This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.03.27)

This Week on The Academic Minute 2023.03.27

Monday

Moussa N’Gom, assistant professor in the department of physics, applied physics, and astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, explains how optics is the future.

Tuesday

Wolf Gruner, Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish studies and professor of history at the University of South California, explores the history of the Holocaust can still to be told through images.

Wednesday

Arianna Maffei, professor of neurobiology and behavior at Stony Brook University, looks at the early years to find out how our tastes for what foods we enjoy develops.

Thursday

Marilynn Desmond, distinguished research professor at Binghamton University, details how writers who lived through war can help bring different perspectives to these conflicts.

Friday

David Drake, professor and extension wildlife specialist in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explores human and coyote coexistence in urban areas.