Month: February 2016
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The Academic Minute for 2016.2.15-2.19
Academic Minute from 2.15 – 2.19 Monday, February 15 Dylan Minor – Harvard Business School Toxic Workers Dylan Minor is a visiting Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he teaches a first year MBA course in Strategy. Professor Minor’s research interests originated from his professional involvement in socially responsible investing. He…
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Haley Horstman, University of Missouri – Storytelling Between Mothers and Daughters
Communication is a big component in the health of mother-daughter relationship. Haley Horstman, assistant professor of interpersonal and family communication at the University of Missouri, details how telling their story to their mothers can help daughters through rough periods in their lives. Dr. Haley Kranstuber Horstman researches communicated sense-making in the context of family diversity and…
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Tierney Lorenz 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 (#1326), Bob has selected Dr.…
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Leslie Knapp, University of Utah – Howler Monkey Calls
Does a deeper voice lead to better chances of reproducing for male howler monkeys? Leslie Knapp, professor and chair of anthropology at the University of Utah, determines that female howler monkeys might want to stay away from the Barry Whites of the bunch. My research focuses on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes, which are critical…
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Tobin Porterfield, Towson University – Unlocking the Mysterious Isle
Cuba is undergoing changes in the wake of new travel policies by the U.S. Tobin Porterfield, associate professor in the department of eBusiness & technology management at Towson University, explains how his students got to Cuba before the change. Professor Porterfield specializes in B2B supply chain relationships and comes to the Towson University faculty with…
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50 States on The Academic Minute
The Academic Minute reached a huge milestone with today’s segment featuring Emily Lescak, postdoctoral fellow from the University of Alaska Anchorage. We’ve now had research submitted from universities in all 50 states! Here are the largest contributors from each state: Alabama – University of Alabama Alaska – University of Alaska Anchorage Arizona – Northern…
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Emily Lescak, University of Alaska Anchorage – Evolutionary Timescales
How long does it take for a species to evolve? Emily Lescak, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alaska Anchorage, examines how one freshwater fish shows evolution can take place much faster than previously thought. Dr. Emily Lescak is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She uses threespine stickleback fish as a…
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Dylan Minor, Harvard Business School – Toxic Workers
Having a toxic worker on your staff can cause big problems. Dylan Minor, Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, explores the cost of having even one person bringing down the office. Dylan Minor is a visiting Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he teaches a first…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2016.2.15)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.2.15 Monday, February 15 Dylan Minor of the Harvard Business School explores how toxic workers can harm a working environment. Tuesday, February 16 Emily Lescak of the University of Alaska Anchorage delves into evolutionary timescales among threespine stickleback fish. Wednesday, February 17 Tobin Porterfield of Towson University explains how…
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The Academic Minute for 2016.2.8-2.12
Academic Minute from 2.8 – 2.12 Monday, February 8 Tierney Lorenz – Indiana University Sex and the Immune System Tierney Lorenz is a visiting research scientist at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University, where she studies the relationship between sexual behavior and symptoms of mood disorders. As a…