Friday, October 18 in Carnegie Hall Room 110 from 12 pm – 1 pm
This Friday Professor Sarah Conklin will lead discussion about recent research showing that exposure to “tech glow” (things like our phones and iPad’s) before bed has measurable consequences on our sleep (see Wood et al., as an example). She will also talk about a few reasons why sleep is important to our health (see attached infographic from the Huffington Post 12/2012) including research that has linked poor sleep with increased risk for diseases (see Javaheri et al).
Here at Allegheny, Professor Conklin supervises student research projects involving the measurement of sleep via actigraphy and polysomnography. If you’re interested in sleep because you don’t get enough of it or because you might be interested in doing some research on it or for whatever reason, join us on Friday for an interesting discussion.
Current comping seniors who are measuring sleep will also attend! Professor Conklin sends along attachments for your interest – you do not need to read them to participate on Friday!
We will have pizza this Friday, so please RSVP by tomorrow at 6 pm if you’d like some pizza. Of course, you can always come to the meeting without RSVPing (in this case, don’t forget to bring your own lunch!) RSVP to Lydia Jackson, ljackson2@allegheny.edu.