This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.04.17)

by David Hopper 04/16/2023 | 12:01 0 Posted in This Week

University of Southern California Week on The Academic Minute 2023.04.17

Monday

Robin Craig, Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and professor of environmental law, explores how a lack of water affects fighting COVID-19 for Native American tribes.

Tuesday

Thomas Petersen, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, delves in to find out whether the concrete that built our world is also harming it.

Wednesday

Travis Williams, professor of chemistry, looks at one possible solution to the Pacific Garbage Patch.

Thursday

Bistra Dilkina, associate professor of computer science, examines where species on the move are going in a warming world.

Friday

Essam Heggy, research scientist in the department of electrical engineering and electrophysics, determines the issues facing the Nile river and its communities.