Month: September 2015
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Michael Howell 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 this week‘s edition (#1302), Bob has selected Michael…
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Phillip Sponenberg, VaTech – Navajo-Churro Sheep
Dr. Phillip Sponenberg has become our resident zoology expert contributing previous pieces on domestic extinction, Choctaw hogs, and even adorable fainting goats. Today, this Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine professor of pathology will tell us all about Navajo Churro sheep. Dr. Phillip Sponenberg is a professor of pathology and genetics in the Department of…
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Adam Gaffey, Black Hills State University – Campaign Rhetoric
Is anybody listening to those campaign speeches? Adam Gaffey is. A linguist and philosopher at South Dakota’s Black Hills State University, Dr. Gaffey is analyzing the language used in campaign speeches. Adam J. Gaffey is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Philosophy at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota. He holds a Ph.D.…
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Pietro Ceccato, Columbia – Battling Earthly Plagues from Space
New technology that monitors our environment are proving vital. Pietro Ceccato, a scientist at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society, discusses these new advances. Pietro Ceccato is a research scientist at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). He originally trained as an agronomist and worked in the Central…