Board
Andy's board position
What is President?
Penn's Founder
Who is Ben Franklin?
Brain folds & grooves
What are gyri and sulci?
This sleep stage is most associated with vivid dreaming.
What is REM sleep?
This position helps manage neuroscience-related events within the club.
Vice President of Internal Events
This museum is named after the founding father known for flying a kite and accidentally discovering electricity.
What is the Franklin Institute?
Developmental period of greatest neuron production
What is embryonic/pre-fetal?
This part of the nervous system is responsible for “rest and digest.”
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
Aarav's year (e.g. soph)
What is senior/'26?
This parade usually occurs on New Year's Day, and has plenty of bright, colorful, and big costumes.
What is the Mummer's Parade?
The brain’s “master gland” that controls hormones.
What is the pituitary gland?
Fear center of the brain
What is the Amygdala?
Ryan's fun fact
What is "planning to do the running of the bulls in Spain"?
This actor attended Germantown Academy, and stars in this series of movies where he loses his his friends to partying wildly in Las Vegas and Bangkok.
Who is Bradley Cooper?
This lobe of the brain is key for processing touch, spatial orientation, and somatosensory information.
What is the parietal lobe?
This neurotransmitter is heavily involved in reward, motivation, and addiction.
What is dopamine?
Number of board members
What is 14 board members?
Two Penn Medicine researchers awarded the Nobel Prize for their pioneering work on nucleoside base modifications, instrumental in developing mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Who are Dr. Katalin Karikó and Dr. Drew Weissman?
This structure, shaped like a seahorse, is crucial for forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This phenomenon occurs when the brain changes in response to experience, such as learning a new skill.
What is neuroplasticity?