Monthly Archive:: January 2015
Angela Crean, University of South Wales – Telegony
Can your past sexual partners influence the genetics of your children? Dr. Angela Crean, an evolutionary
12/1/2015
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2015.01.12 – This Week on The Academic Minute
Monday, January 12 Angela Crean of The University of New South Wales teaches us about telegony.
11/1/2015
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David Cotter, Union College – Gender Inequality Trends
Are we getting closer towards achieving gender equality or have the trends begun to reverse? Dr.
9/1/2015
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Richard Peltier, UMass Amherst – Indigenous Air Pollution
The term air pollution might evoke images of an industrialized city with many factories each with
8/1/2015
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Richard Lachmann featured on The Best Of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our
7/1/2015
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Charlton McIlwain, NYU – Journalistic Perspectives on Michael Brown
Without doubt, Michael Brown’s death and the related events occurring in and around Ferguson, Missouri have
7/1/2015
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Jacob Hirsh, University of Toronto – Predicting Sustainability
Certain personality traits appear to have direct correlations with somewhat unrelated attitudes. Dr. Jacob Hirsh, a
6/1/2015
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Kimberly Fenn, MSU – Social Media Memories
Is your Facebook feed distorting your ability to recall events accurately? Kimberly Fenn, a psychologist at
5/1/2015
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2015.01.05 – This week on The Academic Minute
Monday, January 5 Kimberly Fenn of Michigan State University shows how social media might be corroding
4/1/2015
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Luis Zayas, The University of Texas at Austin – Latina Suicide Rates
The President’s Choice Congratulations to Luis Zayas of The University of Texas at Austin for
2/1/2015
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