Month: June 2014
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Volkan Topalli, Georgia State University – Cash vs. Credit and Crime
“Our study shows that even a small reduction of cash has a positive effect in reducing street crime.” Volkan Topalli, associate professor of criminal justice and criminology at Georgia State University, profiles the effect that switching government assistance funds from cash to credit cards has on street crime. Volkan Topalli is an associate professor of…
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This Week on the Academic Minute
Monday, June 30 Dr. Volkan Topalli of Georgia State University explains how switching government assistance funds from cash to credit might reduce street crime. Tuesday, July 1 Dr. Geoff Ball of the University of Alberta discusses metabolically healthy obesity. Wednesday, July 2 Florida State University’s Dr. Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt delves into the power of Californium.…
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Dr. Dennis O’Rourke featured on The Best of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For today’s edition, he’s picked Dr. Dennis O’Rourke’s…
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Anne Warlaumont, UC Merced – Positive Feedback Loop
Studying the communicative relationship that parents share with their children is a great way to understand how kids learn to interact. Anne Warlaumont, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Merced, is studying positive feedback loops, or the way successful interaction catalyzes future successful interaction in children. Anne Warlaumont is an assistant professor of…
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A Look Behind the Scenes!
Founded in 1837, Mt. Holyoke College is a big part of The Academic Minute! This glorious architecture houses the offices of Academic Minute host Dr. Lynn Pasquerella, and some of the production work and recording occur in a nearby audio lab.
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Jonathan Kotula, Harvard – Engineering Bacteria
Imagine the medical possibilities of monitoring a person’s digestive tract from the inside out. With a team of scientists from Dr. Pamela Silver’s lab at the Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Jonathan Kotula and his colleagues including Dr. Jordan Kerns and Dr. Jeff Way, engineered bacteria to sense environmental signals within the mammalian…
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Keith Johnson, Oakton Community College – Microaggression
Racism isn’t always an overt display of prejudiced behavior or language. Microaggression is a term coined by Chester Middlebrook Pierce and it describes small acts and subtle behavior between people of different races that could potentially be interpreted as racially biased. Dr. Keith Johnson, a sociologist at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, Illinois, is…
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Meagan Schipanski – Colorado State University – Cover Crops vs. Cash Crops
Farmers want to maximize the land where they cultivate their crops. But, Meagan Schipanski‘s research indicates: it might be beneficial to alternate planting cash crops with cover crops. Dr. Meagan Schipanski is an assistant professor of agroecology in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Colorado State University. Her research focuses on soil biogeochemistry…
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Jane Costello, Duke University – Sharing the Wealth
Does profit sharing improve the community at large? In today’s Academic Minute, Jane Costello, a professor at Duke University’s Insitute for Brain Sciences, profiles an experiment involving just that. In 1994, a tribe of Cherokee Indians opened a casino and shared the profits directly with the community. Jane Costello is professor of medical psychology in…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (6.23-6.27)
This Week on the Academic Minute Monday, June 23 Dr. Jane Costello of Duke University details the results of a casino profit-sharing experiment. Tuesday, June 24 Dr. Meagan Schipanski of Colorado State University shows the potential benefits of alternating cash and cover crops. Wednesday, June 25 Oakton Community College’s Dr. Keith Johnson analyzes micro-aggression. Thursday,…