Lexi Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania, Author at Study Breaks

For Homeless Students, the Higher Education Act Offers Hope

Lexi Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania

The new Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act, if passed, marks a significant step toward leveling the educational playing field for disadvantaged students.…

November 2, 2017

Knowing Is Half the Battle

Lexi Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania

Under the recently passed Forever GI Bill, combat veterans will receive expanded access to higher education, which benefits them and the country they served.…

October 1, 2017

This Neuroscience Major Is Helping Change How Children on the Autism Spectrum Are Taught

Lexi Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania

Nia-Renee Cooper was inspired by her grandfather’s fight with dementia to study neuropharmacology and behavioral intervention.…

September 18, 2017

Should You Be Allowed to Use Your Laptop in Class?

Lexi Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania

Both sides of the argument make valid points.…

September 13, 2017

A Preponderance of Skepticism

Lexi Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania

As DeVos and the Trump administration reexamine the threshold of evidence needed to prove sexual assault, their critics point to the statistics surrounding false allegations.…

September 1, 2017

Why Are White Supremacists Anti-Semitic?

Lexi Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania

Two days after visiting Holocaust sites in Europe, I couldn’t help but worry as I followed the breaking news about the Charlottesville protests.…

August 28, 2017

Still Undecided? Here’s How to Pick Your College Major

Lexi Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania

Ask yourself these five questions to help you go from undecided to declared.…

August 24, 2017

This Stanford Student’s $35 Invention Saves Lives and Won Her $150,000

Lexi Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania

After discovering that millions of people live with untreated respiratory diseases because detecting them is too expensive, Maya Varma created a spirometer cheap enough to be universally accessible.…

August 18, 2017