
B) Bicycle
C) Canoe
D) Roller skates
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Azad Bonni, MD, PhD, the Edison Professor and head of the Department of Neuroscience at the School of Medicine, has been elected to the life sciences division of the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada.
Question: Many alumni have explored the world after their time at the university. What did graduates Thomas Allen and William Sachtleben use to travel the world on a three-year post-graduation adventure in the late 1800s?