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Project is highlighted by dozens of news outlets, including ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson
Research on kissing by Wendy Hill, Provost and Rappolt Professor of Neuroscience, and Evan Lebovitz ’09 has been featured in dozens of international media outlets, including a segment on ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson.
Watch the segment on ABC World News
Lebovitz (Pittsburgh, Pa.), a neuroscience major, and Hill presented their work on people’s physical and emotional reactions to kissing at “The Science of Kissing” symposium during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held Feb. 12-16 in Chicago. The EXCEL project is a continuation of honors research conducted by neuroscience graduate Carey Wilson ’07 under Hill’s guidance.
The research has been featured by CNN.com, the Chicago Tribune, U.S. News and World Report, The Money Times in India, the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia, Reuters, the Associated Press, the BBC, and many others.